Has anyone here worked 25 hours straight?

[Nick_T]

West Texas Wildfire Initial Attack Strike Team back in 05, went 31hrs before being relieved. Alot of adrenalin helps but when you crash it's probably about as close to death that ya can come while still breathing. Staying hydrated and eating decent helps, plus Goodies Powders for caffeine to get a quick pickmeup.

Nick T

 

[Tony2X]

When I was in the Army, the longest shift I ever worked was about 72 hours. The last 12 hours or so, I was delirious and throwing up randomly.

Wimp

 

[gamadmex4502]

When I was in college for my IT degree, I had a full-time job almost 90 min away working 12-hour shifts mostly 9p-9a. But that stretched into 14 to 14 1/2 hours, since I had a night class on Weds nights and couldn't get to work until 11pm or later sometimes. So I would go to Weds night class, work for 9am, drive to my Thurs day class that started at 10am (I was usually late), and crash for maybe 4 hours after class, about 20 hours straight. And on top of that I would switch back to a day schedule Sun-Weds. I did this nearly every week for about 15 mos. It sucked, but you kind of get used to it. But it is something best done in your younger years, I think.

 

[atljetmech]

No. The gubment won't allow me to work that many continuous hours nor do I want to.

Now in my younger days I could party straight thru a 72hr base pass and make Monday morning 0600 PT for the daily seven and a three mile run.

 

[Retread]

I asked a guy going through BUDS about hell week one time. (He broke both his legs and was at NRMC San Diego until he healed). He said the tough part was keeping your head on straight without sleep. I think he said they got 8 hours in the whole week. I don't know if he ever made it through the course.

 

[klarktx]

I did emergency water damage restoration for a few years. We would be on call at night and a lot of times just work though the night and start our next day without ever going home, so about 30-36 hours without sleep. You can do it just fine if its like once or twice a week. You will only be miserably for about 2-3 hours somewhere in the night shift. After that you will be fine. Don't be scared to try it. Just don't try to do it every day...

I do that now ( Commercial Disaster Recovery). 30+ hours arent really that rare.

 

[sovietak474u]

I have. a few years back we had that ice storm and everybody called in saying they could not come to work. I stayed at my office for 24 hours solid.

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Wimp

 

[FrogMan]

I did many 24hrs in my youth an although its doable on occasion I wouldn't recommend doing it on a regular basis

 

[dustind3366]

I've done it several times before when I used to have my own company. ALL of our work was out of town and the only thing that dictated us getting to come home and see our families was how fast we could get the job done. We'd have some smaller jobs that with our crew, we new if we just stayed at it, we could finish it in one go and head home.

Harrison, Arkansas - Worked 26 hrs, went to hotel and slept for 3 hours, got up and worked for another 8 and then drove 14 hours straight home to Douglasville.

Coca-cola Plant in Tennessee (forget the city) - Worked 19 hours outside in 29F weather while it was raining snow mounting, pole lights. The only way to stay warm was to sit on top of the Genie S60 boom lift and get real snuggly with the diesel exhaust and then drove 4 hours home.

Tool and Die shop in Tennessee - Worked 19 hours straight and then drove 3 hours home.

AutoZone distribution center outside Augusta - Worked 18 hours, took a nap on the scissor lift for about an hour, got up and worked another 8 and then drove 3 hours home.

Tool and Die shop in North Carolina - Worked 36 hours w/ a 2 hour power nap in the truck and then drove 4 hours home.

I could go on and on, but we got paid by the piece, so the more we did, the more we made. Some of our guys could easily hit $700 in a 24hr period. It was rough and it sucked terribly, but the money was good and we collectively owned the company, so we were driven I guess you could say.

 

[DinkyDau]

When I did I had chocolate covered coffee beans, chew a few and get the caffeine boost..DD