yeah i need to get a new battery but i just haven't found the time to do it... i will prob do it over xmas break... if you don't have a good battery, just get a pair of jumpercables in case

 

Up here in Canada lots of gasoline engines need block heaters. Dodge was good enough to include one as standard equipment on my '99. It replaces the frost plug just ahead of the oil filter. My '94 Camaro had one from the factory too - Canadian market cars and trucks tend to get them.
It's all about rotational speed - a block heater warms the block so the oil doesn't glue the engine together, and a battery blanket allows the battery to discharge fast enough to overcome the "glue". But up north, like Edmonton or higher, unlike Ohio, forget to plug in one or the other or both, and you ain't going nowhere.

 

id had one on my old 1500 but it was a hater "blanket" that covered the oil pan....it mainly heated/warmed the oil so it didnt take as long to get the truck to become warmer......i thought about gettign that for my dak...but if i can find one that fits adn is on the cheap side...id do it

 

hmmmm, my truck has a battery blanket straight from the factory, and a spot at the one entrance or exit radiator hose next to the block, I forget which it is, that has a countersunk plug that can be removed and an optional block heater can be installed

 

can i say something now? you done tootin your own horn bolt?

im just gonna go get remote start put on. start her 10 minutes before i leave the house and when im ready to go, so is she. 250 bucks and problem solved.

 

haha that works too i'd love to have a remote start but then i'd have to keep it parked out of gear all the time and i just don't trust my ebrake alone :/

 

i am not done tootin my horn yet!! lol I have that too, I strongly support everyone getting one! Its a nice option...plus its pimp...the ladies think its the coolest thing

 

really im the opposite and i just leave it in gear (other than really steep hills and stuff), i am afraid that my rear drums will freeze and stick and just cause a nightmare.

 

It will happen, my 1st gen dak would always do that sheit on me... It was a PITA!

 

yeah i use them both i had the rear drums sticking problem in my jeep but it had a hand ebrake and i think it started after i did a few yanks around corners on it...usually if i just park in a flat lot or something ill just leave it in gear but if its up or down a hill i do both