Adventures of Johnny Tundra, Cold-Weather Engineer: 'Foundering Furnaces'

March 9, 2016
Amid sub-zero temperatures and 80-mph winds, two of four furnaces serving the State Lands headquarters continually are tripping off. Could the problem be ice crystals in the fuel line? The facilities manager, Pete “Plug” Lipcheau, has cleaned the fuel filters and blown out the fuel lines to no avail. Plug is about to come uncorked when he asks his pal Johnny Tundra to take a look.

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Adventures of Johnny Tundra, Cold-Weather Engineer: 'No Delay'

May 10, 2016
Early one January morning in northeast Montana, where even moderate winter conditions result in wind chills of 50 below, Twitch Griswold, facilities manager for the U.S. Customs...
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Adventures of Johnny Tundra, Cold-Weather Engineer: ‘Freeze-Protection Freeze-out'

Jan. 12, 2016
At Rosebud County Vocational Technical School, the freeze-protection thermostat on a new rooftop air-handling unit is tripping continually. To Facility Manager Jonas “Wooly” Wolcott...
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Adventures of Johnny Tundra, Cold-Weather Engineer: ‘Capitol Case’

Aug. 27, 2015
On the eve of public hearings at the state capitol, Supervisor of Facilities Maintenance and Operations Hank Hoovestahl is facing a grilling worse than that of any witness: If...
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Adventures of Johnny Tundra, Cold-Weather Engineer: ‘Rx for a Feverish Drug-Storage Room’

June 16, 2015
At Stony End Home for the Aged, facilities manager Thatcher “Thatch” McGowan is feeling the heat—in more ways than one. The colder it gets outside, the warmer it seems to get ...