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<blockquote data-quote="TriHonu" data-source="post: 9520" data-attributes="member: 897"><p>I too have seen the effects of cold. My personal experiences were with cast iron castings. At -30 to -40 we broke a couple with relatively minor impact. The coldest I experienced was -53 degrees with no wind chill. In the warmest layers I owned it was only 5 minutes before the cold was just getting through faster than I wanted!</p><p>When I was young, I was at the local welding shop and they were working on a "Woods Truck". I walked over and noticed the truck had really long heater hoses with hydraulic couplers on them. I asked what they were for. Albert just smiled and said the Skidder had a matching set... They would hook-up in the morning and let the truck give the Skidder a transfusion while they did the morning maintenance. By the time they got done with the checks and greasing the Skidder was already at operating temp before they fired it.</p><p>As Ken stated, when it gets that cold you are better to wait it out. It's just hard on both equipment and people and you just don't get as much done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TriHonu, post: 9520, member: 897"] I too have seen the effects of cold. My personal experiences were with cast iron castings. At -30 to -40 we broke a couple with relatively minor impact. The coldest I experienced was -53 degrees with no wind chill. In the warmest layers I owned it was only 5 minutes before the cold was just getting through faster than I wanted! When I was young, I was at the local welding shop and they were working on a “Woods Truck”. I walked over and noticed the truck had really long heater hoses with hydraulic couplers on them. I asked what they were for. Albert just smiled and said the Skidder had a matching set... They would hook-up in the morning and let the truck give the Skidder a transfusion while they did the morning maintenance. By the time they got done with the checks and greasing the Skidder was already at operating temp before they fired it. As Ken stated, when it gets that cold you are better to wait it out. It's just hard on both equipment and people and you just don't get as much done. [/QUOTE]
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