We haven't warmed up to zero in several days here. Tonight is supposed to be coldest night of the winter thus far at -25, thats regular temp not windchill. The wind was wicked all day and we had snow the night before. Spent an hour on the tractor blowing out the woodpile and dumping a fresh load in front of the OWB. My eyelids were frozen solid when I came in and my facemask was solid ice.
Had something weird happen with my Heatmor today I noticed when filling it this afternoon. I had thrown some wood in during the morning as we were drawing quite a bit of heat. About 6 hours after that fill, I finished blowing snow and thought I'd check and see if it needed any wood. I opened the outer door and saw my water temp was down to around 100. When looking into the firebox, the wood had wedged itself into a bridge about 10 inches above the grates. The forced draft must have burnt up all the embers but not got the new wood going. I pushed it loose and it warmed up pretty quick, but not a good day to have this happen.
Anyone looking at compact utility tractors, I bought one of the new Cub Cadet Yanmars last month, the 32 hp one. Really like it so far, makes all the chores enjoyable to do. They have zero percent financing and are offering an extra rebate right now. Hope it serves me well for years. I'll throw a pre-snow picture up of the new tractor.
Great night to sit inside and watch an exciting finish to the Sunday night game. Have a good week.
Steve
