composite or steel toe cap? You may think twice!

[jaime bray]

Meant to post a while ago, but forgot. When attending the recent AA shads course at Stoneleigh we were shown videos off youtube of chainsaw boot testing. What amazed myself and others was the ease at which the saw went through the composite (plastic ) toe cap. Was scary to hear that the toe cap part is not under the same strict regulation for chainsaw protection as the remainder of the boot.

 

Anybody else seen the videos? Or heard/seen of this?

 

Will certainly alter my next choice of boot.

 

Do prabos boots have steel toe cap anyone know?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

[ame]

[/ame]

[Adam Bourne]

To be fair Jamie should you be really cutting near your feet in the first place?

[Gary Prentice]

Doesn't give you much confidence in the standards, does it?

 

Chainsaw protective boots- in places!

 

Now where did I put my chainsaw shorts, they have full protection where they have full protection too!

[TIMON]

Meant to post a while ago, but forgot. When attending the recent AA shads course at Stoneleigh we were shown videos off youtube of chainsaw boot testing. What amazed myself and others was the ease at which the saw went through the composite (plastic ) toe cap. Was scary to hear that the toe cap part is not under the same strict regulation for chainsaw protection as the remainder of the boot.

 

 

 

Anybody else seen the videos? Or heard/seen of this?

 

 

 

Will certainly alter my next choice of boot.

 

 

 

Do prabos boots have steel toe cap anyone know?

 

 

Just noticed a split on the uppers of my Hiax. Not sure if they have steel or composites. Think I'll make sure of steel caps with whatever new ones I buy.

[jaime bray]

To be fair Jamie should you be really cutting near your feet in the first place?

 

Obviously not. But should we be cutting one handed in the tree with a saw? Some do not, some do so habitually. For some this will make then reassess work positioning or even their next boot choice. For others with exemplary skills and work positioning they won't need to bother with such threads. 😉

[Steve Bullman]

To be fair Jamie should you be really cutting near your feet in the first place?

 

Obviously not...but its frightening how often im talking to other tree cutters, look down and see cut marks across the ends of their boots!

 

I remember this video doing the rounds the first time. Certainly makes you think

[NFG]

To be fair Jamie should you be really cutting near your feet in the first place?

 

Agreed entirely

 

However, always considered a steel toe cap superior to composites

 

 

N

[Mick Dempsey]

I didn't realise that not all "steel toecap boots" were not actually steel.

Sobering vid.

[penfold]

Does anybody notice that the saw is running at full chat in the vid and being forced down. I think that the test isn't really true to real life conditions. I know that when I have contacted my foot with the saw () the inertia brake kicked in and the saw only took a small sliver off my outsole.