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Thad in AR. 
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Posted: 01 Jul 2023 at 9:02pm |
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Went to the shop and started a ball crank project on the lathe.
I was about an hour in when I got very woozy. I don’t have a live center so periodically I drip oil on the dead center.
I dropped a little oil on the work piece by accident. It was smoking. I don’t know if it was fumes or heat related.
It’s been very hot the past three days and I’ve been feeling a bit drained after work.
I was barely able to get the carriage shut down and turn the lathe off. I headed to the house and was soaking wet.
I got in the shower and then sat down for a while. I have the worst headache now.
And just don’t feel good. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
I couldn’t remember if I locked the shop or not. I went out a little bit ago to check the situation over.
Watch the heat guys. It will sneak up on you.
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DougG
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Posted: 01 Jul 2023 at 9:37pm |
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Becareful with that, guy I know wife was working outside- got to hot, jumped in the shower and the cool water sent her into shock - killed her
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Ray54
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Posted: 01 Jul 2023 at 10:29pm |
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I ran into that drained and not really thinking about the job feeling. It was the first day over 100 for the year so far. I had a small ice chest full of water as I cleared rock and such off some wild pasture roads with a dozer. Filled a wash out up, and the brain said enough. Kind of found my way to the truck on auto pilot as I knew no more wash outs. Another shot of water, 1/2 hour under the fan, a cool shower and another rest before dinner. Today is grandkids over night (2 to 8 , 3 of them).
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Posted: 01 Jul 2023 at 11:08pm |
Hey Thad,,,Heat Stroke id some dangerous chit,,,,!! My oldest Son got it bout 8 yeras ago and wound up in ER for 3 days. The Dr told him then that he would most likely get it again and he has gotten it 3 more times since the first,,,,BAD JUJU when working in the sun,,,,
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Posted: 01 Jul 2023 at 11:44pm |
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got that 40 years ago when i was young... Changed my life forever.. Now my body reacts FAST.. If it over 80 degrees and i do ANYTHING, i start to sweat like a pig... I keep a small 6 inch fan blowing on me when im setting in the living room with the temp at 70 F. .. If i work outside for an hour when its 95 degrees, i look like i just got out of the pool.. TEE shirt and underwear i can wring out and fill a cup.
Edited by steve(ill) - 01 Jul 2023 at 11:46pm
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Posted: 02 Jul 2023 at 3:29am |
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I'm with the guys here, too...I've had two of them and the second one almost killed me...be careful out there in this heat...it's nothing to mess with at all!!! Rick
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 02 Jul 2023 at 4:48am |
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I had an actual heat stroke in the mid 90’s.
Ever since I’m like Steve, I start sweating when it’s over 80 degrees.
I really can’t seem to take the cold well either after that.
I tend to get the chills often.
I just didn’t think it was that hot out there. I kept saying I’ll stop after this step but kept going .
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DMiller
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Posted: 02 Jul 2023 at 5:04am |
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So far in this life I have listened to my body in the heat. Do sweat like on fire but when get to that point water or a electrolyte aint doin it I find shade first, after that back to shop sit in cooler area and just sit. then start shedding soaked clothes get in house and a tepid shower. Recover for another day.
Hard truth in there to not press your luck.
Edited by DMiller - 02 Jul 2023 at 5:05am
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 02 Jul 2023 at 5:40am |
I had 'the episode' in 2014. Apparently i talked to EMS guy, hopped into ambulance went to hospital... well that's what they say.. I have ZERO memory of that or 7-10 HOURS of my life. Neighbour figured out I wasn't 'normal',else I wouldn't be typing this.
Yes, 'sensitive' to heat now, gotta drink lots of water,gatorade liquids( for electrolytes),stay OUT of the sun and check the color of your pea ! If it's clear, you're in the clear. If it's yellow, you're in TROUBLE...dark yellow.....REAL TROUBLE....
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Posted: 02 Jul 2023 at 10:17am |
Sounds like you had heat exhaustion Thad. The profuse sweating is a symptom of that. If heat stroke, your skin is hot and dry! Heat exhaustion you can deal with, sit down in the shade, cool water or Gatorade, sit in front of a fan and a tepid shower are called for. Heat STROKE is the dangerous one. It calls for (usually) a trip to the ER. NOT something to fool around with. If you can't remember what you're doing, or lose consciousness GET to the ER NOW! Have someone take you or an ambulance.
Heat exhaustion is quite common and can be dealt with if you're thinking about it. You get to a point where you don't remember why you went into the barn for something, feel sluggish or your mind just isn't clear, then you're overheated. TAKE A BREAK, have a drink, sit in the shade or better yet, a cool place and just rest.
Take care Buddy!!
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Posted: 02 Jul 2023 at 5:12pm |
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Ted is correct on the heat exhaustion but it is only a small step away from heat stroke. If you stop sweating or feel dizzy get medical attention right away. The med units in our county carry cool IV fluids which help lower internal temperature as well as rehydrate. You need to start hydrating 2 days ahead of time or you are already getting behind the eight ball. I keep packets of Pedialyte in the truck to mix with water and start drinking it before I feel thirsty. Be careful and stay safe out there.
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Posted: 10 Jul 2023 at 2:47am |
I bought this barn fan for the same reason. It’s not super hot outside, but it has been in the mid 80s and the humidity is in the mid 80s as well, so inside the dry van trailers, it gets to be about 100-105° with the sun beating down plus all that humidity as I bag and palletize 50lb bags of shelled corn and roasted soybeans. I have a scale head bagger but it is not set up for what I’m doing right now, so this ends up being all hand work. The fan helps some, but if you look closely I put a chair in the trailer and sometimes just have to sit down in front of the fan. I keep telling myself, I’ll never get done if I’m in the hospital. I limit myself to 3 tons per day. It’s just not worth the risk.
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Posted: 10 Jul 2023 at 6:01am |
Ok, I jes gotta ask.... WHAT is the black and yello tool that looks like a nailgun ?
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Posted: 10 Jul 2023 at 6:16am |
 jaybmiller wrote:
Ok, I jes gotta ask.... WHAT is the black and yello tool that looks like a nailgun ?
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Sews the bags shut
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Posted: 10 Jul 2023 at 1:58pm |
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Yes Jay. That's a hand held sewing machine. Has the spool of string laying down there on the side. The old feed mils all had one back in the day.
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Posted: 10 Jul 2023 at 3:07pm |
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Don and Steve are correct. It is a bag stitcher, and it is still shiny because they don’t last like the old ones. I just bite the bullet and get a new one when these cheap ones fail. Usually get a couple thousand bags out of one before they go. I have an old one but it weighs about the same as my MS391 Stihl chainsaw. Quite literally a back breaker… if you notice the bungee cord hanging from the wall, it hooks to the stitcher so I don’t have to keep picking it up off the floor. 2 years and 3 months ago I was walking with a walker and couldn’t sit down. Either stand with a walker or lay down flat. So now I take it easy on my back as much as possible. Well, relatively speaking… 3 tons is 120 bags per day. That’s not too bad as long as I don’t have to handle square bales also.
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Posted: 10 Jul 2023 at 4:40pm |
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Guys, when it comes to handling the heat, start drinking plenty of fluids early in the day even before it gets hot, and may not be thirsty but start jugging down the fluids. Eat light, nothing heavy, small breakfast maybe just a bowl of cereal or a piece or two of toast. Salad or small fish sandwich for lunch, nothing heavy. Keep downing the fluids, water, Gatorade, a soda every now and then(no diet soda). Light colored clothing, as much ‘white’ as possible, wide brimmed hat. Take extra vitamins&minerals, especially D3.
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Posted: 10 Jul 2023 at 4:57pm |
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I got a 1.5 or 2 gal cooler, fill it with ice and then top off with water. I just take swigs all day. There's been days where I've finished it off and haven't pee'd all day. But the ICE is key. You can't just drink room temp water. I used to do that years back. In my opinion it's not enough for Oklahoma summers. Keeps you hydrated but doesn't slow the sweat down?? That constant trickle of ice water in your core keeps your body cool.
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Posted: 11 Jul 2023 at 1:02am |
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o-k....what's in the bags?
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Posted: 11 Jul 2023 at 6:00am |
shameless dude wrote:
o-k....what's in the bags? |
Corn
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Posted: 11 Jul 2023 at 6:12am |
Asking me what’s in the bags?
It’s either shelled corn, or roasted soybeans. I think actually the 1 ton stacked pallet on this particular day was shelled whole corn, and the bags standing up were roasted soybean for an order. I grow the beans and corn and sell in bulk from the bins to local livestock producers, but I also sell in bags for specialty markets. I sell tons of bagged oats for horse owners, as well as cracked corn. It’s a lot easier with the scale head bagger. Great sense of accomplishment also.
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Posted: 11 Jul 2023 at 8:17am |
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john, do you roast the beans or sell to others to do that ? If you do the roasting, what type stove do you have ? I assume bigger than a standard kitchen oven ?
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Posted: 11 Jul 2023 at 7:28pm |
 There is a guy about an hour north who comes down and roasts enough to fill my hopper bottom, and then I leave them in the trailer for a day, raking the top couple inches to keep them broke up. Then the next afternoon I transfer them into a hopper bottom bin to load out in bulk for livestock producers. When I get asked for bagged roasted beans, I transfer them from the hopper bottom bin into a hydraulic auger wagon, and bag directly from the spout on the hydraulic auger. I can get within a few ounces of 50lbs by eye, then adjust the weight before stitching.
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Posted: 11 Jul 2023 at 9:03pm |
John Phillis wrote:
There is a guy about an hour north who comes down and roasts enough to fill my hopper bottom, and then I leave them in the trailer for a day, raking the top couple inches to keep them broke up. Then the next afternoon I transfer them into a hopper bottom bin to load out in bulk for livestock producers. When I get asked for bagged roasted beans, I transfer them from the hopper bottom bin into a hydraulic auger wagon, and bag directly from the spout on the hydraulic auger. I can get within a few ounces of 50lbs by eye, then adjust the weight before stitching. |
Very interesting. Neat to see how you do that.
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