Author Topic: First Real Cold Day ! (Read 2574 times)

Autocar · « **on:** December 06, 2010, 02:41:34 pm »

I loaded three loads of logs this morning faceing into the wind. I must be a gettting old I was about froze. The first trip back home I went in the shed and got a clear plastic face sheild that flips up and down and wore it. It sure made a difference on my face,the wind was out of the northwest with snow about twenty mile per hour

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #1 on:** December 06, 2010, 02:51:03 pm »

We was suppose to get snow, but we only got 2" and by mid morning it was raining and ain't stopped.

Your just getting older and starting to whine more.

beenthere · « **Reply #2 on:** December 06, 2010, 06:09:43 pm »

Quote from: Autocar on December 06, 2010, 02:41:34 pm

I loaded three loads of logs this morning faceing into the wind. I must be a gettting old I was about froze. The first trip back home I went in the shed and got a clear plastic face sheild that flips up and down and wore it. It sure made a difference on my face,the wind was out of the northwest with snow about twenty mile per hour

I'm a fan of wearing a snowmobile helmet to handle those winds, when I am plowing snow.

woodmills1 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 06, 2010, 08:02:38 pm »

Was DanG cold here today witha 30 mph wind

makes a guy think winter is coming

Coon · « **Reply #4 on:** December 07, 2010, 03:16:18 am »

Just think you guys.... the 21st of this month is the shortest day of the year and they will start to get longer again. If your face was cold you need to grow a bigger beard.

fishpharmer · « **Reply #5 on:** December 07, 2010, 03:52:29 am »

Winter is here! The weather website shows Meridian, MS four degrees warmer than Harrison, MI at this moment. Its 19 F in Harrison. Autocar I don't like it either. A beard really does help in tbe wind.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #6 on:** December 07, 2010, 07:13:35 am »

24F here this morning Fish. You might need to gather some of them mill slabs for a few days.

BrothersMule · « **Reply #7 on:** December 07, 2010, 10:25:16 am »

My truck said 14 F this morning and the thermostat out side the office still says 18 F. I would say winter is here to stay.

Gary_C · « **Reply #8 on:** December 07, 2010, 10:41:26 am »

I had to return a tool that I had borrowed and didn't get to it till late last night. Temp on the car thermometer ranged from +2 F to -2 F at about 11 PM last night. But just wait for next week. Here is the forecast from the NWS for this area.

Discussion.../issued 247 am CST Tuesday Dec 7 2010/

While the start to this winter through today is the most active
in terms of snowfall in 19 years for the Twin Cities and
surrounding communities...the slightly bigger story over the next
week looks to be temperatures. Readings will continue to be 10 to
15 degrees below normal this week...before even colder
temperatures dive in for the weekend. But by no means is the
active precipitation stretch done...as snow still is likely for some
areas on Thursday with possibly patchy freezing drizzle too.
Additional snow potential exists for the forecast area on Friday
night into Saturday...with possibly some blowing snow as the
Arctic air surges in.

So enjoy this warm weather while you can.

barbender · « **Reply #9 on:** December 07, 2010, 10:58:14 am »

-11°F here at 8:30 this morning, I can't wait for it to get colder. Gary C is down in the MN banana belt, I think he is 2 climate zones warmer

You guys seem to be getting all the snow, though, Gary. We probably have 4-5" on the ground. I'm surprised to see it as cold as you have down there, Fish. Is that normal for your area?

Gary_C · « **Reply #10 on:** December 07, 2010, 11:10:29 am »

I have been working on a job between Hinckley, MN and Danbury, WI and took this picture Dec. 2 just before I moved the semi. When I cleared the snow off the deck of the trailer I took my tape measure out and there was 16 inches of the white stuff on the deck. Looks like a winter wonderland but it's not much fun for me.

fishpharmer · « **Reply #11 on:** December 07, 2010, 11:22:39 am »

SD the slab pile is shrinking fast. Barbender, below 30 is not uncommon. Below 20 is rare. 30's at night are normal.

The best snow is in pictures. Don't send it down here.

northwoods1 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 07, 2010, 11:23:03 am »

Definitely getting cold here too i might actually have to start plugging the dodge in in the next few days it looks like

Did go look at a job I will be setting up on by the end of the month. There was a nice small field at one end of it that was sheltered by the wind that I wanted to set up on, but decided not to because there was a wet area separating it from a good part of the job. The next best place was pretty good and I'm eager to get started there, I hate working on a landing that is fully exposed to the prevailing wind

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #13 on:** December 07, 2010, 11:48:09 am »

Zero F by Thursday night, but doesn't look like it's going to last long because the next day going up in the 20's.

Ken · « **Reply #14 on:** December 07, 2010, 06:31:18 pm »

It would be great if we could get a few cold nights. Certainly not a fan of winter but love to see it froze up everywhere. I am getting sick of trying to fix rutted roads. We had to move to a different job just to be able to move some wood when it is ready to go.

Cheers
Ken

Autocar · « **Reply #15 on:** December 07, 2010, 06:39:04 pm »

It was cold again today we just can't get the wind to lay. I cut trees in my carhart bibs with a sweater but once I got on the west side of the woods it wasn't long I was looking for my hood

Quebecnewf · « **Reply #16 on:** December 07, 2010, 06:45:32 pm »

Last year we had no snow to speak of. I launched my boat in the middle of March . This is unheard of in this region. Now it is the 7th of Dec and we have yet to see a blossem of snow fall . Montreal got 30cm today and we are walking around with running shoes on . Weird or what??

Bring on the snow and cold I say. I have 200 logs left in the woods from last year and if I don't get them this winter they will be a total loss.

Quebecnewf

beenthere · « **Reply #17 on:** December 07, 2010, 06:54:26 pm »

Quebecnewf

Glad to see you back.

No ice yet either?

Quebecnewf · « **Reply #18 on:** December 07, 2010, 06:58:09 pm »

No ice no nothing. Last year was a total bust and right now this one looks like its going the same way.

Quebecnewf

woodmills1 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 07, 2010, 07:03:55 pm »

looking forward to the 40's forcast for this weekend

need to put away the hoses

and it would be nice to clean my garage in some winter balmy weather

Quebecnewf · « **Reply #20 on:** December 07, 2010, 07:23:10 pm »

here is a pic from last year when we went in the woods for the last time to pick up the tools and store things for the summer. This pic was taken in the last of Feb

Hard to believe

Quebecnewf

Quebecnewf · « **Reply #21 on:** December 07, 2010, 07:28:50 pm »

Here is another pic of some of the logs we cut (they are still in the woods) this pic was taken in Jan and we had a small amount of snow. We worked about a week in the woods and then the weather turned mild and that was that

All the snow melted and we had spring in March

Quebecnewf

Chuck White · « **Reply #22 on:** December 07, 2010, 07:32:19 pm »

When I got up this morning at 5:00 we had around 15°F and there was about 1½ feet of snow in the driveway.

I ran the snowblower over the driveway 4 times today, just got done with the last run for the day!

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #23 on:** December 08, 2010, 07:18:17 am »

Welcome back Newf. I only had enough snow to barely cover the clover and most of that was crust. It was good for sledding and walking on top of. We keep missing all the snow here so far this year. Barely enough to cover the lawn grass. I guess no hurry yet to build another sled.

WDH · « **Reply #24 on:** December 08, 2010, 07:51:54 am »

Chance of snow flurries here today and tonight. Crazy.

Magicman · « **Reply #25 on:** December 08, 2010, 08:17:16 am »

Quebecnewf, I certainly hope that you have better skidding weather this year and more ice. I really enjoyed following your progress last year and hated to see your efforts halted when the water didn't freeze.

I guess that those logs that you cut last year are still good?

Cedarman · « **Reply #26 on:** December 08, 2010, 12:31:46 pm »

10 degrees F this morning at 7. Everyone showed up to work in the mill. All equipment is running. Sanding about 2000 ' of T&G. Sawing lapsiding. Cull boards being shaved to grind into sawdust for specialty markets. Logs coming in nicely. AND NO MUD!!!

GRANITEstateMP · « **Reply #27 on:** December 09, 2010, 08:58:52 am »

16 Degrees F @ 6AM in Southern NH this morning. It seems like I haven't stopped feeding the woodstove in weeks! Oh well, I guess winter is here. The in-laws brought in two lten wheeler (roll off can) loads of logs for the OWB yesterday, we cut and decked the logs this summer but the end of the hay field they were in was too wet, so we couldn't get them out, untill yesterday!

Matt

beenthere · « **Reply #28 on:** December 09, 2010, 10:47:07 am »

Matt
Those logs will be ready to burn a year from now.

Burning green wood is one reason you are feeding so much into the woodstove.

Takes twice the wood if it is green.

Gary_C · « **Reply #29 on:** December 09, 2010, 10:53:39 am »

For the past three days I have been building another set of log bunks for my log trailer. They are made of heavy steel tubing and I have been working in my cold machine shed in temps of -5 F to a high of about 10 F. I got my face tanned in the process cause it was so hard to see out of that welders helmet. But I got them done yesterday afternoon and was too tired to head back to my job up in the north woods last night.

During the night temps rose to about 23 F and we are getting freezing rain that is supposed to be ice pellets and snow. Then by Sunday night the temps are supposed to drop to the lowest of the season or about -12 F.

This is crazy. It's been a very difficult start to the winter with record amounts of rain, snow, and temps of 10 to 20 degrees below normal on the average. Right now I can't even see out of the windows of the house as they are coated with ice.

northwoods1 · « **Reply #30 on:** December 09, 2010, 11:05:59 am »

Quote from: Gary_C on December 09, 2010, 10:53:39 am

During the night temps rose to about 23 F and we are getting freezing rain that is supposed to be ice pellets and snow. Then by Sunday night the temps are supposed to drop to the lowest of the season or about -12 F.

This is crazy. It's been a very difficult start to the winter with record amounts of rain, snow, and temps of 10 to 20 degrees below normal on the average. Right now I can't even see out of the windows of the house as they are coated with ice.

Oh oh that must be headed this way

I better get moving I haven't even been brave enough to go outside yet except to let the dog out. Had about 0 degrees f. this morning. Need to get some wood moved!

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #31 on:** December 09, 2010, 11:18:28 am »

Rebounding from daily highs of 20's to the 30's in the next few days. Ain't seen nothing out of the ordinary on this corner of the continent.

ga jones · « **Reply #32 on:** December 09, 2010, 11:26:45 am »

15 here this morning but sunny .Calling for 47 and rain sunday. muddy landing again!

GRANITEstateMP · « **Reply #33 on:** December 09, 2010, 11:51:41 am »

beenthere,

My wood is nice and seasoned, as is most of the wood for the OWB of at the farm. The wood they hauled in will be used if we get one of "those" winters!

Gary,

Look on the bright side, if there is a nice coat of ice on the house windows it's just one more layer of insulation!

Matt

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #34 on:** December 09, 2010, 12:05:13 pm »

Everyone's idea of seasoned wood is different I guess. I never thought cutting firewood in the summer would be well seasoned for September burning. No way it could be dry enough laying in log form. Each to their own.

Ed_K · « **Reply #35 on:** December 09, 2010, 08:25:42 pm »

monday I cut a birch in the maple orchard and sap was pouring out,today I started a hemlock job. The trees I cut were frozen to the core. 19 degs f at 1:30 pm.tomorrow morning it's supposed to be 4 degs.

barbender · « **Reply #36 on:** December 13, 2010, 09:40:11 am »

-20°F here this morning

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #37 on:** December 13, 2010, 09:55:24 am »

53 F here with lots of rain on the tundra.

Autocar · « **Reply #38 on:** December 13, 2010, 11:45:07 am »

Colder then crap here ! I shoveled the snow away from the bird feeder then pushed snow with my little skidder. Iam going to hold up for a few days

barbender · « **Reply #39 on:** December 13, 2010, 01:41:33 pm »

Our current temps up here are by no means out of the ordinary.

Mooseherder · « **Reply #40 on:** December 13, 2010, 02:55:03 pm »

West Palm Beach is colder than Northern Maine today.

I'm liking it and betting that it doesn't happen very often.

Looks like it will get down to 26 degrees tonight.
I hope it snows.

caveman · « **Reply #41 on:** December 13, 2010, 07:17:18 pm »

I wish all of you Canadians would keep your cold air up there where it belongs. We are trying to keep kids' hogs from freezing and around 3:30 a.m. tomorrow I have to head to school to set the citrus grove irrigation to continue icing the trees. If the next two nights are as cold as the news crews predict, strawberries and citrus will cost a fortune this winter. Look for sink holes to form around Plant City in the next week due to over pumping from the aquifer to attempt to save their berry plants. Caveman

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #42 on:** December 13, 2010, 07:27:03 pm »

Those darn Canadians, how dare they!

Maybe you can send that fruit up frozen like the rest of the US does.

caveman · « **Reply #43 on:** December 13, 2010, 08:08:22 pm »

I am sure there will be plenty of citrus that will freeze tonight and tomorrow. The governor has declared a state of emergency, which means that the truckers hauling fruit do not have weight limits for the next few days. They will try to process the fruit for juice.
You folks that deal with the cold on a regular basis are definitely tough. The cold seems to make simple tasks much more difficult.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #44 on:** December 13, 2010, 08:26:01 pm »

It all depends on where you call home. Some love all the seasons, some don't. We here lots of blat'n about the weather up here to. Me, I hate mowing and heat above 65 F when I have to work in it. I always liked to cut wood in the winter, I was never cold unless I had poor foot wear. Steam rolls off me like a horse.

Hmm steamed eye glasses, I hate that part.

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Author Topic: First Real Cold Day ! (Read 2574 times)