What temprature do you stay home

[Bigus Termitius]

I just got a magnetic heater for the oil pan on my BC 1000. It works great. Starts right up now. The only thing that slows me down is snow, I don't like to risk my equipment on the roads with the idiots that are out there. Also being pushed by a 5000 lb chipper in slick roads isn't my idea of fun.

It is when you get it slide ways. I rounded a corner nice and slow the other morning and yeehaw....slide ways in the bucket truck with a full load of chips with the trusty chuck-n-duck. It was all nice and slow at a rural intersection, no big deal, but it was funny cause I was on the phone with the regional super.

"How ya doing this morning, I hear your chipper is given you troubles?"

"Yeah, she's getting a little sideways with me alright."hone:

 

[beowulf343]

We don't stay home because of temperature. Once you know how to deal with cold, it really isn't too bad. Couple years back was working on a takedown in the back hills of Catt county and the farmer's thermometer read -22. Doesn't get that cold often but we usually have a few weeks of subzero temps. Dealing with the snow is actually more difficult than dealing with the cold. Actually, the worst temps to work in for me are when it's low 30's and you have to deal with wet snow or it's in the 40's and raining. Cold is one thing, wet and cold really sucks.

Block heaters, glow plugs, and i'll agree with the statement about howe's diesel treat. Been single digits all week and everything has started so far.

 

[TexasTreemonkey]

90 DEGREES!!! haha ya'll cry over 90??!! it aint nothin to have to work in 110 in Texas. It gets like 116 in august. Just got to take a lunch around 2, drink about 2 gallons of water.

 

[gr8scott72]

90 DEGREES!!! haha ya'll cry over 90??!! it aint nothin to have to work in 110 in Texas. It gets like 116 in august. Just got to take a lunch around 2, drink about 2 gallons of water.

Agreed. Pretty hot here in MS too. On the other hand, we got our first snow in 7 years this past weekend. lol What's that white stuff floatin everywhere?

 

[chucknduck]

There were several days in July where we had to take extended lunch breaks for several hours because it was 110. But, I would rather work in 100 degree weather all day than anything below 32. Sometimes the saws get so hot we have to douse them with water, or they won't rev out! We never have any "cold start" issues here lol.

 

[Bigus Termitius]

Agreed. Pretty hot here in MS too. On the other hand, we got our first snow in 7 years this past weekend. lol What's that white stuff floatin everywhere?

Global warming? :yoyo:

 

[Bigus Termitius]

90 DEGREES!!! haha ya'll cry over 90??!! it aint nothin to have to work in 110 in Texas. It gets like 116 in august. Just got to take a lunch around 2, drink about 2 gallons of water.

It's what you get used to, they call it acclimation.

I've got a guy on my crew up from AZ, he doesn't fair well in the cold, I thrive.

On the other hand, if I go out west, he will fair much better than I would on a hot day.

 

[BarkingMad]

Block heaters are req'd for our equipment as mentioned above.
I climb down to single digits, though I do hate that first haul when my hands go away. Ball lock biners are tough to work without fingers. Once I come up to operating temp and shed a few layers the job goes just fine. I have a harder time keeping my guys from tropical climes moving.

 

[Job Corps Tree]

what temp.do you stay home

for 20 years in IL. the cut off was 0, far to Hard on the Equipment below that. but that was the start up temp at 7:00 AM if we were out working and it went down most of time we would stay out. I do like Arkansas it was 28 this AM

 

[lxt]

I figure if the Equipment doesnt run, it just wasnt meant to be! But Ill work on gettin everything up & running, by then its 10-11am we might hit up a job or just pull Maintenance & make sure the equip. will run the next day!

I like the cold personally, there is a point where cold & ones ability to be productive just dont work, I agree 38deg & rain suck!!!

stay safe, stay warm & BE carefull

LXT............

 

[Wortown Mick]

There were several days in July where we had to take extended lunch breaks for several hours because it was 110. But, I would rather work in 100 degree weather all day than anything below 32. Sometimes the saws get so hot we have to douse them with water, or they won't rev out! We never have any "cold start" issues here lol.

your crazy.

32 is roughly perfect, you lose a layer and its like putting the AC on at work.
If your cold your not working hard enough.

110 degree days, I think thats asinine to be workin in myself. I guess if its a dry 110 its doable but the productivity loss would be silly.



This is off topic but has anyone seen the black & hispanic folk start layering up when it hits 50-60 degrees in fall? Youd think they were expecting a blizzard with all the poofy fur hoods on & whatnot.

 

[super3]

Not me- we haved have worked in 105 degree weather but when it gets below 20 (or 32 if the wind is pretty stiff) that is it for us.

I'm with ya here!

 

[ronnyb]

We have block heaters on everything, but if the high for the day isn't going to break 20 degrees, we don't go out. Definitely too hard on the hydraulics.

 

[Industry]

People shut down for the cold? It got cold enough here(wind was howling too) last year that the Beard I grow for winter wasn't even cutting it. I climbed into the truck and took off my t-shirt. put all my layers back on and tied the shirt around my face. Back to work.

 

[Scots Climber]

When my ropes ice up! Around -10 degrees celcius (14 degrees fahrenheit) is about right. Sod climbing trees when I can be climbing waterfalls!

 

[Bigus Termitius]

The trick to the whole beard in extreme winter thing is to allow it to ice up. The ice stays off the skin a ways providing an insulating barrier. Sort of like an igloo.

I tend to pack a barclava or ski mask when that isn't enough, but I hate them cause they cause my goggles and glasses to fog severely.

 

[Greenhorntrimmr]

It was nine degrees when we started working this morning and the bar oil was so thick that I had to rub the chain back and forth on a limb before I could make a cut.

 

[juststumps]

I was wondering at what temperature do you stay home.the main concern is the wear and tear on equipment.Temps on equipment never reach the operating temp and start blowing motors hydraulic lines crack bearings in the feed rollers snap.Just wondering what temps do you call it quits.

At about the same temp you stop fighting fire.......

 

[juststumps]

so far in 08, our vermeer 935 (i think its a 1997) has puked out due to different fuel probs. yesterday, it was gelled biodiesel. this was biodiesel b50=50% dinodiesel and 50% bio. supposed working temp of 10-15deg. it has only been down to 20 or so here. it probably doesn't help that we have minor cracks in the fuel tank. i think the fuel is taking on water there. but to answer original post, it doesn't get too cold here not to work, but if it snows much, we stay home. the city has not the infrastructure to deal with the white stuff.

plug the block heater in,,, or install one.....fixes that cold start really well.

 

[reachtreeservi]

If there's real money at stake, then it's never too hot or cold to go out.

If the money is just okay, then I call it at about 10 Degrees . Especially if the wind is kicking.

When it goes over a hundred degrees we take a lot of breaks and pump the gator aid and water.

With me, it's more about how much cash it is , rather than the outside temperature.