huh, exactly what who said? I re-read the post I quoted, and didn't see anything where he said what I said, if thats the one you mean.
Anyway, I wasn't being insulting or anything, just stating what we deal with up here. Ni big deal, eh..

Cheers!

 

One of my first posts responding to the Guy about a "Blanket" was that where I live it gets down to -40F to -50F and a Freakin Blanket won't work-either will the truck

 

Lady North....
yeah...she's awesome....thought I saw a TB face...but harder to tell with photo's.
Do you work her on them rope tails?
My God, I'd love to climb aboard...she looks athletic and very smart/spirited and full of life.
Anyway....just wanted to let you know I appreciate what you have there.

I have no horse right now...but hope to gain another in about 5 years, when I can retire. My last horse was a purebred Polish Arabian. It took me 10 months of searching to find him. I was into Endurance Racing...and wanted the "perfect" horse for the sport. He stood 16-1 and had good withers for an arab. I spent 3 years training and conditioning before our first race....and we were a perfect match...we both loved the compitition.

 

Oh I don't think I read your post. Sorry.

 

Thanks for giving me an actual speed that you idle at!

And that warm blanky response is pretty silly. The route I go on is up north, and there are times it is -50 actual temp. Warm blanky my ass.

 

If your going to idle your truck you should always bump the idle up main reason is to help prevent blow-by at the turbo, want proof let 'er idle really low for a couple of hours here and there then look at the oil leaks around the turbo. if not yet, don't worry it'll happen, learned this from a couple of reputable mechanics, and yes I had to prove it to myself. I know this is an old, old post but since the question was asked I figured newbies needed to know. be safe.

 

most trucks have a preset fast idle you can just hit the crusie control and set accel button or u can manual idle it up by turning on cruise and hitting resume accel till its 900-1000 rpm on the tack

 

Yummy. Nothin like hearing a 550 CAT with 6" straights,purrin around 950 rpm.

 

The trucks I drove for Stevens wouldn't idle above 800 rpm or so when setting the cruise. I'm guessing that preset fast idle must be a programmable feature with the engine control module that our trucks weren't programmed with. We ran Cummins N14's at the time and I think I read somewhere that the adjustable low idle was between 500-800 rpm. Interestingly enough one of the trucks I drove had an adjustable idle switch that didn't function but setting the cruise would idle up the engine. Go figure.

 

Nothing better than listening to a 550 kitty CAT purr around 1000 with a set of straights.