Stihl Glove vs Chipper

[Rupe]

I've had some nasty nicks sharpening without so gloves, so yes they are a good idea, but I still don't always where them!

[Stephen Blair]

I nearly lost my hand the first day ever using a chipper wearing a silly leather bracelit i got on holiday when i was 19. And i have had many a stand off with safety bods on sites reguarding them while chipping. Your friend was lucky indeed.

[openboater]

Any work glove with a similar cuff potentially presents a similar risk, and when its -3 you'll not catch me feeding a chipper with no gloves. We are provided with PPE and expected to use it. Chainsaw gloves happen to be the warmest that are suitable (?) for the work that was being done.

What do people wear on their hands to feed a chipper with mixed brash and bramble in cold weather when using a saw is frequent enough to not switch it off ?

My friend has a border-line white finger condition so can not afford to be getting cold fingers.

[bjam1964]

In my stupidity I took my chainsaw gloves off and put them in the infeed of the chipper. 5 mins later they were nicely shredded and in the back of the van. They were the last pair I bought and I only ever wear welding gauntlets for prickly stuff.

 

We had a lad who insisted he wore his motorcycle gloves to handle wood. One of them was pulled off into the chipper and ended up hanging in pieces in a hedgerow

[skyhuck]

Little tip - be careful if you wear these new charity wrist-bands (they work themselves down around the base of the glove and if it gets snagged if bye-bye hand).

 

I nearly lost my hand the first day ever using a chipper wearing a silly leather bracelit i got on holiday when i was 19. And i have had many a stand off with safety bods on sites reguarding them while chipping. Your friend was lucky indeed.

 

:confused1:Do you not have stop bars on your chippers???????????

[ad15]

talking to one of my guys who recently did his cs31/32

you don't have to wear chainsaw gloves to pass the test anymore

But

you must wear gloves when sharpening the chain

everything changes:001_tt2:

 

NOT the case with a mate of mine who did his exam last week..

[ecolojim]

Any work glove with a similar cuff potentially presents a similar risk, and when its -3 you'll not catch me feeding a chipper with no gloves. We are provided with PPE and expected to use it. Chainsaw gloves happen to be the warmest that are suitable (?) for the work that was being done.

What do people wear on their hands to feed a chipper with mixed brash and bramble in cold weather when using a saw is frequent enough to not switch it off ?

My friend has a border-line white finger condition so can not afford to be getting cold fingers.

try a lined rigger glove. nice and warm, loose enough at the cuff etc to slip straight off and up the chipper spout.

 

as for the cold weather... heated handles

 

id rather lose a glove than any kind of injury any day

[Rope and Harness]

Thanks for the tip Tommer.

 

I wear one of these bands (Supporting our Heros) and its coming the next time im feeding the chipper.

[kimtree]

i wont wear gloves when feeding the chipper,mind you its not cold here and we mostly feed the chipper with the loader anyway:001_smile:

[likeitorlumpit]

NOT the case with a mate of mine who did his exam last week..

 

here we go

they're not even teaching the same techniques.

I give up:confused1: