About a decade ago I bought a Carhartt rain "coat" from Cabellas bargain cave for like $50. It has a nice, warm zip out vest I wore as a vest for years.
Lots of pockets, lots of waterproof.
This one day at work back then the weather forecast was for a wet snow one Saturday. We were supposed to work a couple of hours testing a few loads of concrete in the rain at the Huguenot bridge rehab. Standing under a tent meant the concrete we tested was subject to differing (as in better) conditions than the concrete being placed in forms exposed to rain.
Before the project I was told "it never rains on Skanska" meaning those guys work regardless of the weather. They work on days the mailman won't work. That day it rained with snow flakes mixed in it as the temperature hovered around 31 all day. Oh, yeah they decided to work all day placing hundreds of yards of concrete instead of a dozen or so.
The coworkers jumped in dry trucks in between loads. I stood in the weather like a junkyard dog with that warm Carhartt, Frog Togg pants over my jeans and waterproof boots. I wore thin Mechanix gloves under my rubber chemical proof gloves and never got cold the entire day from stem to stern.
Lots of pockets, lots of waterproof.
This one day at work back then the weather forecast was for a wet snow one Saturday. We were supposed to work a couple of hours testing a few loads of concrete in the rain at the Huguenot bridge rehab. Standing under a tent meant the concrete we tested was subject to differing (as in better) conditions than the concrete being placed in forms exposed to rain.
Before the project I was told "it never rains on Skanska" meaning those guys work regardless of the weather. They work on days the mailman won't work. That day it rained with snow flakes mixed in it as the temperature hovered around 31 all day. Oh, yeah they decided to work all day placing hundreds of yards of concrete instead of a dozen or so.
The coworkers jumped in dry trucks in between loads. I stood in the weather like a junkyard dog with that warm Carhartt, Frog Togg pants over my jeans and waterproof boots. I wore thin Mechanix gloves under my rubber chemical proof gloves and never got cold the entire day from stem to stern.