chainsaw boots, DO work...

[ad15]

always wondered how effective chainsaw boots REALLY are..

 

well i found out this week,,

 

made a STUPID mistake,,, luckily my boots did their thing,, not a mark on me,

 

i can now poke my finger right the way through and touch skin,, new boots for me,,

 

the pic doesn't show how bad it really is.. if you bend the boot out it's torn right the way along..

Edited November 17, 2010 by ad15

[Matthew Burton]

lucky escape! Good to see the ppe offers some protection

[RobRainford]

Yet you still see people just using normal steelies!

 

How exactly did you do that?

[ad15]

i was deadwooding a montery. about 40ft up... had just had a conversation with a customer who is being somewhat of an arse.. he made my blood boil,

 

after the conversation i moved along the limb i was working on, left foot on the limb and went to remove the dead branch to the right of my foot (know i know) real gentle cut, just pinged through and quick as that it hit me,,,, REALLY scary,,

 

the only reason i was using my topper was i'd literally JUST snapped my handsaw,,, it was a cutting edge lex330.. just took delivery of a nice silky..

 

i cannot believe how hard the saw hit my boot,, the knock hurt my foot but SO lucky it stopped the chain..

[RobRainford]

you are indeed lucky for that one. if that had gone into your tendon then its pretty much game over from the climbing and being active point of view for a while!

 

it was like that for me today, a horrible hedge with all sorts of old dead growth from previous 'overzealous pruning' and i just wanted to cut everything in my way! there was some bits that where just a bit close to me, one piece of ded wood was poking me in the love spuds and the thought crossed to cut that but then thought hmmm. no thanks id rather have 2 of these!

[geoff]

Close call,that could so easily have been very nasty,glad your not cut!

[Tommy_B]

Crikey mate. Glad you're ok. The only bad mistake is one you don't learn from!! Bet you'll always remember that and never do it again!!

[armchairarborist]

thats a near miss then:scared:, did you have to dismantle saw to remove the wadding?

[ad15]

nope,, as it hit me i pulled away,, it took a load of wadding, but it came off ok,, i pretty much jumped out of the tree to get to the ground and check my foot as it hit hard enough for me to think i'd cut myself badly as it hurt like hell,,,

[armchairarborist]

what a bummer having to climb back up 40ft eh? glad you're ok