Ugh my job..

[B-rizzo]

As much as i love my job as a welder (The pay is great, and im a pyro-maniac so playing with torches, and super hot metal is quite fun :D ) This weather is TOOOOO FUCKING MUCH. I dont mind the heat, hell I love it!!! But having to play with hot metal and fire all day indoors wearing leather material so i dont catch on fire is quite a pain in the ass.. these past 2 days of work i havnt felt this drained from work in ages !

Im not looking for pity just a general rant about the heat/work :D Anyone else in the same boat with me? Sometimes i wish i took the cushy office job downtown where i bet they're sitting in there nice cubicles with their air conditioning, and water cooler talk...

/rant

[clearist]

I weld re-bar inside concrete pipes. So im in a 24 inch pipe welding for hours at a time. Now heres the kicker... concrete products are steamed at like 450 degrees to help them cure faster. This happens over night but they dont fully cool for another day after that. So thats pretty hot.

[B-rizzo]

oooh ouch man k maybe i dont feel so bad now hahaha but yea welding doesnt help things much in the summer

Come winter time.... Stick me on my miller and im a happy warm brandon :P

[Ree Fresh]

Be lucky that you done work out in the desert. I use to work in a small out back town in Australia. I knew alot of welders and heard the horror stories. Not only did Cloncurry Aus get up to 51 celciouse in the summer alone, but the welders would work way down in mines under direct sunlight for over 12-14 hours a day. They told me it would get up to 60-70 degrees.

They were paid and taken care of well.

[BongMan]

And I bitch about the the SWASS I got nothing on you folk

[Pennywise]

I hear ya man. I work in a steel/rubber shop right now.
Inside and wearing coveralls allll day.
BBBAAAAHHHHH so hotttttt!

[prozac]

Originally Posted by R Wellbelove

Be lucky that you done work out in the desert. I use to work in a small out back town in Australia. I knew alot of welders and heard the horror stories. Not only did Cloncurry Aus get up to 51 celciouse in the summer alone, but the welders would work way down in mines under direct sunlight for over 12-14 hours a day. They told me it would get up to 60-70 degrees.

They were paid and taken care of well.

BEEN THERE.

Trying to wrestle medication into a 200-lb calf in 45-degree heat is not a fun or easy task.

coveralls, all those uniforms, poor boys sweatin their balls... lol just kidding..
i guess in a way its sux to be a guy, having to do such hard physical work..

i cant handle being outside for my half hour break.. i'd probably pass out from such heat, i feel your pain!

[B-rizzo]

hahaha its not bad on my lunch break i go out and lay in the back of my pickup truck and sun tan lol This white boy needs colour too!!! hehe but its funny all the office people around our shop were out playing bocce ball in there suits today it was hillarious.

But yea i love my job but this weather can cool off or fuck right off right now :P

[mapleleaf4ever]

Working the Ramp at Vancouver International, Boundary Bay and Pearson for four 4 years.

Asphalt, cramped spaces, heavy work and high humidity for a 12 hour shift or a 28 hour marathon sucks.

[Scarface]

It's going to be plus 35 today ... I work nights , so it's not as bad for me ...but the first few hours of my shift are during the hottest part of the day. I ditched my leathers for a jean shirt last night , got a couple of rollers down the sleeve ...but no burns. I went to the intrumentation shop and rigged up a regulator with a valve , attached it to the air hose and voila...a personal air conditioner. I stayed out of the tanks ...(you can hardly breath when your running a torch )and just welded out skids all night. Tonight I'm going to ditch the carharts and throw on an old pair of jeans. You think welding is bad in this welder? ...try framing.

[B-rizzo]

hahah at least i got a break today... my boss sent us home early today hahah im off to the beach!!!

but today i came prepared i was wearing shorts and a wife beater, and i was even welding in that earlier... sure the spatter hurts but hell i was a little bit cooler :)

[Kelster]

i heard some welder working dt passed out from the fumes the other week, fell off the side of the highrise and pitched himself on some rebar. fuck that's freaky, poor guy.

[FeelGood]

Originally Posted by Kelster

i heard some welder working dt passed out from the fumes the other week, fell off the side of the highrise and pitched himself on some rebar. fuck that's freaky, poor guy.

holy shit that's hella scary.
poor dude.

[The Chucksta]

Originally Posted by eighty5

holy shit that's hella scary.
poor dude.

I would never say the guy deserved to die but its his own fault for not wearing fall protection

[B-rizzo]

as much as i hate to agree with digger i would have to agree with him, if your not wearing fall protection then i mean its your own fault... shitty deal tho.. thank god im stuck in a shop not up on some big highrise

[Scarface]

I'm so glad this week is over.

The only thing worse than welding in 30 degree heat , is the smell of moths and junebugs flying into a 3/16 7018 bead (holy fucking porosity) . Just thinking about it makes me sick. No work until monday at 5 pm is a good feeling though. Mucho cerveza.

[B-rizzo]

Said it once, and ill say it again

T G I F. Cheers to all metal workers! Its payday, get your drink on ;)

[~*tct*~]

yea it gets pretty freakin hot outside