[AT] Winter storm and cold

Richard Fink Sr rfinksr at verizon.net
Mon Jan 6 14:26:13 PST 2014


Herb i can relate to the driveing 49 chevy in cold weather. I had a 50 ford 
and it shifted about the same way was easy to drive in low for first 1/2 
mile then shift other two. In central PA at 6 am it was 32 at 5 pm it is 10 
but as Ralph said wind has slowed down a bit. But isure don,t want Ralphs 
weather so Ralph close that barn door about half way. he he
R Fink
PA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herb Metz" <metz-h.b at comcast.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 10:45 AM
Subject: [AT] Winter storm and cold


> Yes, I can remember feeding the cattle (daily) when we had a lot of cold,
> windy, Midwest weather and snow. Start 49 Chev pickup, keep it running,
> worry about breaking floor shift lever when shifting into low (some 
> farmers
> changed to lighter weight trans oil during winter, Dad didn't do that),
> watch where you are driving because having chains on only reduced your
> chances of getting stuck in deeper snow, drive along silo, climb up silo
> steps (inside the chute), wind was blowing straight up that chute, stick
> silage fork into frozen silage, break it loose, no problem after first
> couple forks full, because silage was not frozen that thoroughly, throw
> silage down the chute and turn around immediately because wind would blow
> some of the silage back up the chute and through the open door and into 
> your
> face. Keep repeating. Then drive out to feed bunks and unload and enjoy
> watching the cattle eat.
> Then go over to the cattle (water) tank and use axe to brake/cut ice in 
> tank
> and pitchfork to remove larger ice chunks. Water tank heaters were
> relatively new and expensive and not always trouble-free.
> Only then could you appreciate what you were doing. We tend to forget that
> confined domesticated animals are certainly at our mercy.
> Herb(GA)
>
>
>>Forecast of -50 wind chill for tomorrow. Depends what you are doing how
>>bad a person feels it. I was working (pretty hard) with cattle this late
>>afternoon and was sweating. Came in this evening to see thermometer
>>showed -22F.
>>
>>
>>Ralph in Sask.
>
>
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