can you get chainsaw trousers legs taken up

[Breezeblock]

could you turn them up and get a few stitches put in the right place to hold them there?

[aspenarb]

I know the OP is not Happy I dont know which one he is either but surely he could go into somewhere like FR Jones and get a better fitment. Ordering stuff that you have not tried on invariably ends in disappointment.

 

Bob

[peatff]

I know the OP is not Happy I dont know which one he is either

Bob

 

Grumpy ?

 

Cos he can't find pants to fit and his wellies chafe his crotch.

[treequip]

 

Ur only cutting the bottom couple of inches so any loss in performance probably doesn't matter as much as ur boots will be protecting ur feet anyway.

 

 

No

 

It all depends on how your seamstress goes about the task.

 

For the blocking material to function it needs to be grabbed by the chain and dragged out of the garment and into the rotating parts of the saw where by virtue of its strength and bulk it overpowers the centrifugal clutch.

 

If the seamstress stitches through the blocking material it becomes one with the cover material the intended action fails and the blocking material doesn't find its way into the clutch and the protection fails.

 

To modify pants so they remain functional you would probably need to remove the blocking material, alter its length then re install it. I did see a John Deere boiler suit once where the blocking material had been transplanted from a pair of chainsaw pants

[Vespasian]

No

 

It all depends on how your seamstress goes about the task.

 

For the blocking material to function it needs to be grabbed by the chain and dragged out of the garment and into the rotating parts of the saw where by virtue of its strength and bulk it overpowers the centrifugal clutch.

 

If the seamstress stitches through the blocking material it becomes one with the cover material the intended action fails and the blocking material doesn't find its way into the clutch and the protection fails.

 

To modify pants so they remain functional you would probably need to remove the blocking material, alter its length then re install it. I did see a John Deere boiler suit once where the blocking material had been transplanted from a pair of chainsaw pants

 

 

 

Is this somethin you made up or have you looked into it...

Cause it seems to me that if you had an inner material that was loose at the hems, then that material might ride up the leg over a few washes...

 

I suspect if you cut off and hemmed the bottoms up, there'd no loss of safety as the chainsaw would drag the safety material into the chain before any material in the lower leg had any effect of what takes place were the chainsaw catches the material...

 

OK thought I'd do some research of my own, looks like I was right all along..

 

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Notice the material only gets dragged out the material were contact takes place........

[littlerob]

Errr I wouldn't listen to that advice as I don't think that's a very good idea. I'm fairly sure if you start cutting or sewing the blocking material you may regret it later if you rely on it to stop a chainsaw!

 

You can get some chainsaw trousers in short leg lengths, just look at some of the ads on the right.

 

well im 28inch leg with boots on and no stocks them i just got some at was meant to be short leg n there and there 33inch this is the 3rd pair i have bought now and im have bin working with just everyday work trousers instead as for me the risk of tripping over with a saw is more of a danger than not using them

Edited January 18, 2016 by littlerob

[littlerob]

I know the OP is not Happy I dont know which one he is either but surely he could go into somewhere like FR Jones and get a better fitment. Ordering stuff that you have not tried on invariably ends in disappointment.

 

Bob

 

well i looked online at all the big names f rjones buxtons gustharts honey brothers n so on I'm only 28inch leg with my boots on most trousers seems to be 31inch leg or 32 leg recent one where ment to be 31leg more like 34leg

[treequip]

Is this somethin you made up or have you looked into it...

Cause it seems to me that if you had an inner material that was loose at the hems, then that material might ride up the leg over a few washes...

 

I suspect if you cut off and hemmed the bottoms up, there'd no loss of safety as the chainsaw would drag the safety material into the chain before any material in the lower leg had any effect of what takes place were the chainsaw catches the material...

 

OK thought I'd do some research of my own, looks like I was right all along..

 

 

 

Notice the material only gets dragged out the material were contact takes place........

 

Look again at the pitiful amount of fibre dragged out by this test, could you find a shorter bar or a smaller saw?, did you factor that into your "research"

 

Note also that despite the lack of power, the material got dragged in from areas of the garment otherwise unaffected by the cut. Look again at the length hanging off the saw and out of the garment, if the blocking material were securely attached that wouldn't happen.

 

But the proof positive is under own arse, have a look at the pants, making the pants like that is much more complicated, if they could just hem it in with the rest they could but they don't, kinda makes you think

[muttley9050]

So we're all agreed you can cut the bottom off and use iron on hems ensuring you don't trap the inner fabric .

[Vespasian]

Treequip

 

 

the fella wants to take a bit of material off the bottom of his trousers...

He ain't lookin to invent a new pair of the things..

 

If your asking me you're just being picky for the sake of it... there isn't any evidence that taking up the trousers an inch or two will have any ill effects on how effective they are...

 

Now unless you're an expert on these type of chainsaw trousers, I suggest you come back with evidence as, all I can see are nothing but opinions...

 

And, why we're about it, who said the fella uses a chainsaw any different than the one shown in the safety vid?...