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originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: rickymouse
Yes, she doesn't understand the "Wyoming way". Some might call it the "Oilfield way".
All weather, all the time, any time, any where...always!
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
a reply to: Allaroundyou
It would take 45 minutes to start the trucks, at those temps. They used to tell us to shut them down to save fuel, but at -30F they were a total BITCH to start back up again. You'd normally figure the batteries would go dead, so you'd get something else which was running to jump it from (Negative DC batts are always fun there).
My longest truck was a Mack with 318 Detroit. We'd spray the crap out of that engine with ether and it would go. Always sounded like it was going to blow on start up (which i hoped it would), but it would fire.
When I was runnin' for Halliburton, they'd always have the trucks warmed up and nice and toasty inside before you left. They'd be smokin' hot inside, but then you'd start going down the road and they'd cool off. No heaters could keep up with that cold. Fifty miles out you'd be scraping ice off the INSIDE of the windshield, and when you got on-site you'd better be wearing your heavy Carrharts because otherwise you'd freeze solid!