Well I was doing a plow job in a remote spot and I buried the W250 in 32" of snow. I don't know what I was thinking.. it won't get stuck!
After about three hours I gave up and went back to snow blowing with the lawn tractor.. It was getting dark so I decided to pack everything up and head home. Truck wouldn't budge... so I really whomped on it and I heard something crunching in the front. Destroyed my locking hub. Any ways, after some cussing and praying I decided to call someone.. with the cold my phone was dead. This happens all the time, I'll warm it up in my arm pit.. hour or so later and a smelly phone.. low battery logo...FU@# No one lives here and I'm in the middle of no where. With a Full tank of diesel in the truck I thought a few things..

If I spend the night here, how long will the 12v idle for on a full tank?
Suppose to get down to -15F and is already -6F there is no way I'm walking 50 miles
What do I do in the morning.
Do I break into their house, I'll never work this job again and it pays well... but
There has got to be a way out, there always is.

I went through my toolbox and sure enough, I found a come a long rated at 10 tons! Hooked it to a tree and uses a ratchet strap and started ratcheting. Truck was moving and all of a sudden the come along broke, gears stripped and I watch the W250 slide back into that god forsaken hole it was in. Anyway.. I was sitting in the truck and I decided to go at it again. I took it really slow and I couldn't believe it, the truck was moving.. as I gain momentum I went faster and I got out... PHEW!

Thought I would share that story.

 

That's pretty wild!

You must be living right, and paid the preacher.

 

I have wondered this same thing. Anybody know?

Thank you,
BlueW250

 

If you have a full tank it would be no problem to idle all night, however a diesel at idle creates no heat so you need to have it idle at least 1100 rpm and you should still be ok for overnite

 

I would agree with Vern.
If I can drive for about 6 hrs between fill ups easy just trucking down the highway, I bet a Cummins would idle for twice as long.

I would be more worried about CO poisoning than freezing to death myself. When I find myself in that scenario, I fire up the motor for 15/20 minutes and warm up, then turn it off and try to sleep for 30-45 minutes until I wake up shivering. Then I fire up the rig, listen to tunes and "high" idle the motor for another 15 minutes till I warm back up. Then repeat the cycle again.

That is coming from a guy that spent WAY more than his fair share of cold nights in my Dodge trucks. I have done at least two nights camping under my fiberglass camper shell in -25 F, that is an actual temp. without this "windchill" stuff. I did have sleeping bag for those nights though.
In the winter on out of town road trips I try to always bring the sleeping bag, several pairs of gloves, spare socks, some beef jerky / snacks and water.

Glad you made it home safely.

 

I plow quite a bit of snow in rural north east wa. and I never go into a spot like that with out chains for all 4 wheels, 1 spare hub and 2 spare u-joints, been there and done that and have the marks to prove it.. lol .. Glad everything came out alright

 

You need a winch on that thing, even if it's not mounted, just have one.

 

I don't think I'll ever go into deep snow unless I have some serious 4x4 power (wench/lockers/chains). Five seconds of stupid caused hours or work.

 

I got my old 58 chevy stuck in a mudhole on a dirt road in Kansas when I was a kid. Tried to jack it up to put dirt under the tires and mashed my hand. Then I had to hike a couple of miles to get help. Nothing like being in the middle of nowhere and feeling helpless.

Edwin

 

Where is a my topic with invite? Hmm i cant find it now ;/ wizz