Off to Alaska Soon YES in FEBRUARY
I know this will sound strange but there is a good chance that I will accept a job in Fairbanks for the summer that will require me to leave Tucson very soon to start the trip north. However it me...
Forum Discussion
The first thing to do is check how cold your antifreeze is good for.
I have lived in Alaska most of my life. Went outside in 1983 and bought a new truck and drove it back. Got up around Whitehorse and the radiator froze over. Found out that the factory antifreeze was only good for about -30 so they could save a few pennies.
Threw a sleeping bag over the hood and radiator to let the heat of the engine thaw out the radiator. When it did, I drained a couple gallons of the weak antifreeze out of the bottom of the radiator, added more straight antifreeze, checked it with a tester and was ready to go.
Further north it was down to -60 until getting a ways west of Glennallen.
Ran into a guy up around the border who had the same problem only it also caused a vapor lock in his cab heater so he had no heat in his truck. When we found him, he was out running around his truck trying to warm up. He had to drive with both windows down trying to keep his breath from freezing on his windows so he could see to drive.
He'd have to stop, scrape the insides of his windows, run around his truck to warm up and then drive some more until he was too cold. We stuck with him for a long ways letting him warm up in our truck until he turned off to go to Fbks. At least he was smart enough to have good winter clothing with him.
Bill
I have lived in Alaska most of my life. Went outside in 1983 and bought a new truck and drove it back. Got up around Whitehorse and the radiator froze over. Found out that the factory antifreeze was only good for about -30 so they could save a few pennies.
Threw a sleeping bag over the hood and radiator to let the heat of the engine thaw out the radiator. When it did, I drained a couple gallons of the weak antifreeze out of the bottom of the radiator, added more straight antifreeze, checked it with a tester and was ready to go.
Further north it was down to -60 until getting a ways west of Glennallen.
Ran into a guy up around the border who had the same problem only it also caused a vapor lock in his cab heater so he had no heat in his truck. When we found him, he was out running around his truck trying to warm up. He had to drive with both windows down trying to keep his breath from freezing on his windows so he could see to drive.
He'd have to stop, scrape the insides of his windows, run around his truck to warm up and then drive some more until he was too cold. We stuck with him for a long ways letting him warm up in our truck until he turned off to go to Fbks. At least he was smart enough to have good winter clothing with him.
Bill
