We used to set a pan of burning corn cobs under the Ford 8N to get it started. In real cold weather we pulled the car with the team of horses to get it started so I could drive 10 miles to high school. I would go out at noon hour and start the car so it would warm up - and ensured that it would start again at 4 p.m.
One of the interesting thing I saw was a contractor in Montana doind work for the oil fields in winter in the late 60's. He had plumbed his pickup truck with quick couplings on the coolant system.
He would drive his pickup to the site, couple up the coolant couplings to the dozer engine and let the pickup circulate warm coolant through the dozer engine. Depending on outside temp, he could start the engine in 30 - 45 minutes while he sat in the truck and drank coffee from a thermos.
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Today's Featured Article - Madison's County - by Anthony West. Philip Madison has been a good friend of mine for quite some time. He has patiently suffered my incessant chit chat on the subject of tractors for longer than I care to remember, and on many occasions he has put himself out, dropped what ever it was he was doing, to come and lend a hand cranking handles, or loading a find onto a trailer. Although he himself has never actually owned or restored a tractor, he was always enthusiastic and always around helping with other peoples projects.
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