Winter preparation.

[Mtsoxfan]

I had issues starting the generator last winter, choke system. So I just did yearly maintainance, glad I did. Battery posts still made connection, but they were super corroded. Battery terminal broke just taking bolt off. Ordered a OEM battery which served us well, and was $48 compared to locals $115+. replaced positive cable due to corrosion, but cleaned and left it attached as a jumper. Battery is a major PIA to take out and/or put a charger on it. (I do have a built in trickle charger, but only works if plugged in. Winter not the time to discover)
Snowblower gets serviced closer to snow time. will start moving firewood onto patio under deck sometime in late Sept to Oct. I have removable doors to close in patio that will get hung in October or after leaves change and fall. Will winterize all power equipment once I'm done using for year and store. Not sure I can cut firewood anymore, Have plenty for this season and a bit more. Nothing cut down for next year though.

 

[alexinPA]

Most of this has already been posted but here's the condensed version:

1 - Retired the coal stove and replaced the aging oil furnace.
2 - Installed a whole house 11K Diesel generator.

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3 - topped off the 1000 gal fuel oil tank for heat & to fuel generator & tractors.
4 - replaced the 25 year old ductless A/C with new heat pump ductless heat & A/C units for backup heating.
5 - Had 23 tons of anti skid delivered to replace the coal ash I used to spread on the road.
6 - bought a self loading 3pt spreader to spread it.

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7 - Currently building a storage "bin" for the anti skid to make it easier to load the spreader.

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It's been a busy end of summer.

How are you going to prevent anti skid from freezing?

 

[dodge man]

I’ll wait about a month and change the summer air on my tires to winter air.

 

[jyoutz]

Remove the cutter from the tractor and install the rear blade. Buy winter diesel in November. I already have more food around here than I can eat in 6 months. And no more wood cutting since I converted to natural gas heating.

 

[Rockbadchild]

ho if I add the winter tires to the list I have 4 vehicles to do...

 

[bdhsfz6]

How are you going to prevent anti skid from freezing?

A tarp over the concrete bin I'm building should keep it mostly dry. I can always break it up with the BH if necessary.