-20 windchill, about 5 degrees out :flipoff2: yeah i know i know i am a newb and i am not a west coaster, so i expect some shit, but lets at least humor me :flipoff2:
You couldn't pay me enough to move back to the midwest and deal with that shit again. Marquette, you nuts. It was 84 today in Phoenix, life's bitch out here. :flipoff2:
To the people who think they've been cold, you've never had the pleasure of experiencing UP, Wisconsin, and Minnesota winters. When the shifter breaks off at the tranny from trying to force it into gear, you know it's beyond butt ass cold. I've never heard sounds like that from a truck before.
It's been in the teens here in D.C. the last 2 weeks and that's as cold as I ever want to feel! Although I did go to PA last week and drove in this hole. Not as bad as yours but having the knuckles under water for 5 minutes is not good.
well if there were any guys that would wheel their toys around here it wouldnt have happened that way! and the sammy wasnt cuttin the mustard, in fact neither did the jeep we had to break out the winch it was super crazy hard core!!!
It's been in the teens here in D.C. the last 2 weeks and that's as cold as I ever want to feel! Although I did go to PA last week and drove in this hole. Not as bad as yours but having the knuckles under water for 5 minutes is not good.
5 minutes? on the first crossing, heading out to the trails i spent almost a full hour sitting there, on the way home (the darker pic) i spent about 10 minutes, i had ice water in my doors you could hear sloshing around, about 2 feet in the bed, about half drained out, what a mess. Can't wait for the snow to melt and the school semester to be over so i can get my SAS done dangit
oh and for good measure i am sure i missed one of these
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Grille is at home. You know I was planning on working on the rig this Winter.
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Solid axle knuckles don't like sitting in water. Moving is ok. I plan to inspect them first chance I get. One of the hubs would not unlock because it had ice in it!
yeah my hub's wont unlock either, there is about 3 inches of ice stil on em, its good to here ahead of time that SA knuckles don't like water for future reference
I'm in MI and wheel my Toy, but unfortunately Marquette is a little too far from Kalamazoo. Oh, and my hubs have been frozen many times, nothing a little persuation with a wrench won't solve.
well maybe you should plan for memorial day up here in marquette, we started a new club last year and have "hosted" 3 runs so far, on memorial day last year we had 15 trucks, hoping for 30 this year, come awn up i am sick of being the only toy, check out the UP Big Wheelers forum on www.michiganjeepers.com you will here more about us "yoopers" wheelin
A little trick for something that is frozen is to use windshield washer fluid. Just pour it over the ice and it will melt it away. Works even better if you keep the jug inside the truck or 4runner.
A little trick for something that is frozen is to use windshield washer fluid. Just pour it over the ice and it will melt it away. Works even better if you keep the jug inside the truck or 4runner.
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