gone postal

Outposts in the Arctic? Try Ft Drum, NY in February. Sucks to be the guy on CQ going out to the motor pool to check the vehicles.

cheecks

ya especially the semis, because if they do shut it off they will freeze over and Alaska is the most extreme place you can get fomr going to 0 degrees one day all the way down to -45 the next day, and all that is below zero

ottawaguy

Are you kidding? Fort Drum NY is an hour and a half south of me and I don't even have to plug mine in. You were kidding right???
On the rare occasion is is expected to drop below -30 C. I will plug it in...not because it wont start, but to protect the engine...plus if you factor in wind chill, It's damn cold

Cheeks...you're absolutely right about the trucks. Diesels do not like cold ...at all.

gone postal

Nope, not kidding at all.

For some odd reason, that place hits -20 to -30 F regularly late Jan to Feb, sometimes for a few weeks at a time. HMMWV's do NOT start in that weather without considerable assistance, or block heaters which the US Army in their infinite wisdom doesn't authorize.

Feb. in that hole is brutal.

I broke my brand new 2004 F-150 in driving the range roads on post. I had a pass from range control allowing me to do it because my truck was better than the HMMWVs. It started in the morning.

3p0x1fx4

I spent almost 4 years stationed in Minot, ND and I saw it get down as low as -78. I never had a block heater and I would let my rig warm up just long enough to defrost the windows so I could see where I was going. Everything seemed to run fine. 30-40 minutes does seem a bit overkill, no matter how cold it is. Chances are if you have to let your truck run for that long because of the temperature, it probably won't start anyway.

ak_cowboy

I let mine warm up until it reaches 100F or the windsheild is defrosted. It was -25F here again and it idled for 10minutes, and I'm still gentle until its up to 160F. Everyone talking about how you don't need to warm them up anymore is right, to a point. Once it's below 0, different rules apply

BigRedXlt

If you experienced -78 degrees in North Dakota thats lower than any temperature ever recorded in the contiguous Unites States.

cheecks

up in alaska it reached -70 below zero in the year of 2000, but nothing has compared to that in years up here

bobkyle2

i let my diesel...always warm up 20 30 mins... only becouse ...that baby doesnt warm up at all ...unless its been plugged in... if its been plugged in that baby will be warmer than if it ran for an hour idleing..... my new truck i will let it run for about 5 mins if its below 30... always sit in my truck and let it warm up ... it might not be needed but i always do..i dont really feel it to waisting fuel.. personal opinion i guess

3p0x1fx4

It was -78 with wind chill. I know that wind chill doesn't affect the vehicle any but it's still damn cold.