High Temps

[VALLEYWIDE]

While your out mowing and the temps are in the high 90's/100's with high humidity levels do u stop and let the temps go down. during midday

highest temps occur between 2pm-5pm

if it gets to hot to work no matter what i drink it will not totally cool me down so i go home and sit and go back to work at 5pm and work till 8pm

there are days where i mow from 8am to 8pm

[Seascape]

Weve came in early so we can beat the hottest part of the day. Only happened once last year,, im sure you remember that day!!

Still get 8 usually just done by 2 or 3,, vs 4pm when it the real heat sinks in.

Mike

[Phillip Baker]

We try and beat the heat also Here in TX between 4-5 in july and Aug it is well over 100. Just keep your self really hydrated, wear a large brim hat and use lots of SPF lotion we wear long dickies pants now instead of shorts and my legs actually stay cooler now its kinda weird, also try and wear a light color shirt if you can we have light tan with Logo in green. Drink lots of power aid seems to have the highest concetration of electrolites which is what you sweat out. We also eat really light for some reason we tend to work better in the heat if we dont stuff ourselves at lunch. But we try and not stop until were done, so if we gotta press through the heat we will, but as the summer gets hotter you get used to the heat and working in 102 is no different than working in 90 degree.

[Seascape]

Humidity plays a big role up here. 90degrees w/ 98% humidity is common. It will kick your ass !!

[Phillip Baker]

Ya i guess the humidity would kick you in the ass were kinda lucky most of the time in the hottest months it is dry heat not a humid one. But we hit 108 last Aug with 92 percent humity i almost died that day!!!!!!!!!

[RRS]

It gets right hot and humid here in the summer. We keep a water cooler on the truck, but I fill up my water bottle and let the water warm up just a bit. I don't like drinking ice cold water when it's that hot out. I eat lightly as mentioned. We usually have a tupperware of strawberries of watermelon we snack on to replace vitamins, but I'll grab a gateraid or poweraid with lunch. I can't drink that stuff all day, only one at lunch and water the rest. We wear shorts and the company shirts are lightweight cotton. I wear a brim hat and sun/safetyglasses. Also, I never turn on the A.C. when going from job to job.

[VALLEYWIDE]

It is recommended that you drink lots of cold fluids and let the AC on in the truck while going from job to job. if you drink warm drinks and dont use the AC this could lead to you having a severe nose bleeds (had this happen already), heat stroke or worse death. should you get really overheated and poweraid/gatorade and use your customers hose on your head if this is not working go to the nearest mini market and get yourself a slushi and drink it and rest for 10min remove your socks and hats. if your body still hasnt cooled down enough get yourself to the emergency room no if's and's or but's

[Popper]

Whoa, I just read about several guys talking about the heat and I 'm suprized that my area (KC Missiori) was way hotter than any talked about. We drink about one gallon of water in three hours a person during the last summer.

A/C, I would have a stroke if we used AC between lawns, I guess it's different during different situations.

Our summer had six weeks no rain, we had like twenty days above one-hundred and no matter what, when its above ninety here, you get very high humidity

Theres no way anyone across the city was outside working after one pm at least two dozen days in 2003, because it was so hot and humid.

Lawn mowers should have appropriate weight oil suited for high temps.

We get ozone alerts when it's very hot too, basically means the sun will damage skin quickly and the air is alergic and hard to use for oxygen. Rather nice other than that! Come visit?

[RRS]

I agree, there is know way I could step from a 65 degree truck to 98 degrees outside. That would make me pass out flat on the ground. I think you're better off rolling the windows down and cooling off a bit. And I'm talking about drinking hot tea or coffee, just to ice cold water. It's too much of a shock to your body either way.

[Woody]

I have to agree with RRS on drinking anything ice cold when you are out working in the heat. I was told by a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine that "it is better to drink poison, than to drink something ice cold" when you are getting overheated. Before anyone wants to argue the point, remember, there are 1 billion Chinese, and their traditional medicine goes back 4,000 years, so they must be doing something right. TO add to that, I read a scientific study on hydration in the human body. The closer fluids are to your body temperature, the faster they are absorbed by your body.

Popper:

The "ozone alerts" have to do with smog, and not the sun damaging your skin quickly. It has nothing to do with the ozone layer, and actually has a lot more to do with pollution than anything else. The "ozone alerts" that are issued are due to excessive emissions of nitric oxides from, mostly, motor vehicles. These react with VOS's (volatile organic compounds) in the presence of sunlight to produce ozone. Personally, I feel that the nitric oxides are much more damaging (and thus more of an issue) that the ozone is.

Oh, yeah, and all of your rain last year came here to Ohio. You'll have to talk to Seascape about that one.

Woody

[hardboiled]

I was advised by physical therapists/sports trainers to dilute the aide drinks with water when used during situations as were discussing here. That much sugar (corn syrup) is not good for what you're trying to accomplish by using it. So I try to always cut it with an equal amount or more of water. Being able to drink small amounts regularly through the day, as opposed to gulping it when I need it also helps. Hydration packs are great-get one. Covering yourself with long sleeves and pants in the heat seems like it might be hotter but can slow the amount of water you loose to evaporation.

[1Chavez]

You could always jump in the customer's pool .
Hot summers do suck, but as long as there is work to be done, it gets done. Just stay hydrated.
-Rich

[jrservices]

When it gets hot, you stay hydrated and get er done

[lorenzo piedra]

there are days where i mow from 8am to 8pm

So you can do all your 21 "accounts" in just one day?

[Ground Works]

Rain

Yes please keep your rain this year that gets in the way of my boating season LOL last year sucked and looks like it still hasn't ended still calling for rain most this week