How cold Is too Cold!

[Greatdane612001]

I Was wondering is there a point when you don't work if it's going to be too cold to be out working, i live in the Kansas City area and they say it's going to be 20 and 30 degree's outside!:(

[HarryD]

I worked all day today :(when I left this morning it was 27 degrees with snow flurrys . not sure how much it got above that it was chilly

[rodfather]

I would say that 25 would be my limit...below that...no thanks.

[buster]

Here in Louisiana, we don't work if it under 70 degrees. just kidding, had to reply.

[roscioli]

It must have been in the high 20s this morning when i first left the house (7am) (normally i dont work on sundays, but with the rain, snow, and bronchitis of the past 2 weeks, i had to play catch-up). There were flurries this morning, but it actually felt way colder when it got windy around noon, but the temp was up to 35-40 almost. The only thing that can stop me is snow or rain, temperature (unless above 110 (which it never gets)) can NOT be an obstacle if I am to keep up.
BUT DOESNT IT SUCK?

[KDJ]

You don't want to know.

[wilawns]

my favorite time to work is when its right around 30-40, its just right. your not sweating like mad and you can just workin in long sleeves

[Envy Lawn Service]

As long as I can feel my fingers, toes & ears I'm OK. If I'm numb, I'm done. I can't take the occasional, it hurts to breathe cold either. Normally what runs me indoors is the wind. I just can't take it. Cuts right through me.

Windchill sux!!!

We have very few of those days around here anymore :)
I don't miss the cold days until it warms up and the bugs come out thicker:mad:

[GroundKprs]

-20°F at 3-4 am does get to me in about an hour. But 15 minutes in the truck, and I'm ready for another hour. Haven't found a lower limit in daylight hours yet, but days always warm up above zero here (usually).

Hope this isn't a thread for just the southern guys. You fellas down there never get to play with the snow. LOL.

[sirsweatsalot]

as long as you still can put more clothes on its never too cold to cut grass!

[TJLC]

Man, we must be spoiled rotten down here. To me 50 deg is too cold to work outside. Maybe I should just keep my mouth shut. LOL.

[ProMo]

40

[gunputt]

If it is below freezing, do you run the risk of damaging the turf?

I have a new account that wants leaves picked up, but I don't want to start off the spring with dead turf from my tires.

[awm]

ill mow in most any temp,as long as i can stay dry. heck u aint living untill u experience the happyness of climbing out from under a house after an hr or so of fixin busted water pipes at say 15-20 degrees.remember this is water pipe so u was layin a puddle o water.
guess i should mention my service includes handyman service.:)

[PaulJ]

Gunputt

I was wondering the samething myself. It's only in the upper teens out now. Wind chill was about 11 a couple hours ago. Supposed to get up to 27 or so today. That's the predicted HIgh. The same for the next couple days. But next weeks supposed to be warmer, or at least sunnier.. So do I do cleanups with frost still on the lawns or do I at least wait until the sun burns most of the frost off or do I just wait till next week??

I don't want to leave a matted looking lawn all winter.

[sirsweatsalot]

ok if the leaves are stuck to the grass because of the frost you can still do clean ups you just have to set the mower deck as low as it goes. and go over it at least twice.

[Jimbo]

Originally posted by gunputt: If it is below freezing, do you run the risk of damaging the turf?

I dont see how you could damage the turf as it would be harder than normal. Maybe I am missing something?

Jim

[lawnkid]

Oh man, this past Saturday was freezing. At my house at one point the temperature hit 20° F. And to top that off, I had to clean gutters for 3 people with a pair of gloves and a bucket so my hands almost fell off, :eek: :rolleyes: They say it's supposed to drop down to the teens on Wednesday night. :(

[GroundKprs]

If any machine won't damage your (cool season) turf in normal weather, it won't damage the turf in colder weather. Only time I have ever seen turf damage from mower wheels is in preliminary drought situations, where the wheel tracks can be seen when the grass greens up again; this is because the brittleness of the stems in early drought allows them to break as you drive over them.

Around here the tree services love really cold winters. With a good ground freeze, they can drive trucks across almost any lawn without rutting it, and without having to lay out all the plywood. Lots of tree pruning done in winter for that reason. And you never see turf damage in the spring.

[Lawn-Scapes]

My circulation must be slowing down.. I'm freezing at 45 degree temps.

Today was beautiful at ~58 degrees and no wind! Perfect for fertilizing.

[Greatdane612001]

I went out today it's was around 30 degrees after putting on three layers of clothes and buying a good pair of work gloves I was good to go! tomarrow's going to be a diffenert story b/c it going to be snowing off and on all day so when those leaves get wet I'm F**Ked:(