Do Not send your lads out Monday and Tuesday.

[peds]

Yeah, loads of them died in the heat and all. What's your point? 

[JLA1990]

42 minutes ago, 5thelement said:

You seem to have omitted the thousands of Irish navvies who helped build the extensive canal and rail networks from your list of slaves, do they not count as their skin is too white?

How dare you exclude the Irish they’re “savages” too! 

[Ian C]

Think it depends on what your doing, sun cream on, shorts and a hat doing simple hedge cutting first thing will be fine, full on job with saw pants, boots and a helmet and guys are going to suffer, remember it’s not Monday and Tuesday it will be hard if you get dehydrated or sun stroke you can write the rest of the week off! 

[trigger_andy]

18 minutes ago, JLA1990 said:

How dare you exclude the Irish they’re “savages” too! 

Interesting how you consider people with darker skin savages. 

[Puffingbilly413]

4 hours ago, Puffingbilly413 said:

Then you're acclimatised. That makes a massive difference. Try working hard wearing chainsaw trousers and helmet in 40C heat without introducing yourself to it gradually and people are asking for trouble.

 

Early starts, short stints and lots of fluids and work should still be achievable. Just don't try and work at the same rate as you would when it's cooler.

 

Having seen lads on the receiving end of heat exhaustion, it's no laughing matter when it happens that's for sure

Good to see Trigger is still a belter 👍

[5thelement]

1 hour ago, peds said:

Yeah, loads of them died in the heat and all. What's your point? 

My point is that we have a long history of creating spectacular feats of Enginneering in some of the worlds most inhospitable places yet are getting all hysterical over doing a bit of tree work in a couple of days of hot weather.

[Stephen Blair]

What about the woman?  Ok to send them? 

[JLA1990]

Hot weather = heat exhaustion & triggering it would seem 

[Joe Newton]

Do people really wear chainsaw trousers in this weather?

[Conor Wright]

11 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Do people really wear chainsaw trousers in this weather?

Honestly, no. 

 

But then again I did spend most of today lying in a hammock so they were surplus to requirements!