When properly layered underneath, it keeps me warm all day long at 70 mph in 30 below weather. No under-layering necessary for wearing to clear snow with my tractor, or when working on my equipment in more reasonable but still sub-freezing weather.
Choko, a Canadian brand that's been around since the 1960s, is the best stuff I've found in over 50 years of and working and playing outside all over eastern North America, including up to James Bay (the lower part of Hudson's Bay) and well up into Labrador.
Other really good stuff - Baffin and Kamik boots - both Canadian companies, and Olympia winter gloves. Olympia Sports is a New York State company, too, and was the last to actually make gloves in this state.
I wear short sleeves underneath my Carhartt jacket in the dead of winter and I never get cold.
Same here. I work inside but usually have to load/unload my truck most days.
My go to absolute favorite thing in the cold are my Carhart thermal lined carpenter pants. Those things are worth every penny and I'd honestly pay even more for them if I had to. They're that good.
Once I'm inside for the day I change into my normal work pants and then back to the Carharts when I load up to leave.
Kokotat Meridian drysuit for when it's cold and wet
Gil sailing bib/jackets for when it's just cold and possibly wet.
Grundens for when it's just wet.
I'm up to my neck in foul weather gear. Not because I work outdoors or need to be outside for a living, but because I have an unnatural obsession with being outdoors or in the water when the weather sucks.
I'll have to check out the Arborwear stuff.
The thing I love about the Carharrt stuff in particular
is how durable/tough it is. Last year, I should have taken a hook to the arm while blackfishing, and the fucker got caught in a jacket I was wearing. Not my favorite because it tends to be a bit heavy and inflexible in cold weather, but that hook would have gone through anything else I had like hot butter.
Red Dog. 65 mph is the fastest I've ever gone in snow and that was
I can't even imagine what 70 mph would be like on a snowmobile. Although I admire your courage Red Dog, I have an unnatural desire to preserve my neck. There's a good chance that my next cold weather purchase will be a car with heated seats.
I can't even imagine what 70 mph would be like on a snowmobile. Although I admire your courage Red Dog, I have an unnatural desire to preserve my neck. There's a good chance that my next cold weather purchase will be a car with heated seats.
The speed is never the issue. It's the sudden stop at the tree or the hidden fence post that creates complications.
A properly set up snowmobile on a good (well-groomed) trail is far safer than a car on snow, or on a slightly snowy surface, or especially on ice. Or arguably even on bare pavement in cold weather. And especially if the car is driven by the front wheels which is a prescription for trouble.
The snowmobile is hooked up to the surface it is on far better due to the large track area, and can out-handle and out-stop a car by a wide margin. This is especially true if the snowmobile track is properly studded with sharp ice picks and the machine has sharpened carbide ski runners. Then it will have more traction on glare ice than you will have when walking on snow. So that means that it's up to the operator to ride safely, which requires understanding, paying attention and thinking ahead just like when operating any vehicle.
You also need to understand that snow actually gets stickier when the temperature plummets. There's a lot more traction on it at 30 or 40 below than there is at 20 above, ESPECIALLY when driving a car.
I've been over 100 mph on a snow sled with no problems. It's not crazy at all, but you do have to understand what is happening with aerodynamic forces (front end typically starts getting light at around 80) and contact to the surface, and with the vehicle itself, and not do anything dumb like make quick moves. Be aware, be smooth, and you can go fast safely where and when conditions permit, which is pretty much not in New York State.
Choko, a Canadian brand that's been around since the 1960s, is the best stuff I've found in over 50 years of and working and playing outside all over eastern North America, including up to James Bay (the lower part of Hudson's Bay) and well up into Labrador.
Other really good stuff - Baffin and Kamik boots - both Canadian companies, and Olympia winter gloves. Olympia Sports is a New York State company, too, and was the last to actually make gloves in this state.
Cold and Wet = something else
Snow = something else
I have worn my kayak dry suit in a blizzard.
Same here. I work inside but usually have to load/unload my truck most days.
My go to absolute favorite thing in the cold are my Carhart thermal lined carpenter pants. Those things are worth every penny and I'd honestly pay even more for them if I had to. They're that good.
Once I'm inside for the day I change into my normal work pants and then back to the Carharts when I load up to leave.
Grundens for when it's just wet.
I'm up to my neck in foul weather gear. Not because I work outdoors or need to be outside for a living, but because I have an unnatural obsession with being outdoors or in the water when the weather sucks.
I'll have to check out the Arborwear stuff.
I can't even imagine what 70 mph would be like on a snowmobile. Although I admire your courage Red Dog, I have an unnatural desire to preserve my neck. There's a good chance that my next cold weather purchase will be a car with heated seats.
Those jeans are the best $50 I ever spent on clothing.
I can't even imagine what 70 mph would be like on a snowmobile. Although I admire your courage Red Dog, I have an unnatural desire to preserve my neck. There's a good chance that my next cold weather purchase will be a car with heated seats.
The speed is never the issue. It's the sudden stop at the tree or the hidden fence post that creates complications.
Keeps me warmer than any coat, boots or gloves ever did!
Yup 365 maybe sweats when I walk the dogs in the morning
The snowmobile is hooked up to the surface it is on far better due to the large track area, and can out-handle and out-stop a car by a wide margin. This is especially true if the snowmobile track is properly studded with sharp ice picks and the machine has sharpened carbide ski runners. Then it will have more traction on glare ice than you will have when walking on snow. So that means that it's up to the operator to ride safely, which requires understanding, paying attention and thinking ahead just like when operating any vehicle.
You also need to understand that snow actually gets stickier when the temperature plummets. There's a lot more traction on it at 30 or 40 below than there is at 20 above, ESPECIALLY when driving a car.
I've been over 100 mph on a snow sled with no problems. It's not crazy at all, but you do have to understand what is happening with aerodynamic forces (front end typically starts getting light at around 80) and contact to the surface, and with the vehicle itself, and not do anything dumb like make quick moves. Be aware, be smooth, and you can go fast safely where and when conditions permit, which is pretty much not in New York State.