large pin oak

i feel like you guys are missing the personal part in the ppe, when i do wear a helmet i sweat way way to much which then goes into my eyes and i cant see worth a lick, making it actually more dangerous for me in the tree, when i said i wear a hard hat when i am afraid i meant that when i see nasty dead or big hangers that could potentially fall on me while ascending i definatly wear a helmet,

ive tried the halo head bands and other sweat bands and i have a vented helmet, if you guys have any other suggestions on how to stop the sweat from pouring in my eyes im all ears

ps, i think its funny that no one here knows how to approach a differing opinion then their own, i didnt know gang mentality translated via the internet.
 
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ps, i think its funny that no one here knows how to approach a differing opinion then their own, i didnt know gang mentality translated via the internet.

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.........it's about keeping a mentality!
 
I just thought we were all mental?
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sean you have a point, not many sane people climb trees for a living, a sweat towel isnt the worst idea ive heard but honestly i can already see it getting snagged on branches, hey mb, my whole crew has been talking about your website, apparently youve got a lot of good pics and a place for your smokes on your saddle, well i ran with the idea a bit and upgraded my saddle to carry a mini fridge, a little heavy but nothing beats an ice cold redbull. im going to see about a blender, a nice little smoothie here and there would be a refreshing break in the day
 
I also have a petzl vertex. Its a very comfortable helmet but the ear muffs that attach to it can be quite uncomfortable on the neck. I put one forward and one backwards to counter balance the weight. As for wearing a helmet, I think its rediculus not to. Many things can happen unexpectedly and I have taken a few shots to the noggin large enough to make me appreicate my helmet.
 
thats because your not safe arbor23, and you cant say you are because you work for me, and the earmuffs dont help much either, especially when someone yells headache and you run under an on coming branch
 
I still have it, just in case I feel like getting hooked on tobacco again.
 

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you quit mb? good for you brother, instead of keeping tobacco in there why dont you put in some heroin needles or crank, climbers in these parts swear by it, just kidding, but i would definatly switch over to carrots and celery, that is if your just getting over the tobacco bug, i guess some chewing gum never hurts
 
Oh yeah... I wear BDU pants in the tree and keep a bandanna in one pocket to wipe off the glasses whenever I decide to actually put'em on. I wear a bandanna on my bald [censored] head (gypsy style) to keep the sweat out of my eyes and face... works pretty good.
 
well now thats it colder out the helmet is on, it keeps ya nice and toasty, int the winter i wear a snow boarding helmet with built in ear flaps which are nice, last year i didnt have enough ear protection on in the cold and got frost bite on my left ear lobe, it doesnt help that i have 1 1/2 inch metal plugs in for earings, either way, the frost bite eventually ate away at my already thinned out ear lobe and just a couple of weeks ago my skin finally gave and my ear split, we cut the reamainder with sterile scissors, need a pic?
 
Family Tree......ughhhh! No pics required!

I've been climbing 16 years and rarely use a helmet on residential sites unless it's a huge tree. Commercial or 'high visibility' sites are where I'll were 'em the most.

Personally, I feel that they lead to a sense of 'false security', witch in turn leads to conplaincy. The biggest shots I've taken were with a lid on. In a tree at 80', avoiding hitting the deck is my priority. Also, my groundies gotta were 'em, and if they forget, I throw sh*t at 'em (very good aim btw).

Look, its like airbags in cars. The safer people feel, the more careless they become. Just my 2 cents.

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That's an odd line of thinking.... you wear a hat just for show but you insist your groundies wear theirs and you enforce that by throwing things at'em? I hope you pay really good cuz otherwise you're liable to make enemies of some very important people while you're up a tree.

At 80' the last thing on my mind is hitting the deck... same at any other height. How can you fall if you're tied in to a solid TIP? OTOH, Every time I rig a piece, I'm thinking about being hit or pinned when it pitches... a hat could come in pretty handy if the wood does something unexpected. Hangers can give you a bad headache too.

A good light helmet is no hassle to wear at all... why not take a few seconds and protect the most vital part of your body.
 
We have a rule whoever walks onto the job whether it is the foreman, the saleman or the phc tech you better be wearing that helmet and those glasses !!!!
 
I started climbing at 17, but was 27 before I started wearing a helmet, after which I gradually introduced it over the following year or so. Up until that point, I just thought I was way too tough and could do without the discomfort also. I’d crammed lots into those 10 years, more than a lot of climbers experience in 20. Not that I’m being boastful, it’s just the truth.

One day I was felling some bunched-up privet trees at a woodland edge. These trees were about 35ft high tops, but proportionately chunky at the base, but they were still nothing really, I’ wouldn’t have thought twice about lowering them in their entirety if they were just limbs of a large tree, you get the picture.

So there I am, no helmet just earmuffs. As I was casually watching one of them fall, just as it reached about 45 degrees…. BANG!!!............I was down with blood all over my head and face.

If that had been a sucker-punch, I think I’d have lost the fight.

The shock and pain truly knocked me sick. There was no-one with me at the time, at least they were about 50 yards away. I put my shirt over my head to stop the blood and pulled myself together over the next 10 minutes.

What had happened? As I felled the tree it had brushed passed the one adjacent and dislodged a piece of deadwood, which proceeded to find its target perfectly some of you might say!

I spent a couple of minutes looking around for this massive chunk which had just nearly knocked me out, but what I eventually found with my blood on was just pathetic, a hard but relatively puny piece of dead wood.

Point is, after years of relatively unscathed but intense climbing ops etc, I was caught out by this silly little privet tree. Lucky for me it wasn’t a big chunk!

Helmets are a pain when it’s hot, but persevere and you do get used to them. If you get too hot just take it off for a minute while you re-group. Also, think about your strategy – maybe you’re exerting more energy than you need to?

Anyhow, I assumed the Pin-Oak went ok ?
 
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