The Wet-Season Prep List for Tree Crews

• Seams. Lay your jacket and bibs out and go over every seam, inside and out. Look hardest at the shoulders, sleeves, seat and knees, where gear takes the most wear.
• Zips and snaps. Run every one, front and pockets. If something sticks, find out now.
• Velcro. Make sure the cuffs and the bib fly still grab. Pick out the chips and moss.
• Hood. Snap it on and off. It's removable because hoods and hard hats don't always get along.
• Bib suspenders. Stretch them and work the buckles.
• Saw pants. Any chain nick that has reached the Kevlar pad means replace them now. Retire them too if the shell has holes letting bar oil into the pad, chips are packed inside the layers, a repair was stitched through the pad, or they've taken an exhaust burn.

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• Empty the pockets. Chips and debris out first.
• Oil off first. Get bar oil, grease and soot off with a hydrocarbon cleaner before anything goes in the machine.
• Gentle cycle, cold to lukewarm. Gentle or permanent press. Never hot water.
• Mild detergent made for synthetics. No bleach, no fabric softener, nothing perfumed. On saw pants, bleach lowers cut-through protection.
• Hang dry. Indoors or in the shade. Never the dryer, and never in front of the fire or a heater.
• Pitch on saw pants. Scrape off what you can without touching the fabric, then dab it with rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball until it lifts.
• iRe-waterproofing? Not on our rain gear. The waterproofing is a polyurethane coating built into both fabric layers, not a spray-on finish that washes out.

The full steps are in our rain gear care guide and saw pant care guide.

• Try it on over your winter layers. What you'll wear underneath on the coldest day, not a T-shirt.
• Don't size up rain gear. Our jackets and bibs are already cut with room for layers. Go by your chest measurement on the chart.
• Saw pants are the exception. If you're at the top end of a waist range, size up.
• Dress for the cold underneath. Our Apex, Lynx and unlined Hurricane jackets are shells, so the warmth comes from what you wear under them.
• Bibs go over boots. Ours are cut wide in the leg so they pull on over your boots.
• Between sizes? Call or message us and we'll size you before you order.
• Order before you need it. Orders take 2 to 4 business days to process, and tracked shipping usually runs 10 to 15 business days. Custom alterations add 5 to 7 business days.

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• Dry layers. A full change per person, in a dry bag.
• Gloves and socks. More pairs than you think.
• A second set of rain gear. If you can swing it, one set hangs to dry overnight while the other works.

• Somewhere to hang wet gear. On the ride home and overnight, not balled up on the floor.
• Saw pants stored right. Dry and hanging, never on or under the saw, bar oil or fuel, and not rubbing on tools in the box.
• Pitch and oil kit. Rubbing alcohol, cotton balls and a hydrocarbon cleaner.
• Hi-viz for short days. If the crew works near roads or machines as the light goes, check what the job requires and make sure everyone's got it.
• This list. Taped inside the door.