Recent content by Blue2Orange

Need to amend my post. I'll take cold over ....up to a point. Not going to get above 0F for the next several days. Coldest day today in almost a decade. -6F is the forecasted high. Could be worse. People that live up on the Shore, Range or the Dakotas think we are cold weather wimps...

Couple options added to the BX2380 that I don't have any regrets about are the 2" wheel spacers and the Bxpand skid plate. SCUT has minimal ground clearance for trail maintenance use. The factory mini plate that sort of protects the hydraulic filter and cooling fan is minimal protection. One...

just checked the Defender web store page. They no longer stock. Probably too cheesy, cheap, and no brand label for the "yahhttttts".

About a decade ago I purchased couple sets of Defender branded (house brand from Defender dot com) sailing foul weather gear. Horrible as expected for use while sailing. Heavy weight polyester with some form of rubbery waterproofing. Like wearing a plastic bag if zipped and velcro shut tight...

Living in the woods, the wind or breeze never seems to blow in one direction. Only on the totally dead calm days do I stay snow free. I wear an old set of foul weather gear over the clothing. Covered and sealed completely from head to toe. Old repurposed ski goggles. Balaclava under the hat...

Consider a bleach solution. For cleaning sailboat sails of scum, mold a few of us have had success with a diy solution labeled Formula B. Goggle for correct recipe. Practical Sailor magazine years ago compared it against commercial products. Just or more effective at a fraction of the cost...

Occasional email, text from scammers regarding security issues or other scams. Normal in our connected world. Remember the days of land phone lines and junk messages on the answering machine? Today, much easier dealing with the junk. Bit like the still existing slow mail junk mail. Straight...

I guess freezing is one way to separate the water from the diesel. I've been using a funnel that looks similar like the Mr. Funnel for decades. So far, no water in the fuel issue. But the BX doesn't have a water sep. Considering Clean Diesel. PowerService's anti-gel, cetane booster seems to...

Looked at my BX and plugged in the block heater. Another ~6" of very cold snow needs to be blown into the woods. But, it's the coldest day of winter so far. -20C/-4F at sunrise. At least it is sunny and only a mild breeze. Walked down to the mailbox and cleared it out for the USPS person...

My OEM truck battery lasted ~5 years. Less than 24,000 miles. Higher than "normal" capacity battery. Truck came equipped with plow and towing package. Mechanic noted I needed to drive more often and longer distances. Replaced with an Interstate AGM of similar capacity. Last November picked...

New I changed oil and filter annually even with usually less than 100hrs of run time. Eventually the hours dropped to ~50hr/year. Started stretching up to ~18 months after my neighbor who grew up farming and is now retired and back on the family farm noted my maybe excessive maintenance...

It snowed again last night. Guess what I did? Went snowboarding. Lift lines started forming mid-day. Headed home and cleared the driveway. Again. Cold front arrived late. Probably why minimal numbers at lift opening. They believed the forecast. 20F at lift opening. Mid to low teens by noon.

35 cents is a distant memory during the undergrad years. Good thing. Didn't own a car. Borrowed my Dad's car. AMC Matador. Had to fill it up. Thing got maybe 12-13mpg. His Fiat 128 was sweet in terms of mpg. Borrowed it for a road trip to ski a few mountains in MT. My ski buddy and I...

Blower goes on sometimes before the first snowfall. Winter of '23 or '24 it sat on the pallet for the whole season. A first after a couple decades of use. Use to be seasonal snowfall of less than 17 feet was a bad year. For the past decade plus that is now a good year. So far, a bit over...

Another morning of snow removal. Snowblower time. I'm stubborn or stupid. Once again I tried making the first run downhill to the township road using the FEL bucket as a snow pusher. Plan was as in the past with the NH to create two banks and then snowblow them into the woods. Again...