Extreme cold

[Too many Kubotas]

Anyone using any additives during the cold weather? Broke out the BX1870 yesterday and it was bogging down and running rough. Was thinking of throwing some Diesel 911 in it to see if that helps any.

The 911 is, as the name implies, for emergencies.

There a several readily available anti-gel additives that should be used ahead of time, avoiding the need for desperate measures.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Stay in out of the cold!

 

[Jframe]

I grew up logging in northern New England, the Live Free or Die state. Mostly I used a crawler tractor in the southern part of the state where I was tethered to the state university by the need for 12 or more credits every semester or else I would be carrying an M14 for $36/month. But I also logged up next to Quebec where the "jobber" provided the rubber-tired skidder. Everything was done on piece work, as a matter of fact the owner of a tiny sawmill that bought most of my white pine sawlogs was famous for successfully taking the state to the state supreme court to determine that workers' comp wasn't required for any work paid by the bd. ft. or cord. So the provided skidders were tired and indifferently maintained. Temps routinely hit minus 30, and I once saw a thermometer on a bank that said minus 44. I don't like starting ether, even today and don't use it. Something that worked far better and never failed was that after cooking breakfast, when I was heating water for dishes I also heated the approx. 4 gallons of crankcase oil, which I had drained the night before. Still need antifreeze of course, but did sometimes log with people who also drained the coolant each night.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

When I was a young mechanic at a big truck shop in Vermont, some of the loggers had connections on the front of their pickups or log trucks, that they hooked the hoses to there skidder out in the woods, then opened the valves, they basically were doing a "flush" by circulating there hot coolant from the truck, into the skidder ... Finish there coffee, and start the skidder, do the opposite when they were ready to go home ...

 

[Jstpssng]

Yes.

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This is the composition at night.
What is it during daytime?

 

[RayIN]

If you start it cold, don't run it fast until it warms up a bit. Let it idle a while to get the oils circulating.
Also depends on how cold of a cold you are talking about. Probably not too cold in Ohio, compared to northern Minnesota.
Just don't race the engine for the first minute or two.

Yup; this is what Cummins engine says on this subject.
Temperature Range Warm-Up Time
Below 0°F (-18°C) Up to 7 minutes
0°F to 50°F (-18°C to 10°C) 3 to 5 minutes
Above 50°F (10°C) 1 to 2 minutes