Baymule’s Journal

[Baymule]

Son called yesterday, he forgot to put anti-gel in his fuel tank. He is working west of Enid, Oklahoma and it was and is, COLD. He was headed to a Ford dealership at 19 MPH because his diesel fuel gelled. A cop pulled him over for going so slow on a 80 MPH highway. After explaining the situation, the cop got behind him with lights flashing, until he turned off the highway.

That lack of a $12 bottle of anti-gel cost him $200. While he was at it, he had new batteries put in, so more $$$&

Son told me to put anti/gel in my truck and his ‘89 Ford truck here at my place. Had to go to a couple of places to find any, but got it taken care of.

 

[canesisters]

Glad it was taken care of but sad that it got so expensive.
Reminds me of a $250 pizza from a few years back...
Picked up a pizza - overdrew the account (yes.. it was that bad for a while there) - overdraft fee tacked on - scheduled payment car payment rejected later that day - another overdraft fee & fee from the car loan... etc

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Anti gel? Oh dang! I've never even heard of it - does that mean I shoulda put some in my tractor?

 

[Baymule]

Anti gel? Oh dang! I've never even heard of it - does that mean I shoulda put some in my tractor?

It will warm back up before you need to use the tractor. You already did all your prep chores.

 

[Baymule]

I busted 2” of ice in Reina’s trough. After I fed sheep, it was already frozen back over. Boiling water for sheep buckets now.

 

[Baymule]

When I build a barn, electricity will be run to it for water heaters. The way power goes off around here, maybe a wood burning fire pit and a cauldron too! I need a witch hat…..

 

[canesisters]

I saw a guy heating his pool with a pump & an old car radiator over a fire....
hose to pump to filter to radiator to hose to pool

 

[Baymule]

The ice in sheep water buckets is 4” thick. I’ve busted it with a shovel and poured boiling water in them twice, busted ice midday. I’m not prepared for weather like this. I may not be prepared by next year either. Fencing the front pasture is top priority. That entails a list of projects in and of themselves before I can even drive a T-post. Only after I get fence up can I think about building a small barn with lean-to’s. Time, help and money will be all 3 major factors.

Reina’s water trough ice, 2” thick, wasn’t as thick as the sheep bucket ice. Big trough of water versus small easy to freeze bucket.

My son got me a Christmas present! Right now, that’s the best present ever! If power goes out like it did here in Snowmeggdon February 2021, I can be warm! It’s toasty warm in here now!

 

[farmerjan]

YAY !!!!!!

 

[Mini Horses]

Love that heater! Is it propane?

Yeah that ice is bad. Tomorrow who knows what here. So windy it's blowing waves in them, so may not be as bad as calm cold. But it's loud and howling out there!!!