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I had a pair or two when i first got my basic ticket, left over from having to wear them on the course......I ended up having a pee one day and dropped them from under my arm and pee-ed on them...never bothered with them again for reasons stated above. I use those builders type things now with the rubber dipped palms and fingers- like most people seem to TBH.

Its not a legal requirement.

 

edit. Just read your post, and as far as best practice goes, yes it is a requirement i believe.

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read through the afag guides and see what they recommend

 

Again, these are for guidance and are not legal requirements. I may be being a bit pedantic (anal? :001_rolleyes:) but there is a difference there.

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yes but most contractors i have worked for used them as best practice examples and as far as they are concerned that is all they will work to

 

Me too :thumbup1:. But the original question was what's the legal requirement, which is not the same as best practise.

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from what i understand, chain saw gloves are an 'old rule' as HF says, but its very hard to change that 'law' and the new HAVS supersedes this, so a good fitting, gripy glove that keeps your pinkeys warm is better than cold slipy chain saw glove. so yes you should wear gloves but not necessarily chain saw gloves!!!

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from what i understand, chain saw gloves are an 'old rule' as HF says, but its very hard to change that 'law' and the new HAVS supersedes this, so a good fitting, gripy glove that keeps your pinkeys warm is better than cold slipy chain saw glove. so yes you should wear gloves but not necessarily chain saw gloves!!!

 

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