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blackrams
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DEC 24, 10:18 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by cliffw:
Yesterday, I went out at about 6:00 AM. Saw my truck and decided to see if it would start. Ford 7.3 diesel. No. New batteries. Cranked ok, no start.
I could'a have added some anti gel additive to the fuel. Should have. I could have plugged in the block heater.
This is my first diesel, and this problem happen back during our snow maggedon two years ago. I wasn't sure what I should do. Adding anti gel additive to the fuel would not do anything at this point. I did what I should have done and plugged in the block heater.
It did take me three trips outside and then some inside warming. Moving and all I only had a fifty foot extension cord which I keep in my truck.
Lucky for me. I used to work outside, 12 hour shifts in witches tit weather and had the clothing gear. |
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Those of us who drive/work diesel trucks have learned this lesson so, don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Everything with a motor I have (except my Kubota tractor) is parked inside. Most likely won't be riding a Valkyrie for a day or so. Finally got that power back on here near Memphis and the house is toasty warm. I like it that way. 
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OldsFiero
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DEC 24, 12:16 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
I couldn't live like that............. |
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Lots of babies get made when the weather is like this.
It was 45 yesterday AM. By afternoon the defecation hit the rotary oscillator and was -3 overnight with a -28 wind chill.
Y'all stay safe and have a great Christmas and a happy New Year.
See you next year.
Marc
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MidEngineManiac
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DEC 24, 01:45 PM
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Just WOW.
Ya can have that back in the spring.
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Raydar
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DEC 25, 07:24 PM
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Looks like the worst is over, here. Made ~40F, today. Going into the med-teens tonight, but it was 9 degrees (or colder) two nights ago. All the animals survived handily, except for one duck that was killed by a predator of some sort. Can't blame that on the cold, however, other than the fact that dogs are frequently outside, and scare off anything that may come around. But not for the past few days, except for short intervals.
We haven't had any broken pipes, that I know of. Been dribbling cold and hot water. Tonight we realized that we haven't used the clothes washer for the duration. Hope all of that plumbing is okay.
I posted earlier about pool maintenance/winterizing.
We decided to close and winterize our swimming pool. Probably a good thing, in retrospect. Money well spent.
We also have an above ground dog training pool (Google "dock diving") - that we were going to leave open, and just run the pumps if it was threatening to freeze.
When we heard about temps in the teens, we decided to close it, too, last weekend. Drained both pumps and sand filters, disconnected and purged all the hoses (A shop vac with the hose plugged into the "blow" port works wonderfully.) and capped off all the fittings. There are ball valves near the bottom, where the skimmer hoses connect. We put insulating socks over those. So far so good. <knocks on wood>[This message has been edited by Raydar (edited 12-25-2022).]
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blackrams
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DEC 25, 07:35 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Raydar:
We haven't had any broken pipes, that I know of. Been dribbling cold and hot water. |
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A lot of water going down the drains where I'm at, (slightly north and east of Memphis, TN). But it hasn't seemed to help some. I know of three homes with busted water pipes, two of them the break was in the attics. Obviously, those homes are going to need so major repairs. My understanding is that all customers of Memphis Light, Water and Gas are under a boil water adversary now. A lot of the public water lines are busting. Calling for more of that white crap tonight and tomorrow but after that it's supposed to be warming up some. Rolling black outs due to folks using so much power is what I was told. Not power lines going down.
Doesn't matter at this point, I'm headed South tomorrow come hell, high water or snow. Ice could change my mind. Too many folks think they know how to drive on snowy and icy roads (especially those in the 4WD vehicles) and drive like the roads are dry. Yep, 4WD will normally go better in bad/slick conditions but, they don't stop any better and those folks are normally driving way too fast for the conditions. Frigg'n idiots! Oh, did I say (type) that out loud..................... 
Rams[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 12-25-2022).]
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Raydar
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DEC 25, 07:46 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
A lot of water going down the drains where I'm at, (slightly north and east of Memphis, TN). But it hasn't seemed to help some. I know of three homes with busted water pipes, two of them the break was in the attics. Obviously, those homes are going to need so major repairs. My understanding is that all customers of Memphis Light, Water and Gas are under a boil water adversary now. A lot of the public water lines are busting. Calling for more of that white crap tonight and tomorrow but after that it's supposed to be warming up some. Rolling black outs due to folks using so much power is what I was told. Not power lines going down.
Doesn't matter at this point, I'm headed South tomorrow come hell, high water or snow. Ice could change my mind. Too many folks think they know how to drive on snowy and icy roads (especially those in the 4WD vehicles) and drive like the roads are dry. Yep, 4WD will normally go better in bad/slick conditions but, they don't stop any better and those folks are normally driving way too fast for the conditions. Frigg'n idiots! Oh, did I say (type) that out loud.....................
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We know some people in that area. Olive Branch MS, to be exact. Sounds like it's been a lot worse there, than here. We've heard of a few people with broken pipes, as well.
Travel carefully. And yeah... I refer to 4 wheel drive as 4 wheel slide. 4WD will just get you stuck with conviction.
Did I mention... Travel carefully?[This message has been edited by Raydar (edited 12-25-2022).]
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blackrams
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DEC 25, 07:53 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Raydar:
We know some people in that area. Olive Branch MS, to be exact. Sounds like it's been a lot worse there, than here. We've heard of a few people with broken pipes, as well.
Travel carefully. And yeah... I refer to 4 wheel drive as 4 wheel slide. 4WD will just get you stuck [i]with conviction{/i].
Did I mention... Travel carefully?
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Steve,
There's a reason there are very few Old Bold Pilots, I'm one of the few that figured out that using common sense was a good way to stay alive (along following a few basic laws). I drive the same way/ Thanks. Be safe out there.
Rams
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MidEngineManiac
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DEC 26, 12:06 PM
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Here too, but we just getting started. It's going to 7c and rain by Wed so all that snow will be melting with nowhere to go until the sewer grates get cleared (or clear themselves)
Snowmobile to boat in one week.
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cliffw
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DEC 26, 09:14 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Raydar:
... purged all the hoses (A shop vac with the hose plugged into the "blow" port works wonderfully.
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Since we are sharing, ... I have two RVs and too many hoses to purge. At any hardware store you can get pipe fittings which will easily adapt to most plumbing and hoses. At the working end of your purge adapter you can use a typical tire Schraeder 'valve'. Then you can use compressed air. You don't even need high pressure.
| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
My understanding is that all customers of Memphis Light, Water and Gas are under a boil water adversary now. A lot of the public water lines are busting.
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My place in Bandera (just west of San Antonio) is under a boil water advisory. We were also notified that water pressure is low due to broken pipes. Power went out also.
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maryjane
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DEC 27, 12:12 AM
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We went to my mither-in-laws in extreme NE Texas for Christmas. Left our inside faucets all dripping, everything outside was triple wrapped, including all parts of the backflow preventer, the swimming pool pump, multi-valve and piping and I left the pool pump running with the shutoff thingy removed on the timer.
Returned late today to mid 50s temps and found no problems. One more night of upper 20s and it will be back to much warmer temps for the next 10 days as the jet stream now moved farther north and that pulls in warmer air from the southwest for most of Texas.
Mom-in-law's pipes froze under her double wide not-so-mobile home but Jane's brother is living there too and said he could take care of it.[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 12-27-2022).]
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