The ANTIfreeze froze in the tractor now what? l packing trail l more firewood

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  • @andydubois8411
    @andydubois8411 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Shade tree advice: When re-filling coolant system after draining block. Always start with straight antifreeze. fill the system to 50% capacity. Then add water. Ideal is 50/50 mix should protect to -42. Consider yourself lucky damage wasn't done. Wishing I still had your energy. Where are you ?😎👍

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hello thank you, we are northern ontario Canada. Also according to my antifreeze mix I am pretty sure 60-40 is -40. Also you are correct that is how one should do it, that's normally what I do but I had a brain fart I guess. Anything else I usualy throw a bottle of concentrate in to make up for the water then the 60-40 mix. Thankyou for the correction I never realized I did that untill you said so. Thank you.

  • @clintonroushff7068
    @clintonroushff7068 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I've never thought of snow as distilled water.
    Greetings from Kentucky

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  วันที่ผ่านมา

      I am not sure it is but that's how I think of it as water evaporates and condenses in the clouds, then comes down as rain or snow. The exact same process used in distillation of water. Now if one lived in a more industrialized location it may not be a good idea to use snow or rain water for fear of contamination..

  • @westernsoutherner1
    @westernsoutherner1 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Awesome stuff man Ill check out your other videos.

  • @mikebarnhart8447
    @mikebarnhart8447 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    First time here love it!

  • @davidtipton7234
    @davidtipton7234 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I'd have just thrown a blanket and a tarp over it and some hot coals from that stove under it. How we used to do it when I was a kid.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's so true. Normally I just light a legit camp fire under it if I can't get the generator dug out or don't care to. The wood stove was an experiment, it was stupid and took longer. Lmao more open fires happening until I fix the block heater. I never thought of hot coals I just light an actual small fire.

  • @cathtf7957
    @cathtf7957 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Used to live in the Yukon Territory. Made five loaves of bread and a batch of donuts everyday. We had thirteen dogs to feed, ten of them outdoors. I cooked them mash twice a day with pig chop. Pig food is six percent protein. We had trouble getting the cars going too. The Honda.Civic ran great, just like a snowmobile. It went up and over snowbank like nothing. Good times!

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That's funny! But also awesome times, both of us grew up into this life so we've done our fair share of outdoors. That is a crazy amount of bread to make, I used to make a loaf every couple days I til I became gluten intolerant.... life's less fun now home made bread is delicious. If you are referring to hog grower pellets you give pigs, then yes that's about all our dogs ate growing up as my mother had pigs way back in the day before quota came along and drove everyone up or out. So the dogs always got into what spilled from bins or slashed out of feed trofs from the feed augers. Those dogs were always in great shape better then most that get "dog food" it must have slot more nutrients or something that farm dogs need or working dogs

  • @davidbulich1254
    @davidbulich1254 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    We had a 1947 cletrac we used to light a fire under it to get it to start

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Awesome, it's an old bush/mining trick. The stove did not work well way to slow so open fire it is. I'm sure it would start if it could, the oil Is too thick even though I changed the oil in the fall with thinner oil for the winter and a brand new battery the starter likes to let out magic smoke. If the starter would move it over I know it would start. I know a fellow that used to put an oily rag in a can and light that with plywood around to stop the wind. That was his block heater and he lived in town, thrifty old bugger who did not spend if he didn't have to. Always have waste oil so why buy a new block heater. One day some one stoped by his house and told him his tractor was on fire as they seen the smoke coming up through the motor. It was just the smoke from the oily rag burning but sure made him laugh, nice fellow he is.

  • @maxwawrzyniak2507
    @maxwawrzyniak2507 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Have only seen a couple of your videos: the one where you ran out of firewood, and this one where the tractor is froze up. In both videos I see machinery (tractor, ATV, generator, etc.) laying out in the snow. How about buying a bunch of cheap plastic tarps and throwing them over all that stuff to keep the snow off ? At my own "off-grid" place everything is either "shedded" in a steel shipping container or tarped, and I am well south of you.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Thank you, I have been meaning to but in reality most of the equipement has been outside most of its life so another winter really won't hurt. The tractor runs most days anyway so eather way it's getting covered in show from trees along the trail and such. Hopefully next winter we will get more built and have a cover for stuff, it would definatly be easier bit theirs only so much time in a day and a tarp can be a pain to dig out as well. Tryed that with wood and that was anoying.

    • @MotherClover
      @MotherClover 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Maybe make a lean to with a tarp. That way the snow is sliding off of the tarp. You'd just need a lot of rope ❤​@@offgridandunorganized

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Its funny you say that, I had planned to do that off the storage trailer did it happen no. Lol lots of plans only so much time in a day.

    • @MotherClover
      @MotherClover 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @offgridandunorganized it's so true though. We are doing our own home Reno's and it takes a long time. Plus I think ppl forget that you have 2 kids. Yes they can help but they can only do so much. And kids should be kids too.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Exactualy. And it's winter now, I spend a good part of the day just with heating, heating to warm it up in the morning then melting snow for shower water as the creek is froze over, that was deffintaly alot faster to run down and grab a barrel or 2 of water from the creek. Alot of the day just get tied up with day to day activities before I even try and film a thing for youtube. In the summer you go do your thing its light till 9pm and who cares it's +20 outside but now it's alot more time heating and it gets dark at 5pm. Not alot of time left in a day. Just got to decide priorities and this winter is not a shelter for equipement as most of it has been outside most it's life, our old cabin we parked it in the trees which did help but we had no shelter there eather.

  • @chrisnoeske8904
    @chrisnoeske8904 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Why don't you use that bunk of lumber cover to keep the engine of the tractor covered when you're not using it?

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I have thought of it but also digging a tarp out is a pain, putting a tarp over is too. The tractor has been outside its whole life basically anyway, I have the hood for the tractor but have the wrong fuel tank on it (original leaked) so I have to take the hood off to put diesel in and I don't always put it back on.

  • @glenharper3136
    @glenharper3136 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks for the video.

  • @jessefarrington6029
    @jessefarrington6029 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What is that old tractor? Massey Ferguson? Or something. Im just curious. I have a 68 ford 4500 industrial backhoe with ice chains. Fun to move snow and logging

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Massey harris 22 from the 60s? Originaly a continental? Gas engine now a 1.6 Volkswagen diesel. Those old 4000s are good tractors my mother has one, ice chains are fun. These are just normal chains not the spokey forestry/ ice chains.

  • @amossnowdaharleyman9179
    @amossnowdaharleyman9179 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    We had -12 temp here in NE Texas a few years back when Texas froze. Billions in damage from that storm.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I actualy rember that happening, modern stuff I great untill it's not designed for something and that thing comes along, in that instance cold. That's one reason it's nice we keep it simple for now with no running water, it can't freeze if it I not there.

    • @amossnowdaharleyman9179
      @amossnowdaharleyman9179 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@offgridandunorganized I spent days trying to keep my house and factory from freezing.So cold city water lines under ground were freezing.Roads were a mess,wrecks everywhere, police and fire response was in the hours. Big deal for us since snow and ice are a rarity much less sub zero temps.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That would not be fun. Deffinalty not expected so nothing is built to stand that cold, I rember some years ago probably 8 years ago a town near where I grew up got so cold the water lines under the road froze and alot of the town had no water. They were barried something like 15ft in the ground where they froze. It was just so cold that winter, a month of -30C -35C. When I picture Texas I picture heat and sand. Not cold and snow.

    • @amossnowdaharleyman9179
      @amossnowdaharleyman9179 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@offgridandunorganized NE Texas is mixed woods forests,lakes and rivers. Bummer is summer heat (up to 105 degrees) and humidity that is so high sweat will NOT evaporate.Raining today and it's 57 degrees. Still getting tomatoes and peppers from my garden too.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Oh wow, I never guessed it would be like that, I have heard it's just hot and dry hence why us Canadians get vehicles from Texas and surrounding areas as the thought is it's so dry they don't rust unlike ours do with the salt on the roads. Our garden weather ended 3 months ago almost now

  • @BLMBaconLettuceMatter
    @BLMBaconLettuceMatter 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What’s a rad?

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  วันที่ผ่านมา

      Radiator, sorry I am very mechanical and sometimes short form things not realizing not everyone does not know short forms, sorry for that.

  • @vetham100
    @vetham100 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You dont use "negative" when measuring temperature.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It all means the same thing, different people say things different, different country's or even parts of a country have a different meaning for the same thing.

  • @KenthGustafsson300
    @KenthGustafsson300 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    where is the hood? with it on you get the engin warmer...and when you park it for short time you can lay a thick blanket over it to help it hold the warm tenperature

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The hood is beside the storage trailer, the fuel tank leaked last winter so I temporary put a different one on but the filler cap is not in the right place so I can't put the hood on as it does not fit then just sits there and rattles something fierce as well as usualy falls off. The old tank is beyond fixing as the seam is leaking AGAIN it's been repaired probably half a dozen times over the years. I need to get a new one built from scratch. The engine gets plenty warm, it's and IDI diesel and they make ALOT of heat.

    • @KenthGustafsson300
      @KenthGustafsson300 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@offgridandunorganized Thanks for a fine answer...hope you get a new tank to the tractor.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you, I have to have a welding shop build me one is what I am thinking, unless I am able to buy one through a restoration place. I looked around and have not seen anything yet.

  • @lostcreekcabin2021
    @lostcreekcabin2021 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Interesting tractor. Sounds like a vw golf . Mine is a 1947 Ferguson gas. Well. Mostly. Lol. Must be a northern thing. 👍

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Lmao that's why it sounds like a golf as it is. 1.6L IDI diesel from a mid 80s jetta in a 40s 50s massey harris 22. Fun little thing.

    • @lostcreekcabin2021
      @lostcreekcabin2021 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @offgridandunorganized i love that. Well done . 👍 Im a retired mechanic and Ive been known to cobble a few things here also

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I have built a pile of junk in my day, used to build go carts as a kid. My grand father started it but got sick and was going to scrap it as it's basterdized. I seen potential and cool factor so I worked a deal and did something for him in return, I basicaly bought it for scrap price and "finished" it. That term is very loosely used as it was put together quik to test if the drives had any issues or were usable as the tractor came from a fence row for parts for a tractor my grand father was restoring. I have never finished it or tiedyed up the wiring, which has helped when thers and issue its very easy to trace when you can see the wires. It's been going strong for probably 12 years now minus some clutch stuff I had to sort out as the way my grand father did the conversion had an issue long term that I ended up sorting out 2 years ago, it's ugly old and smokes but easy on fuel and does alot of tire spin, the turbo really fights the traction and wins.

    • @lostcreekcabin2021
      @lostcreekcabin2021 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @offgridandunorganized lol. So your saying its really a turbo race tractor. 🚜

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Sorta, its all turbo and no torque, that's the part that sucks. As long as you can keep it wound up it will go like no tomorow but once it starts dragging down it falls fast. I turned the fun screw up in the pump a part of a turn and that helped some what but it's like a cummins rpm and nothing low not like a cat engine. More low end torque would be nice.

  • @jessefarrington6029
    @jessefarrington6029 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Steer chain helps without much rear brakes to steer with

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That's a good idea! I honestly never thought of putting chains on 2wd front tires for steering, 4wd yes but not 2wd. The brakes on the 22s are there for looks basicaly, to give customers a sence of security that it has a brake pedal. They are a realy poor design, a ball and cam plate that actualy gets pulled off by the rotation of the axle. Makes sence to have the moving tractor drag its own brakes off. It will not brake steer, if you push really hard you can kind of convince it to atleast take a corner but not no turning on a dime like most tractors will with brake steer.

    • @jessefarrington6029
      @jessefarrington6029 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @offgridandunorganized wish I knew how to post a picture of mine. Lol

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That I am not sure if it's possible even. I will have to look into front tire chains, so they really make that much difference in steering?

  • @EverydayProjects
    @EverydayProjects 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" as the old saying goes.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Sure is, funny thought I had the antifreeze and planned to do it in the fall. I actualy forgot when I changed the oil before winter.

    • @EverydayProjects
      @EverydayProjects 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@offgridandunorganized Oh, well, looks like you caught it in time. It would have been a shame to lose the block! I have a '68 Case 580CK with a Playlist of videos on my channel. Maybe some will interest you. All the Best to You!

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It sure would have been it is a 1.6vw diesel so not SUPER rare. I will have to check that out I am into old equipement so I like to see pros and cons when searching for an old piece to buy.

  • @jerrypruitt7432
    @jerrypruitt7432 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I would never put water in my vehicles radiator. Use pure antifreeze. Never had a problem.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I am not sure what you mean by that but let me try and understand. I hope you use eather premixed antifreeze or you mix your own from concentrate, what I hope you are not doing is running straight concentrate as that's bad. It is industry standard to flush a vehicle with water then usualy flush with concentrate to displace the excess water that is trapped or mix the first jug really heavy and adjust from there. What you don't want to do is have no water as the antifreeze concentrate needs water to activate it. I forgot to run the first bit as straight concentrate first.

  • @andruxxa1984
    @andruxxa1984 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Фальшивый антифриз? У меня на автомобиле 2 года назад замёрз антифриз при температуре -10 С. Начало зимы. При запуске провернуло помпу. Теперь при покупке антифриза сначала ставлю канистру на холод и только потом меняю. Сегодня ночью -18 С. Это средняя температура зимой у нас в России)))

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It's real antifreeze but with too much water, it was low in the summer (hose leaked) and so I just topped it up with water as I was planning on changing out the antifreeze as it was 10+years old anyway so it was way past its prime. I just forgot about it and never got around to changing, I check the fluids every morning and thats when I noticed it was Chrystal. That day was -10C during day and ‐16C the night before.

    • @andruxxa1984
      @andruxxa1984 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@offgridandunorganized понял)

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes thank you, your climate sounds similar to ours roughly. Keep warm over there!

    • @andruxxa1984
      @andruxxa1984 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@offgridandunorganized Согреваемся) С наступающим рождеством вас)

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thank you, Merry Christmas to you as well.

  • @theresamoore7634
    @theresamoore7634 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    👍👍👍👍

  • @Scoop985-f8z
    @Scoop985-f8z 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Not much heat in that wood.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      The stove it's self does not make alot of heat as it's so small, normaly I light an open fire and been doing that since again as it's faster. It was a trial, it's all dead standing spruce so lots of heat.

  • @kirkboivin4357
    @kirkboivin4357 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Luck was with you when that rad didn't Crack

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You are correct, it was Chrystal so I assume just enough antifree so it didn't fully harden, just past the freezing point. It was also running 12 hours before that so it had not had as long to cool down eather.

    • @gordonshelby8476
      @gordonshelby8476 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Cover the rad with cardboard with a hole in it . The fan freezes a weak mixture of coolant.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you, I do that on my trucks. There is no mechanical fan tho it has an electric fan so it only comes on when I turn it on. (Thermo switch failed so I manualy run a toggle switch) no engine driven fan like most have, there was no provision for one as the engine came from a FWD car.

  • @craigdiehm3017
    @craigdiehm3017 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    You are beyond lucky that you didn't crack the radiation when you poured that boiling hot water on it. Never do that with something that is frozen.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ok thank you, it was not boiling just nice and warm. But I never thought if that actualy thank you.

    • @craigdiehm3017
      @craigdiehm3017 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @offgridandunorganized it's the same reason you never pour cold water into a radiator when a vehicle overheats. You always wait until it could downs. The cold water can crack the block and damage the radiator.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes I know that I just never thought in reverse, I was trying to figure out how to thaw the ice mostly. Thank you

  • @belowfray5251
    @belowfray5251 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Small charcoal grill under it.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you, I'm going back to an open fire it's much faster. And free

  • @mikecopenhaver4484
    @mikecopenhaver4484 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Should stay far away from larger toys than a screwdriver!

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I am not sure why you would say that but not everything is perfect in life.

  • @bretpetrie7044
    @bretpetrie7044 9 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Antifreeze doesnt freeze lol.

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  7 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      You are correct! Well sort of, straight concentrate can, it needs water to activate. But basicaly too much water freezes

    • @bretpetrie7044
      @bretpetrie7044 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      @offgridandunorganized straight concentrate still won't freeze but it can gel up. Best bet is to just change it regularly. You're lucky it's an old tractor. Today's junk would've been a pricey fix. Goodluck!

    • @offgridandunorganized
      @offgridandunorganized  5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Today's junk let's not start on that scrap metal that leaks just by looking at it, I drive old stuff as it's built to last and built to be fixed no electronics. I have got out of habit with as much maintenance as it's harder without a shop anymore, tools In storage hard to dig out, anything u drop your looking through a sand pit for or snow bank, shop is a priority that's happening! I miss having something inside to work in and tools layer out and organized.

  • @richardgash2349
    @richardgash2349 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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