[AT] Winter storm and cold

[Dave Rotigel]

You forgetting where Dan lives is lots better than YOU forgetting where YOU live Charlie!
	Dave

On Jan 5, 2014, at 6:20 PM, charlie hill wrote:

> man I don't know how you stand it!
> I forget exactly where you live Dan?
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Dan Folske
> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 2:31 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Winter storm and cold
> 
> 
> Automated weather station 2 miles from me reports average wind chill for the
> last 10 minutes at -61F
> 
> One livestock waterer froze up this morning. Opened it up and found the
> heater working but the rubber supply hose touching the side of waterer.
> Moved it and it started leaking  at both top and bottom. Covered everything
> with an insulated blanket and used stove pipe to put the exhaust from my
> diesel pickup into the cavity under the waterer. Took about 1/2 hour to thaw
> it out, tightened the hose clamp at the valve to  the bottom of the hose and
> that stopped that leak but had to open the top of the waterer and remove get
> at the top hose clamp. Tightened it to stop that leak but by then the valve
> was froze again.
> 
> Put everything back together and covered it again. Changed gates around so
> all three pens of cattle can get to the other waterer which only took a rap
> from a hammer to knock the float free.
> 
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