Snow blower in the kitchen

[Delmar]

An hour and a half inside did not do the trick and I'm running out of daylight again. I wish I would have put it in before church this morning. I can't believe how cold to touch that engine still is after 90 min in 70 degrees!

 

[intojoy]

I agree with that, but Mrs Delmar likes it to blow off the driveway for some reason.

Maybe there's an OCD issue there?

 

[Delmar]

I changed my mind.

 

[annabenedetti]

I changed my mind.

:chuckle: Thanks... I'd wanted to know what the snowblower looked like as much as I'd wanted to know what it looked like in the kitchen.

I think that'll meet with Mrs. Delmar's approval. (The photo, I don't know about the snowblower.)

 

[steko]

Delmar

They make an electric dipstick for automobile and truck engines.

I don't know if one is available for small engines.

I guess one could place a light bulb underneath the engine as heat rises.

Careful, though!

 

[meshak]

I would need to clean up the kitchen for Mrs Delmar to approve of that.

You seem to be sweet husband

 

[glorydaz]

An hour and a half inside did not do the trick and I'm running out of daylight again. I wish I would have put it in before church this morning. I can't believe how cold to touch that engine still is after 90 min in 70 degrees!

Get a space blanket, wrap it up like a newborn, and put a light bulb in there.

I simply can't feel too sorry for you, Delmar. We just had a cold snap that froze up all our horse troughs. We put a heater in one of them, but the others I had to take a pick axe and chop out the ice for four days in a row. Never struck gold or nothin'. :noid:

 

[Lohmeyer]

Was the gas in it old? Sometimes that will keep one from starting.

 

[zoo22]

Where do you keep the Zamboni? In the living room?

 

[Ask Mr. Religion]

There is a snow blower in my kitchen.

Sounds like the makings of a great Country Western song. Just add a pickup truck, something about Mama, and prison and you are all set.

AMR

 

[PureX]

A snow-blower that doesn't start in the cold isn't of much use. But you could put a lit lightbulb under it in the garage, and a cover over it to keep it warm, just to get it out of the kitchen.

 

[Delmar]

A snow-blower that doesn't start in the cold isn't of much use. But you could put a lit lightbulb under it in the garage, and a cover over it to keep it warm, just to get it out of the kitchen.

I got it started and got the driveway clear. Hopefully it will be easier to start now that it has run a bit. I do agree that I need to come up with a better solution than dragging it in the house and I think the light bulb method will work just fine. I just need to drag my trouble light out of the chicken coop. I got rid of the last of my chickens in the fall anyway.

 

[Delmar]

Sounds like the makings of a great Country Western song. Just add a pickup truck, something about Mama, and prison and you are all set.

AMR

She got run over by a danged ol train.....

 

[Tambora]

Sounds like the makings of a great Country Western song. Just add a pickup truck, something about Mama, and prison and you are all set.

AMR

haha!
Don't forget about "getting drunk".

 

[fool]

Hair dryer.
Hair dryer pointed right at the cooling fins.
Heat it up in no time.
Use them as heating fins.
Hair dryer.

 

[Delmar]

Hair dryer.
Hair dryer pointed right at the cooling fins.
Heat it up in no time.
Use them as heating fins.
Hair dryer.

That is crazy enough to work. I also happen to have a heat gun!

 

[Tambora]

That is crazy enough to work. I also happen to have a heat gun!

Ooooo, I used a heat gun on a frozen outdoor water faucet once.
It unfroze the pipe in no time at all. But it also melted part of the hose still attached to the faucet.
I wasn't aware they would get that hot. I now know!

 

[PureX]

I got it started and got the driveway clear. Hopefully it will be easier to start now that it has run a bit. I do agree that I need to come up with a better solution than dragging it in the house and I think the light bulb method will work just fine. I just need to drag my trouble light out of the chicken coop. I got rid of the last of my chickens in the fall anyway.

This sounds more and more like; "you might be a redneck if ..." :chuckle:

I replaced the battery in the tractor today so I could use it to get up to the end of the drive to fetch our trash can's (today was trash pick-up day). But the snow was so deep the tractor got stuck. It only has lawn tires on it. I think there are tire chains for it somewhere in the barn but it was too cold to search for them. But when the family friend who plows out our drive (in a rather drunken and erratic manner) passes away (which could be any time, now) I'm considering buying a 42" blower attachment for it and doing it myself.

But that's neither here nor there.

I put a trouble light under the toilet tank in an unheated barn and it keeps it from freezing all winter long. Those things work pretty good. My dad used to keep his sour kraut up to temperature during the winter with a light bulb, too. Though in all fairness with the toilet, we do light the wood stove out there fairly regularly during the winter, when we're around.

 

[fool]

That is crazy enough to work. I also happen to have a heat gun!

I did that with a riding lawn mower that wouldn't fit thru the door into my kitchen.

 

[Delmar]

Big snow storm yesterday. Got the snow blower started with no problems. Moved enough snow last night that it looks like I'm good to drive straight out this morning. I am glad I backed in last night!