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Started by Larry, January 08, 2010, 01:46:54 PM

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Larry

What do you guys prefer?

I like the Carhartt bib overalls with the red insulation, along with a sweatshirt down to the mid 20's.  Below that I use Carhartt coveralls with the black insulation.  They will keep me warm to far below zero but I hate em...so heavy and bulky.  Would like to find something a lot lighter in weight.

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tonto

I like he Carhartt bib overalls with the micro fiber no matter how cold it gets because of the ease of movement. If it gets real cold, I just layer up better. I don't know, Tom may have a good opinion looking at the temps in Florida the last couple of days!!!!!!!!!! Tonto.
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Raider Bill

Quote from: tonto on January 08, 2010, 01:57:52 PM
Tom may have a good opinion looking at the temps in Florida the last couple of days!!!!!!!!!! Tonto.

It's pretty DanG COLD here in Florida. How cold you ask................  It's so cold I have to wear socks with my birkenstocks!
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SwampDonkey

Stanfield's wool (made in Canada) all the way, under my cotton work wear. An insulated Carhartt coat for real cold ones. Not them denim ones, I find they are too stiff. With these Larry, all you need is those light cotton overall's in your kind of cold or you'll be too hot if your working any amount. ;D


I could sleep in a snow bank with these and a decent coat on. ;D



If that ain't warm enough, slap these babies on. Big Bill's Wool Pants (made in Canada).



I have even heavier ones from Winnipeg Fir Exchange. ;D
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2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

ohsoloco

SD, I've always heard that wool will keep you warm even when it gets wet...any experience with that  ???

SwampDonkey

Running a brush saw in all kinds of weather I can without a doubt verify that claim as 100 % guaranteed. You don't even know your wet, aside from your feet feeling like walking on trout in your boots. :D
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1 Thessalonians 5:21

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bill m

What kind of winter activities are you trying to dress for? Hunting, logging, truck driver etc,? I am a logger and I wear Riggs Workwear pants with thinsulate lining and a light pullover windbreaker with a polar fleece over that.
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stonebroke

I wear thinsulate insulated Jeans from wrangler. Idon't wear long johns under them. not so bulky then. Regulat red carhartts and I am go to go till about 20 below then I break out the arctic carhartts. Don't forget to wear good gloves and a good hat most of your heat will go out though your hands and head. It will make your whole body feel warmer. Also wear pac boots so your feet don't get cold.

Stonebroke

trapper

I like the bib underwear from sportsman guide and buy the merino wool sweaters from target when they go on clearance in the spring for the top
the merino wool does not itch next to my skin.  I also use the merino wool socks.
Add uninsulated carhart bibs a wool shirt and a thin labcoat to keep the shirt clean and I am comfortable to 10 degree F
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red oaks lumber

you guys are going to laugh. thin long johns, blue jeans(not lined), summer socks, hiking boots, denimshirt, 1 reg sweat shirt, 1 hooded sweatshirt, no hat, thin craftsman work gloves.can go all day. my kid keeps telling me, dad don't be dumb you need to get a coat.
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Brad_S.

I have an Ice Armor suit. Wind proof, water proof. It's made for ice fishermen and blows Carhart out of the water as far as warmth. Maybe too warm for strenuous work but great for those of you who sit on loaders all day. I don't work with logs/lumber anymore, don't know how it would hold up.
Before this, I had an Arctic Armor suit. Just as warm but lighter. It got stolen though and I didn't have time to order another over the internet. Hard to find them in stores.
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ford62783

i wear a long t shitr a sweat shirt and a blanket lined carhardt with long john bottom and wool pants im never cold but always sweaty
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Roxie

Well, I've lived long enough to see SwampDonkey's underwear..... :o

Because Cowboy Bob is in and out of the truck all day, he layers long underwear, with jeans and sweat shirt, topped by a flannel shirt (regular weight) then his carhardt bibs (red lining) then a heavier lined flannel shirt, with carhardt vest (red lined).  When it's really cold, he trades in the red lined carhardt's for the black carhardt body suit.  If he gets to warm, he just sheds a layer.

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D Hagens


I just work harder, keeps me warm.

Qweaver

Cold weather clothing has improved so much that it dosen't take big bulky layers to keep warm while working.  We sawed a lot during the last two winters and long johns and carhartts were plenty down to the low 20s.  I choose not to work very much below that.  But hunting is a whole nuther thing...where you mainly don't move much.  My hi-tech insulated bibs and jacket, thinsulate boots and over the ears hat keep me toasty for hours. Pretty cheap too when bought after the end of hunting season.
Edit:  While I was writing about how good the new stuff is, I was also thinking about how warm it was in my 1950s down filled "fart sack".  I slept outside in the snow with temps in the teens many nights in complete comfort.
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Warbird

As you might have guessed, I have lots of cold weather gear.  I will have to grab the brand names off the heavy duty stuff later.  I wear Carharts, lots of layers, bunny boots, good mittens/gloves, fur hat, and for exceptional cold (colder than -40 F), I have a huge down filled parka and bib.  It has to be very cold to wear that stuff, though, otherwise I sweat.

DonT

I am a big fan of wool.base layer of helly hansen pro wool underwear top and bottom, husky saw pants(summer)wool sweater,fleece vest,and light fleece on top.
Wool coat(Codet) for work stoppages and lunch,my mother in law buys me socks made from alpacas,they work real well.This set up works till about -20.When hunting it is wool from top to bottom.So you might say I like wool clothing.

sprucebunny

I love fleece long underwear. Wool would make me itch. The fleece wicks away the moisture and I do get moist !!
For outerwear : I have some winter chainsaw pants but they are kind of bulky so it's usually some snowbibs I got at the dump store and chaps over them. Jacket could be anything from another fleece shirt to a winter jacket. Layers work best for me.

Love my Arctic Muck boots . Still hunting for just the right winter gloves. I always wear a hat and carry extra clothes in my truck.
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SwampDonkey

Quote from: red oaks lumber on January 08, 2010, 09:26:25 PM
you guys are going to laugh. thin long johns, blue jeans(not lined), summer socks, hiking boots, denimshirt, 1 reg sweat shirt, 1 hooded sweatshirt, no hat, thin craftsman work gloves.can go all day. my kid keeps telling me, dad don't be dumb you need to get a coat.

Not really, I wear layers all the time. Only when it gets real cold do I want a heavy coat on and something around my neck. But I couldn't wear denim, the coldest thing invented and too restrictive for us high steppers. Denim pants would play me out just wearing them. One fella I seen on the job (pre-commercial thinning) had a pair of them denim Carhartts and he had the lower part of the pant legs worn out in a couple weeks. I just wear cotton/poly work pants and they last for ever. What does it is the chaulks on your boots catch... rip, also short stumps can snag on the tears and soon you got "riches to rags on your legs". :D

I wear my long johns, cotton work pants and shirt, and Carhartt coat like what I got from the forum.  My dad would wear just a regular ball cap when we was cutting wood in the coldest of days. I even gave him a wool cap with tabs and wool shirt and he never wore it. He just wore thin uninsulated overalls to with a shirt and wool vest under it and maybe long johns under that. When your working, especially running a saw you make a lot of heat. He used to drive that old tractor with FEL up to the woods 2.5 miles away in the coldest weather and no cab on no tractor neither. I've seen guys on loader truck darn near freeze to the levers because they never moved much sitting there. We ourselves never had no loader truck we used tractor and peevey, so ya wasn't cold. ;D
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1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

Lud

I consider myself lucky to live in the age of polarfleece,  thinsulate, longtail mock turtlenecks, and Irish Setter boots.
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Norm

I do pretty much as the rest here but my hands is what I have the most problems with keeping warm. How many of us when we were young used those stupid jersey gloves to keep warm and frost bit our fingers. Mine will start hurting pretty quick with this below zero weather we've had. If I go to the heavy ones then I can't use my hands as they are so bulky and I hate mittens.

I think the only answer is to move to Larry's where it's nice and warm.....bet he's putting in an extra bedroom just in case. ;D

SwampDonkey

I can't get warm in fleece unless it's a bed sheet, in which case the ambient temperature in the house is usually 75-90 degrees, so not much chance of freezing to begin with. My uncle told me before Christmas the same, "I'd freeze to death with a fleece blanket" and reached for his Hudson Bay wool point blanket. He said, "you see this wool traps the heat, that darn fleece lets it escape. I like to be warm."  A great big 64 year old kid. ;D  :D
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1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

thecfarm

I myself am lucky.Usually when it gets into the single digits I  head for the house.But am outside in them numbers some.I just wear layers.Nothing fancy,no name brands.T shirt,long john top and bottom,2 sweatshirts, and green wooleys parts and I'm good to go.Everything,but the pants are big.Hate to bend over and have my bare back stick out.Sweats shirts are 3X when I only wear a 1X when we go out to town.
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DonT

If you find your hands are cold when running a saw in the winter,check to see if the underside of your wrists are exposed when cutting.You would be amazed at how wearing a shirt with very long sleeves,or a coat with long cuffs makes a huge differance.
Look at how close ro the surface of your skin the blood flows on its way to your hands,leaving this area exposed
pre-cools the blood before it get s to your hands.Cutting the top of old wool socks makes a great wrist band.Oh and make sure you turn the switch for the heated handles on,they work much better then ;D

beenthere

Cold weather clothing if working means for me, getting comfortable while I am sweating (and I do that at all temps ::)).

I start out with silk underwear top, light or heavy wool shirt next. Then down vest with windbreaker over that. The key for me is to start removing layers before I start sweating. But will soon be down to the wool shirt over the silk. The sweat just freezes on the surface of the wool shirt then, but I avoid being chilled if pausing to rest or am riding the tractor to pull in a turn of logs.

Hat is hard hat, with red kerchief over top of bald head and under band to soak up sweat. If not in need of hard hat, then a wool hat is used.

Hands start out with mittens if real cold, then insulated gloves, followed by the jersey gloves (like those the best and go through many pair, to keep dry ones on). Will use silk glove liners in leather gloves at times.

Not working but in the cold will mean a different layering of wool shirt, down vest, jacket, and hoodie. That takes care of tractor work just sitting, like plowing snow (no cab).  If blowing, put the snowmobile helmet on for that.  ;D (and at 10 deg F with 15-20 mph wind yesterday, that felt pretty good).
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