Had a 20 minute day.
First, do not try to replace windows on a 20 minute day. Glass is brittle. Broke two windows before I tried Plexiglas. Lesson two, do not try to drill a hole in Plexiglas on a 20 minute day, it is also brittle and will break.
Skid steers on tracks will freeze up on a 20 minute day. We had rain, then an ice storm, followed by 4 in. of snow. The skid steer was working throughout the weather and when the mud froze, it locked the tracks. Took a propane heater, chisel, and hammer to get it moving again.
Trucks have a hard time on a 20 minute day. Noticed bad vibrations and it turned out to be ice caked inside the rims. Propane heater back to the rescue.
Do not assume metal is safe from a 20 minute day. Tried to load the skid steer into the trailer and the back bracing buckled.
Oil becomes syrup, grease will not go into zerks, and skin freezes to metal.
A neighbor stopped after about eight hours of this adventure and asked why I was working in the freezing rain. I told him I had nothing better to do and it was only a 20 minute day. He asked what a twenty minute day was. I responded that 20 minutes is how long it took a beer to become slush.
The moral of the story, 10 hours in freezing rain was only another 20 minute day.
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