JohnBuffaloMN
Silver Member
Just bought a box of these at home depot: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Grease-Monkey-Large-Gorilla-Grip-Gloves-20-Pack-25882-32/301998019
They're great for wrenching - in fact I prefer working with gloves now doing mechanic work. Yesterday was hot and humid and while working on a chainsaw without gloves my hands got so sweaty and oily I couldn't hold the wrench tight enough to loosen a nut. These cheap (.99 cents per pair) gloves were great even covered in oil they allow a good grip. I have a "glove pile" that includes stuff for really cold, like -20 degrees to the thinnest nitrile gloves when I don't want glue all over my hands.
When it gets below minus 20 I only go out when I have to, and then I make sure I have good hand protection. As a kid snowmobiling at every chance cold never stopped me except when my hands or feet started to get too cold. The following two incidents made a great impact on me since I prefer to keep all my digits...
A tow truck driver was in the news after he'd lost all digits on one hand and a couple from the other from working in subzero weather without gloves.
I was on my way home from work one cold winter day - the temperature was -30 and the wind chills were well beyond -50 degrees fahrenheit - I saw a man jogging down the sidewalk with a t-shirt and shorts! I thought to myself, either I'm unaware of how jogging can push the cold away or this health nut is in for some serious pain from frostbite. That evening on the local news: Jogger ends up in hospital with severe frostbite due to bitter cold.
And hands and feet are one thing... Penile Frostbite: an Unforeseen Hazard of Jogging - A clean, well-lighted place
They're great for wrenching - in fact I prefer working with gloves now doing mechanic work. Yesterday was hot and humid and while working on a chainsaw without gloves my hands got so sweaty and oily I couldn't hold the wrench tight enough to loosen a nut. These cheap (.99 cents per pair) gloves were great even covered in oil they allow a good grip. I have a "glove pile" that includes stuff for really cold, like -20 degrees to the thinnest nitrile gloves when I don't want glue all over my hands.
When it gets below minus 20 I only go out when I have to, and then I make sure I have good hand protection. As a kid snowmobiling at every chance cold never stopped me except when my hands or feet started to get too cold. The following two incidents made a great impact on me since I prefer to keep all my digits...
A tow truck driver was in the news after he'd lost all digits on one hand and a couple from the other from working in subzero weather without gloves.
I was on my way home from work one cold winter day - the temperature was -30 and the wind chills were well beyond -50 degrees fahrenheit - I saw a man jogging down the sidewalk with a t-shirt and shorts! I thought to myself, either I'm unaware of how jogging can push the cold away or this health nut is in for some serious pain from frostbite. That evening on the local news: Jogger ends up in hospital with severe frostbite due to bitter cold.
And hands and feet are one thing... Penile Frostbite: an Unforeseen Hazard of Jogging - A clean, well-lighted place
