feddoc
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I read a story on FB about a guy who wanted to drop an electric water heater element into the fuel tank on his diesel PU in order to avoid gelling of the fuel...
Anyway, it reminded me of my dad. He was given a 1931 model A by either the T.O. ranch or whatever the Vermejo Ranch was known as before Ted Turner bought it. I can't remember which ranch it came from. He needed a truck to haul hay to his cattle, so he did some welding and attached a bed to it. I still have it sitting in my yard.
Dad told me that every night during the coldest months, he would drain the oil and sit it in a pan near the stove...not too hot as he didn't want to crack the block...and put it back in when he was using it to drop hay. The truck was still running in 1974 when it was parked. Ironically, it was only 3 miles from my home and I never knew it until the neighbor who bought it let me know it was up for sale. $400 and it was mine, with the original title.
Years later I was working at a feed mill during the winter; one of the coldest we have ever had. Each night I would leave my jeep in neutral and plug it in.
One morning I started it and the darn thing rolled forward about 10'. The temp that morning was -37 and I suppose the gear lube was about frozen solid.
What are your cold weather stories??
Anyway, it reminded me of my dad. He was given a 1931 model A by either the T.O. ranch or whatever the Vermejo Ranch was known as before Ted Turner bought it. I can't remember which ranch it came from. He needed a truck to haul hay to his cattle, so he did some welding and attached a bed to it. I still have it sitting in my yard.
Dad told me that every night during the coldest months, he would drain the oil and sit it in a pan near the stove...not too hot as he didn't want to crack the block...and put it back in when he was using it to drop hay. The truck was still running in 1974 when it was parked. Ironically, it was only 3 miles from my home and I never knew it until the neighbor who bought it let me know it was up for sale. $400 and it was mine, with the original title.
Years later I was working at a feed mill during the winter; one of the coldest we have ever had. Each night I would leave my jeep in neutral and plug it in.
One morning I started it and the darn thing rolled forward about 10'. The temp that morning was -37 and I suppose the gear lube was about frozen solid.
What are your cold weather stories??