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Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484121 02/03/22 11:07 PM 02/03/22 11:07 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 442 kodiak alaska O otter3006 trapper
otter3006 trapper O Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 442 kodiak alaska	Commercial fishing is by far the most sleep deprived I have ever been 24/7 for 35 days straight Short naps only,live work sleep all in a few feet Fish don't care

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484174 02/03/22 11:47 PM 02/03/22 11:47 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 482 Montana D Deerkiller trapper
Deerkiller trapper D Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 482 Montana	I’m a company man in oilfield. When things are going good 12 to 16 hours a day. When things are messed up till it’s fixed. Longest I had been up was 46 hours. Last hitch I did 2 wire line jobs by myself I was up 36 hours.

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484217 02/04/22 12:16 AM 02/04/22 12:16 AM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,611 Muskrat Lake,Saskatchewan S saskbone trapper
saskbone trapper S Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,611 Muskrat Lake,Saskatchewan	Work 24 hour shifts at work. Get to sleep 8 hours a night unless we are busy. Longest straight stretch was on a massive fire. I think it was 52 or something. We would sleep for 15-30 mins in the truck when we had a water fill or we had some down time. They have changed the policy and you get switched out for a minimum of 3 hours for a rest. Lots of 48 hour shifts when we get bad fires.

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484234 02/04/22 12:40 AM 02/04/22 12:40 AM
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 4,114 WI N nimzy trapper
nimzy trapper N Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 4,114 WI	I had a hand that started with us, after a 16 hour day he professed “ this was the longest day I had ever worked in my life” So naturally I asked “what we the second?” He said “Tuesday.”

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484256 02/04/22 01:39 AM 02/04/22 01:39 AM
Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 3,553 Wy G Giant Sage trapper
Giant Sage trapper G Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 3,553 Wy	Trapping in IA in the late 80s and early 90s , plenty of on the road at 4,30. AM and done skinning at 10,30- 11,00 PM.

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484257 02/04/22 01:41 AM 02/04/22 01:41 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,246 Lufkin, Tx. L Lufkin Trapper trapper
Lufkin Trapper trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,246 Lufkin, Tx.	Working a shut-down at a paper mill in 1983 or "84 I once worked 28 hours straight. On this same job, rigger supt turned in 175 hours for the week. When told that there were only 164 hours in a week, he sai"yeah, but I worked through lunch. He got paid because it was a cost+ 10% job. Billy Member # 16.

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484281 02/04/22 03:55 AM 02/04/22 03:55 AM
Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 7,023 MB J Jurassic Park trapper
Jurassic Park trapper J Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 7,023 MB	I work anywhere from 0-14 hours a day. Every day is different and usually don’t know how much I’m going to do until after the first cup of coffee. I take a lot of coffee breaks too! Cold as ice!

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484300 02/04/22 06:25 AM 02/04/22 06:25 AM
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,846 Michigan T Trapper Dahlgren trapper
Trapper Dahlgren trapper T Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 14,846 Michigan	the longest continues hours that i work was 130 hours , the longest continues days without a day off was 9 months of 12 hours . sometimes there was a few 36 runs during that 9 months

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484361 02/04/22 08:15 AM 02/04/22 08:15 AM
Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 358 adk foothills T trapper red 315 trapper
trapper red 315 trapper T Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 358 adk foothills	in my younger days of dairy farming, hundred plus hrs a week in the time that I was an independant owner operator truck driver, 100 plus hrs a week now that i work as a company truck driver, I have 4 days 12 hrs each per week I do not recognize the biden/harris administration as legal 18 speeds on 18 wheels

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484377 02/04/22 08:33 AM 02/04/22 08:33 AM
Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 681 michigan C coyote 1 trapper
coyote 1 trapper C Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 681 michigan	At my previous job it was 10-12 hours 7 days. I have worked a couple 24-30 hours shifts if something had to be fixed right away. Now I work 8-12 hours 5 days a week all summer and trap in winter. I like this schedule a lot more. United we stand,divided we fall.

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484382 02/04/22 08:39 AM 02/04/22 08:39 AM
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 484 Michigan S swamp trapper
swamp trapper S Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 484 Michigan	My first golf course job I worked 120 hours the week of a tournament. The nice thing was we got a 50.00 dollar bonus at the end of the week. I would have felt better with nothing. 80 hour weeks were common. Unbelievable the hours some of you have worked. Great post !

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484383 02/04/22 08:39 AM 02/04/22 08:39 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 360 monadnock region New Hampshire nh toe pincher trapper
nh toe pincher trapper Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 360 monadnock region New Hampshire	38 hours of O.T last weekend plowing, salting & sanding from that nor'easter. good thing we're exempt from DOT hours of operation limits.. you learn to sleep when you can, normal sleep pattern goes upside down. you find yourself wide awake at 2am even when you dont need to be up.

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484396 02/04/22 08:53 AM 02/04/22 08:53 AM
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,168 Fredonia, PA. Finster trapper
Finster trapper Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,168 Fredonia, PA.	When I'm working, I usually do 12-13 hour days 7 days a week. The longest I've ever been at work was 56 hours straight once. Got snowed in and they were not letting people leave. Plows were getting stuck! You could sleep if you wanted but I had a hard time sleeping with all the noise. Got an hour here and there. It sucked to say the least. I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484398 02/04/22 08:54 AM 02/04/22 08:54 AM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,576 Kansas Pawnee trapper
Pawnee trapper Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,576 Kansas	18 hrs is about my longest day. Work 280-320 hrs a month from March thru November Everything the left touches it destroys

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484407 02/04/22 09:06 AM 02/04/22 09:06 AM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,566 Va B bandy trapper
bandy trapper B Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,566 Va	Went in one Monday and got off Thursday evening at 6pm was paving at that time. I worked for 2 different crews one in the day and one at night that was a long week. I also got up Friday morning and worked that day also it was normal in the early 90s to work 80 hrs in a week chipping roads. No matter where you go there you are.

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484412 02/04/22 09:10 AM 02/04/22 09:10 AM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 3,991 Wisconsin E Eagleye trapper
Eagleye trapper E Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 3,991 Wisconsin	Good post- I'm not sure I've ever met a trapper that wasn't afraid of hard work and then there's the inverse... the people that take 12 hrs. to do a 4 hr. job!

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484429 02/04/22 09:29 AM 02/04/22 09:29 AM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 4,883 East Texas B BTLowry trapper
BTLowry trapper B Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 4,883 East Texas	Currently holding a salary job that I probably average 40hrs a week. Job before this was routine to work 78hrs a week when I first started. Guranteed one weekend off a month and I looked forward to that weekend many months. Funny thing is I make way more money now than I did working all of those hours

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484441 02/04/22 09:42 AM 02/04/22 09:42 AM
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 11,126 Asheville, NC C charles trapper
charles trapper C Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 11,126 Asheville, NC	Worst sleep I ever got was on a Coast Guard ship working 4 on and 8 off. The 4 to 8 shift was the worse. Hard to find time, peace, and quiet on a crowded rolling ship.

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484450 02/04/22 09:49 AM 02/04/22 09:49 AM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 670 ND DakotaBoy trapper
DakotaBoy trapper Joined: May 2010 Posts: 670 ND	The longest work day I've had is 21 hours when I was in the oilfield. Can't remember what my average hours per week was then, but I'd have to guess somewhere around 60-70 hours per week, plus on-call every weekend for service needs. "Pretty cocky for a starving pilgrim!" "An elk don't know how many legs a horse has!"

Re: How many hours do you work? Longest ever? [Re: Providence Farm] #7484452 02/04/22 09:50 AM 02/04/22 09:50 AM
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,827 ny U upstateNY trapper
upstateNY trapper U Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 16,827 ny	Originally Posted by Providence Farm I am scedualed for 12 hr shifts but work more 16 hr shifts than 12s . In fact i have not worked a 12 all year. I worked 16 yesterday/my last shift and At 7am i will have been at work this shift 32hours. Yes thats right 32 hr. It may go out to 36 i am not sure yet if i will stay when offered. This is the longest i have ever been at work without leaving. With the ice they asked if we would stay for 32 hrs with an 8 hr break spent on sight in between for legal reasons. I have sleep about 3 hrs off and on in tthe last few days. I figured it was better than driving back and forth on slick roads with no sleep. Besided I go to work to make money after all. Anyone else as dumb as I am? 10 hours days was the "norm" for me,,but cant count how many times that turned into 16 hour days.38 hours was my longest ever shift.Funny thing is,,after working 38 hours straight,,I couldn't get to sleep. the wheels of the gods turn very slowly

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