Chainsaw safety gear
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Try contacting Husquavarna? in Sweden they make very good items for safety as well as chainsaws. CG :yo:
I believe that most shops that sell chainsaws will also sell the PPE, mainly the more specialist outdoor tool shops - at least one garden centre I've been in did not.
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Ratel10mm said:
Yer, that's pretty true....
Most Huskey dealers were doing a deal where you bought, Chainsaw Wellies, Chaps, Gloves and Helmet/visa/earmuffs in a set and you got a free holdall to carry them about in. I use Husky gear at work and it's good gear.
I've bought from these guys before and they are very good imo:
http://www.chainsawspecialists.co.uk/
Hope that helps,
Bam.
(P.s. stay away from a site call Nepine.co.uk - it claims to be a uk site but in truth it's a US one and sells US gear....nothing wrong with that but none of it has the CE marks on it and the HSE will have you if you do any commercial work with it and they find out).
try:
http://www.treesunlimited.co.uk/
or Colwyn Forestry - don't have a number for them at the mo.
You could drop Jack an email as well!
http://www.treesunlimited.co.uk/
or Colwyn Forestry - don't have a number for them at the mo.
You could drop Jack an email as well!
Buckshot,
A store local to me has recently set up on the web - www.charliesstoresltd.co.uk they have a range of stuff available from Stihl, Oregon etc it might be worth a look as their prices are pretty good, though I'm not sure about postage.
ATB
Ogri the trog
A store local to me has recently set up on the web - www.charliesstoresltd.co.uk they have a range of stuff available from Stihl, Oregon etc it might be worth a look as their prices are pretty good, though I'm not sure about postage.
ATB
Ogri the trog
bambodoggy said:I've bought from these guys before and they are very good imo:
http://www.chainsawspecialists.co.uk/
Hope that helps,
Bam.
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I use these guys too - they're very good.
George
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Buckshot said:
Just that really...if it's got CE markings then it's pukka kit...if it hasn't....well, nuff said Mate
I personally use http://www.honeybros.co.uk/ , http://www.buxtons.net/, although I'm not currently working in the arb field.
It may be worth giving a company such as the above a ring for advice, dependent on what you plan to do with the kit (i.e. what you need it for!) as there are a number of different options, gloves for example have different designs (mitt v glove), trousers come in 'classes' of protection (e.g. all round, front only) as well as being different in comfort/fit/performance (so are you an occasional user vs. a climber / all day ground user). Boots can be basic work type boots with protection, waterproof or not, hi-tech mountain type boots for remote foresters and climbers, wellies, and helmets range from the basic hard hat with a mesh visor and fitted muffs, to the full petzl Vertex job with chinstrap and no peak for climbing use.
Across all that lot the price varies massively too. Bear in mind that working on the end of a saw or feeding a chipper can be hot work, and some of the cheaper gear can be very bulky and sweaty!
However, above all, chainsaws and the trees we use them on can be very dangerous if not used and treated with the appropriate respect and skill - I don't mean that in a patronising way, just friendly concern for everyone reading!
It may be worth giving a company such as the above a ring for advice, dependent on what you plan to do with the kit (i.e. what you need it for!) as there are a number of different options, gloves for example have different designs (mitt v glove), trousers come in 'classes' of protection (e.g. all round, front only) as well as being different in comfort/fit/performance (so are you an occasional user vs. a climber / all day ground user). Boots can be basic work type boots with protection, waterproof or not, hi-tech mountain type boots for remote foresters and climbers, wellies, and helmets range from the basic hard hat with a mesh visor and fitted muffs, to the full petzl Vertex job with chinstrap and no peak for climbing use.
Across all that lot the price varies massively too. Bear in mind that working on the end of a saw or feeding a chipper can be hot work, and some of the cheaper gear can be very bulky and sweaty!
However, above all, chainsaws and the trees we use them on can be very dangerous if not used and treated with the appropriate respect and skill - I don't mean that in a patronising way, just friendly concern for everyone reading!
One more thing- gear freaks should avoid the arb catalogues- I remember reading my first Honey Brothers brochure, it was like a whole new world opening up before me ;-)
You've hit the nail on the head there!!!Not much use suggesting gear or dealers from where I am - with one exception. The one piece of indispensible gear I carry in my wallet - a Carlton File O Plate. This little piece of gear helps you make sure that teeth are even and rakers even and shaped. Kickbacks are nasty even with safety gear.
I just bought myself a chainsaw last weekend. The PPE kit I went for was branded as Stihl, but I was told most of it is made by one company - don't know who - and rebadged by saw manufactures. I got the full set bundled for £175 - not cheap but I am very fond of me 
Dave
Dave
Mark.
Just keep away from spats, highly dangerous. I would also caution against the wearing of mits or chainsaw gloves they too can be highly dangerous as once they are wet and they are covered with lichen they become dangerous as the mits lose their grip and become slippery.............you try and holding on to something that wants to kill you with slippery gloves, if they don't come wet by the rain/dew/fog then they will become wet with sweat.
I always use the yellow rubberised cotton gloves just to take the vibration out of the saw and once they are wet I put another pair on or wear none at all.
Cheers.
Jack.
Just keep away from spats, highly dangerous. I would also caution against the wearing of mits or chainsaw gloves they too can be highly dangerous as once they are wet and they are covered with lichen they become dangerous as the mits lose their grip and become slippery.............you try and holding on to something that wants to kill you with slippery gloves, if they don't come wet by the rain/dew/fog then they will become wet with sweat.
I always use the yellow rubberised cotton gloves just to take the vibration out of the saw and once they are wet I put another pair on or wear none at all.
Cheers.
Jack.
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