SDAC-22 Picture Thread!!!

[turboshad]

6" concrete and insulated walls and roof and I'm fine in just regular coveralls with a little wall heater.

Sure, but I bet you've never seen this in your weather forecast. Look at the minimum for the day at the bottom left, that's -51F

Thats a sweet house. Its like a garage, with a small house over top. Is that yours?

Yep, that's my garage (photo taken from the house). 1800sqft house with a 1800sqft garage, just like it should be.

[shadow88]

Nice place! Too bad it's in the Arctic circle.

[cordes]

Nice place! Too bad it's in the Arctic circle.

Especially since he always misses the most glorious day of the year up there.

[glhs0075]

Nice place! Too bad it's in Edmonton.

Fixed it.

[RoadWarrior222]

Sure, but I bet you've never seen this in your weather forecast. Look at the minimum for the day at the bottom left, that's -51F





Yep, that's my garage (photo taken from the house). 1800sqft house with a 1800sqft garage, just like it should be.

The second half of the week was reasonable winter wrenching weather, I was outside at -1 yesterday, working while it was snowing...

Pro-tip, when you've got enough snow on the ground, you can make bank it up all round what you're working on to i) cut the wind, ii) reflect some light on the job, and iii) reflect heat when the sun is out... ... you can make yourself a nice little parabolic reflector focused on the car, so when it's -5 and sunny, it feels like 10 above.

I do tend to wimp out at -10C and below though, due to "extra crap" namely, skin starts to stick to metal quickly, penetrant, brakleen etc won't spray, even if you keep it in a beer coozy, wiring is too damn stiff to manipulate, well in bundles, hoses need their ends dunked in boiling water or something before you can get their ends over a fitting, then also parts of the car might be "cold soaked" way below -10 overnight and you tend to start snapping bolts off all over the place due to the metal weakening.... also I fugging hate working in gloves... then also with most cars built in the last 25 years, they're a little tight in places and you can't get your arm into anything when you've got your winter coat on under your overalls.

[tommyturbo]

Even though i wasn't born here, I've lived in socal almost al my life. I can't wrap my head around why people choose to live in the north and north east, basically any place with miserable winters, and rust issues happen on a car. Going out to go to work in the winter it might be in the 30's or 40's f and to me that is miserable. I can't even imagine the idea of going out at 0 or below.

[dodgeshadowchik]

Even though i wasn't born here, I've lived in socal almost al my life. I can't wrap my head around why people choose to live in the north and north east, basically any place with miserable winters, and rust issues happen on a car. Going out to go to work in the winter it might be in the 30's or 40's f and to me that is miserable. I can't even imagine the idea of going out at 0 or below.

Work.

....and a select few that actually like cold weather. Some also prefer to experience all four seasons, too.

[tommyturbo]

Yes, I get both, just hard for me to understand since I hate the cold. Fortunately there are jobs in warm places too

[wheming]

The second half of the week was reasonable winter wrenching weather, I was outside at -1 yesterday, working while it was snowing...

Pro-tip, when you've got enough snow on the ground, you can make bank it up all round what you're working on to i) cut the wind, ii) reflect some light on the job, and iii) reflect heat when the sun is out... ... you can make yourself a nice little parabolic reflector focused on the car, so when it's -5 and sunny, it feels like 10 above.

I do tend to wimp out at -10C and below though, due to "extra crap" namely, skin starts to stick to metal quickly, penetrant, brakleen etc won't spray, even if you keep it in a beer coozy, wiring is too damn stiff to manipulate, well in bundles, hoses need their ends dunked in boiling water or something before you can get their ends over a fitting, then also parts of the car might be "cold soaked" way below -10 overnight and you tend to start snapping bolts off all over the place due to the metal weakening.... also I fugging hate working in gloves... then also with most cars built in the last 25 years, they're a little tight in places and you can't get your arm into anything when you've got your winter coat on under your overalls.

you forgot the part about when you do come inside and wash your hands, it is only then you realize your hands are all cut up and bleeding. Because it was so cold outside you didn't feel anything, and you barely bled due to the cold!

Although i've never had to deal with -30 to -40C (except at work in our 4 story freezer) I did come from New England and it got plenty cold enough below zero for me!

[GLHNSLHT2]

A good pair of insulated coveralls will keep you plenty warm

[looneytuner]

If he builds a little igloo in the fall, it is a humongous stadium by spring. The snow melts on the inside and the extra snow on the outside keeps building. I understand with a little fire they stay about 40 F.