Contest: Beyond's COLDEST job

[TomcoPDR]

Making a random contest. WHO HAS THE COLDEST job on Beyond

How it works

- Submit your entry of why you feel your job (parttime or fulltime) is the coldest .

Submission date: NOW, till December 15, 2010 @ 11:59pm (Beyond forum time)

- Send a combination or partial of photos, description, a writeup of why you think your job is the coldest. The more you describe your job or the more unique it is, the more chances someone will vote for you. (i.e. I'd love to see if someone is working up top of the BOW doing welding or something)...

How to Win
- Top 3 winners will be VOTED by members

Voting
- Beyond members vote on December 16, 2010 12:00am till December 31, 2010

The Prizes:

Each of the 3 winners, a set of (4) sweet ass Tom Co. designed Made In China "B" logo tire bags... (well, I'm still testing them out, the materials, the durability, cost effective, etc... but the winners will be the first set of ppl trying them out)

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r95/Tomcompany/100_4521.jpg http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r95/Tomcompany/100_4519.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r95/Tomcompany/100_4512.jpg http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r95/Tomcompany/100_4516.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r95/Tomcompany/100_4518.jpg http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r95/Tomcompany/100_4517.jpg

Features: Fully enclosed coverage (I don't like the ones on the market where the center area is open and the shit in the inner rim gets all over your seats/trunk), carrying handles, sexy silk like fabric (rain jacket material), velcro open/close.



Contest conditions and Disclaimer
- Must be Beyond member to enter
- Must reside in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Contest rules, regulations and conditions subject to changes and modifications without compensation or reasons by thread owner, and/or Beyond.ca officials and/or Canwest Media.
- By entering contest, you release Tom Co Paintless Dent Repair Ltd. from any personal and/or property damages, injuries, deaths that may result in entering such contest.
- Pickup of winning item must meet or conform to Tom Co Paintless Dent Repair set hours and location, if winner(s) can't meet requirement (i.e. don't want to pickup prize at set location), they could forfeit said prize after 3 attempts of meeting.
- Winner of tire bags accepts all liability and responsible to keep tirebag(s) away from young children or infants to avoid suffocation of such child/infants.

[banned3x]

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up to what sise rim do they fit? 22"?

[adidas]

Originally posted by banned3x
:eek: :eek: :eek:

up to what sise rim do they fit? 22"?

dont worry they will fit ur tractor, red neck.

[TomcoPDR]

Originally posted by banned3x
:eek: :eek: :eek:

up to what sise rim do they fit? 22"?

Hell no, lol... iunno roughly up to 17's haven't tested on bigger rim/tire set, not sure if handles/material will hold the weight, and most ppl won't carry 18's with just a handle.

Sorry, so yea, for passenger car tires and non custom sizes, for now.

[uptown.]

anyone working on that new building on SAIT campus has my vote

[banned3x]

Originally posted by TomcoPDR


Hell no, lol... iunno roughly up to 17's haven't tested on bigger rim/tire set, not sure if handles/material will hold the weight, and most ppl won't carry 18's with just a handle.

Sorry, so yea, for passenger car tires and non custom sizes, for now.


oh they are for transfering tires ok i didnt know that i thought it was just for storage. my "tractor red neck rims" are sitting in my garage out in the open all winter long:( if you can make some bigger ones for storage id buy a set:burnout: neat idea, kinda like a car cover

[Awd-Tsi]

I do delivery In the cold. Does that count?

[Zewind]

Reading > Me


I thought it said Coolest Job


Anyone working on the West leg of LRT gets my vote

[revelations]

I'd enter (as a land surveyor) but I know some oil patch dude from Fort MacKay will win this.

[Ymerej472008]

I'll submit a few photos..working for Cord WorleyParsons as a welding
apprentice//helper...on Devon Jackfish II in Conklin, Alberta!!

This one is from inside the truck! They don't count windchill either!
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k71/ymerej47_2006/IMG00110-20091211-1811.jpg

The day before the deep freeze on top of an HLS (120+ ft high!)
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k71/ymerej47_2006/055ac10d730f1e549228ee660f2d1af5.jpg
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k71/ymerej47_2006/IMG00089-20100517-0753.jpg

[chkolny541]

^^winner

[01RedDX]

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[JfuckinC]

wtf is that hls.. never heard of one?

[Ymerej472008]

Its a Hot Lime Softener...Im not 100% on how it works "exactly" but
its similar to what the city would use to "soften" water..this one is the
biggest design, another contractor (TIW) built it on site and we did all
the tie-ins into it..ranging from 2" Sch.40 to 24" Sch.40. When it got
hydro-tested pressure at the top of the vessel was atmospheric and
pressure at the "cone" was only 19psi!!! iirc it held over 2million L of glycol!!

[PD77]

I make trips up to the North Slope, no pics though :(

It's honestly the worst cold I have ever felt in my life; a 100 foot walk from the camp to the rig feels like miles and the wind rips right through anything you wear.

The average temp while I was on location last winter was around -55 to -60...it's not right, not right at all haha.

I also have a fantastic story about trying to escape Alaska while Mt. Redoubt was erupting, but I will save that for another time.

[DeeK]

Originally posted by revelations
I'd enter (as a land surveyor) but I know some oil patch dude from Fort MacKay will win this.

No kidding. While I was a land surveyor I worked a few days up north. When you are outside for a constant 12 hours, holding onto a metal pole, Unable to wear gloves because then you can't write legibly. That sucks. And the best part, no hills, no trees in sight for cover.. Just open fields... Pure northern arctic windchill. I don't think I've ever been so cold in my life.

[TomcoPDR]

Originally posted by Ymerej472008
I'll submit a few photos..working for Cord WorleyParsons as a welding
apprentice//helper...on Devon Jackfish II in Conklin, Alberta!!

This one is from inside the truck! They don't count windchill either!


Ouch, feel for you man... I'd say you're up there... Unless we get some ice truckers, seal clubbers, etc... I wanna see someone working up top at the BOW, with windchill.

- And your job don't have to be in Calgary... just trying to keep it a local contest, so as long as you're a Calgary RESIDENT (or have family here, or some sort of ties in Calgary)

[TomcoPDR]

Originally posted by Awd-Tsi
I do delivery In the cold. Does that count?

Yep, just submit some pics, describe the job you do (that makes your job the COLDEST), etc... If people "feel" for you, they'll vote.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

I coach skiing year round. Will take pics this week.

[Supa Dexta]

Im in anzac right now! North of him in conklin!

.. I sit at a desk these days though!.. :rofl:

[ercchry]

not sure if he has an account on here, but this is a buddy from edmonton's job


Originally posted by nismo350gt
Just wanted to share some pics from Hope Bay; a gold mine in the arctic . . .


For those of you who don't believe that we land Hercs and Jets on the ice . . .

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay001.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay101.jpg

And the failed landing attempt . . .landed 150m short of the runway. . . :S

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay164.jpg

An Inukshuk. . .landmark for indicating directions. . .

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay034.jpg

"Doris Mountain" we call it. . .camp is located just south of it. . .and where our portal is . . .

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay038.jpg

Northern Lights. . .

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay094.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay095.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay100.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay103.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay171.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay243.jpg

Construction phase of main camp . . .

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay037.jpg

1.3 Million dollar tundra buggy (going to make me rich this winter haha). . .they got this stuck up to the deck within the first hour of it running . . .called a Rimpull . . .

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay012.jpg

Offloading this year's barges . . .

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay002.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay013.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay354.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay205.jpg

And the reason why we're there. . .

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m292/nismo240r/Hope%20Bay/HopeBay324.jpg

[digi355]

Originally posted by Supa Dexta
Im in anzac right now! North of him in conklin!

.. I sit at a desk these days though!.. :rofl:

Long Lake? It was warmer there last week than it was in Calgary..

[drtoohotty1]

I get to go through each and every one of your yards to read your meters 5 days a week trudging through the snow drifts you have created clearing your driveways and fending off the meanest of mean outside year round dogs so you have an accurate bills and considering last week we were the second coldest place on earth right after the south pole.....and i was out there for 8 hours :thumbsdow i figure i have one of the coldest jobs out there

will add pictures on monday of one of my routes....

[Graham_A_M]

Coldest for me was when I was up in Fox Creek, setting up an well testing unit.
A 15 hour night shift, in -38 degree weather (without the windchill) the wind was unreal, snow literally going sideways, not down. :nut: With the windchill probably -55 to -60.

Lots of fun carrying 300 pound sections of pipe over my shoulder with one other guy trudging through 3 & 4 ft snow drifts, for 14-15 hours straight. :thumbsup: Then try doing that for $200/day (which is the equivalent to a $11-13/hr job)
I dont miss the oil patch not one bit. :thumbsdow

[Awd-Tsi]

Originally posted by Graham_A_M
Coldest for me was when I was up in Fox Creek, setting up an well testing unit.
A 15 hour night shift, in -38 degree weather (without the windchill) the wind was unreal, snow literally going sideways, not down. :nut: With the windchill probably -55 to -60.

Lots of fun carrying 300 pound sections of pipe over my shoulder with one other guy trudging through 3 & 4 ft snow drifts, for 14-15 hours straight. :thumbsup: Then try doing that for $200/day (which is the equivalent to a $11-13/hr job)
I dont miss the oil patch not one bit. :thumbsdow I wouldn't even do that for 500 a day, when I can make 300 doing something easy and fun..

[Graham_A_M]

That was back in 2006, when oil patch activity went from going GANGBUSTERS to absolutely dead within 2 weeks.
My district was screaming for people, shutting down trucks because of the lack of work. 2 or so weeks later they laid off 20 out of 60 employees. I was one of them, so while I despised this job a friend got me, I was lucky enough to have a job in any manner.... Although I landed work back in Calgary, so after two weeks of that, I packed up and came back home.

Trust me, that was by far the most shitty job imaginable. :banghead: :banghead:
..dont even get me started on the co-workers...

[Isaiah]

Originally posted by drtoohotty1
...considering last week we were the second coldest place on earth right after the south pole...
http://us.cdn4.123rf.com/168nwm/podius/podius0605/podius060500072.jpg

[Barlow]

Originally posted by Isaiah

http://us.cdn4.123rf.com/168nwm/podius/podius0605/podius060500072.jpg

Actually

Truth!


Barlow

[johnboy27]

Originally posted by Ymerej472008
[B]I'll submit a few photos..working for Cord WorleyParsons as a welding
apprentice//helper...on Devon Jackfish II in Conklin, Alberta!!

]
Ughh, Conklin is one cold fucking place in the winter, been there and done that.
My coldest was -48 + the windchill. First frac treatments on the Ootla Shale gas project for Apache in 2007. I was a fluid pump operator at the time and we always tailgate at the company I work for . We were pumping a job one night and we built a makeshift tent by attaching a huge tarp to the roof rack of our crewvan and the backs of two pickups and standing a 2x4 up in the middle. We had a kerosene heater pumping warm air into the tent and it brought the temperature up to -30 inside. By far the worst 18 hour shift of my life.
http://www.apachecorp.com/explore/Browse_Archives/View_Article.aspx?Article.ItemID=585
We did make history on that lease though with the 5 biggest fracs in North American history.
No pictures as it was what is considered a tight hole at the time and I do not live in Calgary so I am out.

[revelations]

Originally posted by DeeK


No kidding. While I was a land surveyor I worked a few days up north. When you are outside for a constant 12 hours, holding onto a metal pole, Unable to wear gloves because then you can't write legibly. That sucks. And the best part, no hills, no trees in sight for cover.. Just open fields... Pure northern arctic windchill. I don't think I've ever been so cold in my life.

3 things wouldve helped ya

1) carbon fiber pogo
2) Helly Hanson thin gloves that you wear underneath your mitts
3)TDS Ranger w/survey Pro (paper notes can be done in truck)

[drtoohotty1]

Originally posted by Isaiah

http://us.cdn4.123rf.com/168nwm/podius/podius0605/podius060500072.jpg

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg230/drtoohotty/cold.jpg

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/321675/calgary-second-coldest-place-on-earth-today/

[bignerd]

Originally posted by PD77
I make trips up to the North Slope, no pics though :(

It's honestly the worst cold I have ever felt in my life; a 100 foot walk from the camp to the rig feels like miles and the wind rips right through anything you wear.

The average temp while I was on location last winter was around -55 to -60...it's not right, not right at all haha.

I also have a fantastic story about trying to escape Alaska while Mt. Redoubt was erupting, but I will save that for another time.

Was going to say the husband was working in Prudhoe Bay for a while, he said -55 was common, no or little wind chill.

[Isaiah]

Originally posted by drtoohotty1


http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg230/drtoohotty/cold.jpg

http://forums.beyond.ca/st/321675/calgary-second-coldest-place-on-earth-today/
Don't back up your ridiculous claim with some shitty no name weather website. Do your research and check historical weather for November 23rd on a legitimate site like www.theweathernetwork.com

Here's a sample for November 23rd and this is only in Alberta:

Sundre: -39.3 °C
Coronation: -34.2 °C
Rocky Mountain House: -37.8 °C
Banff: -35.6 °C
Calgary: -31.2 °C

[Supa Dexta]

Originally posted by digi355


Long Lake? It was warmer there last week than it was in Calgary..

Surmont.

[ryder_23]

Originally posted by Isaiah

Don't back up your ridiculous claim with some shitty no name weather website. Do your research and check historical weather for November 23rd on a legitimate site like www.theweathernetwork.com

Here's a sample for November 23rd and this is only in Alberta:

Sundre: -39.3 °C
Coronation: -34.2 °C
Rocky Mountain House: -37.8 °C
Banff: -35.6 °C
Calgary: -31.2 °C

Or, at 942am MST, we were the second coldest....

943am MST shit could of changed, but for that minute, we could of been the second coldest.

Think except for RMH, we had the lowest high of all of those.

[msommers]

Oh Anzac. Is the Duck-Inn still there?

[97luder]

any one whos up in conklin has my vote !

[Maxt]

In winter I generally spend every day on roofs repairing Hvac equipment, while some days are nice, many are cold.
In order to handle small parts and connect small wires, often you have to ditch the gloves. After 20 years of this I no longer have any feeling in my lower finger tips.
There is no putting off repairs, people call, they want heat and jumpering safeties is a no no.. You go when people call, dark or light day or night.
When you get to work indoors, its either in 120 deg mechanical room or -30c blast freezer with 5hp motors giving you the windchill of your life..
Its a job I wouldn't recommend to anyone...

[DeeK]

Originally posted by revelations


3 things wouldve helped ya

1) carbon fiber pogo
2) Helly Hanson thin gloves that you wear underneath your mitts
3)TDS Ranger w/survey Pro (paper notes can be done in truck)

Yea, too bad I wasn't about to pay for 1 or 3, it was company equipment. and the thin gloves never did anything really, it was better just to go without :P

[digi355]

Originally posted by Supa Dexta


Surmont.

Haha, I work there too... Beyond met at the duck?

[gqmw]

Originally posted by ryder_23


Or, at 942am MST, we were the second coldest....

943am MST shit could of changed, but for that minute, we could of been the second coldest.

Think except for RMH, we had the lowest high of all of those.

It was proven on the news later that day that we weren't the 2nd coldest place on earth. If I have time later I'll go find a link.

[AndyL]

Meh, -40s is second rate... I remember installing doors in an unheated pump house up by firebag - -56c according to the big ass thermometer on the wall. Yes that was 'inside'. Took 2 weeks to complete a days worth of work, took 3 days just to get the telehandler unfrozen enough to do 30 minutes of work.

Nowadays - I think I qualify :) I'm that poor SOB out there on nights running that tow truck - yanking beyonders out of snowdrifts, off jersey barriers, fencelines... And I stole one beyonders unregistered integra last week :rofl: Dumbass - put a plate on it if your gonna park it on the street.

Got a nice case of 2nd degree frostbite on my ears last week; 3 hours of winching at 3am. -30s wind howling. Ahh it was a good time :) Yes, was wearing a balaklava and a toque; 3 hours out in the middle of a field just sucks.

[spikerS]

I will toss my hat into the ring. For some fucking reason, they have the A/C cranked right above my desk.

[Weapon_R]

Originally posted by drtoohotty1
I get to go through each and every one of your yards to read your meters 5 days a week trudging through the snow drifts you have created clearing your driveways and fending off the meanest of mean outside year round dogs so you have an accurate bills and considering last week we were the second coldest place on earth right after the south pole.....and i was out there for 8 hours :thumbsdow i figure i have one of the coldest jobs out there

will add pictures on monday of one of my routes....

Vote +1!

[Darkane]

I have a shitty cell phone vid from Dec '08 at my plant.

My buddy took a cup of process water and tossed it in the air. It instantly turned to snow and ice.

Ambient was -44C, and -57 with the wind.

See If I can upload the vid.

[LAFNGAS]

i work as a snubber and currently been working almost in the north west territories and its been anywhere from -37 to -48 without the wind