Do you cover your vehicle ?

[Bison]

Wife's truck sleeps for the last 5 yrs in the garage i build into the house after the kids left .
My truck sleeps in the machine shed(open front) but will go this winter in the new shop i'm building if i get the heaters in and the doors installed before winter hits and the snow start flying.
The chore tractor and snowplow live in a small heated shop,they're the most important pieces of equipment on the yard

It used to be a bear to get the vehicles(all diesels) going in the morning in our cold winters when they were parked outside

 

[jmurray01]

Wife's truck sleeps for the last 5 yrs in the garage i build into the house after the kids left .
My truck sleeps in the machine shed(open front) but will go this winter in the new shop i'm building if i get the heaters in and the doors installed before winter hits and the snow start flying.
The chore tractor and snowplow live in a small heated shop,they're the most important pieces of equipment on the yard

It used to be a bear to get the vehicles(all diesels) going in the morning in our cold winters when they were parked outside

That is it. With the cold, the engines get very cold, and as diesels rely on compression and heat to start and run, they find it hard to fire up in cold, even with glow plug cycles.

 

[Bison]

That is it. With the cold, the engines get very cold, and as diesels rely on compression and heat to start and run, they find it hard to fire up in cold, even with glow plug cycles.

Yeah duhh,like i didn't know that,..i don't come out of an egg
I been diesel mechanic all my life :wink:
I have 3 diesel trucks and 7 diesel tractors.
Only gas engines i have are in 2 JD 112 lawntractors.
Only other use i have for gas is for washing parts:tongue:

 

[JDgreen]

Yeah duhh,like i didn't know that,..i don't come out of an egg
I been diesel mechanic all my life :wink:
I have 3 diesel trucks and 7 diesel tractors.
Only gas engines i have are in 2 JD 112 lawntractors.
Only other use i have for gas is for washing parts:tongue:

I hope you are joking because to me, using gas for parts washing is much too dangerous. There are commercial parts washing solutions available that are much safer. Guy I worked with before I retired was a Safety-Kleen employee before he worked with me, he told me several stories that made me even more determined not to use gas for cleaning.

 

[jmurray01]

Yeah duhh,like i didn't know that,..i don't come out of an egg
I been diesel mechanic all my life :wink:
I have 3 diesel trucks and 7 diesel tractors.
Only gas engines i have are in 2 JD 112 lawntractors.
Only other use i have for gas is for washing parts:tongue:

I was explaining it to anybody who didn't know.

 

[Bison]

I hope you are joking because to me, using gas for parts washing is much too dangerous. There are commercial parts washing solutions available that are much safer. Guy I worked with before I retired was a Safety-Kleen employee before he worked with me, he told me several stories that made me even more determined not to use gas for cleaning.

Nope,not joking.
After 40 odd years of using gas as parts cleaner i'm still in one piece and didn't burn the barn down either.
To scare the living daylights outa ye:tongue:,...i often smoked while cleaning parts either with the brush or compressed air/gas cleaning gun in the shop or outside.

Scary stories are just that,scary stories.But i don't scare easy:wink:

 

[reddragon]

you can pick up riding mower covers for $12 a piece at WALMART....theyre water proof too!......... Walmart.com: MaxPower Deluxe Tractor/Mower Cover: Garden Center