January Blues

Have time to work on my van, but so dam cold I don't. Look at it outside (which I hate) Yes I have a heater and yes there are things I can do that won't cost a lot. Just such a hassle getting things going when it this cold. Hoping Feb is better 20 degrees will feel like a heat wave

Here in Santa Barbara we are praying for rain, we have not had any for over 47 days and then it was only a trace.

come up north and haul all the frozen rain you want...the high to day is 7 degrees Chris i agree add 20 to 25 degrees and we will be washing our vans in the drive way in shorts...

I'm so ready for spring, it was 9 below this morning.

I'll agree takes hours to get the shop warm enough to work but the furnace never stops running and @ $3.75 a gallon try to work a couple hours. I have been turning side work away, can't make any money if it all goes into heat. Hopeing for a waste oil furnace this time next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

those are not cheap, my brother has one at his shop. the bigest problem is what is in the waste oil that some people bring in saying I just changed my oil, But he does have free heat, the last service call cost over $1,000 bucks , so be carefull what you take in,

man I feel the same way i'm so tired of this cold, have to let the water drip in the bathroom now. already had to fix one frozen pipe, if someone wants I have a snowman for sale in my front yard just needs assembled   

In the AZ desert. 70 deg weather and working on Chevy vans....

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I am soooooooo sick and tired of the cold. No garage,wind chill 7 below and arthur visiting again for the winter means no work on my van till spring, but she will still start and go when nothing else on the block will even start.  

dix, I know they are expensive but paying $1500 year to heat the shop adds up pretty quick, my buddy owns a scrap yard that processes 500 plus cars a week(aka free oil, we'll almost have to buy lots of beer!!!!!!)so I figure two-three years the furnace will be paid for

I agree it's a great investment, you just have to police what you take in. but it sounds like you have that covered. his shop is always warm now, (FREE HEAT ) that is a good option in the north,I'd say go for it

I have a welding shop buddy who has in a barrel, a large cast iron skillet face up, a fire brick in the center, a smaller cast iron skillet face down on top, a drip can of waste oil with long tube dripping on to top of smaller skillet running into larger pan, its redneck but once it gets hot it heats about 1500 ft shop.

Feb. here is still cold, but thing start to change by the end of the month. I'm not asking alot just would like to see it in the 20's

Sad that we are wishing for 20's!!!!! This weather is just depressing , going to go up to the shop and grab some pieces to polish just to keep the mind moving.

Pan doing the same thing, going to bring some small stuff inside to work on

I heat my house and barn with a outside wood boiler, its a lot of work 16-18 cords but on days like this 3 degrees and there both at 70 I can work on my vans

me and my wife have been watching old john Wayne and jimmy stewart westerns for the last week or so, this below zero weather is suppose to last another week, I guess i'll watch the VAN movie and some hot rod movies today, I still need to finish insulation on the dog box and install the lid before I test out the new engine and trany on a longer drive, keep worm everyone,

here in the northwest= were still waiting for our coldest month =feb!! Has been a fair winter some cold yet not much snow this winter!! YEAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Don ,how you find a 2nd gen Chevy too work on in the Az desert??   
 
 
 Its about 2 here,new snow. No van work on any of my van,so far this winter(lots of time(no work,& no $$), but do  help Tom(Millwright71) on his 66 Chevy complete rebuild & upgrade   It going to be Sweet,that helps alot.

28 below zero this morning and supposed to be 28 above tomorrow... This cold shit is getting old.

savage wrote:Don ,how you find a 2nd gen Chevy too work on in the Az desert??  

Don's having trouble getting connected but he's been busy making new friends....

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After seeing the weather tonite, looks like the blues will be around another week.

I hear ya G-man -10 Tuesday and Wednesday nights, this sucks !!

I know when I lived in that part of the country we had two seasons SNOW and MUD

" />My problems are two fold.To cold outside and the van is to tall to fit in my garage.