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[walhondingMF]

I have heard from many places that you cant get it on the palms of your hands since the skin has too thick of a dead skin layer (aka callouses) and its not susceptible to the oils in the same way. However that doesn't say that you can't get it between your fingers, or anywhere else you touch with your hands. Like when you forget you touched P.I. then go to the bathroom. Never heard of anyone get it on the soles of their feet before, that's interesting since the skin is similar to your palms.

I've had it bad between my fingers.

If I get it bad enough, my body just starts "thinking" I have p.i. any place my skin gets irritated or hot. The rash will start under the thick skin of my feet. Its a real pain since that skin is to thick.

 

[2manyrocks]

Its interesting that Sawyer Rob posted pictures to show pulling down that big oak, and then people spotted that big trunk of poison ivy which resulted in this discussion.

There's a tree I'd like to winch down, but it has a big trunk of poison ivy and the neighbor spotted a rattler near it a week or two ago. I'm going to wait until cold weather.

 

[Loaderman22]

We could digress and talk about the rattlesnake instead if you want!!!

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Its interesting that Sawyer Rob posted pictures to show pulling down that big oak, and then people spotted that big trunk of poison ivy which resulted in this discussion.

I use one of the tines on my pallet forks under the PI vines, and pull them off with the tractor.

My dad used to pull PI up with his bare hands and never got PI, he use to pile/burn it. One time my sister got some of the smoke on her and she got PI really bad just from the smoke.

My brother gets PI easily, he hunts near a swamp that has a lot of PI in and around it, when he shoots a deer he will get PI just from skinning the deer as the deer walk through it all the time. If he even drags a deer, he strips when he gets home, imediately washes all his cloths and gets in the shower!

SR

 

[2manyrocks]

My aunt really got PI bad after she burned some in her yard.

Trying to keep the story to what might be useful, there's this area I want to clear of both standing and downed trees.

I wasn't comfortable putting the choker on the already downed trees that had been there a while because a local logger got bit that way.

The neighbor was working on the fence between us and fortunately spotted the rattler which he cut up with his pole saw.

Doesn't mean there aren't others. So my project can wait until winter.

 

[Jstpssng]

I was never allergic to poison ivy until I worked digging and wrapping some good sized trees with a coworker who had it, with oozing rashes. Wrestling trees around I must have rubbed against his arm because the next thing I knew I was breaking out in rashes and have been allergic ever since.
At one point I got into some while walking my dog, so went home and washed up well. Apparently I overlooked his leash though. A week or so later I walked him again and next thing I knew was itching in a rather ccpmpromising area. Without going into detail I'd made a new friend and was afraid it was from her, but the next day had rashes on my arms as well.

 

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After contact with p.i or p.o, washing in cooler water at first is important because it keeps the skin pores from opening up.

 

[Duds13]

Not all vines wrapped around trees are poison ivy but it's pretty obvious when it is when the leaves are visible, lol.

Anyone here familiar with the baseball reporter Buster Olney from Vermont? Years ago he had to skip a couple ESPN broadcasts because he got p.i. so bad from cutting up a tree wrapped in it.

 

[2manyrocks]

After contact with p.i or p.o, washing in cooler water at first is important because it keeps the skin pores from opening up.

What would be good to keep on the tractor to clean off p.i. if someone happens to get into it while out working? I've been considering carrying some alcohol based hand sanitizer to clean off dirt and act as a disinfectant for things like thorn punctures, but is there a better option?

 

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What would be good to keep on the tractor to clean off p.i. if someone happens to get into it while out working? I've been considering carrying some alcohol based hand sanitizer to clean off dirt and act as a disinfectant for things like thorn punctures, but is there a better option?

Any soap, degreaser, car wash, etc.

The irritant is an oil, and it's a very light oil. Anything other than water will get it off of the tractor easily; even a water rinse is likely to take most of it off.

The really small amounts that get on your clothing and then rub off onto a tractor are unlikely to affect anyone.

My son has a typical level of sensitivity (gets a pretty good rash but doesn't require injections); I mark my work gloves so he doesn't accidentally use them, but he's never had trouble sharing tools that my gloves that occasionally get really heavy doses of p.o -- I pull it by hand and clearly the stuff is all over my gloves; I wouldn't wipe my face with my gloves (well, I try not to haha) but as bad as they are I don't think they leave much behind either. Just the same, I most always use gloves when touching my tractor steering wheel and knobs/levers since they're all likely covered... I may have low sensitivity but I try not to be an idiot about it