INVEST IN A PAIR OF LIMBSAVING CHAINSAW CHAPS

On the fence about whether you should buy a pair of chainsaw chaps? Consider that the most common wound chainsaws inflict is to the left leg (particularly the knee, below the knee, or the foot) and requires about 110 stitches to close. Chaps protect against such a gruesome injury with a unique mechanism. Once the saw pierces the outer fabric, the chain tears into the synthetic fibres below, which so thoroughly entangle the chain and its sprocket that both are stopped dead in their tracks. Sure, the chaps are ruined, but your leg isn’t. I’ve never cut into mine, but one time I came so close that the chain splattered a stripe of oil on the chaps as it flew by. When I look at that greasy stripe, I think the money I paid for those chaps was among the best I’ve spent.