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    Posted: 20/January/2008 at 9:55pm
Hello..
Any of you Up in Canada or in the USA ever have your TM 1/2 frozen when arriving at a job..? OMG..!!!!! 
 
Well it happened to me last Saturday morning.. It was -13f when leaving home at 7am.. And my thermometer said 55f in the Van.. Took a 49 mile cruise for a whole house job.. The windchill was a killer.. Arriving at the job the thermometer said 30.. Anyways what happen next was scarier than a fat lady undressing..Ahhhh!!
 
Started up the TM and the psi gauge goes up to 3000psi.. OH $Hit.. Its a Cat-2000psi.. So i shut it down and the water in and out are froze up.. Could not disconnect the solution line at the machine frozeup.. Popped off the water in and the male connect nipple didnt pop back out froze inside..
 
Plugged in my 2 heaters and set them right next to the water in and out ports and waited 30 minutes.. The psi gauge is slowly going down to 0.. When it reaches 0 i start it up and let it warm up for about 15 minutes..
 
All hoses are already at the farthest point.. Pop in the water hose and solution using hot water from the laundry faucet and crank'er up.. Start wanding and its pi$$ing at 500psi.. OH man.. The pump is damaged.. A few minutes later pressure comes out like 500psi..
 
I checked around the pump and all the plumbing and NO leaks while its running.. Everything works good.. pressure.. high heat.. etc..
 
Conclusion: Was this hassle worth going a total of 100 miles just to get $175..?
NO..!! Not for me anyways.. It could have costed me 1000's..
 
How can this be prevented when its sooooo cold..? Stay home right..?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Yup!
Could somebody just clean my carpets!
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move to Arizona
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Truck froze today while doing a flood. Water froze in the vac hose. That's coldOuch

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Arizona here i come.. lol.. What is the temp waaaaaaaay up there? It hit around
 -20 below in North Minesota and thats not windchills..Ahhhh!!  Have to keep the body warm >>>>>  Lots%20O%20Coffee
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It's -18 F right now. Very little wind tonight. Supposed to warm up on FridayBig%20smile

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Put a Slide Not a Glide on your Wand, and do a better job!
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Originally posted by cmaster cmaster wrote:

It's -18 F right now. Very little wind tonight. Supposed to warm up on FridayBig%20smile
 
Bring it on cmaster.. Bring it on..Big%20smile
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John i don't know about where you come from but the vans sold here have heaters in them?? Strange thing is when it is cold you just turn them on?
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Vac hose froze again today while doing a flood. Calling for a low of -20F tonightOuch

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Originally posted by doug doug wrote:

John i don't know about where you come from but the vans sold here have heaters in them?? Strange thing is when it is cold you just turn them on?
 doug.. Wisconsin.. Where the North begins.. That what the sign reads.. The heater don't warm up the back like the front..Theres a tiny draft leaking thru the side door.. Weather striped it today..
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I'm a couple hundred miles more North than you, but our weather is similarBig%20smile

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Put anti-freeze in your lines and warm water in the tank. No problem then. I have cleaned at -39 without freezing up here in Calgary.
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Taking the day off is easierBouncing%20Smileys

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