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Offline Maineloggerkid

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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #40 on: November 25, 2008, 07:00:11 am »
  -30 degrees is just right for working. thats when I like to cut pine. sap is frozen solid, limbs snap off when it hits the ground, and you work up enough of a sweat to keep ya warm.

thats right- I sweat in 30 below temps. last year at school we would be down to our t-shirts and a thin sweater in negative temps. (wonder we didn't all catch cold)
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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #41 on: November 25, 2008, 07:30:22 pm »
 I wore kinko's while cutting and setting chockers. Now with the 346xpg its thin leathers cutting and the kinko's the rest of the time. If I have a long skid I have a pair of leather mitts to put on. I don't believe I'll ever buy another saw w/o the G .Anyone interested in a slightly used 575 xp?
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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #42 on: November 26, 2008, 09:31:36 am »
Down here in the winter Our coldest mornings are usally 19 - 20* and rise to a balmy 35 - 40* so as long as your workin you can get buy with a flannel shirt and a carharrt coat.
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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #43 on: November 26, 2008, 03:32:25 pm »
Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving.

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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #44 on: November 26, 2008, 03:36:50 pm »
Quote from: beenthere on November 23, 2008, 08:12:48 pm
Quote from: Urbicide on November 23, 2008, 04:19:19 pm
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I would love to have at least one XPG saw. They are not common around these parts at all.

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Where is "these parts"...??
Sorry about that. I should put that in my profile. I live in SW Ohio in the Cincinnati area. My woodlot is in Clermont County, which is one county to the east of Cincy.
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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #45 on: November 26, 2008, 05:03:13 pm »
I can wear work gloves when I handle the wood, but don't like them when operating the mill, So, I keep my fingers in Florida.

If it gets too cold for me here, I quit and go inside.  :D
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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #46 on: November 26, 2008, 05:28:57 pm »
I hope it doesn't turn cold down there for a stretch Tom. You might have to ask Harold in CR if he has a room for rent and if he barters food for sawing. ;D
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Offline Stephen Alford

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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #47 on: November 26, 2008, 06:58:50 pm »
When the paws get cold head for the kitchen.  Can't do a turkey but soup works. Have a great thanksgiving !   :)

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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #48 on: November 26, 2008, 07:07:18 pm »
I'm assuming you stop the tractor on the level before you try to cook. ???
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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #49 on: November 27, 2008, 10:01:42 am »
 When i worked in construction i heated soup or beans on the manifold of the JD850 when it got cold in TX.
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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #50 on: November 27, 2008, 12:51:18 pm »
Golden grippers one size to large with army surplus wool liners. Warm and cozy and they stay dry. Men with heated handlebars probly have AC in their pickup too. ::) :D
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Offline Stephen Alford

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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #51 on: November 27, 2008, 06:11:24 pm »
Hey Main; somtimes its stopped but not always ,got to remember "fire is our friend" just need attention, the real danger that i just realized is that photo of my ol kettle falling in the wrong hands,there could be talk of pirates and plank walking for sure.  Of coarse when your on an island in the Atlantic there is always that risk.  :o
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Re: Keeping fingers warm when cutting
« Reply #52 on: November 28, 2008, 06:13:16 pm »
Gees, someones got a nice cab on there tractor to sit in ;) I'm with snowman, good old Army wools with leather covers. Keeps my hands warm on the coldest days, and I'm pretty slow in the woods. I have some physical disabilities that keep me slow so I have too dress warm cause I can't move fast enough to stay warm :)

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