im moving to Pennsylvania here soon and im gunna be traveling a lot cuz of my work i was just wondering what i can do to it to keep it in top notch condition for the winter season???

 

When the times comes, a winter front and anti-gel fuel additive. A good synthetic oil, or 0w40.

 

alright thanks man

 

Replace the Glow plugs, glow plug relay, UVCH. I wouldn't worry too much about the weight of oil. I see fairly cold temps and I run 15w40 delo400.

Then wash it when you get salt on it.

 

Your not that cold up there so standard 15-40 should be more then fine. If you see 10* or lower for weeks then switch to some 30wt.

Glow Plugs, Relay and such is good info as well. Make sure you plug it in, or give it time to warm in the morning. Short commutes are hell on Diesels.

 

first off welcome to the commonwealth. i live in western pa and it was in the negatiuves last winter a couple times. i dont run anything in my truck but 15w40 and my truck fired up everytme this year not one problem. just on the days that its below 10 or so plug it in and run fuel additives to keep from gelling

 

Find a ziebart and have the truck rust proofed, or go to the parts store and get about 10 cans of rustproofing and blast the sh*t out of the undercarriage, remove the door panels and plaster the lower half of the doors, pull out the inner fender wells and let the fenders have it too. Not that it won't rust, but every little bit helps. Once it does start to rust have the lower half por 15'd and repainted.

Wax the truck throughly late in the fall, use a paint cleaner then a GOOD carnuba based wax, not Zymol or any of that other BS ion based wax, you want to seal the paint, not create a ion barrier to repel water. 3m and meguiars both make great paint maintenance systems.

 

I moved from Maine to Eastern PA and the winters are not that rough. Western PA is a different story.

In the eastern area, they don't salt or sand the roads. The occasionally will lay down that liquid salt or whatever mixture it is prior to a "big" storm. I believe they'd rather shut everything down for a day or two then keep the roads drive-able. Anyone without 4 wheel drive and ground clearance is pretty much screwed for a day or so when it does snow. After that, the snow doesn't stay long and the ground never seems to freeze.

The temps get cold here and there (around freezing), but nothing worth changing the oil for. I never plug in our diesels. In fact, I never even store my motorcycles as I take them out plenty of times during the winter to ride with a group that rides every sunday. And no, I do not wear heated gear. Occasionally I'll throw on a helmet to help keep my head warm.

 

wny is worse

i thought they didnt use salt in p.a.?

 

Around Philly I've never seen salt or sand spread out on the roads. Could be a different story the further west you go. What I do see is that liquid crap that makes 4 lines up the street as they let it leak from their rig. I'm not sure if it's salt, calcium, or whatever magic mixture that doesn't seem to work.