Southern thing.

Resonator · January 23, 2025, 11:37:06 AM

I knew some guys years ago that drove up to Alaska, said leaving your engine running for days on end was common. Also I met a couple drivers in Denver one time hauling trucks up there. They had brand new Internationals that were sent out on a factory test program. They would take a factory heavy duty truck, double all the cab insulation, and send it out in extreme duty testing. Or as the driver told me, do everything they could to try to break the truck in the cold.

SwampDonkey · January 23, 2025, 01:15:47 PM

But Alaska is 1,825 miles from the North Pole. Alert, on Ellesmere Island in Canada is 500 miles south of it and it's is -40° there today.

SwampDonkey · January 23, 2025, 01:23:28 PM

Years ago in cold winters, I walked on hard packed snow here a good many times. The road by here was so packed tight with the hard wind snow that a snow plow couldn't do anything. Had to get a payloader to clear a path and a grader with a blower. I can remember a few one lane situations. Even this cold stretch we are in now isn't any colder than it's been that last 15 years. No -30's since 2008 here. 12 feet of snow that winter to, never stopped snowing from Oct 25, 2007 - May 15th, 2008. It was funny the second week of October of 2007 we had 3 days in the 70's.

In the bad cold with a wind driving it, you can't breath all that well. I've experienced it, it will take the breath right out of you. You'll definitely cough.

Jeff · January 23, 2025, 04:00:44 PM

I see on tv at the cabin that the,Northern thing is now the Southern thing!

TreefarmerNN · January 24, 2025, 06:47:03 AM

Quote from: Resonator on January 23, 2025, 11:37:06 AMI knew some guys years ago that drove up to Alaska, said leaving your engine running for days on end was common. Also I met a couple drivers in Denver one time hauling trucks up there. They had brand new Internationals that were sent out on a factory test program. They would take a factory heavy duty truck, double all the cab insulation, and send it out in extreme duty testing. Or as the driver told me, do everything they could to try to break the truck in the cold.

My brother worked at a testing lab that among other things did DOT testing of vehicles including things like defroster testing and other cold weather standards. One of those standards was that in case of a rollover, the engine is supposed to stop running without operator intervention. I forget the exact parameters but I think the lower standard at the time was -25f and DOT wanted to take it to -50. They put several vehicles in the cold chamber and chilled them down. A couple would run, a couple wouldn't start even with auxiliary battery power and two not only wouldn't start but even after being pushed out and warmed up wouldn't run again. I suspect if you are in a rollover at -50, you are in a world of hurt whether the engine cuts off or not.

Machinebuilder · January 24, 2025, 08:03:43 AM

I really enjoyed my trip to Alaska, and am very happy it was summer time.

While visiting my friend in North Pole (just outside Fairbanks), I was interested to learn he has radiant floor heating in his garage.
This is so he doesn't have to keep his cars plugged in. I saw many parking lots around Fairbanks that have plugins for your car.

I have watched youtubers that are living off grid in Alaska, They are a different type of person.
I would have a very hard time doing it, I have become too accustomed to some of the nicety of have power etc

Nebraska · January 24, 2025, 10:29:27 AM

We have a cold South wind. Feels damp, 15 above. I think you guys could keep that cold air down there instead of sending it back. Sorry about the frost damage to your Gritsberry bushes.

Hilltop366 · January 24, 2025, 11:33:44 AM

Quote from: Nebraska on January 24, 2025, 10:29:27 AMSorry about the frost damage to your Gritsberry bushes.

fluidpowerpro · January 27, 2025, 12:29:08 PM

Nobody mentioned this as an option to ice fish in the south..
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https://www.tiktok.com/@muddsuckersfishing/video/7463971119779859758

barbender · January 27, 2025, 01:00:09 PM

😂😂😂😂

Resonator · January 27, 2025, 01:54:19 PM

Looks like something Robert would do...

YellowHammer · January 27, 2025, 02:41:20 PM

Uh, it looks like something I HAVE done

More than once.

customsawyer · January 28, 2025, 05:28:16 AM

And grandpa used to get on to me for scaring the fish away.

Jeff · January 28, 2025, 08:08:38 AM

How come I'm not catching any? "You aint holdin yer mouth right"

YellowHammer · January 28, 2025, 12:25:18 PM

I prefer #6 shot if the water is less than 2 feet deep, otherwise the fish will float up kind of muddy.

Old Greenhorn · January 28, 2025, 12:42:48 PM

A load of #6 would only make a divot like that from a 9 iron in the ice we have up here now. You have better luck with a long rifle, but will likely need a box of shells.

Jeff · January 28, 2025, 02:01:22 PM

I suspect the ice on my pond currently would ricochet a 300wmag

SawyerTed · January 28, 2025, 04:27:18 PM

The water isn't that hard here in Santee SC.

That's two blue catfish 48" 38" (typo

) plus long that came out of Lake Marion this morning. It's 60 degrees where I sit on the boat, tied to the dock enjoying a barley pop.

SwampDonkey · January 28, 2025, 05:09:26 PM

You'll have lots to eat tonight.

I've only caught one catfish my entire life and I've fished a lot of lakes and streams. This one was on a very dark water stream, black as coffee. It was over on another watershed from here, close to 100 miles by road. Never seen one in the waters around here. Only bottom feeders locally are suckers, and they are not that common. Most stream here are speckled trout and a few places might have chub. Of course the main river ecosystem is disrupted by dams so Atlantic salmon don't run up it freely. Over on that other watershed with the catfish they do run free. A lot of places are closed to salmon fishing or it's catch and release. There are bass, some species of bass are introduced which is an illegal act. That particular one kills salmon fry. I have eaten catfish, first ever was at Jeff's annual Pig Roast. Member Fishfarmer raises them.

GRANITEstateMP · January 28, 2025, 08:03:41 PM

In the words of a friend who lives up on Lake Winnipesaukee here in NH, our water is a bit "thicker" right now

Old Greenhorn · January 28, 2025, 08:38:44 PM

Yes indeed. In the northern climes 'Hard Water' has a totally different meaning.

Resonator · January 28, 2025, 09:10:58 PM

In the city of Merrill not to far from me, they set up an 1/8 mile drag race track on the ice. They've been doing it for 60 years, though some winters it was cancelled because of lack of ice. Multiple different racing classes of cars and trucks, unmodified to full blown race cars. Most of them running racing tires with hundreds and hundreds of screws studded in them for traction.

SwampDonkey · January 29, 2025, 01:23:15 AM

Some of you mid west guys must have seen ice boat sailing before. They race them. They are mostly home built.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SubGrIQQTkI

Pushaw Lake, Orono Maine. Chickawaukie Ice Boat Club.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NDgFuzPmNo

Old Greenhorn · January 29, 2025, 08:55:25 AM

The ice schooners were out on the river racing this past weekend. Man they can fly!

Raider Bill · January 29, 2025, 10:55:39 AM

Quote from: Resonator on January 28, 2025, 09:10:58 PMIn the city of Merrill not to far from me, they set up an 1/8 mile drag race track on the ice. They've been doing it for 60 years, though some winters it was cancelled because of lack of ice. Multiple different racing classes of cars and trucks, unmodified to full blown race cars. Most of them running racing tires with hundreds and hundreds of screws studded in them for traction.

We did this on a nearby lake with what we called winter rats [cheap beaters]. Drive the cars there, change out the tires and have a blast. If the car makes it put the street tires back on and repeat next week.