Its been snowing pretty good all day here in central New England. Yesterday the national weather service was calling for 8-14 inches. This morning they upped us to 10-18.
Just before lunch I rebuilt the starter/generator for my Cub Cadet which has the plow on it. The engine has been starting really hard lately and the starter was getting pokey, I'd have to smack it with a hammer to get it to work sometimes. One bearing was a little crusty and the brushes were worn down pretty good. Back in place it still seems pokey but the battery is taking a full amp, I wonder if its been only charging occasionally which could cause slow cranking. Then I took a couple snowmobiles for a spin, I was a little worried they'd frozen to the ground what with last week's storm when I was gone. Both started good and got loose with little trouble. Hard riding right now because its snowing so hard, visibility is poor and its windy. I also needed my heavy long underwear, I'd worn my light pair as I wanted to be able to move. As usual we're prepared, 4 gallons of kerosene, 2 gallons of Coleman fuel, 2 gallons of straight gas, 2 gallons of propane in 1# cans, just under 1 cord of wood left, plenty of food. We could be off grid for 3-4 days with no serious disruption at which point I'd have to start tapping the Ranger for gas and pull some diesel out of the cars. Plenty of diesel, the Jetta is full, 190D half full, 240D full... Maybe I'll light the Aladdin lamp Fred gave me for some wintertime ambiance. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
