OT: ice/snow storm later this week get the saws ready

[jake wells]

I'm only posting this here because traffic is heavier in this section of the forum.
The weather channel is calling for ice/snow storm in the central and mid western states later this week and i was only going to remind members to stock up on essentials like food and gasoline ( i went through this crap in 2009 no power for 17 days ).
If you got a generator i would suggest you fuel it and get extra fuel just in case because you never know and some extra mixed fuel wouldn't hurt either.
stay safe.

** mods if you want to move this thread feel free I'm only posting it here to get every ones attention. **

 

[Dub11]

Thanks Jake!!

 

[T.Roller]

Not to rub it in but it'll be in the 60 ' s here all week

 

[Nitehawk55]

Ice storms are the worst , hate them .

 

[Magic_Man]

Weather in insane, last week it finally got cold ( highs of 20, single digits to 0 at night). Today I walked outside and it's 60 degrees with a high of 66. Now we are supposed to get hit with ice as well. Back in 2013 we went 14 days without electric here.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

Cool Story Bro time:

A few years ago (2011 maybe?), I was living in Virginia and working in DC. The infamous Thunder Snow storm hit, and I was in the city working at the time. Roads were backed up all over the place, and it took me about 11 hours to go 40 miles to get home. This Yankee had an AWD vehicle with M/S rated tires, but the DC area residents felt that bald tires and un-weighted RWD vehicles should get through 1/2" of solid ice, which didn't work so well.

Anyway, I finally got to within a mile of home, and there were several large pine trees down across the road. I had to go another 1/2 hour out of my way to get around to another road, just to get within walking distance of home. I had been up 23 hours, and was fed up.

Ever since then, if ice is predicted, I will throw a saw in my vehicle, just in case...

If there's ice in the forecast later this week, I had better get a saw clean enough to ride the floorboards. Something to do tonight I guess.

 

[Marshy]

I heard 3/4-1" of ice is expected on the mid/southern eastern states. I know the other night it rained here and I had to chip a 1/4" of ice off my car to get home. It was low 50's here last night with a light on/off rain. All the snow is heavy and icy now. The bulk of the warm front and heavy rain passed to the south. Back side of this storm is going to bring us some good lake effect snow once it gets colder. Lots of fun.

 

[cus_deluxe]

It rained the other night quite a bit and then froze solid overnight, our driveway is a sheet of ice, underneath the few inches of fluffy snow. Might as well try to walk on greased ball bearings....i think its supposed to be pretty calm the next couple days here tho.

 

[USMC615]

Cool Story Bro time:

A few years ago (2011 maybe?), I was living in Virginia and working in DC. The infamous Thunder Snow storm hit, and I was in the city working at the time. Roads were backed up all over the place, and it took me about 11 hours to go 40 miles to get home. This Yankee had an AWD vehicle with M/S rated tires, but the DC area residents felt that bald tires and un-weighted RWD vehicles should get through 1/2" of solid ice, which didn't work so well.

Anyway, I finally got to within a mile of home, and there were several large pine trees down across the road. I had to go another 1/2 hour out of my way to get around to another road, just to get within walking distance of home. I had been up 23 hours, and was fed up.

Ever since then, if ice is predicted, I will throw a saw in my vehicle, just in case...

If there's ice in the forecast later this week, I had better get a saw clean enough to ride the floorboards. Something to do tonight I guess.

@kingOFgEEEks ...What's up ya crazy ass?...aint see ya in a while. How's that Dual Split working out for you? I wish my connection on the 4-way, a good while back, was still welding them up, would've liked for you to have scored one. Hope everything's going good for ya, and good to see you over here.

 

[bikemike]

Ice storms are the worst , hate them .

Wish Mn would get a nice heavy ice storm so I can do some emergency work for side cash

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

@kingOFgEEEks ...What's up ya crazy ass?...aint see ya in a while. How's that Dual Split working out for you? I wish my connection on the 4-way, a good while back, was still welding them up, would've liked for you to have scored one. Hope everything's going good for ya, and good to see you over here.

I've been up to no good, as usual. I've been kind of lurking here, and keeping up dual citizenship at AS, but other than the firewood forum, this is becoming my go-to page for sure.

That dual split has been dead reliable, and still out-works me. I figured out that the work table is about 2" lower than the open tailgate of my C-30, so I have been loading the truck with rounds, then parking the splitter where I want to stack, with the truck backed up to it. Load the tailgate with rounds, split, stack, repeat. I did manage to stall it - in a big 30" sugar maple knot. I just backed her up, and tried a different angle.

 

[USMC615]

I've been up to no good, as usual. I've been kind of lurking here, and keeping up dual citizenship at AS, but other than the firewood forum, this is becoming my go-to page for sure.

That dual split has been dead reliable, and still out-works me. I figured out that the work table is about 2" lower than the open tailgate of my C-30, so I have been loading the truck with rounds, then parking the splitter where I want to stack, with the truck backed up to it. Load the tailgate with rounds, split, stack, repeat. I did manage to stall it - in a big 30" sugar maple knot. I just backed her up, and tried a different angle.

Sounds good...work smarter not harder theory and the 2" diff in height sounds like it works perfect.

 

[Big1066ih]

We had ice 2 nights ago, about 5" snow then 1/4" to 1/2" ice. 8 hour shift turned into 20. Delt with more ice so far this winter than the last two together.