Part VI
Post Fiend
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Either way anything below 20 or so is cold enough to make me want to stay inside for a while.
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It really isnt that bad!
I think my winter bib and jacket was about 600 bucks, its fire retardant, but not water proof. You dont need water proof in the winter. Spring time, or when its rainy, a good rain suit is nice though.
See for myself I get pretty useless when it gets too hot out. I guess it depends on the kind of work a guy is doing too. The hard stuff Im used to, would kill a guy in superhot weather!
Haha you got er bud! I dont know how to figure out F at all! I sometimes use one of those net calculators that do the auto conversion.
I realize you can dress for the weather, but dressing for weather only gets you so far.
Negative twenty is too dang cold. Ever tried to spin a nut on a bolt when it's cold out? You can't do it with gloves so you have to take your gloves off then your hands get VERY cold. Plus getting good quality water proof stuff is NOT cheap. 600 bucks for a good set of bibs and a jacket. VERY warm and dry, but they also limit motion and as I said. They're quite expensive.
Negative twenty is too dang cold. Ever tried to spin a nut on a bolt when it's cold out? You can't do it with gloves so you have to take your gloves off then your hands get VERY cold. Plus getting good quality water proof stuff is NOT cheap. 600 bucks for a good set of bibs and a jacket. VERY warm and dry, but they also limit motion and as I said. They're quite expensive.
Haha you got er bud! I dont know how to figure out F at all! I sometimes use one of those net calculators that do the auto conversion.
Post Fiend
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From: Wallingford, CT
If I'm on fire in the winter I'll just jump into a snowbank.
I'd much rather be waterproof. If you're outside all day doing snow clearing you will get wet if you aren't waterproof and then it gets COLD.
I'd much rather be waterproof. If you're outside all day doing snow clearing you will get wet if you aren't waterproof and then it gets COLD.
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From: Monroe VA
We have some close friends who lived in Maine for a number of years, and have now relocated to PA. I know for a fact we would love to visit that region, but even I doub if I would really want to stay there long-term. As much as I like the cold, I can see the white stuff getting old just from the casual encounters we had on the eastern side of the Blue Ridge in Virginia (about 2 of the 4-6 inchers every year with several 2-3 inchers for a grand total of about 18 inches per year). That was just enough to have some fun with, but little enough to where it was normally gone pretty fast and very few folks were ever snowbound by it.
Suppose to be in the low 30's tonight and in the 20's tomorrow night. This is really gonna screw up the birds for this weekend.
Scott and Brendan, sorry to hear of your loses.
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From: North Central Rural Sask.
When I worked in the bush all winter a few years ago, it was the same thing, you need good boots that dont let the water in, but other then that, I wore those chainsaw proof pants (or whatever the hell they are called) and a lumberjack sweater/jacket deal.
Im wondering if your not meaning water resistant type clothing...
(huge difference between water resistant and water proof)
Hotshot
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From: Rochdale MA
Thanks Jay!
It was cold and rainy all day today. My driveway had so much water in it there was a basketball floating.
It was cold and rainy all day today. My driveway had so much water in it there was a basketball floating.
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Post Fiend
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From: Wallingford, CT
In the winter time I work 8-18 hours outside (some of those hours are driving though) and I can tell ya, you dont get wet! The only way you would get wet, is if you sat in the snow for a few hours, and somehow got the snow to melt into your coveralls!
When I worked in the bush all winter a few years ago, it was the same thing, you need good boots that dont let the water in, but other then that, I wore those chainsaw proof pants (or whatever the hell they are called) and a lumberjack sweater/jacket deal.
Im wondering if your not meaning water resistant type clothing...
(huge difference between water resistant and water proof)
When I worked in the bush all winter a few years ago, it was the same thing, you need good boots that dont let the water in, but other then that, I wore those chainsaw proof pants (or whatever the hell they are called) and a lumberjack sweater/jacket deal.
Im wondering if your not meaning water resistant type clothing...
(huge difference between water resistant and water proof)
If it's a nasty rain/snow mix you WILL get wet. If you're trudging through snow all day the bottom of your coveralls will get wet. And then it'll soak through to your pants and you get cold.
Currently I have a Gore-Tex jacket but regular Carhartt bibs. Not much fun to have wet legs.
You'll get wet if you're sitting on an open station tractor pushing snow. The snow falls on top of your legs and your heat melts it and you get wet.
Post Fiend
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From: Wallingford, CT
Sounds like your driveway needs a little more drainage, Jim.
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I mean "water resistant" if you want to be technical. Although Gore-Tex is guaranteed to keep you dry so I don't know how you'd classify that.
If it's a nasty rain/snow mix you WILL get wet. If you're trudging through snow all day the bottom of your coveralls will get wet. And then it'll soak through to your pants and you get cold.
Currently I have a Gore-Tex jacket but regular Carhartt bibs. Not much fun to have wet legs.
You'll get wet if you're sitting on an open station tractor pushing snow. The snow falls on top of your legs and your heat melts it and you get wet.
If it's a nasty rain/snow mix you WILL get wet. If you're trudging through snow all day the bottom of your coveralls will get wet. And then it'll soak through to your pants and you get cold.
Currently I have a Gore-Tex jacket but regular Carhartt bibs. Not much fun to have wet legs.
You'll get wet if you're sitting on an open station tractor pushing snow. The snow falls on top of your legs and your heat melts it and you get wet.
Winter time up here, ya dont get rain either, or very rare. You can walk through the snow all day, and as long as the temperature is below freezing, the snow just doesnt stick to ya.
Now spring time (like right now) is different. You need rubber boots for doing any walking, or youll get wet.
My tractor (or backhoe) I used for most of my snow clearing has a cab and heater too, no chance of getting wet in there
Post Fiend
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From: Wallingford, CT
Yea. I'm working on getting dad to buy a DRW 7.3 with a big old plow and a flatbed. Very versatile that way. It'll hold a sander in winter and a 5th wheel in summer. Not that there's anything wrong with a dump box, but we have no need for a dump box on it since we've got several other dump trucks.
Not having a dump makes it cheaper to buy the truck to start and it's lighter as well.
I'm hoping for something like a 2000 F350 DRW reg cab flatbed 4x4 XLT at least with something like an 8' Boss or Fisher plow. I'm not a huge fan of Westerns. Dad had one on his old 2000 F350 DRW service box truck and it always felt like it was trying to rip itself off the truck because it cycled so fast.
Not having a dump makes it cheaper to buy the truck to start and it's lighter as well.
I'm hoping for something like a 2000 F350 DRW reg cab flatbed 4x4 XLT at least with something like an 8' Boss or Fisher plow. I'm not a huge fan of Westerns. Dad had one on his old 2000 F350 DRW service box truck and it always felt like it was trying to rip itself off the truck because it cycled so fast.
Hotshot
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From: Rochdale MA
Where it is pitched I was supposed to put a drain in. I put the fish pond in instead. I was going to do something with it this summer but I'll let the next owner deal with it. It only floods during heavy rains like we had today.