The cold snap we've had the last two days, along with that snow we had last month, has surely killed all the greenery I planted earlier last year.

Here's to hoping the root systems were established enough that they can make a comeback.

 

I guess you just get used to the cold. After a week or tow of single digit overnight lows here, teens feels pretty comfortable. I really think there is a big psychological (or maybe physiological) component to it because I know the first time it gets down into the 30s in the fall around here, you're freezing after a long, hot summer, but by December or January the 20s feel about like shirt sleeve weather. It's a little odd.

The kids seem to get kind of immune to it too. We were all out sledding behind the tractor the other night for a couple hours and it didn't really seem to phase them. I think the temperature was in the teens.

 

I know what your saying Nate. After nine winters down here in AZ anything below 40° I'm freezing.

 

Dont ask me, here we are between 30 to 50*F in the morning.

 

I have two sets of factory clearance lights and I bought the clear ones from LMC. The clear ones had a weird led thing and they have failed in random ways over the last few years so I pulled them apart and will fit the standard bulbs in them.

 

I didn't realize those clear ones from LMC had the faux chrome bezels on them. Do you like those better than the stock style?

 

if I had a white xlt I would go with it however I have a green rusty xl and I will sand and paint the plastic chrome to match body color. I will run the clear lenses with colored bulbs and see how it goes.

 

-18°F Ambient with the Wind Chill sitting at -38°F

Man, I'm glad I don't have to work outside in this stuff, but it is not fun walking the 100 yards from camp to work.

We are calling for -26°F to -30°F Ambient over the next week.

 

It's warmed up here quite a bit again, but someone told me that's only temporary.

 

That's hard core, man. You guys are some hearty souls...

Guys at work here brought in the newspaper (For you millennials, that's a paper publication, with new stories printed on it, kind of like a magazine, but bigger and it comes out every day). This past weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the "Blizzard of '78" here in NE Ohio. It was more or less a hurricane on Lake Erie in the middle of winter. Some places had 20' snow drifts and it took the National guard a week or more to dig out some of the cars and trucks that were buried. It was only abouy 30" of snowfall, but the winds were gusting into the 80 MPH (higher than that on the lake itself) range which made drifting a real issue. Honestly I'm a little jealous. I don't know what it is about a good winter storm, but it makes me feel alive and I really enjoy the challenge.

And yeah, it's supposed to be 50* F here today. Stupid weather...

 

Yeah, up at work, drifting is an issue too. We may only get 4-6 inches of snow, but the drifts can bury an 8' tall shipping container close to the top of the doors.

-23°F out this morning and a slight breeze bringing the wind chill down to about -45°F....

 

I know its a off topic, but. What options would one have for fixing old fuel gagues, and tank upgrades?
dual tanks specifically. Will a bronco tank fit, and other larger tanks? Thank you!

 

This is the off topic thread, so nothing is really off topic here.

For the gauges, I've not really noticed that much an issue with the gauges themselves. If you're not getting a good reading, generally the issue is either wiring, the tank selector valve (which also switches the wiring for the sending units) or the sending units themselves.

Yes, you can put the Bronco tank in or a tank from what Ford called an F26E. The Bronco tank sticks down a bit lower, but the modification process is well documented and a quick search of the tech/mod folder should turn up a decent number of results.

 

I NEED this lol

 

Dang!! That looks much better than most "car" conversions..