The Big Brown Oven On Wheels!
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Fenderbender
Thats a code 14 right there,the driver was being sarcastic and he was rude and disrespectful,and I want him fired.
brownrodster
Well-Known Member
Today was cold and rainy. We're at least 2-3 months away from 80 degrees.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
It was brutal here today...58 degrees and raining. I had to wear a vest. I actually came home and built a fire because my wife complained about the cold.
On the subject of A/C....I dont see any realistic way to keep a pkg car comfortable in the heat, but it is my understsanding that some of the routes in Death Valley have air conditioning. Is that true?
On the subject of A/C....I dont see any realistic way to keep a pkg car comfortable in the heat, but it is my understsanding that some of the routes in Death Valley have air conditioning. Is that true?
longlunchguy
Runnin on Empty
The heat sucks, no doubt. But I'll still take 90 and humid over what some of you guys deal with in winter. No one ever got a p700 stuck in the humidity!
New Englander
Well-Known Member
It's easier to make yourself warmer then cooler. Getting stuck is no big deal, it's by the hour.
john346
No more Brown!
31 degrees here overnight with some new snow! Global Warming??
My last car was a Sprinter, and by far that was the hottest car I've ever ben in. You couldn't roll down the windows on dirt roads as it would choke you out with the dust, you could turn on the fan, but the route the intake took through the engine compartment was like turning on the heater.
July of '05 was the worst (picture), running in the high nineties and inside the car was unbelievable. Initially I tried to convince myself that I was being a wimp, that it wasn't that hot in the Sprinter, but when I felt a drop of sticky stuff fall on my leg, and looked up to see that it was the glue running out from behind the airbag warning sticker on the visor, that wimp crap went out the window, at least when I could roll it down anyhow.
I'm an EMT-B and clearly recognized the stages of heat exhaustion taking place on ME!
Several times that year, I'd pull over, get out with a Gatoraide to replace the electrolites, place a cold damp rag on my neck and take out 20 minutes to equalize. Packages and time constraints be damned. I even had a couple of days where I may have had some missed. But the way I had it in my head was if I were in the hospital because of this, the packages wern't moving any faster, and they (management), would have something to worry about.
I don't know how you do it in warmer climates, like AZ,NM,TX, etc. But wow! I would just be alert for signs of being dizzy, and disconnected thought process, as those are early signs that your body can't take much more. Easy on too much of the H2o as well, alternate between water & Gatoraide, & I mean Gatoraide, there are lots of other sports drinks out there that cost less, but in my research, none can match the electrolite & sodium levels that your body needs. Good luck!
My last car was a Sprinter, and by far that was the hottest car I've ever ben in. You couldn't roll down the windows on dirt roads as it would choke you out with the dust, you could turn on the fan, but the route the intake took through the engine compartment was like turning on the heater.
July of '05 was the worst (picture), running in the high nineties and inside the car was unbelievable. Initially I tried to convince myself that I was being a wimp, that it wasn't that hot in the Sprinter, but when I felt a drop of sticky stuff fall on my leg, and looked up to see that it was the glue running out from behind the airbag warning sticker on the visor, that wimp crap went out the window, at least when I could roll it down anyhow.
I'm an EMT-B and clearly recognized the stages of heat exhaustion taking place on ME!
Several times that year, I'd pull over, get out with a Gatoraide to replace the electrolites, place a cold damp rag on my neck and take out 20 minutes to equalize. Packages and time constraints be damned. I even had a couple of days where I may have had some missed. But the way I had it in my head was if I were in the hospital because of this, the packages wern't moving any faster, and they (management), would have something to worry about.
I don't know how you do it in warmer climates, like AZ,NM,TX, etc. But wow! I would just be alert for signs of being dizzy, and disconnected thought process, as those are early signs that your body can't take much more. Easy on too much of the H2o as well, alternate between water & Gatoraide, & I mean Gatoraide, there are lots of other sports drinks out there that cost less, but in my research, none can match the electrolite & sodium levels that your body needs. Good luck!
Covemastah
Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
68 degrees in the tractor last nite,it sucked,the fan switch for high a.c burnt out and I couldn't turn it up higher.... had to pull over for extra icecoffee saftey saftey saftey first
jds4lunch
What the hell is YOUPS??
My personal favorite is sliding the bulkhead door open after the truck has been baking in the sun over the lunch hour and the wave of heat hits you in the face like a sock full of nickels. The hottest weather I've ever worked in was last summer when we had a week straight of 130 friend weather with 100% humidity. I'll take the frozen tundra in the winter over those temperatures anyday.
satellitedriver
Moderator
Easy for an Eskimo to say.
Try 95+ degrees , 5 months out of the year.
Fire me?
Heck, I am on fire in a UPS car half of the year, only my sweat keeps the flames down.
As to the rude, sarcastic and disrespectful comment, you might be correct.
The only defense I can mount is that I was suffering from heat stroke and dehydration, throwing off my potassium balance and causing a temporary lack of judgment to keep my mouth shut.
What's a Code 14?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
A Code 14 is what we used to call a Rude Hourly concern.
dilligaf
IN VINO VERITAS
BRRRRRRRRR I am so glad I don't live where it snows.39 degrees 18 windchill this AM,snowed last night. Where's the heat?
06/12/08 ( Wyoming Montana Border)
BrownPR215
What Can Brown Do To You!
I'm what you would say not new but not a senior driver. I've got 3 years on the job come September but 98 degrees plus humidity (the Philly way) = 110 heat index...thats pretty hot to me. Maybe what made it worst was it was only June 10th. Now you know what the summer has in store for us!
outta hours
Well-Known Member
Driving in the Texas heat for the past 23 years I have adopted the following as my summer theme song:
The Heat Miser Song
I'm Mister Green Christmas
I'm Mister Sun
I'm Mister Heat Blister
I'm Mister Hundred and One
They call me Heat Miser,
What ever I touch
Starts to melt in my clutch
I'm too much!
He's Mister Green Christmas
He's Mister Sun
He's Mister Heat Blister
He's Mister Hundred and One
They call me Heat Miser,
What ever I touch
Starts to melt in my clutch
He's too much!
Thank you!
I never want to see a day
That's under sixty degrees
I'd rather have it eighty, Ninety, one hundred degrees!
(spoken) Oh, some like it hot, but I like it REALLY hot! Hee hee!
He's Mister Green Christmas
He's Mister Sun
Sing it!
He's Mister Heat Blister
He's Mister Hundred and One
They call me Heat Miser,
What ever I touch Starts to melt in my clutch
I'm too much!
Too Much!
The Heat Miser Song
I'm Mister Green Christmas
I'm Mister Sun
I'm Mister Heat Blister
I'm Mister Hundred and One
They call me Heat Miser,
What ever I touch
Starts to melt in my clutch
I'm too much!
He's Mister Green Christmas
He's Mister Sun
He's Mister Heat Blister
He's Mister Hundred and One
They call me Heat Miser,
What ever I touch
Starts to melt in my clutch
He's too much!
Thank you!
I never want to see a day
That's under sixty degrees
I'd rather have it eighty, Ninety, one hundred degrees!
(spoken) Oh, some like it hot, but I like it REALLY hot! Hee hee!
He's Mister Green Christmas
He's Mister Sun
Sing it!
He's Mister Heat Blister
He's Mister Hundred and One
They call me Heat Miser,
What ever I touch Starts to melt in my clutch
I'm too much!
Too Much!
Covemastah
Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
don't give up your day job.................lol lol
