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Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 15, 2004 at 14:14:16 from (209.226.106.93):
In Reply to: Cold weather starting posted by little john on February 15, 2004 at 09:30:15:
John: Once and only once my dad and I started a 6 volt Farmall 300 at -40F unassisted in any way. The tractor was less than 6 months old at the time. It just went ur---ur---ur and fired up on the the 3rd one. The governors were frozen and to keep it from overreving I had to jump on and drive it in deep snow with brakes held on for awhile. Since that time and as far as I'm concerned they can sit if it is that cold. Even back then my dad hoped it wouldn't start. A few years later I had a crew hired in the bush cutting wood using a my John Deere 540A skidder. They showed up one morning for work - 36F and machine out in the bush. I figured this is no problem, it will never start. I wouldn't let them go by themselves as I didn't want them trying forever and killing the battery. Much to my surprise with a little shot of ether it was going. I should have sent them home in the beginning as they only worked a couple of hours and went home, quite frozen. You can't work hard enough in the bush with a chain saw at those temps to keep warm.
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