Ballistics don't stop vintage chainsaws !!

[Glen Poole]

After being in the industry 13 years i found out from Jack Kenyon a couple of weeks ago that a chainsaw will cut through chainsaw trousers at full speed, something like 150+mph, even worse if the cut is length ways on the protection

[benwrdn]

Vintage chainsaws call for vintage PPE

 

 

they look a bit pricey tho:thumbdown:

[MattyF]

I once cut through with an ms46 every layer of a brand new pair of sipps type c's..i was cutting with my eyes half shut because saw dust was whipping up in the wind and in the snow only reason i let off the throttle was becasue i could feel the snow hitting my shins and could feel cold on them wich was not right let off the throttle and it had cut through every layer of kevlar and in to the inner lining i was mm from being bitten!

no saw over a m260 flat out is safe against saw trousers imo!

[3dogs]

im sick of seeing these so called demos that mean jack **** I know that in a real life situation they work:thumbup1:

[MattyF]

im sick of seeing these so called demos that mean jack **** I know that in a real life situation they work:thumbup1:

 

yeah from kick back and all but what about when your cutting with your eyes shut?.........sheeesh any would of thought you would have to open them!know what your saying though have had my fair share of 020 bites and mid range kick back that have not left a scratch due to saw trousers......but any saw over an ms200 flat out and not in kick back will just spit them out.

[Arborist]

I went straight through a pair of the old husky knee pocked type c trowsers in to my leg 11 years ago, the material didnt pull out at all!

[Stephen Blair]

they stopped an 026 and top handle at full tilt for me, i am glad i was wearing them thats for sure

[Mark Bolam]

Stuffed an Oak log into the leg of an old pair of Hiflex and slammed an MS260 into it running full tilt.

 

Cut in about 1 1/2", which is impressively little considering you'd be unlikely to duplicate that situation in real life.

 

PPE rocks! I've never even nicked my keks, but two of my groundies would have been FUBAR without them.

[Dave D]

i've seen an 020 go through a pair of stihl hiflex type c. the cut was about 2 1/2 inchs wide and needed 11 stitches! we should all remember that no amount of ppe is a substitute for good practice.

[Craig Johnson]

big can of worms:thumbdown: