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Offline SDB777

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Chaps.....
« on: June 21, 2010, 06:33:25 PM »
It's time for me to invest in a good set of chaps....been cutting for years without, and I'm getting wiseras time passes on this here planet!
Price is an option....so. 


Looked at a few online, but I'm not really sure on the sizing thing.  And as luck would have it, there is not a place locally that sells them.  Might be able to find something in Maine while I'm on vacation, but I haven't been up there in two years.  So I'm not even sure where to look for a shop up there....


What is a good set for a decent price?
What brand do you use?
Where did you get 'em(if you remember)?
What was the price tag?



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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2010, 09:18:59 PM »
Check out Baileys forest supply.

THe lucas mill link at the top will take you to the web site
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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2010, 07:10:48 AM »
Check out Baileys forest supply.

THe lucas mill link at the top will take you to the web site


Thanks Kirk...

Been looking most at Bailey's(really nice products at a fair price-shameless plug), but I'd really like to try some on to see what I like the best.  Or at least get the advise from folks that have had a set for a while to see if they like theirs.
Wish I had a store here locally to look at something?  But I guess it's due to places like the above mentioned that keeps these stores from doing business...kind of a catch 22 deal!  I for one would actually pay a little more to go to a store and get the product. But I imagine a lot of folks would look, get the size they need, and then order for a few dollars less online.

What are you using Kirk?  Do you wear them while your milling?  Or would they just be in the way?


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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2010, 10:22:00 AM »
I have a pair of Husky chaps and love them and wear them ANY time I am using my chain saw.

I dont use them while milling with my sawmill, but then again its a bandmill.  I would wear them if it was a chainsaw mill.

Stop over at Tractor Supply.  They should carry Stihl chaps or just west of the exit on 67 north of you is a Husky dealer and they carry them. 

I think if you go east at that same exit there is a Waffle House. 
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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2010, 01:41:38 PM »
Got a Tractor Supply in Sherwood!  Thanks would have never thought of them!!!!



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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2010, 05:03:07 PM »
Good thing I called before driving down there....

We can order what you want, but we don't stock them....says a very nicely spoken lady.
So the search continues................




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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2010, 05:58:12 PM »
I know the husky dealer north of cabot use to stock them.  I picked up a pair there my last trip down. 
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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2010, 06:53:58 PM »
I know the husky dealer north of cabot use to stock them.  I picked up a pair there my last trip down. 

Was it the place on Hwy64, little shop that has a wooden siding, about 1/2mi off the Highway....town is Beebe.

BEEBE LAWN & POWER EQUIPMENT....maybe?


I'll give them a call in the morning..

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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2010, 12:56:23 PM »
YEP!  Thats it!
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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2010, 01:29:15 PM »

 I youster buy Farm Equipment in Beebe. There was an Auction Site right off the main drag. Can't remember the name, offhand.  ::) ::) ;D

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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2010, 06:17:04 PM »
I youster buy Farm Equipment in Beebe. There was an Auction Site right off the main drag. Can't remember the name, offhand.  ::) ::) ;D

It's still there.  They don't do many auctions anymore, but there is a flea market(bunch of crap) there every Saturday morning.
That's the beauty of small-ish towns....hardly anything ever changes!


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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #11 on: June 24, 2010, 08:10:18 PM »

 You get my latest email with Bar Stool photo ???

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Re: Chaps.....
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2010, 05:31:14 AM »
You get my latest email with Bar Stool photo ???

Sure did.


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