Frozen Fingers

[Jasperfield]

Runnin' cattle or puttin' out a small wildfire will heat you up more than anything I know.

[JuniperBoss]

Runnin' cattle or puttin' out a small wildfire will heat you up more than anything I know.

Yes I've made fires that scared the poop out of me before .

[CTL logger]

I'm not complaining about cold body parts after talking to the guy who moves my equipment. He got hit by a tree awhile back now he drives truck, the tree crushed his one leg they replaced the bones from his knee to ankle with a titanium pipe. It's been so cold lately he noticed an eighth inch of movement when he lifted his foot so he got it x- rayed the cold has caused the metal to shrink pulling the pipe from his knee pulling the screws out of the bone.They said he should've stayed on disability but he fought the state so he could work, now he might need surgery again I'll take frozen fingers anytime.

[tyb525]

My fingers usually get cold when I start working, but after I warm them up on a muffler once they stay warm, not sure why that is, more bloodflow?

[gjersy]

Yes I have the exact same experience, That 1st tank my fingers freeze, even with chopper mits, once they warm up I can go the rest of the day with light gloves. Iv'e also noticed sometimes if i take an extra long lunch, i go threw the same process in the afternoon. That makes sense that the blood goes to your core from that initial cold blast and later the "gates" open back to the extremities. The older I get the more i hate the cold, my old equipment hates it to, my worst breakdowns are in the cold, I try to hand-cut on those zero or below zero days and leave the forwarder & harvey sit.

[lumberjack48]

On a real cold day if i was having trouble getting warm, or couldn't get the blood flowing good, i'd trot down the road, [ How far ] this depended on how cold i was, this worked every time.

[Ken]

Heated handlebars are worth their weight in gold. 

[lumberjack48]

When i fell i also ran rigging, with heated handles i'd have wet hands all the time.

If your only running saw, heated handles are the only way to go.

[JuniperBoss]

Why don't you install some air-conditioning, cd player, and electric start to your saw too :D :D :D. Just being sarcastic  ;D.

[Ron Scott]

When it gets real cold and I need to get the hands warm, I will place a chemical heat pak in the gloves, mits, or in a hand muff.

[stoneeaglefarm]

They make great new gloves know a days that are light weight and very warm compared to the gloves some of us old timers are used to, I started to just were gloves this year if it was below 20 degrees and I found some excellent gloves that a re breathable as well as made with fleece or wool with a gripper just in the middle.