Snow-pocalypse

Originally Posted by NHscrapman

I don't believe it till it's on the ground.
I run into all kinds of people doing snow removal and it's a great time to plug for scrap... The other guys are inside stripping motors

I'm the same way. Most people around areas I go to don't set things out til sunday or monday though and I already made my trip thru them for the night too so waiting on the snow for now

Originally Posted by NHscrapman

I don't believe it till it's on the ground.
I run into all kinds of people doing snow removal and it's a great time to plug for scrap... The other guys are inside stripping motors

Snow isn't supposed to hit til late tonight but might have to try networking with plow guys tomorrow night. Never thought about that before. That's a good idea!

Already snowing here. Hopefully no school on Monday

Now THIS is how to plow the snow >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...yt-cl=85114404

Whew .... i'm getting winter weary already. Seems like it's been colder than usual and the weather patterns are different. The forecasts haven't been very reliable. The snow and cold make for a lot of extra work.

It was weird .... my yard truck started acting up. Would not run well at all. After hours of troubleshooting outdoors with the wind chill at -15 i finally tracked it down to the fuel. It runs well on fresh gas from station A and barely runs on fresh gas from station B. It shouldn't make any difference but it does.

It's something to watch for. If you're going to have fuel problems this is the time of year you'll run into them. You have to be extra careful with your small engines like chain saws & snow blowers because bad gas will destroy the piston/cylinder assembly.

Ahh well .... better days are coming. Another 30 - 45 days and we will be through the worst of it. It's not far off.

Originally Posted by Andrew

I'm ready for spring! Bring on the warm weather and long work days.

Amen! Rather it be long work days than long days of shoveling every couple hours lol

Originally Posted by KzScrapper

No mention of snow in the forecast yesterday but I guess by 10pm last night they said we might get 1-2 inches overnight...woke up to 6+ inches.

Got about 6 or 7 inches here already and another 6-8 by morning. Don't think it's ever gonna stop

Originally Posted by Scrappah

Whew .... i'm getting winter weary already. Seems like it's been colder than usual and the weather patterns are different. The forecasts haven't been very reliable. The snow and cold make for a lot of extra work.

It was weird .... my yard truck started acting up. Would not run well at all. After hours of troubleshooting outdoors with the wind chill at -15 i finally tracked it down to the fuel. It runs well on fresh gas from station A and barely runs on fresh gas from station B. It shouldn't make any difference but it does.

It's something to watch for. If you're going to have fuel problems this is the time of year you'll run into them. You have to be extra careful with your small engines like chain saws & snow blowers because bad gas will destroy the piston/cylinder assembly.

Ahh well .... better days are coming. Another 30 - 45 days and we will be through the worst of it. It's not far off.

Blower on the heater in my truck has been working for a day or 2 then not working for a couple days so I'm dreaming of warmer days lol. I've experienced the same thing with gas from 2 different stations I go to too. Quit going to the one for gas after realizing their gas was the issue

here's idea.... Why don't ya'll share some if that snow with the west coasters! Here in Nevada we need the snow BAD!

Originally Posted by NHscrapman

Agreed. truck misfired a month and a half ago, had changed plugs during summer, so changed plug wires ran fine for a week and misfired again..
Threw a can of dry gas in no problems since, about a month now, I get gas all over and haven't figured out which station. More than one redid their storage tanks this previous summer and have these pump type station built now.
strange weather patterns indeed, but way better than last years ice capade.

Ummm ... I'm trying to figure it out but it's a bit of a puzzle. Best guess is that it's phase separation. The blended fuel we're using is a mix of gasoline & alcohol. When the blend starts to separate you get a low octane gas and a high octane alcohol. It's plain enough to see when the fuel is all whitish but the process doesn't happen all at once. The break down happens in steps.

It's weird, because you would think that the fuel would start going bad during the heat of the summer but the opposite seems to be true. I seem to be running into problems during the coldest part of the winter. Anyway, the truck won't idle worth a darn with a carbureted engine.

Crazy day: It was 5 deg F. with a hard wind out of the North when i got up this morning and when i checked the temp at 7:30 PM it was 45 deg with a wind coming up from the South. There must be some snow or rain on the way for Monday. That wet slushy snow is hard to push. Gotta stay right on top of it.

Gabe .... why don't i send you a cooler full of the stuff to sample ? If you like it, we can ship to you an endless number of gaylords !

Originally Posted by gabrielservices

here's idea.... Why don't ya'll share some if that snow with the west coasters! Here in Nevada we need the snow BAD!

Pay shipping and you can have it all, I'll send it to you first thing in the morning! Lol