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03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:31 pm

puma guy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:00 am

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 7:48 pm Funny thing about having a generator. Not having gas for it is the same as not having it. Yep, and since my driveway slopes down to the retaining wall behind my house, I learned years ago not to try and back down my driveway when there is ice on my driveway. I tried that once and got my truck stuck with the rear bumper resting on the wall and the front end sticking half way out of the driveway. So yep, I have a generator and had no gas to power it.

03LR, Sorry to hear that. Fortunately I had 15 gallons of ethanol free gasoline from hurricane season. I have a siphon if I needed to get gas out of my vehicles, as well.

In addition to having no gas for my generator, my truck only had about 3-5 gallons in the tank. I had planned to fill up the Friday before the cold hit but got a phone call on the way home, got distracted, and forgot to stop. Then on the second day of no power, after a good 12 hours of no heat, I was shivering so bad I thought i was gonna die. I open my garage a third of the way, hop in my truck with my dog and fire it up. Dog and I both fell asleep from having no sleep for so long and literally ran the truck out of gas. Yeah, I was a real mess.