cropolis copolis apulys Ice-pocalypse! I have seen you guys @Fiveslide chatting about the incoming ice-pocalypse. Otherwise I haven't heard much about the storm. Is this thing going to linger or will it melt away fast? Stay safe. This is making me start thinking about pellet stoves again.... It has been unseasonably warm here. It is actually getting even warmer in the next couple weeks. I am really curious about what our March is going to look like. Y'all be safe and party like it's Thursday night with @Misanthropic . While looking for a picture, I stumbled upon this. Spoiler What on earth. Although I can see one of these in an old VFW bar. Happy Friday!
I had to move TWO fucking pianos tonight, and I'm barely having my first drink. This is not how I wanted to spend my Friday night.
It's going to linger. If our forecast is correct, it will get just above freezing on the Wednesday of next week. Then it will again get up to 39°f next Sunday. The rest of the time, it will be freezing. It won't just be barely below freezing, it's going to be lows in the teens and single digits. It's going to suck.
It will linger. It’s gonna remain arctic cold all week as it is, plus we’re in that period of time between the holidays and Spring where it’s just constant shitty cold weather.
So ice. I am 40 and we’ve never had an ice storm here. I am not stupid so I am stocked, but am I really looking at stuck here for days with a maybe power situation? People are going crazy but I think I’m fine with 3 days of food and a cord of wood. Am I?
I'm sitting in a ski lodge waiting for the lift to start running. Ski patrol says it's on hold because it's -19F with 40 mph winds at the summit.
Backup heat, food and water, you should be fine. You have other basic safety and survival items, like first aid kit, lights and such? This number below is crazy for this area. 27% chance of 2-4 inches of ice. The 1-2 inches would be bad enough. That's after, and in addition to, the 1-3 inches of snow falling the first 12 hours of the storm.
Trying to think how much money someone would have to give me in order to switch spots with you. Napa and 60s vs snow and -19F. I don't think $50k would do it. Maybe $100k.
I have only driven in freezing rain once, in my old work truck, driving the interstate on the way back home. I ran out of windshield wiper fluid just as I got home and the wipers were shredded. Freezing rain is so dangerous. Each drop immediately freezes wherever it lands.
Got a few runs lower on the mountain, than got my summit run when they got that lift operational. Cold as hell, but perfect visibility and no one else on the trail. Ideal conditions for bombing straight down the steepest run.
I came home last night and my wife mentions the garage smells like gas. That snowblower I mentioned in the last WDT that I was sure will figure out a way to fuck me over...its weeping fuel. I pulled the cover off and I'll be damned if I can figure out if it's from a bad seal, hose connection, or something else. I currently have the fuel hose pinched off until I can get a new set of gaskets and hoses. So much for my thought that if I bought a brand new snowblower I'd avoid nuisance maintenance issues everytime I need to use it.
It's a Cub Cadet. I bought it in 2019, so they'll gladly work on it if I pay them. My issue is the carburetor will quickly foul if I leave gas in it for any length of time. I've used it in January and then tried to use it again in March and it's refuse to run. Essentially I have to drain it after every use or it'll foul to the point I need to pull the carb and clean it. Its probably leaking because I've removed it so many times. Nothing is easy to access, and removing the shroud to get to the carb is a pain. I've had to replace the choke lever because you have to remover the choke knob to remove the shroud. Why this thing doesn't have a valve on the fuel line like my Troy lawnmower to stop fuel flow to the carb is beyond me. My lawnmower was a hand-me-down from my dad and the only thing I've done to it is put gas in it. Never changed the oil and I've left it all winter without draining the gas or putting any stabilizers in and it still starts on the first pull in the spring. That fucker just runs no matter what. Just found the bolt holding the carburetor bowl was very slightly loose. I fucking hope that's the culprit.
People think I'm nuts, but I use 94 octane with little to no ethanol, with fuel stabilizer right from the start, and drain the bowl and the fuel line after every use. (The yamaha I have has those features as part of the fuel cut off). I basically kill the fuel when I'm done, let it run until it dies, then hit the bowl/line drain. No problems ever since. Gas sucks for small engines these days, which is a major reason I moved just about everything I have to an electric platform.
So many new carbs and fuel system pieces just wear out or gum up with the new ethanol fuels. It's fucking stupid. I've had to replace 3 carbs in 3 separate engines because they just got wore out by shitty fuel; a wood chipper, pressure washer, and a lawn mower. I fucking hate that the options are so limited and they are such bad and cheap designs.
My snowblower does that too but as far as I can tell it’s coming out from the gas cap because of temperature fluctuations. Causing the metal to expand and contract? Beats the hell out of me. The thing starts and runs like a top so must not be serious.
You use the stabilizer with the ethanol free gasoline? I have the stabilizer but thought I didn't need that with the ethanol free gas. I haven't had issues with my small engines. I've bought my machines new and only used regular gas with stabilizer when I couldn't find the ethanol free stuff. I haven't had any issues with my carbs between push mower, snow blower, power washer. My dad on the other hand has constant issues with the carbs on his power washers. I really think the fuel is the difference.