Do Not send your lads out Monday and Tuesday.

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

1 hour ago, drinksloe said:

 

Aye that may be true but if ur cutting in front of a harvester on the las tof edge trees or on a steep banking gully do u just phone ur boss and say a bit hot today do u mind parking up ur 1/2 million quid machine for a few days??

 

 

Don't get me wrong if u could plan ur work beter esp in forestry u can start early doors 4 or 5 in morning and save brashing in the shade for heat of day and do felling or more snedding outsiders in the early morning cool.

But unfortunately it doesnae always work like that , as chances are a harvester driver planned the work from his cool air conditioned cab 😃

 

 

I abslolutely hate the heat but wearing decent breathable/wicking base layer/lycra type stuff it is easy enough to wear long sleeves in the hottest of days.

and modern cutting pants with zips and breathable bits arenae half as bad as they used to be

As has been said drink plenty of water BUT also add elctrolytes to it.

Seemingly u can buy 'proper' stuff dor bikers/atheltes

Last year i would add 1 or 2 sachets of 'skitter' powder ( that dairrohah? stuff and do think it made me feel a lot better/fresher less sleepy on the drive home.

 

 

 

Was just thinking about the not wearing cutting pants, i'd honestly never dream of it on a commercial site.

If the forrester caught u, at very least u would be made to put them on and a 'yellow' card, but most would kick u off site. many would ban u from all there firms sites.

And go nuts at ur boss.

If they did let u back on they would never be away from ur site wondering wot other things ur up to.

 

But i do understand with climbing ur cutting/saw positions are completely different and trousers offer far less/no protection to the areas ur likely to catch/cut.

 

I am actually off today, away back to milling for another couple of hours and i have got some cooler work to do for the worst of heat if it comes as far north as us.

 

Stay safge, drink plenty, keep in shade ( wear long sleves/collar tunred up and put some electrolyte stuff in ur water

Sorry for you, sometimes it's can not be done, but did you speak to the boss about that, I think there is always alternatives can be found, maybe reschedule to few Saturdays or even Sundays, or very early start, compromising on PPE, not very good idea in any circumstances, not that I'm not did it😳

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

34 minutes ago, Puffingbilly413 said:

Did Basra and Baghdad. Never got to Umm Qasr. Not sure I'm in a hurry to go back to either although I did meet some great people too. Also some not so nice types!

I feel the same about Camborne 😂😂😂

[doobin]

Well we are digging out and running 3.5t tippers of soil (or rather dust!) four miles back to the yard all day- nice easy job, and not in the sun too much.

 

I've gone commando in shorts😲, and when it's too hot I just take a quick dip in the 3t dumper full of water at the yard.

[Mark Bolam]

Redneck.

[Joe Newton]

I ran a cold bath today and got into it. My voice went up an octave and I nearly passed out!

[Steve Bullman]

[GarethM]

Your honour it was a very spicy pizza

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, Joe Newton said:

I ran a cold bath today and got into it. My voice went up an octave and I nearly passed out!

With your chainsaw trousers on?

[maybelateron]

Got to site 8am today, did some crown lifting (ready made sombrero above us), cut some Laurels back. One lad climbed into a Sweet Chestnut and removed large deadwood sections. Two of us stayed under a Lime and used hand saws to dissect out epicormics from around TWO metal fences next to it. Yes, two - one is modern and galvanised, the one nearer the tree is old and rusty, decades old. Tomorrow all team members can start early, so 5am at base, on site 5:30 using hand tools, then mini digger 8am to pull the fences out of the tree!

Home by noon, having worked with big sombrero all morning.

[Steve Bullman]

7 minutes ago, maybelateron said:

Got to site 8am today, did some crown lifting (ready made sombrero above us), cut some Laurels back. One lad climbed into a Sweet Chestnut and removed large deadwood sections. Two of us stayed under a Lime and used hand saws to dissect out epicormics from around TWO metal fences next to it. Yes, two - one is modern and galvanised, the one nearer the tree is old and rusty, decades old. Tomorrow all team members can start early, so 5am at base, on site 5:30 using hand tools, then mini digger 8am to pull the fences out of the tree!

Home by noon, having worked with big sombrero all morning.

Disgraceful apparently 😀