Winter is APPROACHING
10-06-2004, 08:04 AM
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Originally posted by Lightman
Go ahead jrs, rub it in!
I should have been rubbing in all the pleasant 75 degree weather we had all summer while you were sweating away!
Go ahead jrs, rub it in!
I should have been rubbing in all the pleasant 75 degree weather we had all summer while you were sweating away!
I was over in Youngstown last feb. the temp was -2 and I was'nt able to get close enough to the motel to get my 01.5 plugged in. You wanna talk about an un-happy camper! My truck made sure to make me aware that upset it...... Started just fine, just sounded like crap when it was idling. I could also sit at a red light and watch my engine temp just drop. I had the 5 speed, so the only high idle was me.
10-06-2004, 08:08 AM
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Originally posted by Commatoze
24 degrees here at 6 AM in the boonies of central Taxachusetts. "Smoke" coming off the pond out back, grass covered with a thick crust of frost, and the sugar maples are on fire this year. What a most excellent time of the year!
24 degrees here at 6 AM in the boonies of central Taxachusetts. "Smoke" coming off the pond out back, grass covered with a thick crust of frost, and the sugar maples are on fire this year. What a most excellent time of the year!
What a BEAUTIFUL sight too. Our trees here in Texas go green-brown-on the ground, I have an uncle that lives in the pochanos(sp?) and he gets some really nice pictures of the leaves changing.
10-06-2004, 08:42 AM
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So far the lowest I've seen before I go to work on the overhead is 40. The engine doesn't start or idle any differently than in warm weather yet. We'll see as it gets colder!
10-07-2004, 10:00 PM
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Tuesday Morning i was down abuot 40 here in tennessee. We had a fire call at about 2 in the morning. I forget how cold it in, jump in the truck, turn the key, and wait abut 10 seconds before getting started. In the summer time i could have doen been to the road. it was ok thouhg because after i got her gogin i coudl still do 90 to 95 down the highway. Time to plug her
10-08-2004, 09:05 AM
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Racermatt, are you saying that you are annoyed you had to wait 10 seconds before starting the truck and taking it to 95mph? Did you let it warm up at all or do you just start it and floor it? 
10-08-2004, 09:50 AM
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oh. i did start out slow for a few seconds. then when i got out on the high way i slowly increased my speed. i might move some of my lights back over to the gasser truck i have for winter fires though
10-08-2004, 09:58 AM
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for the 250 to keep on chuggin, it must be a tuff engine. Have you been treating it this way for long? I imagine that there would be enough miles on the engine, and it would probably be well broke in. I'm not that it would have done any damage doing what you did.
I know Kentuky has some slick roads in the snow until they put that spray stuff down...... I wonder id TN roads are the same?
I know Kentuky has some slick roads in the snow until they put that spray stuff down...... I wonder id TN roads are the same?
10-09-2004, 08:38 AM
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As of 10/09/2004 - this is our weather up here in McCall, Idaho (Closest weather tower)
Today. Numerous showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of showers 80 percent. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches above 7000 feet. Much cooler. Highs 48 to 61.
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Today. Numerous showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of showers 80 percent. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches above 7000 feet. Much cooler. Highs 48 to 61.
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