Cold weather Prep?

[techman]

Heading to the Great White North for a week with the new truck. Should I do any prep for what looks like a stretch of below zero temps? The truck will unfortunately be parked for several days in an outside lot with no options to plug in the block heater. I imagine the fuel is winter blend at my destination but I'll be heading into Canada with fuel from Mass.

Treat the diesel? Bring a battery jump pack just in case? Or just go and not worry about it?

 

[H3LZSN1P3R]

Heading to the Great White North for a week with the new truck. Should I do any prep for what looks like a stretch of below zero temps? The truck will unfortunately be parked for several days in an outside lot with no options to plug in the block heater. I imagine the fuel is winter blend at my destination but I'll be heading into Canada with fuel from Mass.

Treat the diesel? Bring a battery jump pack just in case? Or just go and not worry about it?

You will be fine no need to worry about anything

 

[AH64ID]

You likely don't have to worry about anything.

I will, on occasion, add some cold flow improver to my tank if I am going from one climate to a much colder one. It's cheap insurance, thou I have no way of knowing if it was ever needed or not.

I also keep a battery jumper pack in the truck, but have only ever used it on other rigs.

 

[techman]

Thanks for the reassurances, I imagine the truck is perfectly capable of a cold snap.

 

[flan]

How old are your batteries? Often the 19+20s have been going tits up during the first cold snap. Some Howe’s antigel or similar is cheap insurance too.

 

[techman]

Brand new July 22 build with 1800 miles on the clock so far. This trip will double the miles on the ODO by the time I return.

I'll check the actual forecasted temps before I leave. Quebec City starts to get real cold in December.

 

[cj8rockcrawler]

It may not be worth it for a week, but You may wish to look into changing the oil to the 5w-40 for low temperatures.