Winter Gloves/Mittens?

[Egon]

Dress planning for the cold weather activities just may require different approaches to what you choose to wear.

I beg to differ, sitting on a chair-lift in -20 temperature with the wind-blowing 20-50 mph. If something can keep you hands warm in that scenario or while under similar conditions snowmobiling It'll work just fine for sitting on a tractor as well.

When sitting on the tractor one doesn't have to take into account the clothing necessary to dissipate sweat accumulated on the Mogul Runs. The body does not generate as much heat either.

Yes, I have been out Sking a time or two at temperatures far below -20. Fahrenheit

 

[Jaylegger]

Egon,

Is it your position that snowmobile mitts will not keep the OP hands warm while on a tractor.

 

[pat32rf]

If you can keep DRY while sweating then your problems are half over. My big baffin boots are great for sitting on a sled or ATV while ice fishing, just don't ask me to walk anywhere or operate foot pedals.
I find that a couple of pairs of thinsulate gloves work best for me,(swap them when they get damp) until I put a hole in them.
The steering whell isn't too bad, but I wish I had a heated joystick....

 

[Johnbro]

When I went dogsledding in Ely, MN, in Jan the outfitter set me up with some warm gloves and some super mittens. The mittens have a strap just like little kids' have--run it up your sleeve, over your back, and down the other sleeve of your coat. They go most of the way up my arm. The strap is what makes them killer: when I need dexterity, I just pop them off and they dangle out of the way while I work with my gloves on. Then, I can slip my hands back in them for driving the tractor. They worked dogsledding and they worked plowing snow in our Post-Zombie-Apocalyptic Winter of 2008-2009.

 

[hr3]

http://express.dreamingcode.com/resources/72/236.jpg

Best mittens you could buy...

 

[HiTechTed]

Good thread. I normally just tough it out and suffer but I think this year I'm going to splurge and get some decent winter protection for myself. The Curtis Cab will have to wait until I pay some other bills down. In the mean time good gloves and boots will work.

 

[Egon]

Consider electrical heated snowmobile gloves or similar.
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Post number five above.:thumbsup:

Is it your position that snowmobile mitts will not keep the OP hands warm while on a tractor.

Does #5 post answer your question?

 

[Rob-D]

All you need is a pair of choppers

Buckskin Chopper Mitts: Masks and Gloves at L.L.Bean

Trust me....us yoopers swear by them

Choose ONLY the choppers with the wool liners...there are fakes out there without the separate wool liner

What happens when the leather gets wet, do your hands get cold and wet too?

 

[Rob-D]

Good thread. I normally just tough it out and suffer but I think this year I'm going to splurge and get some decent winter protection for myself. The Curtis Cab will have to wait until I pay some other bills down. In the mean time good gloves and boots will work.

For boots I use Sorrels from Canada with the wool liners, never got close to cold with them!

Rob

 

[yooper1]

What happens when the leather gets wet, do your hands get cold and wet too?

Nope...the liners keep you warm quite a while after the leather gets wet.

Also, the leather will dry out and be good to use.

Unlike a lot of leather that dries, shrinks and cracks