I was up in the Arctic years ago. It was so cold the candles froze.
We had to put them in a box so we could go to sleep.
It was so cold our voices froze. Come springtime when they thawed, you should have heard the noise.
I have been out in minus 52. Prince George, BC
Miss my old Kenworth that had a Caterpillar A block 3406 engine. I could pull the dipstick out and check the oil. One side of the dipstick said engine at idle. The other side said engine off. Could check the oil level when running. When it is that cold out, you never shut it off!!
I was up in the Arctic years ago. It was so cold the candles froze. We had to put them in a box so we could go to sleep. It was so cold our voices froze. Come springtime when they thawed, you should have heard the noise. I have been out in minus 52. Prince George, BC
Price George is a nice place to come from, not go to. Was there in 1967, and it was one wild town.
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if you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk.
Ok so I thought this might be fun to try. Complete the about sentence
it froze the nuts off the old jeep
it froze the balls off a brass monkey
I saw a fire hydrant chasing a dog
even my goose bumps have goose bumps
Marten, don't know if you realize where some of these sayings come from, ie: frost the balls off a brass monkey. Waayyy back when the British had forts in Canada, the cannon balls were stacked up near the cannons in a pyramid fashion, and the frame that held the balls in that shape were made of brass. In the winter, the temps would get so cold, that the brass "monkey" would shrink so much, that the balls would actually roll away because the "monkey" was obviously quite small.
And now, you know, the rest of the story.
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if you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk.
I hear they leave cars running because if you shut them off they won't start, is that true?
I watched this a few years ago gives you an idea of how oil acts at - 40 without a block heater. Conventional oil will look like the wallmart brand or worse.
I watched this a few years ago gives you an idea of how oil acts at - 40 without a block heater. Conventional oil will look like the wallmart brand or worse.
Parents own a hunting and fishing lodge north of Elliot Lake. Every fall we would winterize the outboards that we had used that year. We had them sitting on a big sawhorse. We would then drain the oil out of the bottom end into margarine tubs and leave them sitting underneath the outboard for the winter. When it had been really cold for a few days, we would check for ice in the oil. If it had ice in it, we knew then that we would need to redo the seals in the bottom end. Cheap way of doing it, but it works!
With me having jugs of oil in the side-box of the transport. I would check the oil level before going to bed. If it needed oil, I would put a jug on the passenger side floor and let it warm up there overnight. Made it a lot easier to pour in the morning.
