Good Morning Friends,

Many times after dressing properly and dawning all of those clothes to stay warm we didn't get as much work done due to the bundled up situation that we were in, in order to stay warm. Also there were times when someone would start a fire in barrels to at least get the hands warm from time to time but it got out of hand when people would be standing around the fire barrel and no work got done for they kept running back to the barrel in a very short time.

 

There were times when those fellows were told that if you can't stay away from the fire barrel they might as well go home for there was no work getting accomplished and they expected to be paid for standing around the barrels. How many can relate to this situation?

When it get's down in the 20's, I'll put the long under ware and thermal bibs on. It's when I loose the feeling in my fingers that I have to quit and go inside for a few and then back out. There's a point that not much is getting done and I'll call it a day.

 

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Harry Brink
Bulldog Woodworking
Montana

  There comes a point when one can't  bend over because of all the clothes one has on.    Steel toed boots and winter don't mix.  I would work as long as I could, then head for the Tool Trailer, to get out of the wind.     Never had Frost bite, but all those Frost Nibbles drove me crazy (er).   Can't tie rebar with a glove on, either.    BTDT.   It was nice to get an "Inside Job" during the winter.  

 

One fine December day:   High of 65 ( in Ohio?), so we planned on pouring a floor the next day.     Day started out cloudy, then decided to snow/freezing rain all day.    Floor did get poured,  but it took most of the night to finish enough to put those blankets over the floor.    Later, after the building was in the "dry" enough to remove the blankets (and 8" of snow), we found the top surface had "spalled".      Grind it, patch it, cover with carpet, done.

 

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'and may the road raise up to meet ye'

Good Morning Fellows,

Steve, do you remember when we poured the floor in the Capital conduit building in West Jefferson, Ohio many years ago when the weather got so bad that we put blankets over the pour and ceased work for the day? We ended up pouring the rest of that pour later after jack hammering the section out that we poured on that day?

What a wasted day that was however we were able to make up for it in the end as we finished the job 2 weeks ahead of schedule. I sure am glad that I no longer have to get out in the elements any more.