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I wanna see snow. Version 2016
Topic Started: Jan 23 2016, 05:30 AM (2,575 Views)
t3ragtop
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failing to pretreat the roads with brine, beet juice, or salt is an epic fail for the dc road crews! :P

when i woke up this morning the roads were wet and then it never snowed as much as a flake.
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Turbo Dan-O
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Oh my gosh, we had fun today! 1000cc RZR+old truck hood=non stop awesomness! :rocker

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We don't get to do this very often...
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Jan 23 2016, 03:05 PM
Plus a couple of people in the crowd just didn't know how to drive.
Only a couple??? Apparently it gets worse the further south you go...
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dayle1960
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Turbo Dan-O
Jan 23 2016, 07:00 PM
Oh my gosh, we had fun today! 1000cc RZR+old truck hood=non stop awesomness! :rocker

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We don't get to do this very often...
Yea, that looks like a lot of fun. Be sure the nanny patrol doesn't catch ya draggin a sled behind it or you might get the law coming down on ya.
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Scoobs
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:D

Sorry the video is sideways, was using my dashcam outside the car XD too cheap for a gopro XD

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Do it Yourselfer

[URL=http://s1074.photobucket.com/user/rcclabor/media/Mobile%20Uploads/12605314_1118399264846140_3748439040732294490_o_zp
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geopanda
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Do it Yourselfer

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Here's one of mine here in Lancaster pa
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Rondawg
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Here in North central NC we got maybe 3 inches of snow fri morning. Followed by a good coating of sleet, and a other dusting of snow this morning. Secondary roads have not been touched as of this afternoon and are a sheet of ice and packed snow.

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nerys
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Grr

we got about 1.5 to 2 ft already with another 8 inches expected tonight. the electric car stayed home and I took the minivan. while the leaf is amazing in the snow heat was mandatory today even the vans "furnace" heater struggles to keep the windows clear so my range would have been under 40 miles.

I was tempted to switch to the metro for delivery after getting the quest stuck (my mistake misjudged a road after the critter lied about it being well plowed. (the metro gets stuck easy but also gets unstuck easy especially solo) but we decided to close up at 5pm.

what you folks out west don't seem to understand is that you are EQUIPPED to handle snow. you drive ON the snow you use sand it does not melt and ice as much and one more thing.

CHAINS are illegal here.

oddly enough around here more snow equals easier driving. Most of the dimwits are smart enough to realize they can't handle the driving conditions or their car is not up to the task or more likely they simply can't get their cars OUT to drive.
Edited by nerys, Jan 23 2016, 09:46 PM.
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Kik
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It's booger deep here at my place on the lake



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Parked the Metro and got the Samurai out. If nothing breaks, I'll drive it until spring. Keeps the road salt from eating the Metro. We had about 8" of snow, then the sleet and freezing rain packed it down to about 6". Driving home at 1:30 am was a pain. The first few miles were plowed, so no problem. The rest was a rutted mess. The Samurai will plow through eight or ten inches of snow with no problem, but ruts are really bad. It's too narrow to use truck ruts, and light enough to keep bouncing from one set of ruts to another. And of course, when I fishtail my way up the first steep hill, there are two idiots blocking both lanes talking to each other at the top. The last mile I was in 4 wheel low and still couldn't get above second gear.
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marxtoys
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stuck in a dent

nerys
Jan 23 2016, 09:44 PM


CHAINS are illegal here.

Apparently not.

http://www.dot.state.pa.us/public/PubsForms/Publications/PUB%20650%20BW.pdf

http://www.penndot.gov/TravelInPA/Pages/Winter-Operations--Safety.aspx#.VqR0gk-MZGE

edit: You even get to leave the studs on for an extra two weeks.
Edited by marxtoys, Jan 24 2016, 01:12 PM.
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Jan 23 2016, 08:12 PM
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That's pretty much what I got here on the DC Beltway, about two feet, it's at the mirrors. Shoveled three times yesterday and got the driveway pretty much cleared. That's about half of what I need to do here where I live. Problem is, we need to go to Sherry's house and shovel her out too, so I guess I'm about one third of the way finished with the shoveling. :smackface
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Kik
Jan 23 2016, 10:02 PM

It's booger balls deep here at my place on the lake



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We got 5" Thursday night. Woke up drove to work at 4am in my swift did fine. When I got ready to go home at 4:30 we had go a .5" sheet of ice. Time for the cables! I will have to admit had never used the before they did great. Friday night we got 4 more inches of snow on top of it. Had to get Z71 out Saturday just to deep for my swift.It melted a little Saturday not all 1 big chunk of ice and I am back at work driving my swift man those cables are great! Came to work at 4am thank god I get off early at 2 today. Government jobs are great for benefits but the hours sux some time.
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