wearing chaps is good

[beeker]

so... a few years ago I asked the board (brain trust) about chainsaw chaps.. well I ended up getting a pair.. and today.. I ruined my chainsaw chaps by hitting them with the chainsaw. stupid.. my foot rolled back on a small log and the saw swung and hit my upper thigh on the chaps.. enough so I felt the chain start tearing into the chaps.. I pulled my leg back and the saw in the other direction. just in the nick of time.. I didn't break the skin and didn't jam up the saw with that chaps.  I feel very lucky after that.. stupid. just rushing to get some wood split and didn't take the time to get good footing and clean up a bit as I go.

just a heads up.. if your thinking it can't happen to you.. it can happen just like that. now to get a new pair without the wife finding out what I did.. she worries when I'm out in the woods doing man stuff.

[Bobby Bass]

   Good for you Beeker, chaps don't do any good sitting in the pickup. I fell a lot of trees when I was running my landscaping business and hard hats were a must and my biggest peeve was people not wearing eye protection. I was dumb enough to be looking up when one of my guys was limbing up in a tree and never saw the sawdust that fell into my eye. Scratched it and spent five days with an eye patch, all I had to do was had a pair of glasses on and I would have been fine. Smart wearing your chaps, I have seen what a chainsaw can do and it is not pretty, buddy Chuck took his big toe off. Of course that is why I would charge the big bucks anytime I started the chainsaw up I do believe it is still the number one home injury maker.

[beeker]

i honestly never thought i would be that "stupid" to have something like that happen.. but i proved i am just that stupid. still surprised today that this happened

[Boar]

I think we all have our lucky strikes from shoulda coulda woulda, yiu might have been in a hurrynto get stuff done but u did take time to out on the chaps, and that deserve an attaboy!!

[beeker]

good point boar. no point in buying safety stuff and leaving at home. we were on he back side of our property also.. it would have been a tough ride out.

[HD]

I think you deserve an atta boy as well! I got a scar on my forehead cause I was stupid (kick back) So, now, safety is job one. Lesson learned the hard way....but it could have been way worse.

[beeker]

well I hope someone reads this and realizes it can happen to them.  I'm not going to risk it.. going to go buy a new pair.

[dakids]

What brand of chaps did you have and what do they cost. My wife is going to by me a pair for christmas.

[beeker]

my chaps were.. and will be again. the blue Husqvarna brand.. I think they were around 60$.