Ottawa Canada here, it was -28C and a wind chill of -40C this morning. I spent the last 5 hours getting all the equipment started for plowing snow. That's a task here that takes a half day when you have no heated shop. Also, -2C is tropical here. We pave asphalt at -2C here hahaha.
@pettergardo38744 жыл бұрын
When I did a job in the Volvo dump truck factory, I’ve got to see the test drivers drifting fully loaded trucks on the test track. I was told they were testing the suspension, but it looked more like they were driving rally.
@jchainsaw513 жыл бұрын
Almost peed myself laughing at you. Absolutely love your videos even if I am playing catch up.
@holdengr6 жыл бұрын
Sitting here in north eastern Ontario at -30°F I’m laughing my ass off at you. Lol I think you get funnier the colder it gets Chris.
@blaircox15893 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA YUP! :D
@cmc71066 жыл бұрын
The whole south was in a deep freeze!! You guys aren’t used to that!! - 2 degrees this morning here,no wind it felt like a heat wave!!
@garrettstearns376 жыл бұрын
Woke up to -10 in Vermont
@justinwithonsitemobiledeta79796 жыл бұрын
No way in hell id live up north ill stay down here in South Carolina
@AidenHubbsCRM6 жыл бұрын
-15 here without windchills the past few days. feels like summer!
@TheMetalButcher6 жыл бұрын
Also, I love how pickup guys pride themselves on their truck smoking and HEO's pride themselves on their machines not.
@larsmark6 жыл бұрын
Swedes know how to build stuff that works properly in the cold 😁 I agree with you about the cold.
@TrailTrackers5 жыл бұрын
larsmark : Same with us in northern Utah during the winter. Gets pretty cold here and the only people who have the problem Chris had are the ones from out of state. He's a hoot though isn't he...
@makingithappen51782 жыл бұрын
And the dump truck is a Swedish invention from 1966.
@ehiebert41325 жыл бұрын
I watched this video with a smile on my face listening to you talk about the cold. Im in manitoba canada where we can get -45°c with windchill so what youve got is a nice day. Keep the videos coming though, i enjoy them all.
@jonbeecroft49126 жыл бұрын
hey bud if you put an Anderson plug on the front of your truck and one on the pump you will not have to open your bonnet every time you use the fuel pump
@leannewacker5893 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂 It is such a feeling of relief to see someone else having difficulties. We are all human.
@naypomjack64592 жыл бұрын
He said every damn thing frozen, woke up didn't have any water this morning. 😄😄
@mitchelputman5386 жыл бұрын
Nerve a dull moment , that's freaking country life . Murphy's law !!
@madelinelambert605 Жыл бұрын
Lol this one made me laugh out loud. Reminded me of my brother in law. He hates snow and cold weather 🤣🤣🤣
@kengamble85956 жыл бұрын
Sorry for your troubles there man, I'm close to turning on the air conditioning, 84 degrees where I'm at ! 😎 Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
@aaronthoene13156 жыл бұрын
Haul truck drifting! Absolutely epic!
@KevinJohnson-fx6wq5 жыл бұрын
I live in west, ny, and I'm still not crazy about the cold, yet, as you and everyone else deal with. I kinda like it as I get used to it. I remember basic training, where some guys had never seen snow. Looking out the barracks one morning after a snow and seeing all the cars in the ditches. Then when I went to Ft. Campbell, KY, I'd be doing donuts in the parking lots. Now I'm jealous seeing you have fun in that truck. Thanks for sharing.
@bradleymincey69056 жыл бұрын
You are hilarious! You sound like me in these cold mornings. I'm a diesel mechanic so yeah it sucks working on frozen shit when it's balls cold outside. Lol im right down the road in Sumter SC and we still have snow on the ground here too. I love watching your videos though! Y'all crack me up! If you ever need help fixing something I'll be glad to help free of charge!
@johneastmond90926 жыл бұрын
My maturity leaves in a fraction of a second when I get to drift! Even if I have a passenger on the truck I can't resist!
@FiremanSVFD-cf1jn6 жыл бұрын
Chris I'm in Robeson Co NC and we still got snow on the ground from Wednesday. Work for the RR and freezing my a$$ OFF.
@traceygatlin63646 жыл бұрын
Christopher Hammonds we still have snow on the ground also here around Charleston SC lol
@FiremanSVFD-cf1jn6 жыл бұрын
Tracey Gatlin as the old saying goes, I think it might be waiting on some more. I think we got about 4in here.
@robertfakler85645 жыл бұрын
Up here they say there's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing.
@wade66553 жыл бұрын
😂I love you 😂 we do cold up north, hate it just the same! But it's great hearing your frustration😂
@AidenHubbsCRM6 жыл бұрын
it's all fun and games until the dump bed tips into the hole and you gotta walk all the way back to the excavator lol
@glen32573 жыл бұрын
LOL just saw this video and been some time since you posted! Past two weeks here negative 47 to negative 55. The first casualty my ford pickup battery and motor froze. The second was the semi window motor (2020 389 Peterbilt 389) window stuck down halfway. Third Airlines froze on semi-trailer breaks set at 60 mph ( I run a train, 13 axels. lots of burnt rubber, like $5,000 worth). Fourth getting home to warm up... furnace in house frozen no heat. Inside of my house 28 degrees. Next wake up and water pipes froze solid and burst. By the end of the first week, I and my dogs slept in my honda hrv in the driveway for heat. I got my semi window fixed after 4 days of running with it down. 10 days later they finally got my furnace going. 12 days after it started my pickup was thawed and I spent last weekend replumbing my entire house! So Chris stop your whining lol. best regards, Glen.
@toyotaalltheway16 жыл бұрын
Up here when it gets cold we have to heat the shit out of everything. We have magnetic heaters that we put on hydraulic fluid reservoirs, block heaters on everything, some oil pan heaters, and fuel tank heaters on the diesels. The fuel tank heaters allow us to run as cold as -40F. In December it was -30F and everything worked just fine if it was plugged in. We forgot to plug in one of the plows and the fluid looked like pudding. I met a logger that had an input and output for the coolant on his f250. He would hook his skidder to his truck and circulate warm water through the skidder. I honestly don't think this is good for his truck but its something that has been done. Hope your engines are handling it okay!
@skippyjl13 жыл бұрын
Exactly why we love Florida👊🏻😊😊😊
@hello-sz7hp2 жыл бұрын
My name is an-an-an and i wil go to the and. My name is an-an-an-an and i will go to the ann.
@randytravis39984 жыл бұрын
thought for sure you were going to tip it drifting then running back to the pond thought we were going swimming ,,did not think it was going to turn in time ..my old service van getting off the highway on a exit hit black ice ,, it turned at the last second ,,6 inches from hitting concrete .the ramp was all ice ,,that was the worst i have had ,,,
@97marqedman5 жыл бұрын
Heh heh heh - I was out at our landfill this last spring on March 1st...it was -27f with a -40f windchill. Trying to get our D8T and Cat compactor started after the previous Friday’s crew didn’t plug them in for the weekend. Hauled out the starting unit (400amp@24v and quick-connect heater hoses that plug into mating connectors on the machines engine blocks) and got em going after an hour.
@stevedoty58412 жыл бұрын
Oh you poor cold guy. Iowa we’re used to it. LOL was in San Antonio 2 weeks ago at 77 followed by 40’s and they sounded like you. Just think spring.
@GITRDUG276 жыл бұрын
Hopefully all this cold weather kills off most of the damn bugs in the ground
@melissadyche83253 жыл бұрын
😂 😂 you are cracking me up Chris
@radioace318la2 жыл бұрын
should have called me, man. I would be dumping and you digging. I've always wanted to drift a dump truck of that caliber. Cheers from Louisiana.
@dstevenpaisley6 жыл бұрын
We use to run stove oil years ago in eqpment burn hotter for the winter season ! Don't think the new diesels would like that
@chris272896 жыл бұрын
I'm with you, I'll never bitch about it being to hot.
@1armedguy46 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris ! Time to put your big boy pants on( lol ) it's a balmy -18c not counting the wind chill up here in Nova Scotia Canada , perfect for snowmobiling !!
@bluemtnsman6 жыл бұрын
Right on. I live in the SOUTH so I do not have to deal with the COLD. 6 inches of powder snow,,, -4 here this morning and have not topped out above 27 since Christmas. To heck with this mess.
@super69546 жыл бұрын
Thats not cold I've heard girl guides make less noise camping in a rain storm L.O.L. My Hogs still need their chores doing even when It's -50 oc with wind chill and -25 and colder actual That makes our Valtra (Formally part of Volvo tractors) cough and whine from the hydraulics until it warms up . I've been working on cleaning manure from one barn. The stuffs froze about a foot on top in the barn and it was 20 inches by the entrance in for the tractor. I was cutting some of that froze stuff by the entrance with a chainsaw, so I can bust it out in chunks with the tractor and grapple to get started. Don't freeze ya nuts off, or freeze to the machine giving it a shake after a pee break L.O.L Take care.
@scruffy61516 жыл бұрын
super6954 lol
@skippyjl13 жыл бұрын
Florida has good weather and you can make a lot of money here with your equipment👊🏻😊👊🏻
@Graveltrucking6 жыл бұрын
At work we have the same problem with the fuel nozzles in the cold weather they stop working, its really frustrating when the truck is out of fuel and you have to haul for the day. Glad the weather is back to where its supposed to be aka above freezing and raining.
@moman01664 жыл бұрын
Welcome to our world in Northern Missouri. We drive by the courthouse and see lawyers with their hands in there own pockets. Now that’s cold.
@joystick3963 жыл бұрын
As a northerner. I too HATE THE COLD
@TheMetalButcher6 жыл бұрын
This cold has also been treating us Alabamians poorly. Both air compressors froze up, the backhoe doesn't like to start below 40F, it also had a frozen up return hydro line and was just overflowing the reservoir and starved the pump, the brakes were frozen so bad one wheel was spinning on concrete and turning the damn machine in a circle before the other let go. The Isuzu wasn't doing right either. We just normally don't prepare for winters or our stuff isn't conditioned for winter and everything just breaks when this cold comes around.
@TermiteBenny6 жыл бұрын
I've had that problem before with auto shut off fuel nozzles. Usually heat fixes them but when it doesn't, time for a new nozzle.
@dallas88b3 жыл бұрын
Better cold than sub-tropical heat and humidity. You can always dress to be warmer.
@Rwededyet6 жыл бұрын
One of the good things about living in Puget Sound is the temp very rarely gets below 20 in the Winter or above 90 in the Summer. We do have to live with constant overcast and dampness, though.
@normanthompson47293 жыл бұрын
Cure for froze nozzle is to get a bottle of dry gas hold nozzle up rite and pore in 3 or 4 oz in a few seconds put the nozzle in tank and pump.
@genedameier87463 жыл бұрын
"Everythings Froze Up" Welcome to my world. (The IL/WI Line)
@niteranger6 жыл бұрын
It must be fun operating all that machinery haha
@ExplicitPaarthurnax3 жыл бұрын
Could almost hear the eurobeat playing as he was drifting the haul truck.
@jaywest41026 жыл бұрын
What’s up with your steering wheel in the haul truck, looks like your been playing darts.
@letsdig186 жыл бұрын
was like what when i got it.. didnt have a radio in it either so I wouldnt rule that out
@murrayhall9085 жыл бұрын
Came online this afternoon for some uplifting developments from you as I have come to expect and found this grumpy cold fed up chap I don't recognize at all lol Nothing wrong with a bit of cold - kills off all those bad bugs! Still fairly mild here in bonnie Scotland although we get our fair share of wild cold miserable weather in the winter. Chin up and keep going!!! PS A happy and prosperous New Year to you and yours.
@stefanaxelsson5136 жыл бұрын
That is some serius GTA driving skills 😊
@robertmceachern24286 жыл бұрын
I've been ice fishing on a lake in northern Alberta called Primrose Lake. (Canadian Air Force training area). With the wind chill it was -70' Celcius. But its so dry that you can deal with it in a jean jacket and a Mackinaw... Here on the Pacific coast. -1' Celcius chills you right to the bone with the high humidity!! It literally feels a hundred times colder at -1' Humid than at -70' Dry
@george88736 жыл бұрын
Was -14f here last night without windchill, lol. -35f with. What's funny is how you guys down south laugh at us up north here when the temp gets above 85 f, lol.
@rreidnauer6 жыл бұрын
The first minute sums up exactly EVERYTHING that sucks ass about winter. I just unsuccessfully fought a battle trying to get some stuff done, only to have the cold thwart my every effort. WINTER SUCKS!
@justinwoodlee10626 жыл бұрын
Drift in the old Haul truck huh LMAO that was great
@Chris-Fennimore6 жыл бұрын
Yep, gawd-awfull cold up here in Warren county. Froze the well pipe and a bunch of water lines under the house, including a Hot water line.!
@nickkerpash12766 жыл бұрын
My father works in the oil clean up business and he always has a rubber piece attached to the frame of his truck to touch the ground and it keeps the static down.
@stevenreinert77016 жыл бұрын
It's August now and I'm watching this but it's still funnier than hell
@scottfortune90163 жыл бұрын
It says a lot about your equipment that it starts right up when it's extremely cold, and not used to that. Well maintained.
@eliteearthworksllc6 жыл бұрын
I hear ya Chris this cold weather needs to go! It didn't get above 12 here in Missouri on Tuesday. Kinda shuts me down when the ground is frozen and everything takes longer or is more difficult
@johnc.pepper53586 жыл бұрын
You are a Pansy if he can't handle the cold move to another state I'm just north of Kansas City and I enjoy the weather here
@treeclimbing77986 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome, from Michigan. Cold hugs. -8 F warm degrees. Brrrrrrrrrrrh
@DARK24-73 жыл бұрын
Fast and Furious 23"The Excavator Chronicles!!!"
@Cpt1nsano6 жыл бұрын
Like pjexc says, it's -40C / -40F in Canada. You have sunbathing weather right now.
@Sicktrickintuner6 жыл бұрын
Terry Barber only -23C in Ontario
@timmyteabag696 жыл бұрын
Sicktrickintuner it was only -47C here in Alberta
@strangefruit87766 жыл бұрын
Sometimes if those auto nozzles won’t come on you can hold the back of the lever down while you pull up on the front and they will work.
@dalecherry40443 жыл бұрын
You may not like the cold but you sure had a lot of fun. Play on.
@schneiderexc35576 жыл бұрын
Now that’s funny! You would never make it up here in Minnesota!!
@scruffy61516 жыл бұрын
Wisconsin here that's not.
@flyingwolffilms6 жыл бұрын
That’s what I was thinking if it’s 15 degrees that’s a good day
@twmileys6 жыл бұрын
Schneiderexc I
@janvandenbos70856 жыл бұрын
Very cold start on a sunday Chris, fuel problems, excavator and rocktruck nice cold start, have a nice day Letsdig, you are a funny guy 😲💥😲💥😲💥😲💥💥😲💥😲💥
@jimsvideos72016 жыл бұрын
Airline pilots in the really big - i.e. tall - aircraft have to be taught to slow down because they get the same illusion of going slower due to their height. Useless trivia right there.
@TB-jj9tu6 жыл бұрын
It was -28F the other day here and I had to go pick up a crate of tire chains for my loader. When I pulled my fuel hose out of the way for the forklift to load the cate it was cold enough that the hose cracked half way through at the crimped on end and dumped about 2 gallons of fuel on the warehouse floor and that was one of the warmest days we had for two weeks.
@69adrummer6 жыл бұрын
Dad....about the haul truck.......lol Have a GREAT 2018 Chris!!
@joelippard46966 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah I hate damn winter. That icy wind blowed up here in Hickory NC all day Tuesday!
@johnmagnus10164 жыл бұрын
When you have worked in -50c then you will know what cold is. Northern Alberta!
@LoBeau533 жыл бұрын
Been there, done that, don't miss it at all
@bradmorgan12346 жыл бұрын
We're in kentucky and feel your pain. Left water dripping in house so we wouldn't have froze pipes, just to have utility company shut off main to fix a leak and said it would be an hour. 8hrs later water come back on street but not in house!!!
@letsdig186 жыл бұрын
mines been frozen every morning. pain in the ass
@shawnstrode38252 жыл бұрын
You know why stopping the truck was rough. You forgot to make the horn sound of the excavator.
@hydraulic-hum Жыл бұрын
😂 even on a bad day, you have a good day 😂
@leecooper73746 жыл бұрын
Ain't no warmer in South Carolina either. Piss in this cold weather hell 50 degrees would be better than it staying below freezing all day.
@jamieeaster43216 жыл бұрын
When it gets cold like this I usually have to stick a screwdriver in the handle of the automatic shut off won't let the fuel out try that.. I feel your pain I spent almost a whole day to get the lowboy truck started I feel like I need jumper cables coming out of my dam arms lol
@lancesnyder26136 жыл бұрын
Stick the nozzle in the exhaust of the truck for about two mins and it'll thaw her out. That what we been doing up here in southern Michigan the past cpl weeks
@bradleycarifelle88636 жыл бұрын
Lance snyder did u not see him doing that already ???
@VIheavyequipment6 жыл бұрын
shes running real good cant complain about them cold starts
@Naviss6 жыл бұрын
Was -18 here a few nights back. Been crazy weather. Nice drifting lol.
@stevenclaeys62526 жыл бұрын
Volvo diesels are some of the best cold start engines that I know of.
@davidharris65816 жыл бұрын
Good job Chris. That's wanting to work working on a day like that.
@jacksak6 жыл бұрын
Minus 15 degrees in New Hampshire, Jan-7 at 6 am, not including wind-chill -- truck outside started no problem.
@slobodanmartinovic12166 жыл бұрын
Awesome video ! And people said it's impossible to drift a big truck like yours ...😉👍
@hello-sz7hp7 ай бұрын
Welcome to being an electrician
@davezaroski24795 жыл бұрын
Yesterday it was -35 here so I chuckle to myself when I hear you say it's cold in north C. -7 .morale to this is I wish I was in your part of the world
@buckshot72able6 жыл бұрын
It's cold in the south too bro. Time for the Caribbean. Lol
@melissadyche83253 жыл бұрын
Are you sure the mud hasn’t frozen to the truck lol 😂
@hello-sz7hp2 жыл бұрын
Thorn thorn thorn... Thorn!!.
@whtelephant15 жыл бұрын
So is thet one o dem suthern trucks whut dey fergot ta put a heater in?
@kennymysak20796 жыл бұрын
When I was growing up I was thought to share so here you go just being nice haha the weather is above zero for the second day in a week and a half. Keep up the great video's
@clone1landman5 жыл бұрын
Lmao. Cold does suck. Up here in new england its a fight in the winter... Love the videos. Been watching for a very long time now.
@1973mre6 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's my fascination with steel and machine but I really enjoy these videos.
@4-LOW3 жыл бұрын
This is gold.
@RolandElliottFirstG6 жыл бұрын
Was +47.2 deg C in Penrith NSW yesterday , lucky i don't live there.
@SLAMman2176 жыл бұрын
So ahh curiosity question... Im from AUS and Ive operated stuff from excavators, loaders, dump trucks, skidsteers, forklifts, trucks, shredders, crushers... etc. Etc. The list really goes on... if i had an opportunity to move to the states... how would i go for work? Is it in abundance? Could i find all kinds of jobs everywhere? I need to know man... i wanna expand my horizons and learn EVERYTHING
@twmileys6 жыл бұрын
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@normandyck76096 жыл бұрын
I loved your video today and I split a gut laughing. Please remember that Diesel engines do not warm up while idling. Just idle for a short time to get some heat going and then start working a little slow and you have it. Better to work in the cold the mud is frozen. After a week of -40 weather your 11 degrees is a summer heat wave. I enjoy your videos please them coming
@strangefruit87766 жыл бұрын
Norman Dyck how do Diesel engines not warm up while idling?
@normandyck76095 жыл бұрын
Strangefruit diesel is a cold running fuel. I drive school bus with a Diesel engine and I have a blanket in front of the radiator to keep the heat that is generated. In the winter I would like a gas engine as it produces more heat
@makingithappen97224 жыл бұрын
The only nice thing about the cold, is that the heat in the cabin feels extra cozy.
@MsDannyrevs5 жыл бұрын
I dig your videos
@alberthiebert89966 жыл бұрын
Just to dam funny for your own good. Thanks Chis you made me lol for real.