So, I had brought my oldest son's tractor down from NH to have a friend do some extensive work on it. Since that storm was headed for us I wanted to trailer it back up to him before all this snow came down so he could plow the driveway instead of having to shovel the 14" by hand (it is a long driveway). Roads were dry and free of most of the salt and crap, so this past Wednesday night was a good time to do it.
Anyway, truck has had trouble starting ever since it got really cold and I knew she would not want to kick over in this weather (I'll trouble shoot after it warms up...in the spring!!). Well, I got lucky on Wednesday and the temps peaked at a balmy 25. And, as it turned out, although the truck was cold soaked for the last three weeks, it managed to fire up after about two minutes of cranking. After she warmed a bit, she ran fine, but due to the cold, heat in the cab was scarce, to say the least. I did put my "pipe insulation" winter front on, but it didn't do much good. Thankfully, I had purchased some $7.99 seat warmers last year at Home Depot and they worked great !! Best $7.99 I have spent on my truck yet.
I got to my son's house two and a half hours later, at 8 pm, and the temps had dropped into the single digits. We unloaded the tractor, put the plow and chains on and then I headed back to CT. Man, my feet were really cold by the time I got back to my house. If it wasn't for those fantastic cheap seat warmers, I would have been frozen like a popsicle!
I will have a look at everything when it warms up, as I am wondering why I wasn't getting very much heat during my long drive. My other M1009 may have taken forever (about 10-15 minutes) to warm up, but she did put out heat in the winter.
Any thoughts?
Anyway, truck has had trouble starting ever since it got really cold and I knew she would not want to kick over in this weather (I'll trouble shoot after it warms up...in the spring!!). Well, I got lucky on Wednesday and the temps peaked at a balmy 25. And, as it turned out, although the truck was cold soaked for the last three weeks, it managed to fire up after about two minutes of cranking. After she warmed a bit, she ran fine, but due to the cold, heat in the cab was scarce, to say the least. I did put my "pipe insulation" winter front on, but it didn't do much good. Thankfully, I had purchased some $7.99 seat warmers last year at Home Depot and they worked great !! Best $7.99 I have spent on my truck yet.
I got to my son's house two and a half hours later, at 8 pm, and the temps had dropped into the single digits. We unloaded the tractor, put the plow and chains on and then I headed back to CT. Man, my feet were really cold by the time I got back to my house. If it wasn't for those fantastic cheap seat warmers, I would have been frozen like a popsicle!
I will have a look at everything when it warms up, as I am wondering why I wasn't getting very much heat during my long drive. My other M1009 may have taken forever (about 10-15 minutes) to warm up, but she did put out heat in the winter.
Any thoughts?
