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Re: Montana Deer Hunt- Help
« Reply #30 on: June 11, 2015, 09:11:03 AM »
We had to hike up through these chalk cliffs to get to the sheltered canyon where we killed my buck.  2+ hour climb in -20.  Best hunt of my life... :tup:  Good thing we didn't need the truck to get anywhere until temps went back down to a balmy 10 degrees the day we left...
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Re: Montana Deer Hunt- Help
« Reply #31 on: June 11, 2015, 09:18:08 AM »
Wow! Way to get it done! The ol' diesels don't like that bitter cold do they!  :chuckle:
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Re: Montana Deer Hunt- Help
« Reply #32 on: June 11, 2015, 09:20:29 AM »
Wow! Way to get it done! The ol' diesels don't like that bitter cold do they!  :chuckle:

Nope, Ole' Red was a little bit cranky for a few days.  We had to tow it to the ranch and plug it in for a few hours before it would start. 
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Re: Montana Deer Hunt- Help
« Reply #33 on: June 11, 2015, 08:04:41 PM »
In 2012 we went to bed friday night and it was tshirt weather.  We woke up to 18" of snow and it was -14!  The old 7.3 was NOT happy!  We had to tarp the front of the truck and run the cook stove underneath it to get it warm enough to finally fire up.  Get it warmish, then fire it.  Took about 10 turn overs to finally build up enough heat to start!  Cannot tell you how happy of a guy I was!  Closest house was 14 miles away and town and a tow truck was 40!
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Re: Montana Deer Hunt- Help
« Reply #34 on: June 12, 2015, 07:07:30 AM »
In 2012 we went to bed friday night and it was tshirt weather.  We woke up to 18" of snow and it was -14!  The old 7.3 was NOT happy!  We had to tarp the front of the truck and run the cook stove underneath it to get it warm enough to finally fire up.  Get it warmish, then fire it.  Took about 10 turn overs to finally build up enough heat to start!  Cannot tell you how happy of a guy I was!  Closest house was 14 miles away and town and a tow truck was 40!

I'll have to remember that trick.... :chuckle:
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Re: Montana Deer Hunt- Help
« Reply #35 on: June 12, 2015, 07:13:29 AM »
There's two reasons for two sets of chains in Montana.  Snow and mud.  The mud is the worst.

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Re: Montana Deer Hunt- Help
« Reply #36 on: June 12, 2015, 07:17:46 AM »
In 2012 we went to bed friday night and it was tshirt weather.  We woke up to 18" of snow and it was -14!  The old 7.3 was NOT happy!  We had to tarp the front of the truck and run the cook stove underneath it to get it warm enough to finally fire up.  Get it warmish, then fire it.  Took about 10 turn overs to finally build up enough heat to start!  Cannot tell you how happy of a guy I was!  Closest house was 14 miles away and town and a tow truck was 40!

I'll have to remember that trick.... :chuckle:
. Not sure how much the stove helped but we called a friend who is a diesel mechanic and he told us the turn over trick.  Fire it, turn the key off, fire it, turn the key off, repeat.  It will eventually create enough heat from friction to turn over.

I have learned that if its muddy, you just hunt from camp or if your hunting from town then you park on asphault :chuckle:
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