ArdWrknTrk Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Great progress Dave! I didn't do anything to my truck today except drive it to work. My tile saw would freeze solid between cutting sessions in the tween temperatures. The stock heater is working fine, and I know i need to let the pump run full time so the lines don't freeze but the aluminum hood would freeze to the blade and ice builds up on the carriage so it will not roll, nor will the tile sit flat or square on the ice. Rubber gloves help keep your hands from sticking instantly to the saw or the tile. Although the tiles do get stuck solid before I can get them inside. I need to find time and $ to get my snow tires swapped on to my truck. Sometimes I wish I had an extra set of rims. Work has my running LP gas this week. Up at 12am at work by 2am work till 3pm even Saturday. Because of the cold temps here in NC the governor lifted the HOS (hours of service) us truck drivers run by so we can get heating products to customers. Ice cube wet saw is not good! What you need is a few fish tank heaters to keep the water warm LOL. For the snow tires stock steel wheels work nice if you can find them. Then again any thing cheap and half way nice looking would work. Salt on alum wheels is not good. Dave ---- I have a stock tank deicer from Agway in the tray. There's not nearly enough wattage in a fish tank heater to make a difference. But it is 2° right now and the saw housing, carriage and track are aluminum. Water freezes almost instantly. Torching the tile off the tray after every cut it not a productive way to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 I have a stock tank deicer from Agway in the tray. There's not nearly enough wattage in a fish tank heater to make a difference. But it is 2° right now and the saw housing, carriage and track are aluminum. Water freezes almost instantly. Torching the tile off the tray after every cut it not a productive way to work. That sounds miserable. It is 4 degrees here right now and I don't think I could be talked into working outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 That sounds miserable. It is 4 degrees here right now and I don't think I could be talked into working outside. Straight up *ZERO* right now, and I am going to take the day off. It is the whole in through four doors. Lay a few courses until you get to some plumbing, or an outlet, or whatever. Get up off your knees. Stagger our through the four doors that comprise the maze (and airlock!) Spend ten minutes thawing ice off the saw to make a few cuts. Thaw the now frozen tile off the table. Go back through the four doors. Scrape any thinset you had on the wall off (because the air is *really* dry. Lay a few more tile until you hit the window sill. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Straight up *ZERO* right now, and I am going to take the day off. It is the whole in through four doors. Lay a few courses until you get to some plumbing, or an outlet, or whatever. Get up off your knees. Stagger our through the four doors that comprise the maze (and airlock!) Spend ten minutes thawing ice off the saw to make a few cuts. Thaw the now frozen tile off the table. Go back through the four doors. Scrape any thinset you had on the wall off (because the air is *really* dry. Lay a few more tile until you hit the window sill. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Then enjoy the day! And I hope it warms up - for your sake and for everyone's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Then enjoy the day! And I hope it warms up - for your sake and for everyone's sake. Eh It's just making up for all the 65° days in November and December. This is the north east in January. I'm alright with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Eh It's just making up for all the 65° days in November and December. This is the north east in January. I'm alright with that. And we need the cold in order to kill off the bugs that have been multiplying exponentially over the last several years. But that doesn't mean I like cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothing Special Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 And we need the cold in order to kill off the bugs that have been multiplying exponentially over the last several years. But that doesn't mean I like cold. It's warming up here today too. It might get above 0 for the first time since Friday. My '97 needed a jump yesterday (-15F), and I never let a battery need a second jump start. So today I was at Fleet Farm with about 100 other people who were also buying batteries (somehow cold weather seems to make people think it's a good idea to change batteries I guess!). My son's Cherokee barely started on its 4 year old battery too, so I picked up 2 while I was there. Now I'm warming my hands up after changing one battery before I tackle the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Eh It's just making up for all the 65° days in November and December. This is the north east in January. I'm alright with that. I bartered a set of snow tires for my truck today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 I bartered a set of snow tires for my truck today. What size are those, Jim? They look big! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 What size are those, Jim? They look big! 245/75 r16 so they're actually smaller (shorter) than stock. 10mm is only 0.4 wider than my 235/85's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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