Booking my Cs30/31 and need some boots

[samthornton1990]

Can anyone advise me on this?

 

Not sure whether to go and buy a decent set that will last a while or some second hand ones to get me through?

 

Also is there anything I can do to prep for it or am I best going in knowing as little as possible?

 

Cheers

 

Sam

[taffupatree]

Hiah dude. Look on the nptc website for the assessment guidance notes so you know what the thr assessor is looking for in the way of questions. Need to get the answers stuck in your head,, plenty of revision needed. It going to be a 5 day course?

[jrose]

Are you planning to be in the boots every day, or just using the saw once in a blue moon?

 

If you're going to be wearing them all the time, get the very best pair you can afford - nothing worse than working all day in uncomfortable boots. If you're only using it once in a while, you could probably get away with a pair of chainsaw wellies or similar.

[samthornton1990]

It's the five day course. I'll have a look into that website.

 

And I intend on doing it full time if I can get a job but until then i'll be wearing them for the course and then when i volunteer. Just spoke to the guy who I am doing the course with and he made wellies sound very undesireable. I'd say my limit would be £150 tops..

[jrose]

I can't even begin to describe how terrible wellies are to work in every day, especially in the summer! Any of the site sponsors should do a half decent pair of boots for well under that - £100-120ish should get a pretty good pair to start with.

[54gka]

Get some stein explorers for that best boots i ever had and as above get some revision done.On the first day they'll give you some training books to take home to read but as taffupatree said just look at the nptc site and if you've got your own saw learn how to service and strip it down.Try not to worry to much about it as if your with a good training centre they should be very helpful and on assessment day they have a good way of getting you to give a good answer.All the best and enjoy.

[magwick]

just bought a pair of meindle wood walkers. £149.

comfy out of the box. last pair lasted five years,including climbing.

[samthornton1990]

Thanks guys, got the criteria, I will look into boots, thanks for all the sugestions!

[hiluxstihl]

i got stihl ranger gtx, the way i think about it, is there comfy boots until or if a saw contacts them, then there worth 15000+ not 150 if they save you a fall and serious injury or worse then there well worth the money.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Got an old pair of stain size 10 if you want em just pay the post.