It's Hot

[tree md]

Man, it's hot here. Had to rope climb all day today and it flat wore me out.

Don't get me wrong, I have worked in the South my whole life. I've been spoiled working in Oklahoma for the last several years. Although it gets 110+ here it's pretty arid. We normally rarely even have a dew where I live. By August everything is usually burnt out and brown here because of the arid heat. Earlier the further South and West you go. 110 here is hot but I'd say it's not as bad as 90 in the humidity of GA. Ga, Fla, TN, MS, AL all get Africa hot. I mean so hot that any move you make is like labor. I just got a taste of that today. I remember those days of working in that heat and it sucked...

Drinking plenty of water and eating melon for lunch here. The melon seems to give me a boost. I know the beer tastes good at the end of the day...

We need a tongue hanging out, panting smiley here...

 

[gr8scott72]

Man, it's hot here. Had to rope climb all day today and it flat wore me out.

Don't get me wrong, I have worked in the South my whole life. I've been spoiled working in Oklahoma for the last several years. Although it gets 110+ here it's pretty arid. We normally rarely even have a dew where I live. By August everything is usually burnt out and brown here because of the arid heat. Earlier the further South and West you go. 110 here is hot but I'd say it's not as bad as 90 in the humidity of GA. Ga, Fla, TN, MS, AL all get Africa hot. I mean so hot that any move you make is like labor. I just got a taste of that today. I remember those days of working in that heat and it sucked...

Drinking plenty of water and eating melon for lunch here. The melon seems to give me a boost. I know the beer tastes good at the end of the day...

We need a tongue hanging out, panting smiley here...

I'm in Mississippi. Summer is def. here. It was 83° last night at 10pm with tons of humidity!!!

 

[TreeAbuser]

The humidities of New England are no better. Kind of hard to rope and guide while the hard hat is dripping sweat into your eyes. Plus wearing shorts and t shirt makes it for some crazy scratches on arms and legs...

On the same note, and cool vented and comfortable hard hats for just such an occasion?

 

[tree md]

I'm in Mississippi. Summer is def. here. It was 83° last night at 10pm with tons of humidity!!!

Yep, I been there before... HOT!

I used to live in Memphis when I was a kid, right across the river. I used to hunt and fish in MS. The Delta is prolly the hottest place I ever lived.

93 here today with 84% humidity. Breeze is blowing outside now so it ain't so bad. Gonna try and finish my job by one and be back at the house.

 

[pdqdl]

...
We need a tongue hanging out, panting smiley here...

How's this:

 

[pdqdl]

or perhaps this:

 

[Sunrise Guy]

Austin had something like 25 days, straight, of 100+ temps, last summer. The humidity is usually around 85-90%. We go through ground guys like crazy. I've had guys puke, faint, and/or just lay down on the ground and say, "I quit!" Dan and I share some genetic trait, apparently, that let's us press on, no matter the heat. I do the climbing, and usually never feel too bad, aloft, even at 105. Yeah, I make sure my guys stay hydrated, but I can't watch them 100% of the time, so they push too hard, early on, and then it's all downhill, after that.

 

[yooper]

Austin had something like 25 days, straight, of 100+ temps, last summer. The humidity is usually around 85-90%. We go through ground guys like crazy. I've had guys puke, faint, and/or just lay down on the ground and say, "I quit!" Dan and I share some genetic trait, apparently, that let's us press on, no matter the heat. I do the climbing, and usually never feel too bad, aloft, even at 105. Yeah, I make sure my guys stay hydrated, but I can't watch them 100% of the time, so they push too hard, early on, and then it's all downhill, after that.

Wow, I cant imagine 25 days over 100°. Hell my body starts to shut down at about 90°. we might hit 90 here about a couple days in the summer other wise its usually around 65-70.

 

[gr8scott72]

Austin had something like 25 days, straight, of 100+ temps, last summer. The humidity is usually around 85-90%. We go through ground guys like crazy. I've had guys puke, faint, and/or just lay down on the ground and say, "I quit!" Dan and I share some genetic trait, apparently, that let's us press on, no matter the heat. I do the climbing, and usually never feel too bad, aloft, even at 105. Yeah, I make sure my guys stay hydrated, but I can't watch them 100% of the time, so they push too hard, early on, and then it's all downhill, after that.

That's the key: pacing yourself. One of the guys I work with brags about how strong he is but come a few hours into the heat, this 37 year old out of shape guy (me) is still steady humping brush to the chipper while that 22 year old in shape youngin is whining and ready to give up. Slow and steady and PLENTY of water. (I'm usually at about 2 gallons per day in this heat.)

 

[pdqdl]

I was driving a semi-truck in 1981. I got stuck in Phoenix for several weeks without a load to haul, so I was stuck in the heat.

With no AC even installed in the truck!

There was a nationwide heat wave. It was never less than 115° in the shade while I was there. Except for touching anything that had been in the sun, I didn't think it was too bad, since I was used to the midwest heat of 95-105 with 70-90% humidity.

That dry Arizona heat is probably more dangerous, but not nearly as uncomfortable our hot Midwest high-humidity.

 

[forestryworks]

Pretty humid here as well. 3 hours and I was soaked to the bone in sweat.

 

[randyg]

Gallon and a half of water a day min. for me and about the sweat running in your eyes: Those terry cloth snap in headbands work really great. If you soak that up which I rarely do, and sweat runs in eyes part way through day, just unsnap it and rinse a bit with clean water, ring out and snap back on. Like an air conditioner on your head for a little bit anyway. My father told me that probably 30 years ago, took me 20 years to try it. I'll never be smart as him. . . to drn bullheaded

 

[tree md]

It always takes me a week or two to get acclimated to the heat. I agree pacing yourself and drinking plenty of water is key. When the heat hits I usually put a watermelon in the cooler and we will take a couple of breaks during the day and eat the melon. It seems to give everyone a boost of energy.

Kind of a funny story. I put a guy to work a few years back. He was a buck strong guy, around 27 or 28. He had been a fullback for KS State, was a corrections officer, going to school at night for a graduate degree. Good guy, I liked him. I was 37 or 38 and the other guy working with us was 45 or 46, He started out that morning running brush to the truck and running with limbs. I was I was in the tree and he yelled up to me "Let's go pops" . We had like 18 trees to do that day, most were small but about three that had to be climbed and pieced out. Most of the trees were behind the property on a creek with a tight landing and the logs had to be walked out uphill. About 3:30 I was cutting and my guy was dragging brush and toting logs up the hill. All of a sudden I noticed we were getting a little backed up so I shut the saw off and hollered for the guy. I hear my other guy saying "man down, man down". I ran up the hill and the young guy was flat on his back on the deck, sucking wind and looking green. Not sure if he passed out but he sure looked sickly. I sat him in the shade with a cooler full of water and told him to just sit tight and take it easy while old "pops" finishes the job...

We had a good laugh about that.