Whatever would you do if you had the 27" that fell in some places yesterday ? Four inches ! truly amazing ! Washington DC gets 1" and the whole city shuts down ! They are not equipped to handle snow. Indiana where there is about a 10" blanket of snow (probably more since I last checked but felt safe with that amount) Glenda >Good lord Becky I've not stirred for three days because we've got four >inches of snow. > >Jim Sharpe Manchester U K >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, December 29, 2000 4:52 PM >Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Fw: Canada! > > >> In a message dated 12/29/00 11:18:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> >> > Hi Becky et al, my son spent some time working around Bismark, North >Dakota >> > some years ago and I remember him telling me that the parking places had >> > cables provided to plug in to the cars [automobiles] in order to stop >the >> > engines freezing solid. >> > >> > Jim Sharpe Manchester UK >> > >> >> Hi Jim, >> Just a quick note before I go to lunch (something I haven't had the >> privilege of in a long while). Yes, there are places to plug in your >> vehicles. This does help tremendously with a cold start. However, >sometimes >> it is cold enough that the diesel (will turn to gel, engine shuts down) & >air >> lines will freeze up as you go down the road. This is what the additives >> help tremendously with. Imagine, if you will, driving a vehicle which >weighs >> a minimum of 60,000 pounds (what that is in metric's I don't know) at 50 >> miles an hour. The air lines have frozen, but you don't know that because >> you haven't watched your gauges or maybe a gauge malfunctions. Then, you >try >> to brake & there is nothing there. There has to be at least 125 pounds of >> air pressure for the brakes to function. My trucks, when loaded, weigh >> between 40,000 & 72,000 pounds. It takes quite a lot to stop these >trucks, >> something that the average driver doesn't think about. There are some >trucks >> out there with the capability of loading heavier. Well, so much for a >quick >> comment on air brakes. >> >> Take care, >> Becky