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Starting yesterday morning 11/6, our first measurable snow event of the year started and continued through the night. I have a total of about 2" at the moment. A reprieve today, then starting around midnight we are expecting upwards of 6" or more into Thursday afternoon. My snowplow is on the truck and ready to go. I'm glad I'm retired and don't have to commute. But the mayhem would be fun to watch, from a distance of course. I'm in the process of putting together a set of temporary magnetic mount backup lights for the truck if I have to plow in the dark. It will plug into the trailer connector.
Our big scarry storm (according to the weather people) took a hard right and left us with heavy rain and warm temperatures. What snow we had is turning to a sloppy mush and will be frozen by tomorrow morning. This winter is going to suck.
Between midnight and noon today we got enough snow to fill my pickup bed. Got the chance to use that Home Depot snow plow I bought a year ago. What a disappointment that turned out to be. Bad electrical connector on the control box. The up and down switches work intermittently. Warranty is a joke. They want me to send the whole **** plow in, not just the defective control.
Yah, I hope and can buy parts. I'd get another control box and see if I can find a better winch. Yes, it's winch operated.
The weather people said Monday's storm was only supposed to drop 4". We got 2 feet. The next storm starting after midnight tonight through Friday evening they say will drop 9". If their math holds out, 9X6=54?
I can't win! Another 2' of snow, at least not as bad as they predicted. As soon as the snow stopped the temperature took a nosedive. The fuel in my truck started to jell while I was plowing, and I barely got it back in its hole. Guess I didn't have enough #1 mixed in. It's going to be +- zero for the next few days before coming back up around freezing.
Warmed up to near 40° for 3 days. Tried to get the 1st gen running again but it's a lost cause. Bleed, run, clog. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Even with another 5 gallons of #1, still too much summer #2. Short of dropping the tank which health prevents, the truck will have to sit through the winter. Oh, another foot of wet heavy snow yesterday that froze last night. Calling the guy with the skid loader.
Had that happen on one of my rigs one time I piled some snow around the sides and put a torpedo heated behind the truck blowing forwards it took about 5 hours but it fired right up. Put diesel treatment in the tank and drove it around for a bit, it was good the rest of the winter.
Snowed in. No one wants to come out here. Those that said they would have been no shows. It will be a week before I can get a skid steer delivered, maybe. Had to cancel an important doctor's appointment.
Can you get a redi-heater under the truck like nonrev suggested?
Then add treatment, winter fuel, or even the real old timers trick of a bit of Gas and maybe a shot of oil to add some lubricity. I guess that all depends on what you have on hand.
Sounds like you have enough snow to pile up around the sides of the truck to hold the heat in.
In a real pinch running the plow truck off a jerry can zip tied to the side view mirror, stuck on the passenger side floor, or strapped to the inside of the bed would work. Then just plumb the line to the LP. Depending on how long you plan on running it, you may want to run a return line to the same jug.
I finished a road trip picking up a truck a few states away running on a jerry can the last 160 miles with a loaded trailer. I got 30 miles to the 5 gallon jerry can.
It was WAY cheaper than the $1800 tow fee I was quoted to have an 18 wheeler tow rig drag my junk home.
I have used nonrev's technique to thaw out my bathroom pipes in my cabin. Except I used plywood to make the make shift "heat shield " around the base of the cabin.
Made the cabin smell like Kero. but not having a toilet that flushes or a shower has been known to make some funny smells too.
The underside of my truck is coated with fuel and oil because of the problems I had with it this summer. Putting a fire under it would be a risk I won't take. I've put "additives" in it but the tank was full so there is no room for much. Even if I could get it running, the truck like everything else is buried. I have a guy with a skid steer with a snowblower that will try to come out today. Everyone that removes snow is running around the clock.
11-07-2023, 08:45 AM
