[AT] Having a little fun

[Mike M]

Brad, I have one made by Stihl, and love it; it has saved my face and 
head several times.  The mesh doesn't fog up like safety glasses, and 
the built in hearing protection makes it easy to just grab one piece of 
safety gear. I can appreciate having them especially with the shag-bark 
hickory; nice firewood, not so nice to cut. I use the helmet for weed 
whipping to.
Last month I was cutting a fallen leaner Ash tree, I didn't notice a 
smaller tree pinned underneath one of it's branches. When I cut the Ash 
it freed the pinned tree, it  hit me squarely on top of my head, pushing 
the helmet down so the sweat band was over my eyes. If I hadn't had that 
helmet on, I would have had a nice goose egg at best.

Mike M


On 1/4/2016 9:30 AM, Gunnells, Bradley R wrote:
> Gene, keep us posted on how you like your new safety gear. That looks like a wise purchase if it works as expected.
>
> Thanks
> Brad
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> On 1/4/16, 7:11 AM, "at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of Gene Dotson" <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of gdotfly at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>     This in my recent purchase. Has full hearing protection and a mesh face
>> shield so it doesn't fog up. Cost $38.80 on ebay. Waiting for a chance to
>> try it out.
>>
>> Gene
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
>> Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2016 9:45 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Having a little fun
>>
>> Chuck, dad has quite a bit of hearing loss, not necessarily from sawing. I
>> mention that because yesterday I cranked up an old Wright one man saw I have
>> (it’s a chainsaw, not a reciprocating saw like most of the Wrights you find
>> are). I already knew to put on hearing protection, dad immediately asked for
>> some. I think that was the first time He ever asked for it! Most of the 2
>> man saws are "quiet" enough to play with, some have mufflers bigger than
>> your lawnmower. The smaller one man saws normally have an exhaust trumpet
>> and that’s it.
>>
>> John Hall
>>
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