Treejames64 wears a hardhat

treejames64

Here's a few shots of my improved safty gear. I'll have you know I got a sunburn on the back of my neck and nose from wearing a hardhat. I spiked all four trees and felt good about cutting them down.

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Therrin

Your grapple operator isnt wearing a hard hat.












j/k j/k j/k... cool pics man. You can avoid the sunburn by using a cloth or bandanna for the back of your neck, and sunblock for your nose. (I even hear that, it is said, you can use sunblock on your neck or other skin areas also)

treejames64

These are a couple of guys on my crew moving chairs, etc out of the way before we got started. I'm not enforcing the hardhat rule until I see if I can stick with it. I brought plenty of extras though if they decided to try them.

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phill ellison

James, that was a large tree to bring down, what was the reason for it to come down, and was it an oak tree (just testing my eyes)

treejames64

You were right it's a Laurel oak and it had some heart rot though not too severe (The tap root was gone though and with Laurel oaks that is a problem due to shallow roots). The other tree is very decayed so I tied into the tree that was over hanging it and dropped down on it. The one that I tied into above the dead one had Hispidus canker in it so it came down also.

Jeff Darby

Good on you the more you use ppe the more it will become second nature to you, the first time it saves you from having your skull cracked open compared to a sore head with a head ache you will know the real value of wearing it. We here at Treeworld promote safety in treework and you are indeed on the right track to not only being competant on your removals but also looking very professional.

In Australia most times workcover will drive on by your job and keep going because they know by the way you have set up your workplace and all your workers are wearing ppe that you have a 99% chance of compliance.

On your very first experience with your hard hat you identified a hazard, uv radiation from the sun, sun burn, Therrin advised you on a proven way to minimise sun burn by applying sun block. Keep on using ppe and recognising their shortfall and logicaly identifying then eliminating it or minimising it.

Applying this method to everything you do in treework and you will be on your way to being the safest treeworker in your area, some thing to be proud of

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Nice loader AND hard hat,Keep them ear muffs on

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TrevMcRev

Good job on stepping up with the PPE.

One question...Are you saying the hardhat caused the sunburn on your nose & neck?

Would they not be as or more exposed without it?

What do you normally wear instead?

You can get those neck flap attachments for helmets....

Therrin

He normally wears a floppy brim boonie hat which gives him full coverage (well, for sun protection anyway)

TrevMcRev

Oh ok, you can also get seperate "brims" that can sit over a hard hat.

treejames64

I have to confess that I threw the hardhat back in the truck. The sun is frying my face and neck. I will try to order one of those neck flaps but where do you get the brims. I have never seen one.

newguy18

If you have a stihl or husky hard hat,i have a neck protector i'll just give you when i'm in gainsville.

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Apocalypsse

Thats such a pro truck, would be useful for some of the jobs we have.

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Treejames64

i like that crane grapple setup, oh and your hardhat.
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treejames64

I'm curious, when you wear ear protection, do you lift the muffs between cuts. I sometimes throw muffs on when using large or older saws with crappy mufflers but in a tree I always like to be able to here my ground men scream if need be. I also like to here the way my spikes hit the wood, cracking, pops, or someone shouting that there is a large racoon coming at me. The loaders here are great. We are doing away with chippers in this area (except for power line crews). Now the wood yards have tub grinders that will grind logs of this size and everything else. They usually will grind the brush and pile it, let it decompose, and then sell it for top soil. The wood is than ground, dyed, and sold as mulch. The comany I used to run had several tub grinders (about the size of a large semi truck) and over 14 of these loader truck. Lots of equipent to pay for with no hurricanes.

stirmantrees

i personally use a stihl hardhat/earmuff/face visor combo. a little cumbersome but actually cooler and keeps everything (almost ) out of my eyes.
good to see these guys are having a positive influence on you. keep trying the hardhat.
what area do you work in? I am in oviedo/ orlando area and that Laurel oak looks like the trees we do all the time.
nice pics.

newguy18

I didn't care for the mesh,a limb removed it for me,i never did care for eye wear,it all either fogs up or lets little bits in,i'd rater just do without it,James i put the muffs on before i start cutting,then when i'm done,i take them off,i can actually stand and talk to anyone with them on.

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Therrin

After using the Stihl hardhat/muffs/mesh combo for a year,
I decided that it's my prefered rig for using on the ground, but not for climbing.
It's just too bulky, everything snags on it. My Petzl ecrin-roc helmet is much more streamlined for climbing use.


However, my stihl helmet rig flew outta the truck on the way home from a job one day, so it's a slightly moot point for me. Just my $0.02


(Bill, I HATE getting sawdust in my eyes, and while I don't ever use goggles cuz they fog up, and even though the mesh face shield can suck for climbing; I got some of those Bug Eyez style mesh goggles, and they're the BOMB)
Sure they let dust sized stuff in, but they keep all the other crap from going in your eyes. Big brownie points on those things from me.

treejames64

I'm going to try those mesh goggles. Even though my eyes are pretty well use to sawdust. It comes out when you sleep. The ear muffs I'm probably going to pass on at this time though I do want to get a set that I can hook my eye pod up to for mowing the lawn. I don't think they will hook up to the hardhat though. Progress..

Therrin

I use either earbud headphones or the ones that clip individually on each ear, the seal on the muffs just close around the cord and that works pretty good.

You can get the mesh ones either as seperate "bug eye" style that has a round mesh that covers each eye, or you can get a single piece mesh "goggle" that covers both eyes. I've got the single piece. It works SPLENDIDLY. I'd really like to get the double ones though, I think they'd fit better. (even though I'm sure they look crazier)

Graeme

James, please take some advise from someone (me) who has a constant ringing in the ears called tinnitus, from too much exposure to noise, use ear muffs or ear plugs. Ear muffs are quick and easy to flip up when the saw/chipper etc arn't running. As sure as the sun will come up tomorrow, exposure to a loud noise like a running chainsaw will cause some degree of hearing loss.

Graeme