Slippery Gloves

I use Kinco. In my mind the only glove to wear in the woods in the winter. I regularly rub in Mink Oil. This gives them a grippier quality. I also use Beta lines. They do seem slippery in certain conditions, but I have gotten used to it, and learn to overcome it in some way. Every once in a while, I have the grab a loop, wrap the lines around my hand. Not the safest, but better than letting them slip free.

Carl

Good luck. I have tried lots of different gloves. My favorite are a pair I received for Christmas they are cheesy looking but have been real warm and not too slick. I also use the green cloth ones in bulk. Have 4 pair and take a set of dry ones to change out into leaving yesterdays 2 pair by the fire. The only thing you can do well with gloves on is wet your pants. LF

Great place for no pressure driving. My hands would freeze if I had to grip tight will plowing the driveway. Fortunately I can just relax my hands.

I have two pair of deerhide insulated gloves I bought at our local harness shop. I don’t recall the name brand though I think my Dad has a new pair with the tags still on so I’ll look. Two weeks ago yesterday I spent driving a 4-up of horses for 6 hours at 15 degrees hauling Santa Claus delivering gifts in a poor township. My hands never got cold although they were dry but one team wasn’t ours so the first part of the trip there was quite a bit of pressure until we got the bugs out and by the time we got back to Santa’s house they drove like a well rounded show hitch. I do like the Kinco gloves for work though warm and cheap as well as durable!

George, Take care of your self. That appendix really slows the logs to the landing! Donn

I just use leather lines, and know how to grab a loop like Carl if needed. The worst part about that is if a horse falls it could jerk you forward, if you didn’t let go just right. That would be a good measure of light touch, that your grip be sensitive enough that you don’t get pulled forward if one falls down. Sometimes the weather just multiples the difficulty of our already hard work.

I like good quality insulated leather driving gloves and get a pair when winter starts and by spring they are shot, if I’m lucky.

This year the weather has been terrible in the Appalachians, snow cover for about a month now, deep ice everywhere, not much work going on in the woods for the stove tending southerners these days. Wind chill 15 below, not a good time to work outdoors. I don’t know how you tough hided Yankees or far north westerner’s do it…???

We’ve been hauling lumber to the kiln, planing some, dimensioning locust decking, anything to stay at least behind a wall somewhere. Even shipped a horse to another biological woodsman today, this means caught it and lead it to the end of the driveway and handed the lead line to the woodsman in his trailer. Ain’t know getting in and out of our place with a truck and trailer at the moment.

It seems the weather has been kicking NE the last few days too… but you guys must be used to it..

I also have had a gut bug for a few days and are just now seeing normal feeling in the future. Glad to finally be feeling a little better.

Been reading Wendell’s new “Bringing it to the Table” collection of essays.
Good stuff!

This book is less than 5 pounds George.

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It’s that DRY Colorado air. In NE we get a little moisture mixed in to draw the heat right out of you. :p

Carl