[JLH52]

Pain doesn't hurt...

If you think pain doesn’t hurt, let me send you some of these skin cancer tumors I have on my neck and right ear. The pain never stops 24/7 and is indescribably excruciating.

 

[RigglePLC]

Electric fan--good idea.
Can it be electric and run off a battery-operated string trimmer?
If so, how?
Sort of an electric blower in miniature.

 

[Mark Oomkes]

If you think pain doesn’t hurt, let me send you some of these skin cancer tumors I have on my neck and right ear. The pain never stops 24/7 and is indescribably excruciating.

I've had pain. 3 lung surgeries, abdominal surgery.

The only thing better than getting a chest tube removed is getting one inserted while you're conscious.

 

[OakNut]

In the past during my competitive running days, I recall some type of cloth or cooling device to freeze and then drape around neck while running. This is something I'd be interested in if I could find it.

Google "neck cooling bandana" and you will have more choices than you know what to do with.

My wife bought a pack of them for me. They feel great for 5 minutes - then it's just a damp rag on my neck, annoying me even more than being hot.

 

[OakNut]

Shorts are also good in the heat, and practical

I'm still hot.
Time to drop the shorts and mow in a thong!

 

[OakNut]

Yeah, I totally love getting my bare legs pelted with rocks and sand when trimming. 🙄

I consider shorts inappropriate attire for this line of work and don’t allow them. Period. Ever. I never wear them, so don’t tell me you need them to keep from getting too hot.

The most common misconception of all time on Lawnsite is that "this line of work" is identical for every one of us.

I don't know what you're doing to get "pelted with rocks and sand", but I'm just trimming some blades of grass along the perimeter of a maintained lawn. No rocks. No sand. No pain.

Yes, once in a while something hard smacks my shin. Not worth crying over and certainly not worth wearing long pants and being miserable.
I keep a pair of elastic waist, pull-on "basketball pants" (?) in the truck and pull them on over my shorts if I have to hack down a small hillside, or if there's poison ivy somewhere - as soon as I'm done, I rip them off and enjoy the fresh air again.

 

[Jashley73]

I have a pair of workpants that's getting pretty long in the tooth. I'm thinking of cutting the back out of them, and making a set of chaps. Maybe a buckle or two under around the ankles and knees to keep them on. Much like the protective chainsaw chaps, but much lighter weight.

Yes, I plan to wear something, shorts perhaps, under them...

Also - If someone knows of a lightweight set of chaps like this, please let me know. All I can find is either protective chainsaw chaps, or goofy leather cowboy chaps.

 

[Mark Oomkes]

@High Plains recommended these

Nylon sport chaps and heavy duty cordura chaps

www.coloradochaps.com

I never ordered any, figured I probably wouldn't use them.

 

[Jashley73]

@High Plains recommended these

Nylon sport chaps and heavy duty cordura chaps

www.coloradochaps.com

I never ordered any, figured I probably wouldn't use them.

Have seen those. Don't want the full wrap legs.

Honestly, something to throw on around shorts would be best. Maybe I should just get some chainsaw chaps, and cut the protective fiber layers out of them. Expensive, but probably work just right.

 

[Crazy 4 grass]

I have a pair of workpants that's getting pretty long in the tooth. I'm thinking of cutting the back out of them, and making a set of chaps. Maybe a buckle or two under around the ankles and knees to keep them on. Much like the protective chainsaw chaps, but much lighter weight.

Yes, I plan to wear something, shorts perhaps, under them...

Also - If someone knows of a lightweight set of chaps like this, please let me know. All I can find is either protective chainsaw chaps, or goofy leather cowboy chaps.

Velcro the front of these pants onto another pair of pants

 

[Bf services]

Another problem with trimming with shorts is all the grass that collects on the inside of your shoes. With pants, debris is diverted.

 

[JLH52]

I have a pair of workpants that's getting pretty long in the tooth. I'm thinking of cutting the back out of them, and making a set of chaps. Maybe a buckle or two under around the ankles and knees to keep them on. Much like the protective chainsaw chaps, but much lighter weight.

Yes, I plan to wear something, shorts perhaps, under them...

Also - If someone knows of a lightweight set of chaps like this, please let me know. All I can find is either protective chainsaw chaps, or goofy leather cowboy chaps.

I've looked at lots of string trimmer chaps in the past. Here are a few links.

Trimmer & Brushcutter - Trimmer Leg Protection - Forester Shop

forestershop.com

Leg & Arm Guard Chapps

The W.E. Leg Chapps ™ were specifically designed and patented to protect all areas of the leg from the waist to the feet from the flying debris, dirt and grass stains created when using string...

wechappsinc.weebly.com

Amazon.com : weed eating chaps for legs

 

[OakNut]

Man, if you need chaps to trim, yinz guys is workin' WAY too hard.

 

[OakNut]

Another problem with trimming with shorts is all the grass that collects on the inside of your shoes. With pants, debris is diverted.

You say that like it's an actual problem.
Tie your shoes tight and not much gets in!

 

[.147989]

Yeah, I totally love getting my bare legs pelted with rocks and sand when trimming. 🙄

I consider shorts inappropriate attire for this line of work and don’t allow them. Period. Ever. I never wear them, so don’t tell me you need them to keep from getting too hot.

Yeah, I totally love getting my bare legs pelted with rocks and sand when trimming. 🙄

I consider shorts inappropriate attire for this line of work and don’t allow them. Period. Ever. I never wear them, so don’t tell me you need them to keep from getting too hot.

A friend of mine trimmed around a 17 acre horse farm fence in shorts. Only problem was that wasn't sand hitting his legs, it was fire ants. Ended up in the hospital.

 

[.147989]

Electric fan--good idea.
Can it be electric and run off a battery-operated string trimmer?
If so, how?
Sort of an electric blower in miniature.

For the 12v fans a buck converter would do the trick. This one is 30v to 60v in 12v out. 120w

 

[Crazy 4 grass]

Real men wear long pants.

Knickers are for boys.

 

[redmax fan]

use electric hair clippers to shave off the hair on fore arms and legs

 

[Unleaded]

You say that like it's an actual problem.
Tie your shoes tight and not much gets in!

I got poison ivy for the first time this year because of trimming a bush lot in shorts - on the top of my feet underneath the tongue of my hikers. It sucked. No more trimming in shorts for me

 

[OakNut]

I got poison ivy for the first time this year because of trimming a bush lot in shorts - on the top of my feet underneath the tongue of my hikers. It sucked. No more trimming in shorts for me

I'm really sensitive to it - won't even accept jobs where it's present in large quantities.

Yeah, doing THAT kind of trimming is definitely a "long pants" situation - even for me.
That's why I said I keep a pair of slip on pants in the truck. That way if I'm faced with needing to cut an area that MAY have poison ivy mixed in, or if I'm going to be doing some hardcore trimming of tall grass/weeds, the pants go on for the duration of that task, and come right back off when I finish.

I still get some poison ivy bumps on my shins from time to time. It doesn't take much - just hit a leaf and some of that oil mists and gets on you... next day I'm itchy. Sucks, but it's better than wearing long pants all day - I just can't handle being soaked in sweat from wearing long pants.