JV_Thimble said:
A-cord-ingLEE said:
JV_Thimble said:
fjord" date="1290581059 said:
The three levels of the GOL taken 6 years ago changed completely my techniques: faster, more efficient, safer, less downtime in the woodlands.
It's a professional-based program for anyone who thinks they know it all. For a more professional, licensed program, the Certified Logging Professional (CLP)
program will add more to your bag if you're thinking of going into the business.
Both never emphasize the macho we read about here: no "bigger, faster, longer" stuff. Just get the job done fast and safe.
Highly recommended.
Anecdote: the first morning at GOL the instructor took a pair of chaps from one of us to demo. The chaps, " ..used without problems for 3 years", were placed over a white pine log and cut through with the instructor's 372XP saw. All of us had new chaps for the following session. Why ?
Would gladly answer this riddle if I knew...
Free advertising for the chaps company and a scare tactic used by the insurance company to get you to wear your chaps.
Chaps company sold chaps wholesale to insurance company and insurance company limited liability.
Like I said these classes are paid for by insurance companies and workmens comp.
I was going to guess it somehow related to the note on the chaps to wash before first use - strikes me as odd...
The responses are what's odd. Very odd.
Anyone who actually uses a saw and PPE (normal for most) that include chaps, know some facts about their use.
Chaps depend on those Kevlar fibers or strings to stop the saw (clog it) before serious damage to flesh. Not including Avatars of course.
For most of us spending time harvesting, managing woodlots, pulping,
clearing blowdowns, those chaps absorb fuel mix, bar oil, sap, dirt. It's what happens out there. When those Kevlar fibers absorb, they are no longer free to clog your sprocket and chain.
Cleaning doesn't help here, although it sounds that some would rather look pretty.
So, for the boys, the "why" . Then, you knew all this, didn't you ?
No "scare tactic" for GOL; do some intelligent research. What does GOL or the CLP training do for professtionals and serious chainsaw users ? Look it up.
Never had a saw bite you ? Never use those sissy chaps ? Don't need to know more that you know from the virtual reality online ?
Chaps are cheap protection. Compare the $$$ to a visit to your favorite ER. NO one makes big bucks on chaps boys.
One and only one of the wiseA$$ comments are partly correct: liability insurance firm do pay for some of the training. Another "why" ? Do some due diligence: tell the blogosphere what you've discovered about all this useless GOL and CLP training.
P.S. No one washes chaps. Period. Why ? Look pretty for the tree gnomes ?