winter fun

The humidity can be stifling during the peak of the summer months. When it gets too much,.. I just go inside and enjoy the AC. The neat thing is that people can acclimate themselves to just about any kind of environment.

I admit my first year in Fla was rough. Were it not for a crazy ex wife, her BF and a bench warrant waiting for me back in MD,. I think I may have headed back. Once I got a race car going and met up with a bunch of like minded friends,.. I grew to love it in Fla. So much to do. Something for just about anyone.

I'm the type of person who would rather sweat in 90f with full humidity than feel my toes fall off in icey19f with negative wind chills. Its just not for me.

We live where we find comfort. Thats the nice thing about living in the states,.. pretty large enough to keep everyone happy.

Hurst

 

Been there,.. done that.









Not me,.. I'd find the nearest safe place to park, fire up the generator, break out the infrared space heater,.. set it to high and start cooking hamburgers or grilled ham n cheese. Then I'd turn on my hotspot and start watching movies or come here on TTR and give you guys a hard time.



Hurst

 

This was on my dash one night.

 

Thats too cold for me. I think the coldest I've personally experienced was in ND,.. it was -15f with a steady wind chill of about -50f.

Not even joking,.. it took me the better part of 1 hour just to undo 8 frozen straps.
I knew it was going to be rough the instant I opened my door to see where they wanted me. They were inside a building hugging 2 of those big kerosene jet heaters. Told me to take my time. And I did just that. 5 mins to beat the ice off a strap and get it loose. Ran back inside my cab like a little girl,.. turn the cruise control on and cranked the RPM's up to 1000 as my motor was struggling to stay above 150f. Cranked the heat,.. hugged the vents like we were all best friends. Finally thawed out my finger tips,.. went back out,.. yanked the strap I had loosened and tossed it over to the other side. Started to beat the ice on the next strap,.. couldnt finish,.. ran back in the cab like a little girl again,.. hugging all my buddies like I hadnt seem them in months. Rinse and repeat for about an hour.

Let them know the load was ready,.. and I believe thats the only time I have ever stayed in the truck while they unloaded me. And its not like I wasnt layered. I have thermals on under my jeans, then sweatpants on over my jeans,.. thermal shirt, T-shirt, 2 thick sweat shirts and a hoodie over them,.. then my large 1 piece Carhart thermal insulated coveralls. My ears felt like they fell off,.. toes and fingers were the deal breakers,.. once they went numb,.. I ran back in the truck.

I have pics of that load somewhere. I'll post up soon as I find where I put them.

What killed me was that my nose was running like a faucet the whole time,.. the snot froze on my mustache and not a single one of those guys said hey man,.. I think you should wipe your nose. It wasnt until the snot started to melt after I was in the truck for a while that I realized I had frozen snot on my upper lip.

That was Jan 2013 or 2014,.. it was disgustingly cold up there.

Found it,.. and another O/S I did that was equally as cold and frozen.




Hurst

 

That's the magic temperature when you don't have to calculate the difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius.

The coldest I've experienced wasn't trucking, it was the morning leaving high camp to go for the summit of Denali at -45°F. Not even a sleeping bag with 9" of loft kept me warm that night. It was the only time I thought I might get frostbite, in my feet. The snow stays at ambient temperature, and the cold coming up through my crampons felt like knives.

 

My toes don't fall off till temps hit -20.

Get acclimated? i could never get used to steam blowing out my a/c ducts. My hands sticking to the steering wheel. My underoos sticking to the crack of my A. and the constant sweating of everything else. LOL