good morning all, 23 degrees, going up to a balmy 39 today. Young helper comes today; we will pick up sticks together and likely get the rest of my orchard holes dug. Tomorrow night it's supposed to drop to 2 degrees here, really cold for this area for sure. Decided to be smart and will drain the water out of my water roller. Two days of sub freezing temps and down into single digits might wreck the thing; suppose I should have put a gallon of antifreeze in it. Well draining and refilling is easy.
My Kubota sure knocks and rattles when starting in this weather. Kills a few bugs too. Always wondered if I kept the key on after the glow plug light goes off, does it keep heating longer if I hold the switch another five seconds or am I just losing the heat up to that point? Smarter minds than mine are needed....
The little Yanmar in my JD garden tractor also is noisier but relatively quiet compared to the Kubota.
maybe someday I'll have that heated barn...but until then, the flannel lined pants went on this morning.