Storing chainsaw helmets

[Aicchalmers]

So I always keep my gear in a 'bag for life' type bag in the boot but getting sick of the visor getting bent, the ears popping off etc .. any better suggestions for storage without having a huge crate to keep stuff in?

[Gary Prentice]

You're probably going to be limited because it is in a car boot. In the vans we have hanging hooks (or did have - another little job to do). In a car you're stuck with a rigid receptacle of some sort, sourced to fit the helmet in. I used to use a bottle recycling bin, about half the size of a banana box, in which my climbing kit went in with the helmet on top. Times gone on, shiny stuff has been added and I don't have a car boot anymore to transport kit in.

 

Sorry, not much help.

[cornish wood burner]

Could it be your bag doing the damage. I am only an occasional user using a car but I keep my oils,tools etc in boxes and just throw the helmet in upside down between my saws /strimmers. Only a £30 screwfix job but never had a problem with it.

[silky fox]

PPE is so important. And your lid protects a very fragile part of your body. When my lid is not hanging in the bag I got it with and up a height it's on the seat next to me.

[padman]

  silky fox said:

PPE is so important. And your lid protects a very fragile part of your body. When my lid is not hanging in the bag I got it with and up a height it's on the seat next to me.

 

When mine is not on my head it is on the seat like silky boy right next to me + a spare behind my seat

[silky fox]

With it next to you when you get to site....it's the first thing to hand and your skull is protected from the start and visor is crinkle free.

[felixthelogchopper]

I keep my lid and a spare one in a kitbag in the back of my truck to keep them out of sunlight.

[AHPP]

Mannequin head mounted on the dashboard?

[IVECOKID]

Climbing Helmet stored in house and ground Helmet permanently in Van,admittedly the latter gets more abuse being in van which should be treated like any PPE ......carefully.

 

 

 

Ste

[Gary Prentice]

  silky fox said:

PPE is so important. And your lid protects a very fragile part of your body. When my lid is not hanging in the bag I got it with and up a height it's on the seat next to me.

 

Mine too, it's like my keys, phone,wallet and cigarettes: Goes with me every-where.