[AT] stiff tractor day

[charlie hill]

Ralph,

Seems to me that I heard in the news a few years ago that it was so cold 
somewhere in the Western US that people's fuel was gelling and their 
furnaces wouldn't run.  I guess if it can get so cold that diesel fuel or 
kerosene won't flow that hydraulic oil wouldn't have much of a chance.

I still don't know how you fellows (and ladies) stand it in that cold.
It's +72F at my house in NC.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] stiff tractor day


> When its as cold as its been here the last while even good clean hydraulic
> oil can thicken to the point that things work slowly if at all. I heard on
> the news that some of the city snow removal equipment was having problems
> for that reason.
> Which brings up an interesting old tractor reference. ONe of the features 
> I
> always liked on the Cockshutt 50 was the dis-engaging lever for the
> hydraulic pump drive. This meant that on a job that did not require
> hydraulics, (such as running the hammer mill) you could just flip the 
> lever
> to neutral and the hydraulic pump would not run, this saves unnecessary 
> wear
> and tear, especially in extreme cold conditions. My 40 does not have this
> feature but I have the necessary parts to install it "one of these days".
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:02 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] stiff tractor day
>
>
>> My problems with the later IH tractors' hydraulics not "warming up" is
>> usually water in the hydraulic system turning to ice. The only solution
>> seems to be draining the system, pumping out all the fluid (by running
>> the engine with the drains all open), and then refilling with new fluid.
>> Depending on the tractor, that could mean 15-20 gallons of fluid - not a
>> cheap fix.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> dfolske at nccray.net wrote:
>> > -34F here this morning and not supposed to warm up much during
>> > the day today.  I'm not looking forward to starting the 1850 to feed
>> > this afternoon.  With it plugged in I know it will start right up but
>> > even letting the hydraulic oil circulate for a while doesn't get that
>> > warm oil through the power steering cylinders and loader cylinder
>> > until you've actually used them for a while.
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Mike Sloane
>> Allamuchy NJ
>> mikesloane at verizon.net
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>> "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired,
>> signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not
>> fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." President Dwight D.
>> Eisenhower April 16, 1953
>>
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