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Arghhh!!! It's going to be a bad week!

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Shelly

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We were supposed to be delivering hay to a dairy today, ain't happenin' now! Brakes are froze solid on the trailer, trailer tires are frozen to the ground, and we discovered a flat on the inside dual of the semi. Got the truck in town to fix the flat after we got it unhooked from the trailer, will have a heater under the trailer unthawing the brakes, and the hay unloaded so if we ever do get the brakes thawed, we can get the trailer moved. Grrrrr, it's only Monday!!!! What's gonna happen the rest of the week?
 
I just hate it when that happons to me. I just go in and sit in front of the fire and wait for better weather. It will though out in a day or two. Heck it is too cold to work outside anyway if the brakes are frozen. Some days are better spent in the sack. Why fight it?
 
Cheer up Shelly, we have warmer weather but the wind is blowing trucks over. I would rather be frozen to the ground than on my side in the ditch.

My truck is going in for some well deserved servicing tomorrow, and I hope to have a new starter solienoid for the skidsteer by Wednesday. $270 for the switch, $770 for a new starter. Right now it starts with a screwdriver and jumper cables :shock:
 
alabama said:
I just hate it when that happons to me. I just go in and sit in front of the fire and wait for better weather. It will though out in a day or two. Heck it is too cold to work outside anyway if the brakes are frozen. Some days are better spent in the sack. Why fight it?
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"Some days are better spent in the sack." :lol: :lol: :lol: If only!!!!!
 
Hey, one of the best days of the year is coming up and I don't mean Christmas... I mean winter Solstice as in from that day on the days start getting longer again, won't notice much at first but oh.. Vasn't wait for more than 8-9 hours of light again... Than soon enough it will be March 21st and we will be well on the way to spring... Hope springs eternal after all.
 
Boy it's refreshing to hear that we aren't the only ones with problems. We've got about 500 hay bales that got stormed in the back country. The municipal patrols were out this morning and opened up 6 miles of back road. Got back to the yard and found our feed tractor leaking fluid out of a back tire......phoned the tire repair guys and nobody was available today. Went to the loader tractor that will be going to the field and found that it is leaking fluid also so I guess we can get two tires fixed on the same trip. :? :? Just hope the wind don't blow our road in before we get everything running! Could be worse I guess.........at least it ain't 40 below!
 
alabama said:
I just hate it when that happons to me. I just go in and sit in front of the fire and wait for better weather. It will though out in a day or two. Heck it is too cold to work outside anyway if the brakes are frozen. Some days are better spent in the sack. Why fight it?
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You had better have a good supply of wood cause you'd be stuck in the house a long time in this counrty.

Troubles must be running rampant up here. We put new drive tires on the semi to haul 20 loads of hay I bought 60 miles from home. The nuts came loose and we ran 2 tires flat and had to change them on a loaded truck in the middle of the hiways.
 
My cows are kind of snowed in Ty walked two miles in 2 plus feet of snow to switch paddocks tonight. Don't want to plow out there till my hay hauler is coming For Sure-ohh well keeps him in shape for hockey. Of course he did a hunting loop so he was pretty gassed didn't wander back till almost 7'00 tonight.
 
Shelly said:
alabama said:
I just hate it when that happons to me. I just go in and sit in front of the fire and wait for better weather. It will though out in a day or two. Heck it is too cold to work outside anyway if the brakes are frozen. Some days are better spent in the sack. Why fight it?
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"Some days are better spent in the sack." :lol: :lol: :lol: If only!!!!!
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Depends on who's there with you....Did I say that outloud?

LOL,

Better days are coming,

PPRM
 
Finally got the truck and trailer rolling this afternoon. Sat at a cow sale yesterday, sold a few, got basically nothing for them. Accountant came this morning to do books, said we made too much money, be prepared to pay big. Wonder what tomorrow has in store? :roll:
 
Please, a Christmas present from Canada, Hold the winter at the border. We don't need it yet. THANKYOU. All in all its been nice and due to the nice weather I've saved 50 bales. We are expecting rain and snow tomorrow so today I put 6 cord wood in basement so we will be warm till it thaws out. Is it me or does it get colder the older ya get?
 
Hey Shelley, don't you guys have a sniffer on your rig? If not, I heartily recommend installing one for very few bucks. You should be able to pick one up at a wrecker somewhere. We have a sniffer on the Western Star and never have frozen brake line troubles.

The other hint I have to offer is to not put the max's on the trailer or truck when shutting down. Let the brakes trigger on their own, so the drums have a chance to cool down before the pads hit them. Also, if you're hauling in the snow, before shutting down, take a run down a clean highway (if possible) and hit the brakes a couple times. Helps dry the drums out. Doing this, we never have frozen brake troubles that a couple taps with a hammer can't cure in the morning.

Rod
 
Silly me, but what's a sniffer? For all I know, maybe our Star already has one. It's an ex Co-op truck, used to pull fuel tankers.
 
I have never heard the term sniffer either, I assume it is a dryer.

There are desicant packs that need to be replaced sometimes. The air for the brakes is dehumidifyed by the dryer if the desicant is in order.

Another trick for parking where there is snow, roll the truck ahead and back a few times before shutdown. It cools the tires and maybe helps the snow not just melt into the tread and freeze. With the wind it might not help as the snow just blows back arond the tires.

Got my truck back from Freightliner, only $1200 in maintance. Not bad if you say it quick.
 
A sniffer is a clear bottle under the hood, mounted inline on the master brake lines. You fill it full of brake line de-icer, and as you use the brakes for the first little while it pulls in de-icer and runs it through the system preventing line freeze up. Its especially handy for something like our old Star that rarely gets used and often ends up with moisture in the lines.

Rod
 

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