Brutal Weather in Upper Midwest and Great Plains
Brutal Weather in Upper Midwest and Great Plains
Based on some conversations I have had with co-workers in the Upper Midwest and Great Plains, the weather is pretty brutal right now. Here in KC we are getting some pretty cold weather and wind, but not the snow and blizzard conditions they are seeing further north, especially in ND.
I would guess you guys north of the border probably react to our grousing like this:
Lavoy, I was curious what the weather conditions are like in your area- sounds like maybe a good time to be holed up in your shop with a disassembled crawler!
I would guess you guys north of the border probably react to our grousing like this:
Lavoy, I was curious what the weather conditions are like in your area- sounds like maybe a good time to be holed up in your shop with a disassembled crawler!
(1) JD Straight 450 crawler dozer with manual outside blade; (2) JD 2010 diesel crawler loaders; (1) JD 2010 diesel dozer with hydraulic 6-way blade; (2) Model 50 backhoe attachments, misc. other construction equipment
-24 last night, supposed to get up to single digits below for a high today. Highs in the teens below here for next couple days, low Thursday supposed to be more than 30 below. They say we have snow coming at least twice the rest of the week, kind of doubt it will amount to much, but they have been really off this year. We missed the most of the last couple, only a few inches. NW part of the state got a foot to 16" in the last one alone, but they have been a little warmer than here.
The shop is 60 degress, dog is still waiting for me to get out there today so he can warm up. Got some more goodies for the 1010 yesterday, so need to install them today. Injectors should be here Thursday hopefully, so we'll see how it pushes snow at 30 below or so!
Lavoy
The shop is 60 degress, dog is still waiting for me to get out there today so he can warm up. Got some more goodies for the 1010 yesterday, so need to install them today. Injectors should be here Thursday hopefully, so we'll see how it pushes snow at 30 below or so!
Lavoy
brutal weather
You could have shut the door,and not shared the cold with us.
To late now-10 below tomorrow night and -20 after that.
Lavoy do you know where a rear wheel for a JD m can be found I think
it is a 47 not sure. Thanks
Mailtrain
To late now-10 below tomorrow night and -20 after that.
Lavoy do you know where a rear wheel for a JD m can be found I think
it is a 47 not sure. Thanks
Mailtrain
I haven't heard the official temp yet, but hearing guys around the area talking -35. We were -24 about 8:00 last night, back up to that now. Grand Forks broke their record two nights ago, -38, we were only -28 the same night, so not sure what they had last night if we went below 30. International Falls, MN usually is 10 degrees or better colder than we are on these cold snaps, so must have been chilly up there.
Lavoy
Lavoy
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...or iffy coolant. I learned the hard way yesterday that my coolant was a little diluted. You typically don't hear about engines overheating in winter but mine did yesterday. The sub-zero temps overnight cause some ice to form in the radiator and then caused the engine to overheat after I drove it on the highway. No permanent damage, but made a small mess from the overflow on the parking lot at my workBROKE AGAIN wrote:should weed out any iffy batteries.
(1) JD Straight 450 crawler dozer with manual outside blade; (2) JD 2010 diesel crawler loaders; (1) JD 2010 diesel dozer with hydraulic 6-way blade; (2) Model 50 backhoe attachments, misc. other construction equipment
We had the same thing happen on an 82-40 Terex dozer years ago. Got it home from the shop, and the idiots had not put enough anti-freeze in it. Started it up, and went to redline in a short while. We shut it down, and looked in the radiator, nothing but slush. Was not frozen hard enough to break anything, but sure was close.
Lavoy
Lavoy
When i was in Korea in the middle 60's, we had trouble in extreme cold weather with the diesel fuel in our multifuel trucks turning to slush. Had to mix some mogas with the diesel in order to get them to run. Not sure of the grade of fuel we had then, but it sure turned to slush!.
1949 MC
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I read a story in the last week about a mandated 10% bio-diesel / diesel mix for a bunch of school buses. It was in Minnesota or Wisconsin if I remember. The attempt to be "Green" left them with a fleet of vehicles full of gelling fuel. The buses either wouldn't start or would fail mid route. It seems the bio-diesel doesn't like temps below 10 degrees.
JD 1010c, outside blade, winch
Bio diesel should be considered a summer fuel .We use a 4 to 1 mix of #1 diesel and canola oil in 2 of our older Ford trucks with the 7.3 power strokes and are getting 28 miles per gallon to boot .When it get's cooler we go to straight winter diesel fuel or they don't start .Both are at the point that you have to double preheat at =5 Celsius and beyond .We have one GM with a Duramax and it starts better in the cold but will not take the fuel and canola oil mix and run nice at all even in the summer my GM's finicky about what it drinks !! .I don't think dozers and backhoes should be run on the mix as the straight fuel is more constant power and apparently higher BTU's .My daily run dozers are new enough that I don't bother experimenting with fuel in them .Digitup.
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