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What do y’all recommend with handling freezing temperatures. With my job I’m in and out of my truck all day and it get below 0°F. Once I have any kinda leakage It gets so cold so fast I feel like there is an ice pack in my pants.
I wear overalls if bellow 30°F. Any recommendations before I look into taking winter layoff
 
Try putting hand warmers in the pockets of your overalls.It used to keep me warm ice fishing in Michigan.
 
All I can think of is what you might be already doing - those heavily insulated overalls like Carrharts. And just barely possibly, those hand-warmer packs.
Can you use pads and change them out often? As opposed to the harder-to-change diapers?
 
@wadebailey didn’t really think about the hand warmers. But would that really even help much with keeping the absorbed liquid from getting so cold.
 
@AlasSouth yea I use a nice carrhart overall and jacket. pad don’t offer enough absorbency for me and it’s hard for me to find a place to change in general bc I’m not always able to find somewhere to park my truck that has a bathroom. Specially bc I haven’t gotten the courage to change in a multiple stall restroom.
 
Hi @trucker, diaper covers may probably be enough to help retain the body heat as well as forestall any leaks. As I can't overemphasize enough, if you use diaper covers make sure they fit especially between the legs. If the fit is good then that reduces the chances of leakage.
Where do most of your routes take you? It sounds like you're pretty well to the north. Of course I live in Florida so severely cold weather isn't much of an issue although the fact water surrounds Florida does make it seem colder.
 
I can't help you in this one- I have like 3 fans to keep myself cool when it's hot, but not much to keep myself hot when it's cool!

I hope you find something though

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@trucker I ski and snowboard extensively. No, handwarmers are not going to do anything for the coldness of wet diapers. You just have to get used to it.
 
@billliveshere I run local in a city in Nebraska. How is dealing with the Florida weather. Thought of moving there but wasn’t sure how the hot weather would be
 
@snow you ever end up with any skin damage from the cold I’m worried about frostbite. You haven’t found anything that helps retain heat?
 
@trucker : I've been, or lived, in a lot of places in the USA (I grew up in Central Florida) and I can tell you that the only place in the USA that's worse with respect to heat/humidity is Houston, TX. The summer here is brutal if you aren't in the A/C. As far as diapers go I like the very abbreviated "stretch" type diapers and snap-side PUL pants for the "summer". Which incidentally runs from mid March til late October, but still in shorts into December. The crazy humidity just amplifies things to the point where even when it's only 40 degrees F in our two to three week "Winter" it feels like 10 degrees F. Don't get me wrong, Florida has a lot to offer and after I retired I moved back, but it can be challenging if you don't like the heat & humidity. At least our beaches and natural springs are AWESOME!
 
I think if it were me, I would double diaper and wear one or 2 pairs of plastic pants over to keep the warmth in.
 
I run local flatbed in Utah, and aside from wearing long johns, the only thing that I can suggest would be to try slipping a size 6 baby diaper into your primary diaper, and then swapping out the baby diaper when it’s wet. That’s what I’ve been doing lately and they’re super easy to change, I’ve even been able to do it in a porta-John.
 
Using a baby diaper as a booster is a great idea and something I've done many times, works GREAT! I've even changed one out while filling my car with gas, it's just so quick and easy and the baby diaper holds a huge amount.
 
Hand warmers use oxygen to create the reaction for heat. If it is covered or enclosed too much or to long it will stop working until more o2 is introduced. I might try the electronic hand warmer inside a small zip lock Lt keep it dry. Maybe OT actually insides the diaper but maybe between the diaper and underwear . but I never thought of it. I have put the instant cold packs right down the front and back of the diaper in summer if in walking far or working. The reverse seams logical.
 
You could try using one of the backwarmers they sell at big box stores near the pharmacy. I use those when I ski/snowboard, to help with back pain and cold. They work. But I guess the fabric might get wet in your diaper, depending on how wet your diaper gets (and if it gets wet all the way up to the back edge of the diaper; mine do at night).
 
Steven1950: Good points. Handwarmers work inside gloves, but not sure how heavy & insulated a glove. I've used them. You can get 4-6 hours. There are footwarmers that are supposed to work inside boots. Never used them, but friends say work great inside those insulated camp slippers. The ones we have are all in plastic/foil-seeming packaging. In Alaska, they are even sold at grocery store checkout aisles. (Well, duh!). I suspect Iditarod Mushers use 'em, even if they strip their sleds down to nearly nothing.
If electrics are re-usable or even can be plugged into a 12-volt USB outlet (bet his truck has one, or a cigarette-lighter-adapter), that would be even better. Seems like less wasteful, too.
Some of those big trucks are eeequipped. Those cabs are something else. With a sleeper-cab, darned near an RV.
But the truckers are getting shafted by fuel costs, insurance, etc.
 
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