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whateversclever69 2/8/2019 10:12am
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MX683 wrote:
sure could use some global warming...more than the .1 degrees every 50 years that we have been getting.
The last 4 years have been the hottest on record since we began tracking global averages.


These temperatures are very very normal in Minnesota and we have had a mild winter thus far with the exception of 3 days that were colder than average.
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early 2/8/2019 10:18am
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whateversclever69 wrote:
The last 4 years have been the hottest on record since we began tracking global averages. These temperatures are very very normal in Minnesota and we...
The last 4 years have been the hottest on record since we began tracking global averages.


These temperatures are very very normal in Minnesota and we have had a mild winter thus far with the exception of 3 days that were colder than average.
Do you keep track of facts or something?
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dl117 2/8/2019 10:25am
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good luck to everyone traveling from aways away, roads are complete shit up here.
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NATEP231 2/8/2019 10:31am
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good luck to everyone traveling from aways away, roads are complete shit up here.
Yeah road in Iowa we’re good. As soo as we hit the Minnesota border it was all ice on I35....you guys really push hockey rinks up here

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MX683 2/8/2019 10:59am
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MX683 wrote:
sure could use some global warming...more than the .1 degrees every 50 years that we have been getting.
whateversclever69 wrote:
The last 4 years have been the hottest on record since we began tracking global averages. These temperatures are very very normal in Minnesota and we...
The last 4 years have been the hottest on record since we began tracking global averages.


These temperatures are very very normal in Minnesota and we have had a mild winter thus far with the exception of 3 days that were colder than average.
Great! We could sure use some of it here in Minnesota.
Rosso391 2/8/2019 11:18am
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77Moto wrote:
snow covered dirt isn't muddy.
Add 70 degrees and then its mud if there's enough snow on it.
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Forty 2/8/2019 11:28am
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MX683 wrote:
sure could use some global warming...more than the .1 degrees every 50 years that we have been getting.
whateversclever69 wrote:
The last 4 years have been the hottest on record since we began tracking global averages. These temperatures are very very normal in Minnesota and we...
The last 4 years have been the hottest on record since we began tracking global averages.


These temperatures are very very normal in Minnesota and we have had a mild winter thus far with the exception of 3 days that were colder than average.
The last 3 weeks have been a bitch.
MinnesotaMX704 2/8/2019 8:41pm
2/8/2019 8:41pm
Mid January to Mid February = hell in Minnesota! Or at least in Duluth.
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KMC440 2/9/2019 6:20am
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Just saw the husky factory rig broke down on the side of I35. Ass end was squatting hard on the tractor. Looks like the bags went...
Just saw the husky factory rig broke down on the side of I35. Ass end was squatting hard on the tractor. Looks like the bags went out
Probably jelled up fuel... happens a lot this time of year with southern operated trucks. They never get the right fuel or additive in time, then it's too late. The bags drop because the engine stops running. It's a $500 service call to get the fuel filter changed or a $800 +tow bill to get the truck into a heated shop to literally thaw the fuel out. Either way it sucks.

-13 this morning kids. This weather is nothing to screw around with. Over dress and bundle the shit out of the kids. Have a fun and safe night everyone.

One last thing ... hey Feld move this race and the Monster trucks to mid-March and give everyone a fighting chance at better weather. Bonehead scheduling... or did the NCAA require two months to scrub the exhaust?
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Markopolo400 2/9/2019 6:38am
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Last year it was mid April and we got 18in of snow on race day. SX brings out the best in MN weather.
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Springcreek wrote:
We got about 10" of snow this week and its going to be sunny and -18 Saturday morning, much improved over last years blizzard.
Not sure I could live like that. Its 45 degrees here in Texas and we are going riding today.
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OldYZRider1 2/9/2019 7:15am
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Saint Paul record low was -60° F in Feb of 1996 so its not too bad up there Smile .

I was on a snowmobile one night in 1979 up around Brainerd and it was -35° F. Air moving by me just felt harder. I knew I didn't want to do anything stupid and get stuck off the side of the trail. Was wearing my newly released full-faced Bell Star II helmet and it leaked enough air around the visor for me to frostbite my cheeks slightly.
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FLmxer 2/9/2019 7:21am
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Crazy to think it's that cold up there and feels like 90 here today already. Be safe on the roads today.
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KMC440 2/9/2019 8:40am
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Markopolo400 wrote:
Last year it was mid April and we got 18in of snow on race day. SX brings out the best in MN weather.
I remember that well ... I had 24" ... sucked azz
Johnny Lock 2/9/2019 9:40am
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OldYZRider1 wrote:
Saint Paul record low was -60° F in Feb of 1996 so its not too bad up there :). I was on a snowmobile one night...
Saint Paul record low was -60° F in Feb of 1996 so its not too bad up there Smile .

I was on a snowmobile one night in 1979 up around Brainerd and it was -35° F. Air moving by me just felt harder. I knew I didn't want to do anything stupid and get stuck off the side of the trail. Was wearing my newly released full-faced Bell Star II helmet and it leaked enough air around the visor for me to frostbite my cheeks slightly.
Just riding a snowmobile from 1979 is an adventure - let alone -35 windchill Laughing
Johnny Lock 2/9/2019 9:43am
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OldYZRider1 wrote:
Saint Paul record low was -60° F in Feb of 1996 so its not too bad up there :). I was on a snowmobile one night...
Saint Paul record low was -60° F in Feb of 1996 so its not too bad up there Smile .

I was on a snowmobile one night in 1979 up around Brainerd and it was -35° F. Air moving by me just felt harder. I knew I didn't want to do anything stupid and get stuck off the side of the trail. Was wearing my newly released full-faced Bell Star II helmet and it leaked enough air around the visor for me to frostbite my cheeks slightly.
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Gale19XX 2/9/2019 9:44am
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KMC440 wrote:
Probably jelled up fuel... happens a lot this time of year with southern operated trucks. They never get the right fuel or additive in time, then...
Probably jelled up fuel... happens a lot this time of year with southern operated trucks. They never get the right fuel or additive in time, then it's too late. The bags drop because the engine stops running. It's a $500 service call to get the fuel filter changed or a $800 +tow bill to get the truck into a heated shop to literally thaw the fuel out. Either way it sucks.

-13 this morning kids. This weather is nothing to screw around with. Over dress and bundle the shit out of the kids. Have a fun and safe night everyone.

One last thing ... hey Feld move this race and the Monster trucks to mid-March and give everyone a fighting chance at better weather. Bonehead scheduling... or did the NCAA require two months to scrub the exhaust?
Good info. I was wondering what a service call for a fuel filter would be in this weather. I drove a diesel up with the wife yesterday and for the 400th time tried explaining to her why some trucks were gelled up and some weren’t. I then started wondering how hard a wallet got hit for a service call like that.
Johnny Lock 2/9/2019 9:52am
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KMC440 wrote:
Probably jelled up fuel... happens a lot this time of year with southern operated trucks. They never get the right fuel or additive in time, then...
Probably jelled up fuel... happens a lot this time of year with southern operated trucks. They never get the right fuel or additive in time, then it's too late. The bags drop because the engine stops running. It's a $500 service call to get the fuel filter changed or a $800 +tow bill to get the truck into a heated shop to literally thaw the fuel out. Either way it sucks.

-13 this morning kids. This weather is nothing to screw around with. Over dress and bundle the shit out of the kids. Have a fun and safe night everyone.

One last thing ... hey Feld move this race and the Monster trucks to mid-March and give everyone a fighting chance at better weather. Bonehead scheduling... or did the NCAA require two months to scrub the exhaust?
Gale19XX wrote:
Good info. I was wondering what a service call for a fuel filter would be in this weather. I drove a diesel up with the wife...
Good info. I was wondering what a service call for a fuel filter would be in this weather. I drove a diesel up with the wife yesterday and for the 400th time tried explaining to her why some trucks were gelled up and some weren’t. I then started wondering how hard a wallet got hit for a service call like that.
Do you have a block heater? Or will you keep your truck idling? Something to think about if you’ve never dealt with minus temps.

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OldYZRider1 2/9/2019 1:36pm
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Johnny Lock wrote:
Just riding a snowmobile from 1979 is an adventure - let alone -35 windchill Laughing
Yes, sleds have advanced alot since then. It wasn’t too long after that that the much needed suspension evolution started in sleds. I remember lusting after the SkiDoo that had twin rear Fox shocks (I think) mounted at the rear outside the tunnel. Mine was a Polaris TX440 so a pretty strong runner but I liked to jump it and that just beat it to hell due to its suspension limitations.

By the way that was -35° ambient temp, not wind chill.
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RexEasely 2/9/2019 1:49pm
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50 to 60 degrees here in Los Angeles and I'm miserable. It's going to rain 3 more days this week. I can't imagine MN in Winter.
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Springcreek 2/9/2019 1:58pm
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It was never -60 in St. Paul, that temp record is way north by the Canadian boarder , St Paul probably had -30 that. Day in 1996. Today’s temps aren’t that bad
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OldYZRider1 2/9/2019 2:19pm
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Springcreek wrote:
It was never -60 in St. Paul, that temp record is way north by the Canadian boarder , St Paul probably had -30 that. Day in...
It was never -60 in St. Paul, that temp record is way north by the Canadian boarder , St Paul probably had -30 that. Day in 1996. Today’s temps aren’t that bad
Yes. I mistook what city the Google was showing me Smile .

This last polar vortex had the news channels referring to it as the coldest weather in a generation. I guess that actually may be true if a generation is only the number of years between you and your parents age; maybe twenty years. It seems to be an overly dramatic way to state it to me but I guess that lingo better fits into the climate change agenda.

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