I'm certainly no expert on a skidster, but are you sure that the pump, I assume mechanical pump isn't moving hydraulic oil and its not really a matter of some really cold and thick hydraulic oil? Its been pretty cold old lately, and I've got a couple of Deere with loaders, and the colder it gets, the longer it takes to thin out the oils, and the pumps are pumping some thick oils. One thing's for sure, with tractor mainetnance coming up real soon, I will be changing the hydrauic oils and filters.
As far as block heaters go, if its that cold, I'm not sure that it will hurt if its not superheating antifreeze, and I can't think that it is. Might take its toll on the element though. There are all kinds of heaters. Block heaters, inline hose heaters, battery heaters, and I'm not sure that they make electric dipsticks anymore, but they used to. The dipsticks are the only ones that I ever heard were potentially harmful, and I'm not so certain that was the truth. Might've been though. Might not have. Its the only one I never tried.
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