truck idled 9 hrs today

[JLDickmon]

temp never made it above zero.. was -9 when I closed up shop..

wind blowing 20-35mph..

receptacles outside all buried under 10 feet of snow..

used 8 gallons of fuel

 

[BIG JOE]

Jeeeezuz thats COLD, COLD, COLD.


68'n sunny here


Joe

 

[DaveBen]

For the price of 8 gallons of fuel, around $68, I would have found a way of getting an extension cord out to the truck.

Dave

 

[JRJ04]

For the price of 8 gallons of fuel, around $68, I would have found a way of getting an extension cord out to the truck.

Dave

Where is diesel $8.50/gallon?

 

[DaveBen]

My mistake. $36 would be more accurate.

Dave

 

[f100cleveland]

Bet it smoked alittle when you headed for home. At least we have outlets we can get to where I work. Most of the time mine stays at near 100 degrees with the heater plugged in all day but yesterday it read 72. We have had close to -20 with wind chills down to 50-60 below. Glad we didn't gell up.

 

[nswsparky]

yea I put another oil pan heater on mine keeps the oil temp at about 70degrees when plugged in at 20 below. We have been building powerline up by Detroit Lakes MN we just start the tucks in the morning and leave them run all day. The buckets are SOO SLOW in this weather because of the thick hydraulic oil. 8 gallons seems right according to my GPH gauge it burns about 1 GPH when high idling.

 

[JLDickmon]

For the price of 8 gallons of fuel, around $68, I would have found a way of getting an extension cord out to the truck.

Dave

200 feet of cord would have had a pretty good voltage drop.. probably cooking the element, truck cord, or both..

cold weather returns tomorrow..

 

[WD40]

When it's 20 below, what are you putting in your fuel to keep it flowing? You running 50/50 mix.
Doug

 

[nswsparky]

When it's 20 below, what are you putting in your fuel to keep it flowing? You running 50/50 mix.
Doug

Na I just run #2 and put some diesel service in it, never had an issue down to 30 below around here they treat #2 down to about 10 below