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[OldMedUser]

-20 wtf

It was actually -24C when I checked just before leaving and pretty much the same now at 9pm MT.

 

[bk78]

G-Day mate

 

[Laughing Grass]

G-Day mate

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I didn't realize you worked outdoors in that!

Hardcore.

 

[lusidghost]

G-Day mate

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You even have cat colored eyes.

 

[bk78]

You even have cat colored eyes.

Meow

 

[bk78]

I didn't realize you worked outdoors in that!

Hardcore.

Rain , sleet, snow or sun I’m out here yup

 

[Wattzzup]

Rain , sleet, snow or sun I’m out here yup

Nothing shuts you down? WTF could be that important

we shut down around 25f

 

[lusidghost]

G-Day mate

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76% humidity? How is that possible?

 

[bk78]

Nothing shuts you down? WTF could be that important

we shut down around 25f

Only time we shut down is when my crane breaks. -40 is normally the time that happens.

 

[Wattzzup]

Only time we shut down is when my crane breaks. -40 is normally the time that happens.

Yeah fuck that. That’s cold whether it’s f or c

 

[bk78]

76% humidity? How is that possible?

Idk how it works, but when it’s this cold with a high RH it chills you deep down to the bone

 

[lusidghost]

Idk how it works, but when it’s this cold with a high RH it chills you deep down to the bone

It will rain just above freezing here and it's a miserable cold for that reason. I feel warmer when it's 20 degrees less because it's always bone dry as well. I couldn't imagine the combine effect of high humidity and deep negative temps.

 

[FirstCavApache64]

Only time we shut down is when my crane breaks. -40 is normally the time that happens.

Nothing worse than chopping frozen mud out of tracks on heavy equipment. I don't know how you guys deal with that cold.

 

[bk78]

Nothing worse than chopping frozen mud out of tracks on heavy equipment. I don't know how you guys deal with that cold.

Run em until they stop, then grab another

 

[FirstCavApache64]

Run em until they stop, then grab another

I haven't priced a CAT D9 dozer lately but I'm fairly sure they ain't cheap lol. We just cleaned the tracks really well at the end of the day if we played in anything muddy in the winter. If you were lazy or forgot, you paid the price at 0530 the next day.

 

[bk78]

I haven't priced a CAT D9 dozer lately but I'm fairly sure they ain't cheap lol. We just cleaned the tracks really well at the end of the day if we played in anything muddy in the winter. If you were lazy or forgot, you paid the price at 0530 the next day.

For a D9 tracks to freeze up you have to be driving through thick shit.

Also there is no mud here at these temps, our shut down for the rigs starts beginning of march and usually lasts the whole month.

 

[FirstCavApache64]

For a D9 tracks to freeze up you have to be driving through thick shit.

Also there is no mud here at these temps, our shut down for the rigs starts beginning of march and usually lasts the whole month.

Our only got used to do ripping with rock and sediment ponds because how much it could move. They'd get gummy in the VA clay pretty quickly. Backhoes we're way worse because how tight the track was. Man I miss being around large site, earth moving jobs. Love the smell of fresh earth.

 

[Brettman]

we shut er down at -20 here which is very rare. Usually a few days every winter. Only one time so far this year.

 

[Wattzzup]

What kind of gloves are you guys using at that temp?

 

[Brettman]

This my assortment today. Rubbers for when I’m washing tooling and the white ones for when I’m running the drill. My problem is if I wear thick gloves or I can’t press the buttons on the toggles