New Icebox-- problems

[pigman]

The wife talked me into getting her a new icebox. The old one was working perfect but was getting a little rusty in spots. :(  I took the old one to the dump and lucky me, there was someone there disposing of a perfect good icebox 8). There was no rust on the thing and the guy said it was working perfect and he was getting rid of it only because his wife wanted a different color. :  I brought the thing home, put it in the place where we kept the old icebox and filled the top with two blocks of ice. Then the problems started.   The ice melted and water leaked out of the bottom of the door. I don't see how this thing could of ever worked, there is no drain hole in the bottom to let the water drain out. Good thing the porch has cracks in it.
Since I don't have any instructions for this modern icebox, I am not sure I am putting the ice in the right place.


Bob the hillbilly

[WH_Conley]

Gee, last count the still went on top, but with all this modern stuff, ya never know. ???
( Mighta been a manufacture error, no drain holes, ask Norm he might be able to make some for ya)

[gary]

try putting it in the shade and useing more ice

[Mooseherder]

It works better when you lay it on its back. 8)

[SAW MILLER]

  Bob,
Iv'e seen a lot of the newer ones like that and they all had the ice in top.So,I'msure you put the ice in the right location,must be a bad ice box.
 When the ice man comes around again you better stock up.

[Patty]

Guys, the ice goes around the beer keg....forget the ice box!

[Norm]

Bill is right they forgot to put some holes in it to drain properly. Stand it next to your silo and I'll be right over. :D

[Kevin_H.]

now that is funny.    :D

[Jeff]

That's just like the one we used to raise crawlers in. Man, dont put holes in it the crawlers 'll crawl out.

[Jeff]

Pigman, how about moving that thing to the lfet so we can get a look at the washin machine eh?

[sawguy21]

Plug the little black thingy into the spot in the wall and you can use it to make ice ;D

[joelmar10]

I thought the black cord thingy was fer openin them drain holes.

[tlooney]

I like Patty's idea you put the ice around the keg. ;D

[pigman]

Plug the little black thingy into the spot in the wall and you can use it to make ice ;D

I tied that black thingy to the porch post so the icebox will not roll off the porch. The thing has wheels.   Why would an icebox need wheels?

It works better when you lay it on its back. 8)

I thought of that, but if I lay it down it won't be on it's back, it would be on it's bottom. That means it is setting on it's end now. I am getting all confused.
I am going back to the dump and see if my old icebox is still there.

[Mooseherder]

Your Old Ice Box is now someone elses new Ice Box.
They couldn't believe someone left it at the dump. ;D

[gary]

I wonder if they found agrease gun right next to it?

[Mooseherder]

Gary, The grease gun went back to where it came from tonight. :D

[pigman]

Thanks everyone for their help with my problem with what I thought was an icebox. :-[  Well, I went and took a  closer look at that box or whatever it is and came to the conclusion that I have some sort of stove.  Right at the top there is a name " Hotpoint". With a name like that it must be some sort of stove. Now I have a new question for the members of S O K I A.  Where does a person build a fire in that thing. In the stove we now have we build the fire in the bottom and bake in the top part. The bottom of this thing does not have a flue hole   These modern thinges sure get me confused.

[sawdust]

Yall missed the insructions, this is a modern ice box! That black cord thingy at the back is the pull start.
Giver a yank.

sawdust

[Don_Papenburg]

Jeesh , you can take a redneck out of the country, but you cain't take the redneck out nohow.    We need a fetchin up forum section on here.

[Mooseherder]

Can't you hear the Theme song from Dukes of Hazard in your head? :D

[joelmar10]

I hear "dualing banjos"

[Mooseherder]

I hear "dualing banjos"
Like the ones in the movie Deliverance?

[joelmar10]

Ya know to this day every time I see Ned Beatty ....that movie sticks in your brain don't it?

[Roxie]

 :D :D :D :D

[SwampDonkey]

Didn't we already have that discussion someplace. ;D :D

[pigman]

I was having serious problems with my icebox and my friend Roxie thinks it was funny.   ;D     ;)My wife did not think it was funny when the milk turned green.
All is well now. 8) The wife bought me a brand spanking new icebox ( they call them things refrigerators now)  for Father's day.

[SwampDonkey]

You took 'Deliverance' on a new fridge then? ;D

[Burlkraft]

Swampdonkey.............That was a good'n  :D :D :D :D

[Don P]

And another perfectly good hotpoint smokehouse gets sent to the dump, oh the waste of it all  :.

I brought a new used truck home from up north several years back. The local shade tree crew kept telling me I had left some tool stuck in the engine compartment. It had one of them funny black pull starters stickin out the grill. I guess they don't have hills up north, we just roll start most of the time.

[asy]

Don,

You're wrong.

You CAN take a redneck out.

Only ya gotta take him out twice.

Second time to apologise.

asy :D :D :D

[sawguy21]

Don, I will know I have driven far enough in a southerly direction next winter when someone points to the black thingy hanging from the grille of my truck and asks "Whazzat for?" :D :D

[asy]

I'm a bit scared to ask, but what IS the thingy hanging from your truck grille?

asy :D

[tnlogger]

wal now I might be wrong but here in hills we plug the black thingy into the lectrisaty, in turn that starts the jumpstcator with in turn lets you run the rotovater which then gets that there chugortater going.
then yuse gets outa thetruck unplug the black thingy, get back in that there truck
ands push in the clutchavater and puts the grindervator inta first and lets out on that there clutchavater in hopes that the chugortater chugs soes you'll can go down road ta visits with Ma&Pa . whens you'll gets there ya has to plug in the black thingy and hopes it works again soes youse can get back home. ;D

[sawguy21]

ah asy, we need to bring you here during a Canadian winter ;D. The black thingy is an extension cord to the engine block heater. Without it being plugged in for a couple of hours at -30C, the truck don't start and we don't go anywhere.

[pappy]

dats right tnlogger use ta live up Nord didn't he   :P well almost way up Nord  ;D

I'm a bit scared to ask, but what IS the thingy hanging from your truck grille?

asy :D

When ya live WAY WAY north of the Mason Dixon line ya needs what is called a engine heater ta git her started in da mornin'

[asy]

wowwee!!!

That's amazing!

You REALLY have to plug it in to heat the engine up?!

Some days our car is too hot to touch before we get in, and ya have to use your T-Shirt under your hand to open the car doors...  hehe

asy :D

PS: Sawguy...  ANYTIME, Send tickets to: PO Box 2063, Salisbury East, 4107. Australia.   

[pappy]

You REALLY have to plug it in to heat the engine up?!

asy :D

Yup...  usually when it gets down around 0 F and below.... makes it a lot easier on the motor

[isawlogs]

 Asy ,
  I have worked way up North , wheres you would not turn the engin off , other then to change the oil , and even then the oil was heated prior to be put back in .
  Yep a block heater up here is one of the first options one gets when buing a new or newer for me , vehicule .  ;)

     

     

[pigman]

This thread is getting me more confused; if that is possible. :  If that black thingy hanging out of the front of the truck warms the motor, how does the black thingy on the back of my icebox make it cold inside?
Bob

[gary]

it's a black magic thingy

[Onthesauk]

Front - Hot,  Back - Cold     That kind of makes sense doesn't it?  Now you just need some little rhyme so you can remember which is which.

[Radar67]

Plug in the front will burn your hands, plug in back will freeze your cans.  :D

Stew

[wiam]

The cold that comes out of front of the truck goes in the back of the icebox.

Will

[Burlkraft]

So...The plug in ice box keeps food cold in warm weather and in cold weather the plug in the front of the truck heats the engine...but did ya ever warm up your sandwich in da winter time on the engine manifold ??? ???

So in a way both black plugs wether hot or cold still lead to food...as does every post on this forum :D :D ;D ;D......I can't believe it...we ain't got no food smileys

[sawguy21]

 :D :D :D :D The engine manifold is great for cooking hotdogs, jest dont ferget to stop and turn them. There is also enough room in an early 70's Dodge p/u heater to keep three cans of yer favourite beverage cold behind the fresh air vent.

[Burlkraft]

That sounds like 'sperience talkin'....to me there Sawguy.... ;D ;D ;D

[Jeff]

I can't believe it...we ain't got no food smileys

All ya gotta do is ask...

food2 digin1 digin_2

will these do ta start?

[Burlkraft]

Yes sir der Boss.....Them will do just fine digin1 digin1 digin1

I especially like this one.... food2 food2 food2  Looks like a pig roast smiley ;D ;D

[Jeff]

I like this one...

[asy]

 digin1   food2

These three are my faves!

I wonder, if ya plug the car into the ice box, will they just swap heat and cools and everyone will be happy!

asy :D

[sprucebunny]

No power for 12 hours now. I'm worried about my  . Do you think the a/c in the car will  cool  the old Fridge ??? Maybe I could just make a double ended cord and plug it into the truck and fridge ;D ???

Got the genset going and 3 things plugged in.

Thanks for the new smilies, Jeff

[Roxie]

I see a bowl of grits 

But where is the official food of the Forestry Forum? 
Where's the can of peas?

[SwampDonkey]

Pigman  : The cord on the fridge keeps stuff cold inside, the cord on the front of the car keeps stuff cold outside.  ;D :D

[DanG]

Them cords is like them Thermos bottles that keep hot stuff hot and cold stuff cold.  How do it know? ???

[isawlogs]

 I had me one of those thermos bottles once , I realise now , from reading your post that I musta gotten the wrong kind ,  :-\   I'd put hot coffe in it in the morning  and the coffee would be cold by mid mornin  :-\   
    I did try to put ice water in it once too , that also turned warm by mid mornin 
   Guess mine was not in the " Know "   :

[Sprucegum]

I remember one winter on the farm we had a power failure. The next morning when I woke up the warmest place in the house was in the refridgerator  ;D  :

I also remember (man , what a memory I got tonight!) the first car I bought that never had one of those plug-in thingys hangin'out the front.
I had to take the DanG carburetor in every night or it would ice up on me , and it was only -5*  >:(  :'(

[iain]

Here i am late to the topic

looking at the pic that box would be called a fridge/freezer over here

the top part will go down to -18c the bottom is an ordinary fridge

plug it in to the wall socket

the wheels are for using it with a built in kitchen (roll it back and forth by tipping it slightly backwards

if I'm wrong ignore all of the above and send it to Norm's he's got a bit of space for a tall thin structure there may well be a "welcome to the farm committee waiting for it);)

Iain

[Don_Papenburg]

ASY  , That will not do those are both male plugs .  We can't be havin; no brokeback garage/porch  ;D

[pigman]

Thanks iain. 8)  Everybody was making fun of my problem and it took a friend from the U K to explain things for me.  ;D