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Re: Cold temps
[Re: Husky]
#8314804
01/17/25 10:29 AM
01/17/25 10:29 AM
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Joined: Apr 2009
South Ga - Almost Florida
Swamp Wolf
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South Ga - Almost Florida
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Forecast to get 3"plus snow here in Georgia at the Florida line this coming mid-week. Temps forecast not to rise above 33° to 35° F for more than 24 hrs.
That is incredibly cold for down here.
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Re: Cold temps
[Re: Husky]
#8314808
01/17/25 10:31 AM
01/17/25 10:31 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Goldsboro, North Carolina
Paul Dobbins
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Goldsboro, North Carolina
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This was during the same time as what White17 talked about. We didn't get as cold as where he was, but it was a mighty cold two weeks. I think the warmest we got during that two week period was -50.
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Re: Cold temps
[Re: Husky]
#8314831
01/17/25 11:06 AM
01/17/25 11:06 AM
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Joined: Dec 2006
ND
MJM
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ND
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I saw triple digit below 0 wind chills here. I have a picture of the news paper clipping. I walked about four blocks from one shop to another. On the way over the wind was at my back, on the way back it was a little tuff.
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Re: Cold temps
[Re: Husky]
#8314832
01/17/25 11:07 AM
01/17/25 11:07 AM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Idaho, Lemhi County
Gulo
"On The Other Hand"
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"On The Other Hand"
Joined: Jan 2009
Idaho, Lemhi County
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Let Timber Tramp say what he wants. I've been at 75 below Fahrenheit for many days in McGrath. I've hunted ptarmigan at that temp! Yes, it was cold. any grease or oil on gun would gum up and not let it fire. Boil the lock in water, then alcohol and dry. Then it would fire. Official temp at FAA said -75, but that's as low as alcohol thermometers were calibrated, so that's what was reported. In actuality, FAA told me -85.
Jack
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Re: Cold temps
[Re: AK Timber Tramp]
#8314841
01/17/25 11:28 AM
01/17/25 11:28 AM
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Joined: Jan 2009
Nebraska
Trapset
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Nebraska
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Let me be the first human on the Internet to do this: I stand corrected, please disregard my doubts. I know -70 occurs with windchill fairly easily, but I've never seen it on a thermometer. That said I know what it feels like I think, I'm that idiot who sees the truck is saying -50 and decides to stick his hand out the window going 60 just to check lol Well done, you and Husky both. Refreshing to see. Could have just as easily turned into a three page peeling match.
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Re: Cold temps
[Re: Gulo]
#8314867
01/17/25 12:06 PM
01/17/25 12:06 PM
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Joined: Mar 2011
Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
Sharon
"American Honey"
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Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
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Let Timber Tramp say what he wants. I've been at 75 below Fahrenheit for many days in McGrath. I've hunted ptarmigan at that temp! Yes, it was cold. any grease or oil on gun would gum up and not let it fire. Boil the lock in water, then alcohol and dry. Then it would fire. Official temp at FAA said -75, but that's as low as alcohol thermometers were calibrated, so that's what was reported. In actuality, FAA told me -85.
Jack I have thought that too, the limitation of the thermometers calibrated . I use a mercury one , I feel that is more accurate than a coil. The coldest for me was -40 . By the time the sun shone on my thermometer, it had warmed a little to - 35. This was last January. I got to try out my new Steger mukluks . They were perfect. It was cold as well in the northern ranges , below Fairbanks, last March , out with JR on his trapline . Minus 20 something . Houses sure talk a lot the colder it becomes. And yes, the colder it is, it usually is dead calm. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2025/01/full-20139-244215-screen_shot_2024_01_13_at_8.30.46_am.png)
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Re: Cold temps
[Re: Husky]
#8314914
01/17/25 01:43 PM
01/17/25 01:43 PM
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Joined: Mar 2020
W NY
Turtledale
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W NY
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Ice fished many mornings at -40°F sitting on a 5 gallon bucket with no hut. Have to keep skimming the hole. Caught a heck of a lot of walleye. Carhartt one piece suit, helmet liner for a hat, and red lined jersey gloves. Camped in a heated hut on the ice a week at a time. I sure do miss those trips to Canada on Lake Nipissing Haven't been up in over 10 years now.
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Re: Cold temps
[Re: Husky]
#8314924
01/17/25 01:59 PM
01/17/25 01:59 PM
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Joined: Feb 2021
Interior Alaska
Oh Snap
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Interior Alaska
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My cut off for trapping was -30f. -30f and 25 mph on the snow machine is in the -60f temperature range. I found that not much moves when its over-40f anyway.
When I started in the 70's the sleds were fairly primitive compared to todays sleds Lousy hand warmers, headlights, tracks would lock up being cold. Belts would smoke and glaze trying to get going from camp when really old.
When the Tundras came out in the 1980's it revolutionized the utility (trapping) sleds. I trapped high country (high for the interior) and climbing in deep snow became a worth while investment. I ran an Alpine and it was great but side hilling and being heavy was an issue.
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I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
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Re: Cold temps
[Re: snowy]
#8314925
01/17/25 02:02 PM
01/17/25 02:02 PM
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Joined: Jun 2022
Manitoba
Shakeyjake
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Manitoba
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No waiting to try to get power back on. You just got it done!! I remember numerous times we would go up in pairs with spurs on to get the job done. One would work as long as he could till he couldn't feel his fingers than the other would finish up.
I still wouldn't not have traded those years for anything or any other job on earth.
Stay safe Brother!! The secret to life is doing something you love and making a living off it. All I gotta do is patrol this 3ph line on the right and find out why it tripped....lol. 90k winds and the truck says -8C this morning. Found a broken tie and phases splashed together. No pics of the repair job though, those would get us fired with some of the stupid rules the "experts" make up for us. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2025/01/full-56418-244247-wind.jpg)
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Wind Blew, crap flew, out came the line crew
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Re: Cold temps
[Re: AK Timber Tramp]
#8314936
01/17/25 02:26 PM
01/17/25 02:26 PM
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Joined: Mar 2011
Vernal, Utah, USA
Dan Barnhurst
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Vernal, Utah, USA
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In the Uintah Basin we get inversions sometimes when the cold air gets trapped in the valley and it stays calm and gets cold until a storm system clears it out. One winter in the late 80's in Vernal Utah it got down to -35. That winter the inversion set in and it was foggy and miserably cold. We didn't see the sun in the valley for a month and it stayed below zero with the coldest nights -20 to -35. People were struggling to get theirs cars started. people were using electric blankets, heat lamps, space heaters or whatever to keep the oil warm enough to start their car. It was depressing. The only cool thing was how long all the ice crystals got on all the vegetation - that was very pretty. Luckily I could get in my patrol truck and go 20 or 30 minutes up north or south and get above the inversion. When I got above the clouds it was bright and sunny and got up into the 30s. Driving back home the top of the clouds almost looked like a white ocean. When you dropped into it you could immediatly feel the temperature drop and smell the pollution and wood smoke.
I would not want to live in a place where -30's and below is the norm! This year we've only got a couple skiffs of snow that melted right off. The coldest night so far was probably about 15. It's been a very mild enjoyable winter and I haven't missed moving snow. I just hope we get more in the mountains and some good spring rains. Why not plug in the block heaters?? Seems easier The people that had them were smiling big. Most of us didn't have them. Everyone was trying to buy and install them but demand far outpaced the supply. My 85 Toyota 4 banger always started and my state truck started (warmed it up before I went to bed and covered the hood with sleeping bags). My wife' s car required a heat lamp and a covered hood. I imagine every vehicle where you live has a block heater.
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Re: Cold temps
[Re: Shakeyjake]
#8314987
01/17/25 03:57 PM
01/17/25 03:57 PM
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Joined: Dec 2011
MT
snowy
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MT
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No waiting to try to get power back on. You just got it done!! I remember numerous times we would go up in pairs with spurs on to get the job done. One would work as long as he could till he couldn't feel his fingers than the other would finish up.
I still wouldn't not have traded those years for anything or any other job on earth.
Stay safe Brother!! The secret to life is doing something you love and making a living off it. All I gotta do is patrol this 3ph line on the right and find out why it tripped....lol. 90k winds and the truck says -8C this morning. Found a broken tie and phases splashed together. No pics of the repair job though, those would get us fired with some of the stupid rules the "experts" make up for us. You got the troublemaker found that is a good thing. Sometimes the hardest part was to find the problem in those conditions. Thanks and have a good one.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: Cold temps
[Re: Shakeyjake]
#8314993
01/17/25 04:16 PM
01/17/25 04:16 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
ND
MJM
trapper
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trapper
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ND
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No waiting to try to get power back on. You just got it done!! I remember numerous times we would go up in pairs with spurs on to get the job done. One would work as long as he could till he couldn't feel his fingers than the other would finish up.
I still wouldn't not have traded those years for anything or any other job on earth.
Stay safe Brother!! The secret to life is doing something you love and making a living off it. All I gotta do is patrol this 3ph line on the right and find out why it tripped....lol. 90k winds and the truck says -8C this morning. Found a broken tie and phases splashed together. No pics of the repair job though, those would get us fired with some of the stupid rules the "experts" make up for us. I saw a picture this morning and it said it was west of me in ND. It looked much the same. I thought it was the same picture, until I went back and looked.
Last edited by MJM; 01/17/25 04:26 PM.
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"MJM you're a jerk."
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