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21 hours ago, Jaa600 said:

I can't imagine 46 below zero. The coldest I ever remember here was about -10. That was enough. When it's that cold everything you do takes 3 times as long as it should.

 

We are also a lot dryer, and the humidity when it's cold makes a massive difference.    Although -40 and colder is just cold.  

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16 hours ago, Baradium said:

I'm going to have to disagree with you on that.   It doesn't get dark but it does cool down.  It might only cool down to 60 degrees or so normally, but you go to Georgia and it's miserable all night long too (and muggy).   I'll give you that during the real heat waves it doesn't cool down as much as we like, but it's still better at night than the southeastern US.     That said, I've contemplated the idea of getting a split unit A/C system in my house. 

Yes it cools down, but not much, my house will still be 68* at 5am, and then the sun hits it and were over 70* quick, so by Noon we are well on our way to 80, and that is just no fun.  You get him a bit after 5:00 and its low 80* in the house, so sleeping is miserable.  We have a forced air furnace so the idea of getting an A/C unit has real appeal but we haven't done anything about it yet

16 hours ago, Baradium said:

 

We are also a lot dryer, and the humidity when it's cold makes a massive difference.    Although -40 and colder is just cold.  

I don't care where your from, that cold will slow you down, glad it doesn't happen to much, although your in a much colder area then me

 

 

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18 hours ago, Baradium said:

I'm going to have to disagree with you on that.   It doesn't get dark but it does cool down.  It might only cool down to 60 degrees or so normally, but you go to Georgia and it's miserable all night long too (and muggy).   I'll give you that during the real heat waves it doesn't cool down as much as we like, but it's still better at night than the southeastern US.     That said, I've contemplated the idea of getting a split unit A/C system in my house. 

A/C? What would you set it on? You guys would fry at my house. We keep our A/C set on 78. Basically taking the humidity out of the air. We are never home or inside during the day anyway. There must be something magical about Alaska though. I know several people who went there to work and just never left. A few in the Air Force and a few in the oil fields. 

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3 hours ago, Jaa600 said:

A/C? What would you set it on? You guys would fry at my house. We keep our A/C set on 78. Basically taking the humidity out of the air. We are never home or inside during the day anyway. There must be something magical about Alaska though. I know several people who went there to work and just never left. A few in the Air Force and a few in the oil fields. 

You are dang right, I would melt lime the witch in the wizard of Oz, after working outside in the winters on the slope and around the state I like it cold, but after a few days I can get used to sitting on the beach.

for my ac, I like 72* and dry, but I am guessing that my bride will be going thru a "special" time and what ever the temp is it will be wrong, and she will change her mind in 15 minutes

 

Alaska is special, it gets a hold of you and you doesn't let go.  I came up after dessert storm for a short tour in the USAF,  and don't plan to leave

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Oh, and the A/C would also keep out the smoke when we have a dry year

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10 hours ago, AKwelder said:

Oh, and the A/C would also keep out the smoke when we have a dry year

A/c in a home is 1 of the western worlds greatest inventions imho.  Dad did it in 82.  Never have touched the heat pump for fear of jinxing it now.  They moved to town in spring.  By Oct had a/c heat pump installed.  Nothing nicer than a cool refreshing home at the end of a hot dusty day.

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33 minutes ago, TroyDairy said:

A/c in a home is 1 of the western worlds greatest inventions imho.  Dad did it in 82.  Never have touched the heat pump for fear of jinxing it now.  They moved to town in spring.  By Oct had a/c heat pump installed.  Nothing nicer than a cool refreshing home at the end of a hot dusty day.

Very much so, and when it takes the humidity down and you don't feel sticky it sure seems like you have a nicer nights sleep.

 

i think a really small unit here would work great

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20 hours ago, AKwelder said:

Yes it cools down, but not much, my house will still be 68* at 5am, and then the sun hits it and were over 70* quick, so by Noon we are well on our way to 80, and that is just no fun.  You get him a bit after 5:00 and its low 80* in the house, so sleeping is miserable.  We have a forced air furnace so the idea of getting an A/C unit has real appeal but we haven't done anything about it yet

I don't care where your from, that cold will slow you down, glad it doesn't happen to much, although your in a much colder area then me

 

 

My house is a lot smaller and cools better than yours.  Might be better shading too.   If it gets down to 60 overnight I can have my house at that temperature by morning.  If I close the windows before I leave it'll still be in the low 70s when I get home.   The bad times are when it's smoky and you don't want to open the windows overnight. 

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4 hours ago, AKwelder said:

Very much so, and when it takes the humidity down and you don't feel sticky it sure seems like you have a nicer nights sleep.

 

i think a really small unit here would work great

 

Look into split units.  They come in various sizes, but the big advantage is not losing all the insulation like you do with a window unit.   One outside unit can run multiple inside heads too depending on the unit. 

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11 hours ago, Baradium said:

 

Look into split units.  They come in various sizes, but the big advantage is not losing all the insulation like you do with a window unit.   One outside unit can run multiple inside heads too depending on the unit. 

Like the Mitsubishi units that have a small head at the top of the wall with a unit outside?

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18 hours ago, AKwelder said:

Like the Mitsubishi units that have a small head at the top of the wall with a unit outside?

Yeah.  There are a lot of different brands.    The Salcha Store has some now if you haven't seen them in action before.   I think they're running two heads per outside unit, but I've seen ones that run 3-4 inside heads.  

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Went fishing with my boys today

 

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The wife was fishing 

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8 Hailibut and 19 Rick fish.  

 

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Kids will fish for Salmon tomorrow while I get to work

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My wife caught a really nice Yellow Eye Rock Fish

 

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27 minutes ago, Jaa600 said:

Looks like you all had an awesome day! Is that your boat? 

We had one of those great days that are a family memory,

 

No, not my boat, a friend from work offered to take us out on his boat. Very very nice boat that he takes good care of and has a lot of pride in.   We cruised out and back at nearly 35 mph, amazing

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  • 2 weeks later...

Went and looked at an old truck. One owner 

 

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fired right up with a fresh battery and a little gas down the throat.  Ran nice.  He wants $800 for it.  

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2 hours ago, BOBSIH856 said:

I hope it is sitting in your driveway now. Looks like a pretty good deal for $800.

Nothing wrong with the deal, it's just how many deals keep popping up

 

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1 hour ago, AKwelder said:

Nothing wrong with the deal, it's just how many deals keep popping up

 

So is it in your driveway or not?  If I didn't have so many projects I can tell you it'd be in mine!    I need to get the carb rebuilt in the wagonmaster so I can start driving that.  

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

In the drive way.  Drove it home

 

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original dealer sticker on er on the back bumper 

 

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That is a good deal!  How long had it sat be fore you started it? Nice find, you just never know when these kind of deals are going to  show up. 

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Tomorrow I will dig into the details.  The truck has been sitting most of the last decade, started and used a bit here and there.  Last tags were from 2010, and the battery was put in it in 09.  

 

So so here's the deal, he aired up the tires and had moved it down to the driveway, so we went over, put a new battery in it, 5 gallons of gas in the tank behind the seat, dribbled a little gas down her thoat, and cranked it a lot, got it running shook the guys hand, loaded a fire extinguisher and headed down the road.

needs a tune up, and some TLC, but runs pretty good.  Electronic ignition and a carb cleaning and it will be a good farm truck.  I hope to make this my winch truck with a gin pole in the back,

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