[AT] Winter storm and cold

[Mike]

We are into our second day of this storm, 18" of snow, and now extreme 
cold (0 degrees and -20 windchill right now). The drifting is 
ridiculous, and the cold goes right through you. I'm not sure how Ralph 
does it with the kind of cold he sees, although I do suppose you get 
used to it. I'm in Michigan and I have an aunt and uncle that used to 
live in Louisiana when I was young. I remember them coming to visit, and 
we would be having a nice fall day that was 50 degrees or so. You would 
think they were going to try and scale Everest, hat gloves, winter coats 
etc. We used to get a good laugh about that.
Mike M

On 1/6/2014 5:26 PM, Richard Fink Sr wrote:
> 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
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>
>> 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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