How old to run a chainsaw?

[Fire_9]

Eyes, ears, chaps, and boots are non negotiable. But I’m with you, let the boy cut. I’ve waffled on some of these discussions with the wife and it’s been detrimental to my son. All kids need to learn to do dangerous things safely

 

[Jack Ryan]

If you can't start it and sharpen it for yourself, you have not business using it and only a fool would start one for their kids and "let them learn" for their self.

 

[schmalts]

My chaps too. Also my left knee has a vertical small scar from early foolish days when I suddenly and dramatically learned that jeans do not deflect a whirring chain when at high rpm limbing firewood logs. Luckily I caught it short before I became an invalid.

I literally cut a 2 inch line through a pair of insulated Carhartt pants. Never broke skin. No clue how. I immediately went on Amazon and bought chaps