Cold hands idea..

[bigtiller]

I have to admit that I finally enjoy clearing snow in my heated cab wearing my jammies. I finally decided I don't like being cold, wet, and eating snow enough to save a little money on a cab.

There is a negative to a heated cab. When I break a shear bolt I have to put my coat, hat and gloves on to stand in the snow and cold and fix it.

If I break a shear bolt, I drive back into the 45 degree garage, turn the furnace up to about 60 and replace the bolt.

Besides, that's where the brandy is. One ounce is required for every broken shear bolt.

 

[zzvyb6]

Try not to laugh, but seriously, put an ice cube on the inside of your wrists and avoid tight wrist bands on your coats. The cold temperature receptors there will open arterial flow and warm your hands. If you keep warmth at your wrists, fingers get cold because the receptors tell your hands are OK. That's why hot water is bad for your finger temps. It's the wrong feedback.

 

[Doofy]

I have several different pairs of gloves. For summer - heavy duty thick leather. - I do a whole lot of work with barbed wire in the summer. For winter - from thin leather fingered gloves to thermally insulated mittens. All depends upon what I plan on doing outside.

There is one feature that I wish I had on my tractor. Heated steering wheel. It's a feature that I truly appreciate on the Taco Wagon. I can wear thin leather gloves or no gloves and my hands will remain warm.

If I'm going to plow snow - it means I will be out on the tractor for three and a half to four hours. I will be wearing the thermally insulated mittens. I do not like cold hands. I've had more than my share of cold hands - riding snow mobiles while we lived in Alaska.

oosik, Sleds today come with hand warmers, thumb warmers, butt warmers and a power port to plug in your helmets face shield to keep it thawed and fog free.

 

[JohnDeereJoey]

oosik, Sleds today come with hand warmers, thumb warmers, butt warmers and a power port to plug in your helmets face shield to keep it thawed and fog free.

Yep, and I can STILL instantaneously fog my eyeglasses and face shield!

 

[RayIN]

I have had Raynaud's forever, my Dr. Grandfather diagnosed it and I took Nicobid, nicotinic acid (from memory 60+ years ago).
Now when I come in the house I just hug my wife...hands under her shirt just to watch her hit the ceiling.

Play Russian Roulette much?

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Play Russian Roulette much?

She says when I quit messing with her she'll know I don't love her anymore!

 

[RayIN]

She says when I quit messing with her she'll know I don't love her anymore!

Not my DW, she's the one with cold hands. If I touch her with cold hands, you can guess where she stuffs hers.

 

[Tomtint]

I have broken all of my fingers in the past and several of them more than once. So circulation is not great in a few of them. I use the small heat packs on the back of my hands in gloves when it's really cold. I also have heated leather gloves that work well, also bought a pair of nice heavy hunting gloves that my fingers never get cold in.. but they are thick and dexterity is an issue with them.

 

[oosik]

My problem stems from all the time on snowmobiles in Alaska. I was much younger and a whole lot less smart( read as "stupid"). Frost bit both hands several times. Now it only takes a momentary exposure to the cold to have problems begin. I can vouch for the fact - cold hands, extreme pain and very loud screaming - doesn't usually get the job done.

 

[RayIN]

I have a pair of ski gloves(actually 2 pr) for winter tractor work, JIC one pair gets wet.

 

[Jstpssng]

My problem stems from all the time on snowmobiles in Alaska. I was much younger and a whole lot less smart( read as "stupid"). Frost bit both hands several times. Now it only takes a momentary exposure to the cold to have problems begin. I can vouch for the fact - cold hands, extreme pain and very loud screaming - doesn't usually get the job done.

Back then they also didn't have vibration dampening, which doesn't help the circulation.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I can't believe I never thought of this 30 years ago or more. I don't much mind the cold, except as it relates to my hands, and I'm pretty much of a baby when it comes to that. When on the tractor plowing snow, I can wear fat mittens with liners and sometimes even those chemical warmers in them, so I'm good. But when I need finger dexterity, it's another matter entirely.
The other day I was looking at electric gloves online and moaning about the prices, when the most obvious thing in the world occurred to me. I have old cast iron irons for doorstops here, and I have a small cooler. If I put a towel in the bottom of the cooler, pop the iron on the wood stove for a couple minutes - doesn't take long, drop it in the cooler and put a pair or two of plain leather or lightly lined gloves in there and close it up, I can have warm hands for hours!!!
I'm ashamed I never thought of it before, but at least I thought of it now. If you thought of it, why didn't you tell me? A hot water bottle would also work, but the iron is dry and will never leak, so I chose that route. If you don't have an iron, there are any number of other things you could use, even a stone as long as you don't heat it so hot it explodes..

I use a similar approach. I bought a pair of these and keep them in an extra pair of gloves.

Amazon.com

When my hands get cold, I just swap gloves. The warmers last 4 hours per charge and can also be used to recharge a phone if necessary.