I hate cold weather....

[rusty ol ranger]

*WARNING*
Long piss and moan session to follow...

-11 when i got back to the shop yesterday. After breaking a crossover pipe on trailer landing gear (milk tanker) trying to dolly down frozen landing gear. I spent 20 minutes trying to get them to move just so i could waste another 30 pulling the trailer back, after waiting at the dairy for 2 hours cause there washers were all frozen.

Finally hop in my old 77 to head home, ol gal has never failed me, ever. Well, yesterday was the day. Went out, pumped the throttle twice, nothing but some popping and sputtering. Kept pumping, (it wasnt flooded), same thing. Go get booster box (luckly i was at the shop), hooked that up, shot it with ether, STILL nothing. Spent 40 minutes trying to get the damn thing started just so i could end up burning up the starter (hope thats all that got screwed), and get a ride home anyways.

My 460 started, thank the lord. Cause i figurred if anything would make this day worse, itd be that f'in thing.

Woke up about an hr ahead of schedule this mornin, headed to the shop, since its this cold (-18) bossman let all the trucks idle all night. Hop in my trusty ol cummins powered steed, just to pull outta the driveway and have it bog out and almost die. Called boss, backed trailer back into drive, had to unhook trailer (same trailer from yesterday), spent 30 minutes trying to dolly it down in low gear (wouldnt budge in hi, assuming the grease inside was about solid), couldnt get it. Ended up setting the trailer on blocks, to unhook my truck, hop in another, hook up again, just so i could get to the farm, where BOTH bay doors (drive thru) were frozen solid, couldnt get them open. Set said trailer on same blocks in driveway.

Went to hop out of the truck im driving (pete 579), no grab handle on outside (yay for aerodynamics), begin to slip on ice in driveway, grab for non existant handle (my 386 pete has a handle), fell right square on my shoulder/elbow/head, (woulda killed 10 lesser men). Just so i could get to the dairy 10 minutes before the appt cut off time.

And now i sit here with frozen washers again as the cycle repeats.

Mother nature can piss off.

 

[Uncle Gump]

She can be a relentless old gal...

 

[fastpakr]

That sounds miserable. It wasn't -that- bad here today, maybe 10-12* when I got up. Had to run a bit, so that was interesting in the cold air.

Next Wednesday I'll be heading up to New Hampshire for some backpacking. Hopefully it will be warmer when we're up in the mountains than it was on Monday (-25 with 60mph winds on Mount Washington).

 

[Ranger850]

Y'alls cold air is even leaking into Florida. It got down to 22* last night. Supposed to reach 70* on saturdayMotherNature

 

[adsm08]

Y'alls cold air is even leaking into Florida. It got down to 22* last night.

That was my mid-day high before wind chill yesterday.

 

[Uncle Gump]

Our high yesterday was -11. It was -25 when I woke up today... suppose to get to a high of 0 today. Just seen on the news... high of 53 on Sunday.

 

[Craig0320]

low 32 here. High of 60 today. 70's this weekend.

 

[8thTon]

Damn that sounds miserable!

Was -5 here last night, temperature started plummeting after noon with some decent winds. It was a good night to drink beer and throw wood in the stove - we heat with wood and I have a small pile of hickory saved for nights like this.

The new 1WD Ranger was flawless on the way home last evening and this morning though.

Supposed to be in the 40's and 50's starting Sunday though. I guess I can take winter in 4 day chunks.

 

[Curious Hound]

*WARNING*
Long piss and moan session to follow...

-11 when i got back to the shop yesterday. After breaking a crossover pipe on trailer landing gear .... blah-blah-blah
.... now i sit here with frozen washers again as the cycle repeats.

Mother nature can piss off.

Sounds rough indeed. I hope your beer isn't frozen.

 

[Ranger850]

Humans should not live where it gets @ or below 0 "F"ing degrees

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Sounds rough indeed. I hope your beer isn't frozen.

Beer? I tapped into the jack last night after that lol

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Y'alls cold air is even leaking into Florida. It got down to 22* last night. Supposed to reach 70* on saturdayMotherNature

It was -22* at 8am yesterday.

Wife's work closed because of it, I took the day off figuring it would be slow. Sounds like just bored farmers came in wanting somewhere warm to hang out. Kinda glad not many have livestock and there is too much snow to finish picking corn or it would have been busy at work with guys gelling up.

I went to town around noon, my '150 rolled over pretty slow but it did start.

This packed snow is getting really old though, getting tired of falling and almost falling wherever I go. I have been using 4wd daily to get onto the highway because it is just a sheet of ice on my gravel road.

40's and rain this weekend should change that. Not sure if it will get better or worse though.

 

[91stranger]

its been -2 and about -30 with the wind chill. I was outside last night in -20ish getting firewood and putting straw to my chickens and a few other things when I realized that my runny nose started freezing lol. I felt like that guy from mountain men who always has icicles hanging off his beard. I think I was only outside for about an hour or so. pretty crazy... about out of wood so thank god it will be getting up to the 40's this weekend so I can bust out a cord of wood ready to go.

 

[JOLENE_THE_RANGER]

you know... I used to complain about traffic in CA, but after reading this, it aint all that bad.

 

[pjtoledo]

Humans should not live where it gets @ or below 0 "F"ing degrees

its not all that bad. Yesterday I spent 45 minutes outside feeding the birds & squirrels. then watched a hawk swoop thru trying to pick up a well-fed meal.
when the wiffie came home from work we jumped in her truck and needlessly drove 25 miles thru the country to my favorite restaurant in Dundee Mi. there are over 20 good-great restaurants within 2 miles of home, plus the fast food types.

the night air is super clear, great for star gazing.

yesterday I finally had to break out my good parka.