My next door neighbor is an "old guy" (72) and we've spent many an hour talking about our experience's trucking up the Alaska highway as we both worked the oil patch up north. For him though things were tough as much of that north country was being opened up when he was young fellow. He's got a ton of stories of truckers bringing oil equipment up from Texas going to Alaska and when they hit the cold.....that was it for there trucks, takeing days to thaw them out. Freeezing up cause it was -60 +, etc etc. If it wasn't for tough 'ol guys like him and others, I don't know where the north would be today....they had tough times. Anyway, it's sort of ironic, perhaps funny, cause for us who live here, we take it all in stride. We are carefull and think of what we need, to be safe, but after that we just hop in the our truck/car and go where we need to be. I know half the fun of the trip is in the planning, but at the end of the day we just go. Funny thing is I'd love to spend time in the Baja, but I think I need all this "stuff" to do it, but deep down I know all I really need to do is just pack up like I do here and go do it.
COLD: Extreme Weather Preparation
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Door Lock De Icer............
When I used to drive big rigs cross country.....lots of times up north I would have trouble getting my key in the door locks and the pad lock on the trailer.
It was really bad when I would have a thaw then freeze situation. I kept a cig lighter with me to warm the door locks and padlock. This worked easier on the padlock out back though.
I think they have liquid de icer in a can with a spray tube now.
But I just now found this neat little thing.
Lock De Icer...........
anyway........you don't really think about this problem until it happens to you and you can't get back in your truck because your lock is frozen up!
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When I used to drive big rigs cross country.....lots of times up north I would have trouble getting my key in the door locks and the pad lock on the trailer.
It was really bad when I would have a thaw then freeze situation. I kept a cig lighter with me to warm the door locks and padlock. This worked easier on the padlock out back though.
I think they have liquid de icer in a can with a spray tube now.
But I just now found this neat little thing.
Lock De Icer...........
anyway........you don't really think about this problem until it happens to you and you can't get back in your truck because your lock is frozen up!
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bigreen505
Expedition Leader
kcowyo said:
Well, when you use your e-brake when it is really cold, there is plenty of time for hyperventilation. Hey, there is one benefit of MagChloride -- the underside of your car will never freeze.
Lost Canadian
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I don't think anyone has mentioned them but Silblade wipers would be on my list. I used them last winter and they were hands down a much better blade then anything I've used in the past. I've tried all sorts of rubber winter blades over the years, sealed blades,teflon coated blades you name it, most despite being built for winter will still freeze up and /or become loaded with ice or freeze to the windshield. The Silblades don't collect ice as easily and remain flexable even in extreme cold.
I second the vote for using a good amount of rain-X as well. It's amazing how much easier it is to clear ice off the windshield when it's been coated with Rain-X.
I second the vote for using a good amount of rain-X as well. It's amazing how much easier it is to clear ice off the windshield when it's been coated with Rain-X.