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we have the snow machine cranked and running .... we had several inches today (was wishing I had the taller boots and not the "high ankle" ones) ... more tonight ... good possibility of at least a foot by tomorrow ....
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jan 09, 2009 9:13 am)
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Replying to: ladywclass (Jan 09, 2009 4:12 pm) I was prepping myself last night and wore that garb, along with my winter coat, gloves, and boots, out to feed the chickens. I tell ya, my knees were quite cold by the time I made it back to the house ten minutes later! 
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Replying to: ladywclass (Jan 09, 2009 4:12 pm) We're in the middle of a major melt-off - even made the national news Wednesday night for our 60 inches of snow in 3 weeks and the flooding that ensues when it all melts all at once. So... the auger clutch cable on the snowblower broke the day after the first big snow. Yesterday afternoon, at the zenith of the meltdown, the shop called... it's fixed  Changed the oil after I got it home, during which I managed to take most of the skin off a knuckle trying to get the oil drain bolt loose. At work, we've sustained a 38% increase in calls for service in the last 3 weeks compared to the same period last year. Yet another chapter in the story of Spokane Snowmageddon  Cheers! Paul
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jan 09, 2009 9:13 am) send me a friend request also Serge |
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Replying to: xwesx (Jan 09, 2009 4:39 pm) I didn't know where North Pole, Alaska is so I went to Yahoo maps to see where in Alaska it's located. When it popped up, I still didn't have a good sense of where it was in the state so I started zooming out. Zooming to the "state" label didn't help much either. I finally had to zoom out to the "country" label in order to see the whole state! I don't envy you your cold temps .. I don't like it when we're in only the single digits here, and it takes getting into the 40's before I'm ready for shorts ....
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Replying to: hammerhead (Jan 09, 2009 5:39 pm)
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Replying to: xwesx (Jan 09, 2009 4:39 pm) Next week that cold air mass by you is expected to slide down over us. I think you mentioned having an Escort and weren't sure how it would perform this winter. I was wondering if you keep the cars block heater and oil pan heater plugged in all the time you aren't driving them? How is your fleet starting so far? Jim
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Replying to: xwesx (Jan 09, 2009 4:37 pm) Found Serge earlier, also. |
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Replying to: w8ifi (Jan 10, 2009 12:13 pm) Judging by the stoutness of the cold that is finally beginning to move out, you should have some fun times before too long....  The Escort did okay through the extreme cold. I drove it every day last week, one of which brought temperatures to -50F, and it started without fail. The only real problem with it is that it uses ATF in the manual transmission. Seems strange to me, but it was a problem because ATF does not perform all that well in extreme cold. I had to make sure I had the shifter in neutral (which I otherwise never do) when I parked, or it was more likely than not I would not be able to get the vehicle in neutral on start-up. I had to *really* work at it one morning, at about -40, and that convinced me to modify my habits. As for plugging in, I never keep my vehicles plugged 24/7 unless I have good reason to need to start it at any moment. Outdoor timers help keep me on schedule and minimize electricity consumption. The Escort has a block and oil pan heater, and I plug it in for about two-to-three hours prior to starting. My Dodge Caravan has block, oil pan, and transmission pan heaters, along with a battery blanket (I have never found battery heating useful except to nurse weak batteries, but the vehicle came with it and I have not removed it). Neither had any problems starting in the cold. The Dodge even got toasty warm inside! So much so, that I would have to turn the heat *down* after all the interior materials warmed up. I was surprised by that - it is the only vehicle I have had that can get uncomfortably warm in such frigid weather. The Escort does not heat so well. In fact, it would not even hold operating temp unless it was revving fairly high (no tach, but I would estimate around 2500 or more RPM). So, every time I slowed to stop, idled, etc., the temp needle would drop down near "C." I will have to work on diagnosing that this summer, as it seems like a highly unusual condition to me. No other vehicle I have ever owned has done this. Mileage on the Escort for the last tank, which was consumed entirely during the cold snap, was just over 21 mpg - painfully low compared to the 35 mpg I was enjoying over the summer, and average of 27 mpg I had experienced up to that point during the sub-freezing months. But, compared to 12-13 mpg on the van, it was still nice! The added idling and the drivetrain resistance of the cold fluids/lubricants kills the fuel economy. Consistent and effective maintenance makes all the difference when vehicles are subjected to extreme temperatures.
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