HEAT

[scraggs]

It's hit our trade quite badly, who in thier right mind want's to lay turf in this weather.
We were filling bulk bags with topsoil but gave up after it just got far too hot in and on the machines, but it has given us the chance to get all the yard hardstanding done, so not overly bothered.

[forestboy1978]

How to avoid that headache though... I drank like 5 litres of water on Friday and still had a banging headache.

[forestboy1978]

1 minute ago, scraggs said:

It's hit our trade quite badly, who in thier right mind want's to lay turf in this weather.
We were filling bulk bags with topsoil but gave up after it just got far too hot in and on the machines, but it has given us the chance to get all the yard hardstanding done, so not overly bothered.

Turf laying is hard in any weather. Customers never really appreciate how much watering is required afterwards either in this weather. I'm like 5 liters per meter x3 per day for 2 weeks if it's baking hot and they are like WTF

[Matthew Storrs]

For some reason this year Iv had no problem with the heat- the winter we had before it caused me far more grief- in fact I came pretty close to packing it in at one point- so I mentally have ingrained it I’m my mind that I will NEVER moan about heat again.

[forestboy1978]

I will bitch and moan till the end...

[Mark J]

2 hours ago, forestboy1978 said:

How to avoid that headache though... I drank like 5 litres of water on Friday and still had a banging headache.

Whack some of this (or similar) in one of those litres of water: https://www.amazon.co.uk/BULK-POWDERS-Electrolyte-Powder-Unflavoured/dp/B00SP31TCW

[TIMON]

It's hit our trade quite badly, who in thier right mind want's to lay turf in this weather.
We were filling bulk bags with topsoil but gave up after it just got far too hot in and on the machines, but it has given us the chance to get all the yard hardstanding done, so not overly bothered.

Our landscaping guys have postponed all of their turf jobs until the autumn. Utterly pointless unless you want your garden to look like somewhere in the Sudan.

Did some large ringing up with the 880 today and stacked the rings on my jack. (Been working in the office a lot lately,)
I was soaked and done in by lunchtime.
Take my hat off to anyone climbing everyday in this. Or dragging brash in chainsaw trousers.

[Mark Bolam]

It is what it is.

Every pro on here gets on with it.

Not being able to lay turf isn’t very high on the priority list.

[spuddog0507]

3 hours ago, forestboy1978 said:

How to avoid that headache though... I drank like 5 litres of water on Friday and still had a banging headache.

its not just me then ,saw pants boots t shirt hi viz vest cap and helmet on , by 2pm today and several other days had a banging headache even thou i had drank several litters of water saw pants piss wet through inside and felt like they where glued to my legs making moving about and climbing over fallen trees harder than ever , how ever stuck it out till 4.30 then worked out i had drank 4 and bit ltrs of water but not ad a piss since 7.30am, could it be called water rettension ?

[agrimog]

you do realise that the wearing of chainsaw ppe is optional if the temperature is such that it might cause heatstroke, check the wording  in the H&S guidance booklets, and yes I know all about what your going to say about puwer....it says similar stuff. jremember none of it is compulsory, or a legal neccesity. its all advisory, but highly recomended, and ultimitly at the users discrection