Husqvarna Chainsaw Trousers Pro Tech 20

Apocalypsse

Im thinking about getting a pair of these. What are they like? Do they last, do the ventalation flaps actually do something? Are they good to climb with?

TrevMcRev

I wear these (occaisionally!) they are really comfy, chalk n cheese to standard pants.

The flaps do let a bit of a breeze iin on hot days. They need it though, i feel like they are a bit thicker/hotter in the front than normal saw pants.

kimtree

Good for climbing in the dry season but too hot in the wet,the vents let in a little air

Apocalypsse

Well I bought a pair today and used them for about an hour. Pretty comfy, did get a bit warm but now I know why they are called 'duna pants'. The vents are nice, you get a weird feeling tho when the wind blows in and the air goes up the legs.

TrevMcRev

Yeah, kinda like when you wear chaps with nothing on underneath

Oh, i mean, what i imagine it would be like

JohN Dee

Hmm, I own 2 pairs of Cloggers and find them really great n comfy all through the hot summer days we've had and the cold winter days we are starting to get. Climbing they are fine and durable. Ground work the same again.

A mate of mine just grabbed a pair of Cloggers after spending the last 2 years in those huskies and reckons Cloggers are heaps better.

Hey Trev, any plans on selling chainsaw pants in the future?

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TrevMcRev

Yeah mate, working on it. Just the chainsaw branded stuff is more aligned to the saw dealers. There are others out there that i'm looking at, clogger and a number of good european brands.

I just need to clone about 10 more of me at the moment to keep up!

TrevMcRev

Oh yeah, there are new stretchy cloggers too.

Apocalypsse

My boss had a pair of Cloggers for a while, said he hated them. The pants are going great so far, except the first job I had in them was a huge ass pine tree...

newguy18

Are pants superior to chaps,i use husky chaps on the ground,and when climbing static trees.If i'm doing a lot of traversing or swinging,i don't wear them.

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Apocalypsse

Im too lazy to keep playing with chaps, didnt really like them when I used them so pants were my option.

TrevMcRev

Pants are more comfortable & streamlined, not having all the buckles n zips etc. that get in the way, esp. when climbing.

I know you dont give a rats about your own safety, but....

Pants are always on. No its just small/easy/wont take long/she'll be right type situations where complacency can bite you.

And you dont want to get bitten, i have on the thigh. The 1st company i worked at doing trees nobody wore them and as such i didn't even know they existed.

In my opinion chaps are too easy to forget/not bother with/make excuse for (eg. "ohh it's too hot today")

I would use them only for newbies on trial, if they are gonna stick around then they need their own pants.

Chaps are a fair enough solution for the weekend warrior of farmer or might do some occaisional cutting for firewood though.

TrevMcRev

Having said all that, i remember having the impression that in the US it seems quite normal not to use leg protection....

In Aust it is more mainstream, considered normal & to be expected of anyone professionally working with chainsaws.

newguy18

Leg protection is only mandatory for ground operations[felling,bucking,groundie work] here in the us.On the ground i always have my chaps on,not always while climbing though,i am intrested in pants though.

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JohN Dee

Bill, chaps are just a hassle.

I went 6 years in the industry without chainsaw pants and with out cutting myself, now the last 6 months and still not cuttting myself in them I wouldn't go back to less.

Plus, last year I had these two mad pairs of jeans that I really REALLY liked, I liked them so much I wore them to work pretty often. Well as the oil, fuel, sap and saw dust would have it, they all ruined my two most favorite pairs of jeans with stains and weakening the material to the point I just touched the legs and they tore. Save ya jeans (oh and I guess your legs too) and get chainsaw pants, they stand up to the shit we deal with.

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JohN Dee

Oh and pssst, Bill. Cmon man, $100 Stihl chainsaw pants in the US, that is a piece of piss mate. Correct me if I'm wrong (Mate's mother lived in the states and he said he only paid 100 US for his, through her)

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Apocalypsse

Anyone got the washing instructions? They were not included for some reason and the label on the pants says to follow washing instructions to the letter.

JohN Dee

I thought that when I first got mine (Cloggers) too, but I wash mine normally in the washing machine and most mornings whack em in the dryer.

The instructions probably said something like: hand wash them and do not tumble dry at the end of the day we are tree workers and don't have time or the patience to do either of those things and if you have a mrs that does well jebus you got a good one!

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stu

I got a pair of the clogger Arborist pants, lots of stretchability and airy, have worn them for about 6 mths and they've pretty much fallen apart, zips on pockets have broken and zip on fly, also seem to tear really easily, got heaps of holes all over them. Does anyone know what pants conform to the new standard for ch saw protection?

Apocalypsse

10 month review on the pants. Stitching is pretty shite, have had to have them sown up multiple times in multiple places. They have held up well, ive knicked them a couple of times, not hitting the kevlar tho. Last couple of days have been getting heat rash wearing them, low 30s, humidity a bit higher.