Re: Meyer Snowplow Icing Up

Posted by in-too-deep on February 07, 2007 at 08:56:18 from (64.40.78.202):

In Reply to: Meyer Snowplow Icing Up posted by in-too-deep on February 06, 2007 at 14:03:17:

Well, I went to plowsite.com per Harold's advice and got some help. Lots of people recommended ATF instead of Meyers fluid. I knew it was icing up, but it didn't make any sense because the $10/quart oil is supposed to be a de-icer. Oh well. Went to Wal-mart and got some ATF. Drained the lines and reservoir as best I could(the oil was milky and even had chunks of ice in it), hooked everything back up and refilled with ATF at 1/5 of the cost. It worked great. This morning at about -5 degrees it was a bit sluggish but worked great. The only problem with ATF is that when it gets super cold, like last night, the paraffin in the fluid separates and blocks passages. So far no trouble and I saved about $15 over the Meyers fluid. Thanks for all the replies. I'm done plowing...now comes some serious shovel-time >:(

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