The new Rover radiator & hoses arrived just before Christmas. A few weeks ago, after taking the Rover out to bid a job, an oncoming tricked out Ford with mudders launched a projectile at my Rover. I saw the incoming missile, then heard it strike and bounce around under the bonnet before detonation. By the time I arrived home, there was a fine, green mist flowing out of my radiator. The impressive odds of such a precise strike without a guiding system, not withstanding, I was kind of ticked off.
My intention was to fire up the torpedo heater in the Rover Hut and get to work on the truck today. Unfortunately, I was rudely surprised to find the temp hovering around -20 this morning, which destroyed the minimal motivation that I had.
We had five inches or so of snow fall from Christmas night on, so I pulled the snowblower out of the Rover Hut, and quickly found that it needed to be dragged into the cabin for a pre-start warm up. By the time the drive was plowed, and firewood hauled into the cabin for the week, I realized that the new radiator could wait until at least -10.
December 28th, 2014 at 2:08 AM
Since my arrival in Alaska in the mid 90’s I have often wondered about the odds of having a stone hit an oncoming vehicle in exactly the wrong place. I have had three trucks in Alaska and each on has a crack in the windshield ‘exactly’ where your eyes would normally be looking while driving. Maybe we should alert the defense department about our unguided missile efficiency, here in Alaska?
December 28th, 2014 at 3:38 AM
As I watched the projectile coming in, all I could think was, “Oh no, not the new windshield”.
I guess I got my wish…
December 28th, 2014 at 8:57 PM
Mike, Only in Fairbanks or Fargo is minus 10 considered a warm up. LOL Hope u had a great Christmas and you’ll have a rock free 2015. Good news and bad news this Sat. nite: Good– the Badger men’s hockey team plays MI Tech on the Big Ten TV network, –Bad–more people than normal might see WI get beat. BTW–the BEARS still suck !!!!!
December 30th, 2014 at 6:21 AM
Larry, there have been times when I could not wait to see -20 again! Good luck against the Huskies, and remember… everyone is watching!