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Greg1959

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While putting up hay...

Friends and neighbors think I am 'a few bricks shy of a load' but, I wear a long sleeve, cotton, button-up shirt. Plus a flannel lined, long sleeved, cotton over-shirt (making three layers) and long pants.

Heat Index can be 115+ and I may sweat like crazy but, somehow I still feel cooler than the ones around me that are dropping like flies because of too much heat.

I think they wear too little and the heat dehydrates them (there is nothing there to slow down the evaporization). Whereas, the evaporation of my sweat continues to keep me cool

What is Y'all's input?
 
Long sleeved shirts bib overalls and a big brimed hat, got to doing this because of skin cancer
 
Blue jeans and a blue chambray short sleeved shirt. If I'm in the hot sun I put on a long sleeved shirt so I don't get sun sick. When I was a kid the old timers wore long sleeves with a T shirt underneath. Most of them wore bibs. The only parts of their bodies that was tan was their hands and their faces. Jim
 
Carhartt pocket t-shirt tucked in. Carhartt blue jeans. Pull-on steel toe boots (currently Ariat). Buffalo leather belt with a leather pliers pouch with lineman's pliers. Same thing every day. Haven't worn shorts since 8th grade gym and don't intend to. I'm 25 if that matters.
 
The two posting below hit it right on the head. Guess which one of the three is always to hot.
Put on sun screen EVERY day. I was good looking until they started cutting off spots.
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White cotton T-shirt, cotton jeans ,tennis shoes, cotton socks and a ball-cap. Good for 10,000 squares.
 
Blue jeans, long sleeved shirt, when working in hay - don't need all those scratches and pinholoes. When I was a kid, we had home-made one leg aprons we wore on the leg we carried and boosted the bales with - made from heavily quilted coarse cotton material. Last version made from a section cut from an old innertube. Beleive it or not, wasn't hot as the curve in the rubber kept it off the leg until you actually had a bale against it. Sure saved the leg, and bluejeans.

Usually wear long sleeved shirt just to keep the sun burn/cancer risk lower.
 
Long sleeve white shirts that wouldn't pass inspection for good and long pants. Dad also added an undershirt. Usually gloves and before it was "cool" to have the California look bleached hair, a straw hat.
 
as manard g. crabs(60's tv hippie) would say; W O R K?

seriously;
as a young man, as little as possible.
as a middle age man, long sleeve shirt with shorts.
as a older man, long sleeve shirt, long pants, wide brim hat.
a a much older(wiser) man, early morning and late evening hours, if possible.
 
T-shirt/Levis, pull on boots and my faithful wide brim straw coboy hat to keep my lower lip from frying and falling off tomorrow~!!
And I'm a month from 70

:>) Larry NEIL
 
At my age I dress for skin protection; had a "bout" with skin cancer this time last year.

<a href="http://youtu.be/pPL6_euXXvE">Bib overalls with a white T-shirt underneath</a>.

Foundation garments of cotton socks and drawers.

A long-sleeve, white, cotton shirt over the bib overalls to cover my arms.

<a href="http://youtu.be/D-5HQ9Q7OGY">Steel-towed boots, gloves, and safety glasses</a> for added safety.

Red bandana to wipe sweat now and then in the +110<sup>o</sup> heat.

A <a href="http://youtu.be/-qx6C12X2Tw">John Deere straw hat with two hawk feathers</a> for style points.

Humidity is usually high and clothes are completely wet before the day is done.

Usually so busy paying attention to the job at hand don't really notice the heat.
 
T shirt & wranglers in summer. Sweat shirt & wranglers + Carhartts in winter. Red wings in summer, Northerners in winter. Stocking cap & gloves as needed.
 
Summer: Red Wings, brown work pants w/ pliers pocket, bike shorts underneath (to prevent galding), t-shirt under long-sleeved chambray shirt, topped with a bandanna under a boonie hat (bandanna for sweat, boonie for sun)

Winter: Red Wings or muck boots, bib overalls, long johns underneath and Carhartt insulated bibs over (depending on temp), t-shirt under flannel under sweatshirt under Carhartt coat (give or take a layer depending on temp), topped with a bandanna under varying winter hats depending on wind and temp

Safety-level sunglasses and leather gloves in all seasons...
 
Just had a similar discussion the other week on here. Your cooler because of evaporation. Your cloths soak up the sweat and as it evaporates it cools you down.On the other hand those wearing little to nothing also sweat but it evaporates so fast they don't get the same cooling effect as you do, not to mention they also get the direct effects of the sun's rays on their skin.

Personaly I wear uniform pants and typically a short sleeved T shirt. Yes, I know I could do the same as you and wear the long sleeves, learned that in the engine rooms in the Navy, but I guess I'm just stubborn......That said I wear a cloth welders cap instead of my ball cap when I'm working. With the hat being cloth I can soak it with water out of the cooler, and between that and a wet rag around my neck, it tends to keep me decently cool even on the hottest days.
 
Putting up hay is blue jeans, work boots and a white t-shirt. Most eveything else is white t-shirt, work boots, and shorts. Didn't start wearing shorts till this year but really liking it so far.
 
While mowing, or discing, I wear a long sleeve shirt, for protection from the sun, and low hanging branches that scratch my thin skin. Blue jeans, my ball cap with a resporator and goggles. I have my radio head set on. I also wear gloves. Stan
 
I wear cotton/poly short sleeve uniform shirt, and khaki cotton/poly pants. The tractor wears a hesston 5530 round baler. I don't sweat much!
 
For insurance purposes, I keep coveralls, glasses, and ear plugs handy when working. Usually wear shorts, T or no shirt, and safety shoes.....
And always have gloves...
 

I wear shorts and tee shirt most of the hot/warm months. Sure I get pricks and even blood on my shins now and then, but they heal. On my head, besides sun screen I wear what a lot of people call an engineer's cap, but I call it a farmer's cap. It is all cotton so it wicks the sweat away from your brow, so you don't need to stop and wipe your brow as often, so you can get more done.
 
Summer - I usually wear a cotton T shirt and denim shorts with red wing steel toe lace up boots.

Other times - Bib overalls and work shirts with steel toe boots.

Underneath - I always wear a sleeveless t shirt.

On top - Summer - straw hat with wide brim. Rest of time - ball style cap.

I sweat alot so wearing a t shirt under the t shirt helps in soaking up the perspiration.
 
I'm going to sound like a carhartt commercial but...

I never work in shorts. Carhartt pants, pretty much no matter what the temp. I've worn various brands of jeans for years, and virtually all of them have given out in months.

The heavy canvas carhartt pants cost a little more but last a LOT longer. They end up saving me a lot of money.

Same reason I like carhartt t-shirts. Heavier than any other brand. They don't wear thin after a few months of wearing the way some do.

When things cool off - I go to the carhart barn coat.

And in winter - it's the carhartt cold weather coat. And or carhartt overalls.

I'm not sure if cahartt makes underwear, maybe I should look into it. :)
 
Wranglers, held up with wide western belt with big Masonic Stainless Steel buckle, loose thin western wear shirt, Boulet low heel boots, and wide brim western cowboy straw hat with the usual year-round low-rise shorts and boot socks, have bandana hankerchief, Swiss Army jack-knive, miniature pillbottle. keys, cellphone, comb, pen, change, and wallet in pockets. Wear John Deere or MM ballcap when not wearing hat.
 
Heavy carpenter style work pants/jeans - have worn various brands, current pair is Carhart.

Warm/hot weather - work pants, tank or t-shirt. Heavy, long sleeve broadcloth (button down style) shirt worn over the tank/t-shirt, buttoned only at the cuffs. Wide brim straw hat, leather gloves, tall socks, safety glasses. Current boots are Redwing steel toes. When really hot, I dunk the over shirt in water, wring a little and wear wet. Really keeps me cool even in the E. Tx. high humidity.

Have learned NEVER go to the field in hot weather without a jug of cold water, even if we're just going to take a look see. Too easy to see something that needs to be done and wind up working.

Cool/cold weather - turtle neck, sweatpants - long johns underneath or two pairs of sweat pants if really cold. Sweat jacket or heavier as needed. Knit hat, safety glasses, gloves, same socks/boots as summer.
 
Jock strap and flip flops. Keeps nosy neighbors, salesmen and anyone with a lick of common sense away.
 
Putting up hay means several different jobs. Mowing or swathing, raking and baling could be done fairly comfortably with a light long sleeve shirt, blue jeans and leather boots. And gloves.

But for the real work of haying, bucking bales, I found that I did the best wearing a light colored long sleeved heavy sweat shirt, jeans, boots and gloves and, most important, leather chaps to protect the fronts of my thighs when I was using my knee to help lift bales. When we hauled hay, we would cool down with the hose between loads and usually stayed reasonably comfortable no matter how hot it was. I hated stacking in the top of the barn though--no air movement and WAY HOT. But it had to be done, so we did it.

A lot of the farmers I know today seldom touch the hay at all. Large round or huge square bales are too large to move by hand, so they are handled with large machines with air conditioned cabs. I don"t think it would make too much difference what a guy wore in one of those. I guess you could still get sunburned, which was one of the worst hazards of making hay when I was a kid.
 

Never wore gloves and never wore the knee of my Blue Jeans either..JD Wire-Tie 116W..Hay always dropped on the ground..
Was faster with a good crew...
Or, you could keep loading bales far after the Dew had fallen..
I preferred to be up in the Mow, myself...

Ron..
 
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