This dam HEAT......

JD955SC · Jun 29, 2018

IF ONLY they could make something like that for a beer can.. something that would stay cold for HOURS

I’m not sure about hours but cold from first to last sip?

https://www.amazon.com/RTIC-Stainless-Steel-Cooler-12oz/dp/B01DMYISEA

What a time to be alive!

My company handed out a couple of the cooling towels to everybody this year. Highly recommend them

thepumpguysc · Jun 29, 2018

I have one of those cups too.. 2 thumbs up from me.. mines the big one, 32oz I think & I found a "handle" at Ace Hardware for a few bucks..
I left it in the truck overnite, on a 100* day.. & it still had ice in it in the morning.!!!!
Ya cant beat THAT..
Locked up in a truck for 12 hrs w/ outside temp in the hi 70's to low 80's & STILL have ice in a cup??!!!
Un-heard of..
I'm pretty sure its an Ozark Trails cup seein the wife is a "walmarter"..
Speaking of Walmart.. I went there yesterday to replace my 10x10 pop-up canopy.. 40.0 w/ discount..!!!
I didn't know weather to laugh or cry, watching the "people".. "sad" is the only word I can think of..

d9gdon · Jun 29, 2018

Well, I guess this will implicate me but there are some zombies in WalMart. My thoughts are usually "Those plaid pajamas and brown house shoes you're wearing really scream ambition, sir."

Nothing to do with the heat is it? Back on track now...

51cub · Jun 29, 2018

It kills me, always did. I'm thinking I'm old enough now that it won't change. I might not mind so much if I could find something that actually works at keeping the sweat out of my eyes and off my glasses. I don't think there's anything that jams me up worse than when I can't see past my eyeglasses because of sweat

Vegasclimber · Jun 29, 2018

Looking at 117 here tomorrow...which is just fine by me, as I am on a plane first thing in the morning to head up to Forks for a week. I don't care what folks say about "getting used to it" - 16 years here and this heat still knocks me on my ass above 105 or so.

kshansen · Jun 29, 2018

My thoughts on heat and cold.

I've always said I could take the cold a bit better than the heat.

Thing with cold is for most jobs you can just put on another layer of clothing.

With heat there is only so much you can take off before someone calls the cops!

Junkyard · Jun 29, 2018

Not to mention appendages you might get caught in the course of a repair.....brings a tear to my eye.....

Birken Vogt · Jun 29, 2018

kshansen said:
My thoughts on heat and cold.

I've always said I could take the cold a bit better than the heat.

Thing with cold is for most jobs you can just put on another layer of clothing.

With heat there is only so much you can take off before someone calls the cops!

Remember the guys in Africa working on that D7 or whatever transmission with flip flops.

Tones · Jun 29, 2018

thepumpguysc said:
Lol..
I found a product that actually works.. its one of those "cold towels"
You drench it in cold water & wrap it/drape it around your neck & it stays cold for hours..
I think mine is the original from Frogg Togg.?? I have a REAL problem w/ heat, so the wife bought that for me.. IT WORKS..
Theres abunch of knock offs on the market now but I cant comment on them.. haven't used'm..
I don't know how they stay so cold, but draping it around your neck, the cold gets to your corotid artery & cools your blood..
When you put it on for the first time, it takes your breath away.. like jumping into a cold lake.
IF ONLY they could make something like that for a beer can.. something that would stay cold for HOURS.

Mate, put some cans in a thick sock, then wet it and hang it in the sun. Don't leave them there to long or they will freeze.

It's called refractory I think

51cub · Jun 29, 2018

[QUOTE="kshansen, post: 754576

With heat there is only so much you can take off before someone calls the cops![/QUOTE]

I used to think that too but I eventually figured out that I can get gone before they stop laughing long enough to make the call

thepumpguysc · Jun 29, 2018

"THAT customer" called me tonite wanting me to put his pump on tomorrow..
I said, Sorry, I already have plans... {he called at 6 PM}..
I said, I can do it Monday at 7 AM..because I expect to be home by 10:00..
He said, "Fine"..
I figured he'd call back.. Lol

Bumpsteer · Jun 29, 2018

Marlin worked today, 88 degrees....had to keep up with 3 kids. He ain't moved in 2 1/2 hours. Didn't make it far from the water bucket.

Going to need the Bobcat to get his arse up to go home.

Queenslander · Jun 30, 2018

Tones said:
Mate, put some cans in a thick sock, then wet it and hang it in the sun. Don't leave them there to long or they will freeze.
It's called refractory I think

Dunno what it’s called,Tones, but it would be the same principle as the old canvas water bag.
Iam just old enough to remember when every ute in the bush had one hanging on the bull bar and the refreshing taste of the water on a hot day.

Vetech63 · Jun 30, 2018

The humidity here was so thick today it looked like a fog.

Got to be a cooler way to make a living. Im back out tomorrow to finish up another surgery on a 3306 in a scraper that I parked under a tree.

I should be in the shade til noon, then IM OUT!

Wytruckwrench · Jun 30, 2018

I started carrying my own shade tree. Works pretty good.

Wytruckwrench · Jun 30, 2018

thepumpguysc · Jul 1, 2018

That's pretty slick.. Not to big like those 10x10 "tents"..
My mower broke a belt the other day & I pushes it under A TREE.. Lol

JD955SC · Jul 1, 2018

I try not to complain because I prefer the heat to the cold by far...I can layer up in the cold but it’s hard to work on stuff when you are a stuffed sausage of carhartt layers and the insulated gloves are not usable

I don’t see how you guys up in the frozen North do it. I lost all my cold tolerance after working at a lake a few years ago during a cold winter (for us) the temps stayed in the teens and the wind cut right through everything I tried

ianjoub · Jul 1, 2018

thepumpguysc said:
Lol..
IF ONLY they could make something like that for a beer can.. something that would stay cold for HOURS.

You shouldn't let a beer last for hours

crane operator · Jul 1, 2018

I like the cold, I don't like the heat. I'll admit to being a big baby anymore about the heat.

We installed A/C units in the cranes a couple years ago in the uppers, and its been a life altering decision. We get stuck sometimes faced directly into the sum- for hours. When your out working in it, you can kind of turn your back to it, but there's no where to hide in that crane cab. I don't shut up all the doors and windows, but that cool air on the back of the neck after 1:00 in the afternoon feels pretty good. We just run them off a little propane 110 A/C generator.

This dam HEAT......

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