How cold to leave running ?
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Yes, do it frequently where I work. Pull start if its aired up and has manual transmission
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I've jump started a friend's truck off a Honda Civic. Took about 20 minutes to get enough juice to the batteries.
Knock on wood I won't ever have to jump my own truck. I bought heavy duty jumper cables to help start another friend's truck about three years ago and have used them several times to help out fellow truckers and civilians since then.daf105paccar Thanks this. -
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Was at a Flying J in Kansas City, MO 2 days ago... The water for the store froze that night, half the fuel islands were turned to a skating rink!! Got down around -5F I think... In the morning several drivers were waiting their turn for the truck service to come get them going. I wasn't worried as I heavily treat my fuel with isopropyl alcohol, I didn't idle that night and it fired right off in the morning, no problems. 15 or 20 mins to warm up and down the road I went.
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When it gets cold, for those of you running DEF, make SURE you keep your DEF topped off. DEF is the first to freeze and the DEF pumps become inoperable.
If you don't do that, then plan on buying the ####ty "DEF in a box" and filling 2.5 gallons at a time in the cold. Been there.Cattleman84 and uncleal13 Thank this. -
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What's wrong with this picture?
It's in the mid 30's when you choose a place to park. It's projected to get down to 13°F tonight. Instead of choosing a bone dry parking spot 100 yards from the entrance to the amenities, you choose to park as close to the entrance as possible...
...in 1" of standing water...!!!???Last edited: Jan 3, 2018
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