BIG FREEZE!

[joeboodog]

They'll send us a message to finish up and come in at about 7:00.

 

[Anonymous 10]

I've experienced -20 with the windchill, I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around -50 with the windchill, good god!

Good luck...

It's all the same when it gets to that.

 

[Anonymous 10]

Apparently not. The union is fully aware of this and is doing nothing. Telemetrics wins!

Weak local

 

[Brownslave688]

Last week we were told no idle at lunch for the full time- 15 on, 15 off.

I would love to see the diesels gel up!

Go eat somewhere with heat.

 

[selfcancelsignal]

Run it anyway. Let them give you a warning letter if it will make them feel better. You have a right to stay warm.

If they ever bring me in on this... Safety 1st it is!

 

[selfcancelsignal]

Your twig and berrys do.

Always fun trying to find those this frigid time of year through pants, long johns, & boxer briefs when you hafta wizz really bad out in the middle of nowhere on a splitty.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Lots of socks.

 

[brownmonster]

-13 on my outdoor thermometer as we speak. Can't wait to see who calls in sick.

 

[oldngray]

Always fun trying to find those this frigid time of year through pants, long johns, & boxer briefs when you hafta wizz really bad out in the middle of nowhere on a splitty.

Its only really bad if your whizz freezes before it hits the ground.

 

[bottomups]

My pee bottle froze yesterday.

 

[upschuck]

Its only really bad if your whizz freezes before it hits the ground.

There are videos on tossing boiling water in air that cold and it freezes like snow. So hopefully it freezes after exiting the twig.

 

[Package_Donkey14]

Had 148 "Record While Idling" stops yesterday..

 

[Package_Donkey14]

My pee bottle froze yesterday.

Are you going to break 70 stops today? Stay warm bud!

 

[Thebrownstreak]

But its a dry -50!!!

a dry -50….classic

 

[Thebrownstreak]

My first christmas, we had a week of just -single digit to -teens. I left the truck run all day. This was before telematics, but i would have had 325 recording while idling

 

[soberups]

Apparently not. The union is fully aware of this and is doing nothing. Telemetrics wins!

The union will never be able to prevent the company from making ridiculous statements or coming up with idiotic rules and policies. Its their company and they have the right to be as stupid as they want.

What the union CAN do....is to keep us from getting suspended or terminated simply because we failed to obey those stupid rules and policies.

There is no conceivable way that any sort of disciplinary action will ever be upheld against an employee who idled the vehicle in order to run the heater when the temperature is below zero. At some point, rather than blaming the union it becomes the responsibility of the employee to simply grow a pair and do what is necessary.

As a practical matter, sitting in an unheated vehicle when its below freezing will cause the windshield to fog up and ice over, leaving you with no choice but to run the heater anyway.

 

[superballs63]

Apparently not. The union is fully aware of this and is doing nothing. Telemetrics wins!

Safety first, even if it means you'd freeze to death

 

[Rico]

But its a dry -50!!!

As a lad from NH, I can remember -35, without the wind chill. At -35, when your drunk date leans against the plastic window in a canvas topped CJ-5, the window shatters.

 

[Catatonic]

As a lad from NH, I can remember -35, without the wind chill. At -35, when your drunk date leans against the plastic window in a canvas topped CJ-5, the window shatters.

Hopefully you were wearing a helmet during the action that caused the window to shatter.

 

[Rico]

No exposed flesh at -35 in a canvas topped Jeep. The inside temperature is pretty damm close to the outside temperature.