Subzero here, and while we were better prepped than our neighbors down south, we still have our problems. Tractor has been running non stop at night, shutting it down for a couple hours at a time during the day. We use the Howes additive and k1 kerosene to keep from gelling, with the generator/welder on standby and starting everyday no problem but missed a day and it gelled. Thawed it out in the shop. The biggest inconvenience so far has been the hayspear on the truck froze, thawed it out and flushed, but I guess not good enough, froze right back. Mixed atf and diesel for the refill, so not sure of that solution. Ice on the pond is almost a foot thick, cutting it with a chainsaw with the chain backwards it doesn't throw as much on you. I think a polesaw might be safer, as I fell through at one point after the snow insulated the hole from the day before, not deep thank goodness. We did have a fatality of a fellow trying to get a calf out, very sad. The danger now is the warmup, cows like to go out on the ice, especially if snow covered, and are going to be more likely to fall through as it thaws. Oh, and that dang netwrap! Happy trails.
