How many shirts

[Timberframed]

"STOP DRINKING BEER"? And risk getting banned from this site? Pull your head out of the sawdust and carry on!

 

[treemandan]

It is cooler with a dry shirt.

 

[BlackenedTimber]

cooler. beer. now we are talking... lets add in a bass boat and some bikinis...

 

[rydnruff]

I have to keep changing mine cause once the neck hole stretches out and the shirt becomes 10lbs heavier it gets on my nerve plus the ground guys dont like getting rained on by my sweat its bad enough they catch a head full of skoal spit if they are under me when its time to discharge that sweet tasting necter!`

 

[tree md]

I have to keep changing mine cause once the neck hole stretches out and the shirt becomes 10lbs heavier it gets on my nerve plus the ground guys dont like getting rained on by my sweat its bad enough they catch a head full of skoal spit if they are under me when its time to discharge that sweet tasting necter!`

I had to quit dipping due to health problems (and I really miss it) but I have spit on few. Not purposely of course but sometimes accidents happen. I can always see it but have never had one guy figure out what it was. I would always just keep my mouth shut and keep on working... Yet another good reason for the groundies to wear their hardhats and shame on them if they don't...

 

[rydnruff]

Most of the time i try to spit on the bark but sometimes it just skips right off and down it goes, where it lands only one groundie knows!

 

[BlackenedTimber]

haha yeah i spit on the bark too, but occasionally i forget and just send it over the side... gotten my share of dirty looks!

 

[pdqdl]

I was just wondering how many of you bring extra shirts with you in the truck to change when you soak the first one in sweat. I personally go thru about 6 shirts in 8hrs. when the temp is above 80 deg. and 90% humidity. Am i a freak for sweating so much or am i not alone?

You are cooler in a wet shirt. That is why you are sweating!

Put it on, leave it on until you are ready for the evening shower. Sweat doesn't hurt you. Once you get past the notion that you are uncomfortable in a wet shirt, you will prefer it to cooking in the sun in a dry shirt.

I might be wrong, but I think most customers like to see that the tree man that they just hired really knows how to work. Sweat & sawdust is proof that they are getting their money's worth.

 

[Grande Dog]

I bring an extra shirt in case I have to stop at the grocery or beer store. Everybody knows my wife and she is a classy dresser. At least I could have a clean shirt when our neighbors spot me.

Howdy,
We managed to come up with this this video of you stopping for beer.
Semper Fi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLlziUMgXso

 

[Slvrmple72]

Two shirts, keeps me cooler. If I am getting into the Ivy I wear long sleeve over the short with spares for when I am done and need to run quotes later.

Took a girlfriend fishing once... snagged her bikini top with a Hula Popper and flung it into the water. About 6 other boats nearby, 2 guys per boat give or take, and a chorus of cheering men. Lots of whoo hoos but that one fella who yelled in a deep bass "Catch of the Day" still makes me chuckle inside everytime I see that phrase on the chalkboard at a restaurant.

 

[BlackenedTimber]

Catch of the day. That's phenomenal.

 

[Sunrise Guy]

cooler. beer. now we are talking... lets add in a bass boat and some bikinis...

Man, the thought of you in a bikini is enough to get me to stop downing my daily Shiner Black Lager!

 

[sgreanbeans]

I dont wear a shirt, I work in jeans, boots and my Joe Dirt wig, all girls go "DANG"

1 shirt all day, wife would kill me if I did more, I do change at night when I go out bidding

 

[BlackenedTimber]

Man, the thought of you in a bikini is enough to get me to stop downing my daily Shiner Black Lager!

Haha you should see me in a bikini... I really fill it out.

Oh, and sunrise, I waxed just for you. wink.

 

[gwiley]

Evaporative cooling

A wet shirt provides evaporative cooling - the same principle that our body relies on for cooling via sweat. To help illustrate this principle, try this short experiment:

Materials
- a fan
- a dry shirt
- water
- a test subject (SO may be the best candidate)

Procedure
1. Place dry shirt on subject and place subject in front of running fan
2. Note the perceived temperature of the test subject
3. Wet the shirt (some test subjects render more interesting results at this point)
4. Place the subject in front of the running fan
5. Note the perceived temperature of the test subject

 

[outofmytree]

A wet shirt provides evaporative cooling - the same principle that our body relies on for cooling via sweat. To help illustrate this principle, try this short experiment:

Materials
- a fan
- a dry shirt
- water
- a test subject (SO may be the best candidate)

Procedure
1. Place dry shirt on subject and place subject in front of running fan
2. Note the perceived temperature of the test subject
3. Wet the shirt (some test subjects render more interesting results at this point)
4. Place the subject in front of the running fan
5. Note the perceived temperature of the test subject

Dude, you are just plain wrong. With the right test subject making the t-shirt wet puts everybody's temperature up.

Just to sure about this however, I will have to conduct numerous tests to gain a broad sample from which I may extract accurate data. Oh and please don't tell the wife she might think I have other motives.:help:

 

[rydnruff]

Do i see the makings of a wet t shirt photo contest brewing up?

 

[NCTREE]

Guess I didn't realize changing shirts during the day was an option. All I keep in the truck are a raincoat and *******. Grease rags too, in case I run out of *******.

Edit: Forgot the dress for when the groundy's are whining. Hey, there's a dress in the truck if you need it.

gotta take care of that swamp ass or it effects your whole day

 

[treeslayer]

why wear one?

 

[arbor pro]

I bought a few of these at walmart last year. Made of the wicking material keep you dry and cool in most weather, also they resist sawdust and chips pretty well. They were on sale for like $5 and came in safety orange. I wish I bought more.\

awesome to work in. I bring one extra shirt in case need to stop on the way home or something drastic happens to the first.

♠

This is what I now wear for tree work and I will never go back to regular t-shirts. I got mine for like $7 in the blue shown and I had my wife order a half dozen. You can sweat like mad in them and 15 minutes later they're dry and not sagging down to your knees and looking horrible. My wife is very particular about my professional image and she loves how the new shirts look on me even after a tough day's work in them. Only negative that I've found is that they can pill and snag they're such thin material but, at that price, I just told the wife to keep on ordering 'em. If I get even a half dozen uses out of a shirt, that's a dollar a day and well worth it. The garbage can can have it after that if it begins to look bad.

I also had her order me a half dozen pair of ripstop work pants that have a similar moisture-wicking material. They're the next best thing to working in shorts - cool and comfortable. I wore them and the aforementioned shirt while doing ground pruning on a very rainy day last week. At the end of the day, after the sun had come out for an hour, you couldn't tell that my clothes had been drenched earlier in the day.