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[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

normiss

Except for diesels.

Not exactly.

Although I wouldn't suggest going below zero without plugging in, modern diesels will cold start a lot better than even 10 years ago.

The shop I park the tractor at has plug ins for all the trucks, but the power is on a thermostat. I can plug it in at any time, but the cords don't get power until the temp hits 10F (above).
The techs in the shop say that it's the technology of the starter motor more than anything else. We still use 15w-40 oil in the motors, and they will crank 'briskly' at colder temps. Far better than they used to.

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[gowlerk 2,216]

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A good battery and synthetic oil and almost anything will start at -40.

Not a diesel truck engine. The fuel won't flow. It does not matter how fast you can crank it.

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gowlerk

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* - I do have to admit that the coldest temp I ever experienced was in Sudbury ON. -33 actual temp, not wind chill. I've seen mid 20s below in WI & Upper MI, but not 30 below.

Occasionally in Edmonton it will get so cold that even treated fuel will gell. You can't start a truck unless you put it inside. And you can't even buy fuel because those pumps don't work either. I've never seen it get quite that cold in Winnipeg, but close. In my childhood -40 F was not that uncommon, but it has only made it down to about -35 F 0r -37 C in the last couple decades. The record is -47.8. But it was in 1879.

Fuck. That.

[billvon 3,006]

gowlerk

I've never seen it get quite that cold in Winnipeg, but close. In my childhood -40 F was not that uncommon, but it has only made it down to about -35 F 0r -37 C in the last couple decades. The record is -47.8. But it was in 1879.

At the 300 way we took off one early morning in Eloy and went to ~25,000 feet. Exit temp was -35F. "What is that in degrees C?" a European asked me. I thought about it for a second. "About the same," I said.

I remember exiting, taking one breath in, then one breath out and just like that my visor froze solid white. Up until that point I had been complaining that my lousy FP-1 had a gap between the top of the visor and the helmet that let air in. But now that gap provided a tiny slice of vision that I could use (combined with moving my head up and down a lot) to at least approach the formation safely. As my visor slowly cleared I saw people taking off their helmets so they could see at least a little.

I can't imagine how cold their faces got. No one actually got frostbite, though. We landed, and then all the helmets landed over the next 15 minutes or so. As far as I know they didn't hit anything important.

(how's that for thread drift - accidentally got to a skydiving topic)

[normiss 806]

Yep.

[BIGUN 1,323]

TriGirl

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* - I do have to admit that the coldest temp I ever experienced was in Sudbury ON. -33 actual temp, not wind chill. I've seen mid 20s below in WI & Upper MI, but not 30 below.

Occasionally in Edmonton it will get so cold that even treated fuel will gell. You can't start a truck unless you put it inside. And you can't even buy fuel because those pumps don't work either. I've never seen it get quite that cold in Winnipeg, but close. In my childhood -40 F was not that uncommon, but it has only made it down to about -35 F 0r -37 C in the last couple decades. The record is -47.8. But it was in 1879.

I grew up in Southern Idaho. -40 was pretty common in the winter, with one particular noteworthy week seeing the daytime high NOT make it above -20F (noteworthy as it was an anomaly). Had to plug in the truck every night so it would start in the morning (engine heater).

I started riding from home to Colorado's Cripple Creek Veterans Rally in August of last year. From there; I went north to Wyoming, Montana, Bonner's Ferry, ID, Vancouver, WA, across the north part of Oregon, south part of ID into Utah. In august; I was wearing Carhartt arctic overalls; leather chaps, three layers on top, insulated gauntlet gloves, fleece neck warmer and full face helmet.

It snow flurried on me twice, cold wet rain for two days, I did not get warm again until Utah and then it was suddenly 113F. Got home and people asked me how the trip went. I told them it's more cold up there in August than it is down here in the winter and they scoffed.

I'll be riding through the southeast region this year.

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[RonD1120 62]

BIGUN

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* - I do have to admit that the coldest temp I ever experienced was in Sudbury ON. -33 actual temp, not wind chill. I've seen mid 20s below in WI & Upper MI, but not 30 below.

Occasionally in Edmonton it will get so cold that even treated fuel will gell. You can't start a truck unless you put it inside. And you can't even buy fuel because those pumps don't work either. I've never seen it get quite that cold in Winnipeg, but close. In my childhood -40 F was not that uncommon, but it has only made it down to about -35 F 0r -37 C in the last couple decades. The record is -47.8. But it was in 1879.

I grew up in Southern Idaho. -40 was pretty common in the winter, with one particular noteworthy week seeing the daytime high NOT make it above -20F (noteworthy as it was an anomaly). Had to plug in the truck every night so it would start in the morning (engine heater).

I started riding from home to Colorado's Cripple Creek Veterans Rally in August of last year. From there; I went north to Wyoming, Montana, Bonner's Ferry, ID, Vancouver, WA, across the north part of Oregon, south part of ID into Utah. In august; I was wearing Carhartt arctic overalls; leather chaps, three layers on top, insulated gauntlet gloves, fleece neck warmer and full face helmet.

It snow flurried on me twice, cold wet rain for two days, I did not get warm again until Utah and then it was suddenly 113F. Got home and people asked me how the trip went. I told them it's more cold up there in August than it is down here in the winter and they scoffed.

I'll be riding through the southeast region this year.

Give me a shout out if you are in north GA.

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[SkyDekker 1,465]

I have never been as cold riding from Flagstaff to Scottsdale on a clear night in April. Of course leaving Scottsdale in a tshirt was a great idea (not really), but boy did I regret that coming down 17 at 11 at night.

[BIGUN 1,323]

I can relate. Been doing the Oklahoma to Vegas in April for the past 4 years. Made that mistake the first year. Cold weather gear from then on.

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