Tonight went to work temp was -33c with a windchill of -44c (thats -27f & -47.2f for those of you in the usa) Pretty freakin cold - even for a canadian And still, truck ran great Lots of heat Probably the only thing better would be to have some kind of insulation in the cab But overall super impressive I thought I would have had to park the truck for the really cold months But no, its doing great!! Traction is even not too bad considering I DONT have 4 wheel drive I was told ---- oh you wont even be able to drive down the back lane with it -- Yah right !! This thing is just fine
That is cold. I think we saw -12F (-24C) yesterday but today we're in "positive" numbers. All the way up to 8F right now. And snowing. I think I'm going to need to get a new battery for my little truck. It only gets driven on weekend and the battery tends to wear down. I've got a solar charger on it so I may go give it a try this morning.
Here in Northern Maine, I park my HA4 for the winter. It only has a glorified lawn mower battery and will only turn over a couple of times before going flat. we are set to have our coldest weather of the season (-20 to -30F) this weekend. The truck is great in the fall until early Dec. Heater works great and no one runs their side by sides much after hunting season. they are out in the open and I am snug in the Honda!
Luckily for me I get to keep my truck in a nice warm garage MY battery can't handle anything past -20 either Maybe some day I can put in a real battery That seems to be the only issue though B4 I made more room in the garage... I just hooked up a trickle charger to the battery Then no probs
Mine put out so little heat you chose to keep the windshield defrosted or your feet warm. Can't drive it with my size 13 snowboots on! Just got it back had the heater & rad flushed, but it went from -25 to +6 in the last couple days.
MY TRUCK started today.. outside in the cold. NOT pluged in... i made a Video tape of it. but it did not turn out. it started up Fine! this is a video from 3 days ago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-98Wwmqwmg and i have to start it up in 30 min to drive my bro to work.... (last started 5 hrs ago... so it will be fine...)
i love girls with accents..lol except Russian or middle eastern accents.. its 55 F here in Southern California. but for some reason everyone still seems to run to their cars in the morning
Ontario not too cold here maybe -20 after seeing this thread went out to start the truck last night.....no concerns
-29 this morning..everything started ....wipers wouldnt budge till the cabs warmed up a bit tho...nothing holding them back but cold...sythetic grease is in order me thinks
Today it was finally above 0f... the coldest we had was -28f with a -50 windchill. BRR! I haven't had my truck not start yet though. He didn't WANT to a couple of times but he always did
I'll take this mississippi 100 degree heat and humidity in the summer time over those sub zero winter temps any day
Thanks I was looking for that vid the other day WHAT kind of battery are you using???? I want one! LOVE the stiff shifter! Too bad the square wheels thing wouldn't come across in a video for the guys down south to experience.... Your heat must be good too. Mine still takes a while to get warm. When I am out running around, I don't bother to turn it off.. It cools down so fast, I would never get any heat out of it in short trips. Did u see the forecast??? Thur daytime highs above zero, with possible rain with fri lows down to -20 sunday lows back to -30 then slowly creeping back up to the following thur with highs of -6 i think its time for some gasline antifreeze
ill post a Video of my battery setup in the next day or so. . it is NOT Stock. (it's from my old 2001 Crown vic. lol so it's Real big..)
Are you using any sort of sand bags in the bed? Block heater or battery blanket? Any car starting in -30c is impressive let alone a little mini truck.
no sand bags. no block heater and no battery blanket. and the back box like thing on may truck is maybe 40lb's i keep it in 4x4 all the time.
Hey Starpuss... Yea a battery out of a crown vic would be great!! That battery must be almost as big as the motor Do you run really light oil for the winter?? I toss in a couple of patio blocks just for measure. I don't have 4 wd Tried puttin in 6 blocks But it was too much, and did not achieve any better grip BTW I got my truck from yous guyz at KeiKing Been very happy with it
My Daihatsu heat is fine to about -25C, I may flush the rad this summer to see if there is any improvement. I have a piece of cardboard that pretty much totally covers the rad so the truck warms up pretty quick. I have a 100W Canadian Polar pad heater on the oil pan and a battery blanket on the stock battery. If I plug it in for an hour no problems no matter what the temp. Driving with size 12 snow boots is a no go, so I usually wear sneakers and put the boots on when I get out. A small sacrifice for 28mpg in the winter, with 13" snow tires and a load!! Tip du jour: 1' x 3' piece of expanded mesh is great when you're stuck. Keep at least one in every vehicle! (2 is even better!)