Rainy Days

[Yellowdog]

Okay, what do you guys have going on during periods of rain, mist, cold, and mud? I have been locked up for 4 days going on 5 with not much to do. Too wet to even move equipment and too wet to drag brush. Anyway, I wonder what the rest of you guys do. Especially those of you who may have experienced Texas weather recently.

 

[Newfie]

Equipment Maintainence,record keeping,dent the couch. chill and relax.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Eat and sleep too much, try to stay away from buffets. Make a post or two on the internet.

 

[tinman44]

our rain here froze. and i would be out making money but first i have to get everyones lights back on then i can get out and make some money

 

[Yellowdog]

This is what I figured.
I try and catch up on phone calls, industry magazines, bb's on the net, email, and of course movies. Down here it's either drought or flood/mud. None of the inbetween. Though we have only had a couple of inches of rain in the last 2 months, the ground is saturated from an unusually wet year and it doesn't take much to make soup on a lawn.

 

[DDM]

I have a Full machine shop in my Shop so I either Play around writing programs for my cnc
Mill or work on equipment. Or spend money at what my wife calls the big 4 HomeDepot,Lowes,TSC and Northern Tool.

 

[Yellowdog]

DDM,
You shop where I like to shop..

We have had a week straight of rain and mud here in S. Central Texas. Not much to do and this time of year is slow for bids. I have been able to catch up on old tom and jerry's cartoons, though!

 

[ORclimber]

We put on rain gear, and move a little slower. If we didn't work in the rain during winter/spring, weeks could go by without getting anything done. Some of the cold wet hand numbing glasses fogging slippery bark days flat out suck....but then the sun comes out and it's all forgotten.

 

[P_woozel]

So you guys dont work in the rain cause of traction on the ground, or slippery in the trees, or just dont like being wet? What's the issue?

 

[Newfie]

Skidding in the mud sucks. makes dirty logs too.

 

[Yellowdog]

It's the mess thing. With all the clay here, the ground gets real slippery. Thin soils don't help. I don't like to chip stuff that is wet and dirty. Dulls the blades. Had my worst injury, too, from working in the wet. Nearly dislocated a knee climbing out of a machine onto a wet grapple fork, slipped and ouch. $800 MRI, no surgery, and pain for months. Most people burn in this area too and that creates a problem for those of us who chip and shred. When it rains, they don't want to pay for chips..

 

[TREEWRK]

Rain

work a little slower keep the rain out your eyes and suck it up it'a all
about production and cash

 

[MasterBlaster]

I had the pleasure of climbing in the cold drizzle today. Normally I wouldn't, but this guy was being hounded by the other guy, blah blah blah. It's a ROW for a new gas pipeline, and they had crews itching to lay some pipe.

Six pines, just set a rope and throw em. Soaking wet.

Thank you sir, may I have another?

 

[a_lopa]

been hot here for weeks,now its raining for a few days then the weekend

 

[TREETX]

yellowdog, my folks are 50 to 60 miles from you as the crow flies. This was today

I'm back in Krautland. Snow as usual

We burned 400 acres there last wednesday before the rain started. It was wetter than an otter's pocket when I left.

 

[treechick]

we have established customers who need picky ornamental stuff done, and who don't mind the work being done "whenever"... save those for the sloppy days and don your foul weather gear. customers dig it (and usually spoil you if they're home), and it keeps you moving. cheers.

 

[Froggy]

This year was bad in the mountains or at least for the boss I worked for. After December there was little or no work to do and you couldn't get hired on by anyone. So I tried to go back to college in January. Even got a government grant. Needless to say I failed miserably!! I started looking again. So I got on with another company with insurance,paid holidays, and paid vacation. Turned out for the best. I'll have to say climbing trees is my thing and school is for someone else. I love this work to much to do anything else!!!

 

[canopychick]

DRINK.


lol

 

[Yellowdog]

yellowdog, my folks are 50 to 60 miles from you as the crow flies. This was today

Image didn't come through..
Still wet, damp, soggy, muddy, foggy, and so on here. I think in the last 2 weeks I have worked a total of 12 commercial hours! I have watched and read just about everything I have in the house and visited the car wash more than I do all year just to get the mud off my truck. It's that soggy and the funny thing is we haven't had any real rain. Just drizzle and low clouds with showers about 5 days ago. That's it. Just saturated ground.

How's the Fatherland?

 

[TREETX]

It was a picture of Axis deer in a few inches of snow.

Things are good here. My bags are packed. Leaving for Saigon tommorrow afternoon.