chainsaw chaps

[beeker]

I was wondering if any of you guys use the chainsaw safe chaps/aprons while cutting wood? for 50$ I'm thinking they only need to work once to pay for themselves?

[Duckslayer]

You are correct.  They only have to work one time to be worth their weight in gold!  I have not ever gotten a set... I guess I must still think that I am invincible.  Yeah right.... maybe 30 years ago I might have been!  Take care and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

[mathews4ever]

worth every cent.

[stevejedlenski]

i had to use these for work, it was policy. i would say 1 it depends on how much you saw and 2 if your a cluts. in my experience i feel naked cutting without them. i have seen what they can do and trust me it will stop a chain dead. they are great in the winter, which is when most people seem to cut. they are hot in the summer. but murphys law says if something can go wrong it will. all it takes for the best sawyer is to slip or trip and hes got no leg... i would say definately invest in some especially for $50 thats pretty cheap for chaps. o ya if you do cut them plan on buying a new bar and spending some doe on cleaning out the clutch.

[beeker]

50$ is just kinda rough estimate from what I was able to find. in the last 2 weeks I have been clumsy with the blade, cut some meat off of my thumb cutting up a doe and stuck a utility knife blade in my thigh a day ago.. so the plan was to go cut some wood this weekend but I've been thinking I may sit home instead.

[thunderpout]

Ive had a pair in hand, ready to buy a few times, and then bailed.... same with those screen visors.  Both seem like great ideas, but I get cheap and think , yeah but that $ could get me ____ ... just like when I'll have those carbide Ice thingies in my hands for your boots so ya dont end up on yer backside when on bare ice.... The safety items always seem to get the axe right away dont they?  Thats why they make great X-mas gifts, They're things ya want but just never seem to buy stuff like that for yourself...

[cole]

Get the chaps best investment you can make while cutting with a chain saw.  I work with a buddy logging in the winter and have always worn them when cutting im on my second pair.  They WORK.

[beeker]

cole.. did the first pair go the "way of the saw" or just worn out? if they went with the saw did you get any physical damage or did it stop it that quick?
I think I'll order a pair up for me from santa

[Grute Man]

When you get some, be sure to try and keep them clean of oil and fuel.  That will gum up the kevlar threads and render them nearly useless.

I used them for a job I had several years ago and really liked them.