User Panel. Login Register? General » General Discussion. Site Notices. Meyers' New "Pocket Rocket". I watch Ax men every chance I get and I noticed that the loggers all wear suspenders instead of belts. I assume it's some kind of safety thing, but I would think that suspenders would be more likely to get caught in equipment than a belt would. I also think you'd have a problem with channeling wood chips and debris down a shirt and into your pants if they weren't sealed up with a belt.
If you'll look closely you'll notice that most people who wear suspenders have a bit of a belly. I'd suspect most of the loggers you see wearing suspenders fall into this category. Not really sure why, but in all reality a set of suspenders does work better than a belt. I grew up around Loggers, and it seemed that all of them wore suspenders.
I am fairly certain that the Carhart "Logger" jean even has suspender buttons on them, maybe it is a traditional thing. They are a lot more comfortable and do work better I just can't bring myself to sport them, though I did when I was growing up.
Your answer can be found here. I wish I could wear a type of suspender with my duty belt. I thought for sure the text of the OP was going to be "to hold their pants up! Crack control. I quit the gasoline bathing after a guy blew himself out of his garage doing the same thing. Seems he set off a static spark. Uniroyal Super Rainster rain gear was the only brand I bought.
And Yes, White Ox gloves by the dozen. Still have my last 2 Tin Hats. One is painted orange and yellow, with my nickname 'smoke' on the front, and quite bent up.
The other still aluminum. What's the big mystery? We stagged off our pants so they wouldn't snag on stuff. I never heard it called "shagged" either. If we're on brushy ground or poison oak a long sleeve shirt is good. It's hot around here in the summer so a lot of guys just wear short sleeves.
I didn't know there was some kind of "secret" reason why we dress like we do. Everybody has a different reason for what they wear but it comes down to this You wear what works best for you. Well, according to the fellows that were already 'old timers' when I started logging, it was the same reason the mountain men had the fringe on their buckskins.
They weren't doing it for the looks. Your clothes will dry faster. Get wet. The sun comes out. If your buddy is wearing regular clothing, and your are stagged or shagged, you say tomato. Guess who will be dry first. In fact, I worked with guys on the Olympic Peninsula in the 60's and early 70's that would cut loose the outside edge of the seams on the side if the leg for that very reason.
Left a fuzzy edge on the outside of the leg. Not snagging on the brush was secondary, but still a VERY good reason to do it. Jumbo , May 2, I've never heard anything about drying you out faster. It rains, you get wet. You dry out when you dry out. Its just going to rain again anyway. You gotta complain about something. I always hated the bugs more than being wet. We used to use duct tape and tape our pants to our boots to keep the mosquitoes and no-see-ums off our legs on some settings.
BDFT , May 2, Don't forget the BEES. We used to collect honey from the honey bees, but sure hated the rest of them. Hornets, Wasps, Yellow Jackets. Some settings we ran into several hives a day. Others, nary a one. Saw a hollow log come into a shingle mill once that was FULL of crickets. Millions of them. Made a slimy mess in the conveyors. I used to own a 00 Frick circle mill. When the mill was running my normal position was catching the boards off the headsaw, so that I could grade and sort them.
We were a small specialty mill, and mostly cut cypress for the outdoor furniture market, but would do custom sawing for anyone. I log naked. I like Big bill pants and shirts, because they cost a lot less than Carharrt and they have 'em in town here.
I get heavy shirts at thrift stores mostly, sometimes even a Pendleton or Woolrich will be only a few bucks. Whites and Danner are my favorite boots, don't be cheap in the footwear department. Peterson 8" with 33' tracks, JCB 4x4 loader backhoe, several stihl chainsaws.
Better to sit in silence and have everyone think me a fool, than to open my mouth and remove all doubt - Napoleon. Indecision is the key to flexibility. Have to have my hard hat and muffs with protictive mesh screen.
If I could afford it, I would wear only Filson single tin, dry-finish pants during the summer. I've yet to meet another pair of pants as durable and light as they are. Granted, the price tag tends to make me buy other brands Mary's County, Maryland Gender:. Quote from: 9shooter on February 25, , PM. Quote from: Clark on February 26, , PM. Almost bought a Carharrt coat this fall.
I looked at them hard. I think the overalls are about the same price. Be good for a skidder operator, but too heavy for the guy that's felling and limbing. I'd be too hot unless it's 20 below F. I'm hot just snow shoeing with more than a couple sweaters and a FF jacket.
I noticed that both Ontariologger and Swamp Donkey mentioned wearing Viking caulk boots. I recently purchased my first pair of Viking boots, my first pair of caulk boots, that are rubber slip-ons. So far I really like them on ice and snow, just waiting for the ground to appear to see how they perform in the spring. When working in the woods I wear chaps, helmet with hearing protection, and a good pair of steel toe boots.
And, I bring along plenty of water. Randy, yes. I have two kind. One just a rubber boot then other rubber on the feet and leather uppers. They are great for thinning and I would think they would be great for anyone on a log yard that is doing manual bucking.
Once you get used to them you feel like a cat with your claws dug in.
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