the most challenging month.
no one jumps and says maine is the cold spot of the nation.. because it happens 100+ times a winter.
an inspiration for a journal is just that reason
3 below right now... I may be in the coldest town in the lower 48... right now.
I did spend some time down kennebunkport way it is 25F warmer than my little northern town.
Ever driven an all iron sbc air cooled in the sun below zero? I know why the cabin heat gets priority.
they knew some nut like me would be driving around in the arctic air, too cold for the engine to need the radiator.
Gm knows cold... actually the big 3 of america has always known cold. Most focus on hot rods here... but there is another realm of winning the race.
just last night, had to pull over after squirting the winter version of rain X on the glass. Wall of blindness. Had to wait for the windshield to heat up. Did not take long.. I love the heater in this. It was only zero F for that rain X to fail. I had been on the road for 150 miles, nice and cozy in the cabin. I forget how cold it can get out there, driving around in a tshirt.
Anyway, I still row my 5 gears the old fashioned way, with a chunk of arctic blue glacier in the back and a frame that compressed an inch off height...
all year round through the changes. I know to avoid big throttle in this cold, the density change is massive.
I found a unique problem on my aging rails. I had seen this in tractor trailers with leaf springs... they needed a million miles.
of course a half ton pickup is not a tractor trailer, I got fatigue holes emerging in the same spot though.. at 375k miles.
simply a perfectly shape fatigue hole drawn in yellow in photo. it is between the rivets of hanger. Frame is still strong all around it. Can smack it with a hammer.
still beyond a half ton, I did that work myself. But I am more interested now than ever,. I thought I had seen all steel weirdness and maine.
This pickup has gone a long long time in the north.
I'll share what I do to repair it. after the spring time, a quick run to home depot and harbor freight.
meanwhile got a monster storm forecast 2 days out. they do not usually call for 2 feet this many days ahead.
no one jumps and says maine is the cold spot of the nation.. because it happens 100+ times a winter.
an inspiration for a journal is just that reason
3 below right now... I may be in the coldest town in the lower 48... right now.
I did spend some time down kennebunkport way it is 25F warmer than my little northern town.
Ever driven an all iron sbc air cooled in the sun below zero? I know why the cabin heat gets priority.
they knew some nut like me would be driving around in the arctic air, too cold for the engine to need the radiator.
Gm knows cold... actually the big 3 of america has always known cold. Most focus on hot rods here... but there is another realm of winning the race.
just last night, had to pull over after squirting the winter version of rain X on the glass. Wall of blindness. Had to wait for the windshield to heat up. Did not take long.. I love the heater in this. It was only zero F for that rain X to fail. I had been on the road for 150 miles, nice and cozy in the cabin. I forget how cold it can get out there, driving around in a tshirt.
Anyway, I still row my 5 gears the old fashioned way, with a chunk of arctic blue glacier in the back and a frame that compressed an inch off height...
all year round through the changes. I know to avoid big throttle in this cold, the density change is massive.
I found a unique problem on my aging rails. I had seen this in tractor trailers with leaf springs... they needed a million miles.
of course a half ton pickup is not a tractor trailer, I got fatigue holes emerging in the same spot though.. at 375k miles.
simply a perfectly shape fatigue hole drawn in yellow in photo. it is between the rivets of hanger. Frame is still strong all around it. Can smack it with a hammer.
still beyond a half ton, I did that work myself. But I am more interested now than ever,. I thought I had seen all steel weirdness and maine.
This pickup has gone a long long time in the north.
I'll share what I do to repair it. after the spring time, a quick run to home depot and harbor freight.
meanwhile got a monster storm forecast 2 days out. they do not usually call for 2 feet this many days ahead.
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