I haven’t seen a winter like this in north western NY since the early 1980’s. Our ground froze in late December and the temperature has hardly got above freezing since then. Fortunately, we are well north of the Lake Erie snow belt, so snow accumulation hasn’t been too much.
I’m actually starting to work on some firewood, something I haven’t been able to do the winter in many years, because our ground hadn’t froze enough to eliminate rutting.
Only trouble is, the engines are harder to start when it’s cold out. I had the block heater plugged in on my diesel tractor for a couple hours this morning. I plowed everything out with my little gasoline powered Farmall Cub, which just barely got started, on its own 6 volt battery.
It took a few squirts of ether and some carb cleaner to get the little Honda gas engine on my wood splitter started. I haven’t tried to start a chain saw yet, but I got quite a bit more wood to spilt up before I need to worry about that.
What the heck happened to global warming ?
I’m actually starting to work on some firewood, something I haven’t been able to do the winter in many years, because our ground hadn’t froze enough to eliminate rutting.
Only trouble is, the engines are harder to start when it’s cold out. I had the block heater plugged in on my diesel tractor for a couple hours this morning. I plowed everything out with my little gasoline powered Farmall Cub, which just barely got started, on its own 6 volt battery.
It took a few squirts of ether and some carb cleaner to get the little Honda gas engine on my wood splitter started. I haven’t tried to start a chain saw yet, but I got quite a bit more wood to spilt up before I need to worry about that.
What the heck happened to global warming ?