Epic Whoops thread.

[73Coupe]

Can you use sand, sawdust, or kitty litter in lieu of rock salt?

(speaking from no experience)

In DC, I observed ground crews sprinkling salt on sidewalks with a fertilizer spreader type of device.

 

[crv]

This happened a couple days ago near here. This is a county plow truck that got to the top of that hill, started sliding backwards and hit the ditch.

We're having a bad shortage of road salt around here. The weather has been crazy and that's led to a lot of ice buildup everywhere. I chipped about 1/2" of ice off the car this morning.

I even tried to buy a bag for the home sidewalk last week and there was none to be found.

I was watching the movie Misery recently as the main character is caught in a snowstorm, made me think how do you people even see where you're going in such conditions?

 

[3175375]

I was watching the movie Misery recently as the main character is caught in a snowstorm, made me think how do you people even see where you're going in such conditions?

You don’t
You stay put.

 

[crv]

You don’t
You stay put.

Surely, some do get caught in a storm, but even something like the pic below, how the heck does one navigate this, particularly in poor light...

 

[cuda hunter]

Very carefully.
I drive in the snow every winter.
Work doesn't stop and work doesn't wait. Gotta be there.
Doesn't matter how much snow.
During the 08-16 years when the economy crashed I had to drive to a home I scored 2.5 hours away every day.
Across Southpark, some mornings the snow would be 3 to 4 feet deep across the roads for miles at a time.
I was always the first on the roads as I am a worker, leave in the dark, show up at work at first light and work til the sun goes down again and drive home in the snow.

One of the tricks is to use the fence posts sticking out of the snow on the edges, put yourself in the middle of the fence post lane and hope the road stays centered.

There were times where the snow was over the hood of my jeep, had to put clothes on my seat to put my eyes up at the top of the windshield.

This was a weekly experience for 2 or 3 winters.

 

[cuda hunter]

That picture you posted is like, two days ago. Easy 1" in the morning.
Doesn't even really look like snow. hahaha.

 

[cuda hunter]

Can't find many good pictures.
This is a neighborhood, houses on the hills in the distance, that I drive into that sometimes that little 4' snow bank on the left gets as tall as 14'. 2007 the snow was 14' in this location.

When I pulled this challenger home it was a blinding blizzard. used the guardrails above the arkansas river as my guides. If I saw sparks, I knew I was touching the guardrail. Saw lots of sparks that night. I let my buddy drive for a little while and before we got into the hills he drove over two medians in a town at the base of the mountains. Zero visibility. We could see about 3' in front of the truck. Got that chally home safe though. missing some paint on the trailer....

 

[cuda hunter]

Some days at work look like this.
I do prefer interior finish work, but that is only a small part of a large home build. We spent almost 30K removing snow this winter in these pics. Had 7 guys, digging snow every day for a few months. Couldn't let the snow stay as it causes ice, Ice doesn't melt until mid summer so can't let it sit.

 

[73Coupe]

Some days at work look like this.
I do prefer interior finish work, but that is only a small part of a large home build. We spent almost 30K removing snow this winter in these pics. Had 7 guys, digging snow every day for a few months. Couldn't let the snow stay as it causes ice, Ice doesn't melt until mid summer so can't let it sit.
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That looks miserable.

 

[cuda hunter]

Yes and no.

Not miserable.
There are very few things that keep me healthy like hand shoveling feet of snow 10 hours a day at 9600' elevation.
Really gets the blood flowing and working. Builds stamina.
And paid on top of all that.

This makes climbing 14K mountains much easier. I've considered starting to summit 14K's in the winter in the snow and ice.
Sounds exciting.

Miserable, yes, it's cold. But just put some layers on and work and I stay warm. Turn the music up and ignore the wind. Talk **** with all the workers to pass time as we shovel and breathe hard.