Who Wears A Surgical Mask When Mowing?

[Mad Mackie]

We gotta take care of our eyes and lungs!!!:thumbsup:

 

[Pumper54]

Just spend two days mowing at the farm and I wish I had the 8511 masks, forgot them at the house. Wear them when I have em as the dust and crap the mower kicks up is really bad. I look at the air cleaner on the mower and think about that stuff going into my lung. Nope no way. Plus muff style hearing protection. Do look pretty funny with a clean place around my mouth and nose and dust covering everything else

Tom

 

[exotion]

We gotta take care of our eyes and lungs!!!:thumbsup:

Our lungs are screwed anyway by all the crap we breathe in all day. I wear ear muffs and sunglasses if I wore a mask to I might as well put on a full has mat suit. That dam sun damage, air damage, eye damage, ear damage. All this is over kill your lungs are designed to filter stuff out its what they do. I west ear muffs because I want to hear when I'm 50 and I wear sunglasses because I don't want to be blind everything else is over kill

 

[Zeroturner]

exotion,

I wear sunglasses, ear muffs and the surgical mask, and I'm not at all uncomfortable.

In fact, quite the opposite. The noise of the engine is bearable, the sun doesn't blind me and I can breathe without coughing and hacking.

I do think if I were wearing the painter style mask though, I'd be darn uncomfortable.

 

[Mike88se]

Safety glasses are a must....

Our lungs are screwed anyway by all the crap we breathe in all day. I wear ear muffs and sunglasses if I wore a mask to I might as well put on a full has mat suit. That dam sun damage, air damage, eye damage, ear damage. All this is over kill your lungs are designed to filter stuff out its what they do. I west ear muffs because I want to hear when I'm 50 and I wear sunglasses because I don't want to be blind everything else is over kill

Not seeing the logic there buddy Ears and eyes are important... breathing not so important? Its not your lungs you need to worry about. Those parts that do the filtering... got to take care of those too... they can only do so much. Bronchial tubes... they filter. You overwork them and you get bronchitis. Go to far and you got chronic bronchitis. They have a fancy new name for that now... COPD. And then there's your sinuses. It all adds up. If the masks are comfortable I'll wear them. And goggles/safety glasses. I've already started wearing a bush hat with a small towel to cover my neck. The heat is brutal down here. Lawncare workers look like outlaws Or terrorists :wink:

 

[Carscw]

I live in Georgia and we have not had any dust this year. It rains almost every day.

I wear my so I can see glasses. Don't like sun glasses or things over my ears.
As far as being hot ha ha we are setting records for coldest days. Don't think it has got over 92 yet.

Did not know mowers were loud till I saw this post.

 

[Mike88se]

I live in Georgia and we have not had any dust this year. It rains almost every day.

I wear my so I can see glasses. Don't like sun glasses or things over my ears.
As far as being hot ha ha we are setting records for coldest days. Don't think it has got over 92 yet.

Did not know mowers were loud till I saw this post.

They probably aren't loud to you anymore lol.
I don't like the earmuffs style... way too hot for something like that. They'd fall off from all the sweat anyway. I don't like goggles for the same reasons. I have to do something tho... not sure whether it was dust or debris that scratched my eyeball but I don't want that to happen again

 

[Carscw]

They probably aren't loud to you anymore lol. I don't like the earmuffs style... way too hot for something like that. They'd fall off from all the sweat anyway. I don't like goggles for the same reasons. I have to do something tho... not sure whether it was dust or debris that scratched my eyeball but I don't want that to happen again

If I did not have to wear glasses I would wear some kind of eye protection.
I carry a eye wash kit in the truck. If my eyes get itchy I use it.

Now I do put cotton in my ears when I race.

 

[SeniorCitizen]

I have no ID what it takes to filter this gunk but this snow pile covered in black has only been in the parking lot a couple of weeks with very little traffic. It's looking more like we need something 24/7.

 

[Mike88se]

If I did not have to wear glasses I would wear some kind of eye protection.
I carry a eye wash kit in the truck. If my eyes get itchy I use it.

Now I do put cotton in my ears when I race.

I wear glasses and sunglasses but somehow something got past last Wed and scratched the hell out of my eyeball. Its almost healed already (didn't go to the doc) but for 2 days that eye was no use at all and hurt like hell. I'd hate for that to happen again. Felt like the time I got PB Blaster in it. I don't worry too much about my ears unless I'm using the grinder. Too many years playing drums and having Marshall stacks and huge bass rigs blasting into my ears to worry now. I can hear fine except for some high tones that are masked out by a permanent ringing in my ears.
I've been to enough drag and circle track races to know why you use cotton. They sell some great ear plugs now that block most of the damage causing noise but still let you hear well enough. You an find them at musical instrument stores or online. I'm going to get some of those. We use to break off the filter from cigarettes and stuff them in our ears at gigs. Worked pretty well but looked silly

I have no ID what it takes to filter this gunk but this snow pile covered in black has only been in the parking lot a couple of weeks with very little traffic. It's looking more like we need something 24/7.

Snow in OK :O Last winter? I dunno what the black stuff could be unless you have a coal plant nearby. We have coal fired power plants. Stupid to burn coal to make electricity if you ask me. Pollution isn't bad enough even here in Houston to cause that. Down around Pasadena/Deer Park and in the petro complex between the Ship Channel and the coast you don't see much pollution but you can sure smell it. I had a lot of cousins grew up in that area. It's sad how many died from cancer.
I have 4 lawns I need to do today if I can see well enough. If I get em done you can bet I'll be wearing goggles... and those surgical masks if I can find some nearby.