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Your chainsaw safety gear is important. Really important. Continuing cases of chainsaw injuries show that there is a real need to educate chainsaw operators on the correct selection and use of chainsaw safety gear.
This guide examines the different styles and options of chainsaw PPE available to the user and how to choose the best chainsaw protection for your unique situation.
Continue reading “The Clogger Guide to Choosing the Best Chainsaw Safety Gear”
For most of our clothes, cleaning is a pretty common practice.
For some clothes, we make an exception such as jeans, coats or the ones made with natural fibers like merino.
But what about your chainsaw pants and chaps?
Will washing increase, decrease or have no effect on the protection you will have from your chainsaw pants and chaps?
How should you wash and dry them?
How to take care of your chainsaw pants and chaps?
No worries, we have all your answers here. And if there isn’t, just leave a comment below and we will get back to you!
We also have created an Ultimate Guide post on how to best maintain, clean and repair your chainsaw pants and chaps going into a lot (maybe too much!) detail.
The Gen 2 Zero Chainsaw Pants are now available for purchase.
And we’re all pretty excited about this launch at Clogger.
We’ve been working on the Zero Gen 2 for months. Getting all the feedback we could on the first generation of the Zero chainsaw pants and thinking how we could improve them. We tested multiple fabrics to make sure this model would be more durable and sent the new Zero to some Arborists to trial.
The main objective was to make them tougher and more durable. We’ve made the changes and to put them to the test under real-life work pressure. The Gen 2 Zeros passed every test that we could think of. And voilà. The Gen 2 Zero is now on the shelf!
But, before getting it, you might wonder: what’s new about the Gen 2 Zero Chainsaw Pants?
Here’s the quick summary.
Safety awareness in the tree industry is increasing. Governments are step by step reinforcing PPE regulations and workshops are being organized all around the world. Yet, not all crew are wearing chainsaw protection adapted to their needs.
But sometimes, we just don’t know what we truly need. With an increasing number of e-commerce websites, the choice is larger than ever and it is easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of information available. Continue reading “5 Unexpected Reasons You Must Wear Fully Fire-Resistant Chainsaw Gear”
We’re pleased to launch our new product directory. It features the results of unwavering passion and relentless innovation – namely, the products. Each one is special to us. They are all a ‘work-in-progress’ and we’ll keep making changes and improvements. That’ll never stop. So think of this as a snapshot in time. It’s merely what the products are as of April 2017. Enjoy.
Chainsaw Protection is made from a variety of fabrics. So, what’s the difference between them and which one is better? Read our latest white paper: anatomy-of-chainsaw-protection to find out.
When stateside at the TCI Expo last year, we got to meet and hang out with an awesome bunch of people. One of them is Mike Teti. Hailing from Philadelphia, a region that is still home, Mike has been a tree climber for 25 years. He says he’s been blessed with all the opportunities life as a climber offers. It has taken him to the top of the tallest trees, to the most beautiful locations and provided enough happy memories for a lifetime. Mike says it was also “directly responsible for meeting my beautiful wife and Mother of my two precious boys”.
The effects of heat on an arborist can be felt both physically and financially. The Productivity & Chainsaw Protection white paper explains some of the science behind how heat can affect you..and how the trousers you wear can have a real impact on both your health and finances. Please view the paper here: Productivity & Chainsaw Protection
Hans J. Tielmann, CTSP, CIC is an arborist and social media marketer from New Jersey. Hans is the owner of Pine Valley Tree Service, PVTS a family run business, that has been owned and operated by his father for over 40 years. Most Recently, he started a second business Bad Media LLC., a digital marketing company assisting clients in creating engaging online content for the tree care industry. His main goal is to help his clients overcome the challenges and misconceptions of “modern marketing”. A tech savvy graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hans is passionate about trees. He and his crew promote safe and effective techniques in their everyday duties by using modern equipment matched with comprehensive strategy. Ever the tree tactician, Hans’s passion carries over into the world of social media. As an industry contributor, he exhibits his love for what he does best. As his Instagram shows, Hans promotes fun and effective educational posts as well as behind the scenes posts for his audience. With the majority of his audience being in the tree care industry, he has a long-term goal of expanding into the consumer market. Hans also strives to improve safety standards without using fear as a motivator. Hans was a winner of the 2015 & 2016 TCIA Professional Communications Awards for Social Media. Also winning the 2016 Industry Website Award for www.pinevalleytree.com.
Krista started climbing trees as a youngster, taking it up professionally in 2009. Since then, Krista has competed 8 times in the International Tree Climbing Competition. Always busy, Krista has taught climbing at the Humber College for the last 4 years and works hard to promote women in the industry as a committee member for Women in Arboriculture Ontario. And it’s all done with heaps of passion because…”the industry is amazing and I love my Tree Family! We definitely have the best community of talented, experienced, exciting, knowledgeable and passionate people ever!” We couldn’t agree more.
Continue reading “A Talk in the Trees with Krista Strating”
