It was so cold here this morning...

Arctic Flyers Fan · Jan 12, 2020

...that the truck wouldn't register a temp. It was -43c (-45f) so when I hopped in the truck the heated seats nor streering wheel were on. The drivers seat was on cool actually. The dash just showed (-- out). I guess Ram didn't think people drive after a certain temp.

OCDTech · Jan 12, 2020

Arctic Flyers Fan said:
...that the truck wouldn't register a temp. It was -43c (-45f) so when I hopped in the truck the heated seats nor streering wheel were on. The drivers seat was on cool actually. The dash just showed (-- out). I guess Ram didn't think people drive after a certain temp.

One guy on here shows where -33 was the lowest it would show i believe.

Funny story, here where i'm at if it even threatens to sleet or precip below 32f, they close all kinds of things, schools, colleges, city/government, crazy stuff. Made me think of that when you said about not driving at that temperature.

crash68 · Jan 12, 2020

I've seen pics of a dash registering -41°F before .. :-|

litzdog911 · Jan 12, 2020

Don't you have an engine heater?

tidefan1967 · Jan 12, 2020

Arctic Flyers Fan said:
...that the truck wouldn't register a temp. It was -43c (-45f) so when I hopped in the truck the heated seats nor streering wheel were on. The drivers seat was on cool actually. The dash just showed (-- out). I guess Ram didn't think people drive after a certain temp.

Damn that's insane! Plus 72* here this morning. The lowest temp. I've ever experienced was 5* and that was 30 years ago. I don't know how you guys do it!

bluebeast1562 · Jan 12, 2020

If the temp registered -45f, I would move my happy behind away from there quick, fast, and in a hurry.

Arctic Flyers Fan · Jan 12, 2020

It's warmed up a bit but it's going back down later tonight.

Arctic Flyers Fan · Jan 12, 2020

Firebird · Jan 12, 2020

It was 72° here in Florida this morning, which I don't like for January, but dang, that's bitter cold where you are!

mlrtimemach · Jan 12, 2020

That is pure insanity. My hats off to ya even leavin the house

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NorthStar1 · Jan 12, 2020

I grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska and recall many -40 to -50 degree winter nights. As a kid I delivered the Fairbanks Daily New Miner newspaper walking my route as Dad wouldn’t waste the gas. I presume you’re using the block heater and had it plugged in over night?

madtrucker2016 · Jan 12, 2020

my three piece set don't like that temputure

Arctic Flyers Fan · Jan 13, 2020

NorthStar1 said:
I grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska and recall many -40 to -50 degree winter nights. As a kid I delivered the Fairbanks Daily New Miner newspaper walking my route as Dad wouldn’t waste the gas. I presume you’re using the block heater and had it plugged in over night?

Yeah I use a blocker heater and battery smart charger. It's on a timer from 4am to 8am. After 4 hours it won't get any warmer. With power rates at .30/kwh it can get costly with 2 trucks plugged in.

bm02tj · Jan 13, 2020

You are supposed to keep the cold up there we are at -20C and looking at -28 soon just because you opened the door and let the cold out

emjohn4 · Jan 13, 2020

Arctic Flyers Fan said:
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I guess cold *didn't* kill the dinosaurs.

Quyonmob · Jan 13, 2020

I’ve only seen my dash register as low as -38’C, so I’m not sure if it is capable of registering lower.

RugbyRef · Jan 13, 2020

Holy crap! I thought you were pulling our leg OP. I had to check it out and this is what the "All-Knowing Wikipedia" says -

Yellowknife (/ˈjɛloʊnaɪf/; Dogrib: Sǫ̀mbak'è) is the capital and only city, as well as the largest community, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great ***** Lake, about 400 kilometres (250 mi) south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Yellowknife was −51.2 °C (−60 °F) on 31 January 1947, and the highest was 32.5 °C (90.5 °F) on 16 July 1989.

Good luck to you up there Sir! BTW - nice color on your truck!

Dgriffi2 · Jan 13, 2020

Growing up in northern NY, near the Canadian border, it’s not unusual for it to dip to -25 to -30 in January. One one morning at about 5.30 when I was about 16 it was -25 (without wind chill) and I had to go to my job, milking the cows. Oh how I prayed my ‘65 Dodge Dart wouldn’t start and I could go back to bed, but damn that old slant six cranked right over and started right up!

Marshall · Jan 13, 2020

tidefan1967 said:
Damn that's insane! Plus 72* here this morning. The lowest temp. I've ever experienced was 5* and that was 30 years ago. I don't know how you guys do it!

I don't know how you guys stand all that heat, It is -25 this morning, in south Sask. BTW I had breakfast with a trucker from SC Sunday morning in Regina., He did think it was a bit cool.
Block heaters are standard eq., put that don't help if the cck breaker he motel trips . had that happen at -45 one time, Truck started , run synth. oil, for that reason Mu old 855 cummins was a summer truck.

tidefan1967 · Jan 13, 2020

Marshall said:
I don't know how you guys stand all that heat, It is -25 this morning, in south Sask. BTW I had breakfast with a trucker from SC Sunday morning in Regina., He did think it was a bit cool.
Block heaters are standard eq., put that don't help if the cck breaker he motel trips . had that happen at -45 one time, Truck started , run synth. oil, for that reason Mu old 855 cummins was a summer truck.

You are right about the heat all the humidity down here makes it doubly worse so it feels like summer down here from April through November. I would almost be willing to trade the weather to get away from all the people down here. Coastal SC is the new Florida apparently. I wouldn't mind not having to worry about hurricane season that's for damn sure.

It was so cold here this morning...

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