[jo5hm4n]

It just happens to be our busiest week of work next week.  We have 6 full days and even then getting that done is gonna be a push.  ontop of that now have cold weather and snow to deal with.  Somehow i just think for the first time in a while may have to take a few days off or end up getting behind!

Really cant be arsed with this snow at the moment, could it not just wait until the week of xmas when we are actually off work!!!!!

FML

[paul alan]

Crap innit josh, I hate getting behind. I am one day behind at the minute, tonight is due a frost so tomorrow may not happen at all.

On a plus note its nearing the end of the year so if it gets out of whack now I don't mind too much as it can all get back in line after new year.

[jo5hm4n]

Yes mate its rubbish!  Im about half a day behind but got so much work next week to get through.  Yeah if push comes to shove and snow stays around will have to just catchup in the new year i guess.  Just annoying so close to having a week off, dont need the hassle lol

[jo5hm4n]

Meant to be working in llanfair and rural towns tomorrow, you literally can't time it any worse if you tried to haha!!!

[paul alan]

I was supposed to be in Llanfair, llangernyw, llansanan and allt ddu on Friday!

leaving all that stuff till next weekend now, schools shut tomorrow so I'm off all day.

Hate being off work and stuck in the house.

[Stoots]

Just get out and do what i can as long as i can, two weeks to go then itll be two weeks off and the round will be way behind anyway so not worrying about it too much.

[dazmond]

preparation is the key.

decent wet weather gear,ski pants,waterproof boots,warm hat and gloves.

heat the back of the van overnight or turn on frost stat(if you have it)

ice melt grit and sweeping brush in your van

take a flask of soup with your other hot drinks for lunch.

take a flask of hot water to unfreeze your jets should it occur(cold water users only)

start later and finish earlier.

obviously ill have a bit more comfort than some of you (with a heated drivers seat in the van,heated windscreen,heated wing mirrors etc)as well as a hot water system but trust me i did trad for 17 years on ladders in all weathers  years ago!

[Slacky]

I've got a heated heater. Beat that.

[neiljoust]

I have hot water but that's not going to help today -4 here

[Marc Stock]

At least you all have snow.

Here in woking its just sideways rain.

[dazmond]

I have hot water but that's not going to help today -4 here

you could still work with hot at -4.not a chance with cold though.

[Dry Clean]

Just fill from your tank of hot water.


 

[dazmond]

i remember when i started wfp with a 50L pure freedom trolley (back in 2010 )and i had 10 barrels of water freeze solid in my van when it went down to -15 one saturday night.

[Dry Clean]

preparation is the key.

decent wet weather gear,ski pants,waterproof boots,warm hat and gloves.

heat the back of the van overnight or turn on frost stat(if you have it)

ice melt grit and sweeping brush in your van

take a flask of soup with your other hot drinks for lunch.

take a flask of hot water to unfreeze your jets should it occur(cold water users only)

start later and finish earlier.

obviously ill have a bit more comfort than some of you (with a heated drivers seat in the van,heated windscreen,heated wing mirrors etc)as well as a hot water system but trust me i did trad for 17 years on ladders in all weathers  years ago!

Heated seats ? yep nothing more comfortable than working in the cold with that Iv just peed myself feeling. lol.

[dazmond]

I've got a heated heater. Beat that.

so thursday is the day then matt?good luck with it.

[Stoots]

-2 overnight.

30 mins this morn to defrost pole and hose reel.

Univalve and clamps were solid!

Good thing is no bulk head and small van so back of van is toasty now. And off to work I go...

[dazmond]

Just get out and do what i can as long as i can, two weeks to go then itll be two weeks off and the round will be way behind anyway so not worrying about it too much.

im having just over a week off at xmas adam(finish fri 22nd/back at it tuesday 2nd jan)so 10 days off.i just move my whole round forward a week.no biggie.

ive got 340+ jobs and ill only be a week behind my normal schedule by the start of the new year.

[Dry Clean]

I have hot water but that's not going to help today -4 here

you could still work with hot at -4.not a chance with cold though.

I could understand wanting or needing to work in minus four if this weather was going to last for weeks and was also an annual
occurrence, but to risk it for the sake of not losing a few days now and again is just stupidity, its like when I tackled the slippery
garage roof earlier on in the year just because I was just too pig headed/stupid to let it beat me which unfortunately and to my cost it did.

[Plankton]

At least you all have snow.

Here in woking its just sideways rain.

Is that we're the Big Apple is?

[Stoots]

Just get out and do what i can as long as i can, two weeks to go then itll be two weeks off and the round will be way behind anyway so not worrying about it too much.

im having just over a week off at xmas adam(finish fri 22nd/back at it tuesday 2nd jan)so 10 days off.i just move my whole round forward a week.no biggie.

ive got 340+ jobs and ill only be a week behind my normal schedule by the start of the new year.

Same idea except my round is a bit messed up so will be putting it all into an order so some jobs might be 4 weekly and some 6 or so when I get to them in new year.