Plane trees

[DrewB]

Any suggestions as to what's best for filtering out plane dust whilst climbing and chipping? Courier pollution masks? It's tht time of year here and it's killing us, again. cheers

[geoff]

Light dust masks may be the way forward,that stuff does get your throat!

[treemeup]

I find that the paper type masks don't work too well and end up round your neck anyway. go for a twin filter four point respirator type mask, not comfortable but if you have to work on them seems to be the only ones that really do the job

Edited November 25, 2010 by treemeup

[SJH]

Only ever used the paper ones they work to a point, the double filter ones are good,I have used them for knocking plaster off walls in my house and they do filter the dust out well, never used them to climb in before.

[Rich Rule]

neoprene type mask used by the bicycle couriers. i got a tiger print purple one once from halfords. you could also change the filter in them.

 

something similar to this.

 

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_200231_langId_-1_categoryId_228863

[Frank]

neoprene type mask used by the bicycle couriers. i got a tiger print purple one once from halfords. you could also change the filter in them.

 

something similar to this.

 

Halfords | Techno Cycle Mask

 

Plus you can get some with a kind of half skeleton face print that make you look totally rock and roll. Go well with tattoos and misfits t-shirts. Haha.

[redmoosefaction]

Be the climber!!!

[Tree Man Tom]

Be the climber!!!

 

Its just as bad!!

 

Did my first plane the other day and i wondered what people were complaining about as it was going fine. Then i managed to breath in abit and i was coughing me guts up whilst up the tree, was horrible!

[Taupotreeman]

Had to do a report for the local council down here not so long ago after an Auckland landscape architect recommended planting 140 of the things around a new housing area. I recommended strongly against planting them due to the dust, allergic reactions etc but they went with the landscape architect anyway. Hopefully I'll be out of the game byt the time it comes to start trimming them. Even with a mask on the hairs still get in your eyes so I try and steer clear of them now.

[atree]

Try your volcano gear!

 

I did one last week,horrible