The Ongoing Super Mega Weather Thread v3

[Amethyst]

Originally Posted by DigitalCarpenter

I've had this done on my driveway - the catch is I live on a circle road. Either direction gets you where you need to go - no turning around needed.

My road is the same. Which is good since the stuck car has been abandoned for hours now, in between two parked cars, so there's no way past it.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

I legitimately used to use a hoe to scrape/dislodge certain types of ice/compacted snow. It worked quite well and was a little more ergonomic than an ice chipper, especially on compacted snow that wasn't ice yet. After doing that for a few years, the weld holding the 90 degree section of the blade gave out.

If you do plan on getting a tool for that purpose long term, get one with a forged one piece blade vs a two piece welded blade, so that it will increase the chance of lasting more than a few years if regularly used on stuff other than dirt.

I do have that ice chisel cleaver tool. I wish it were a little longer cause when you get it down to about a 45 degrees it just goes through the compact snow so nicely and satisfying. It’s like those ships breaking up ice in the Arctic. You could probably make a game like that pressure-washer simulator.

[fotze2]

I think i like the 4x4 better that winters on front wheel.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

Was that you being a big ass dork taking up the right lane (and struggling) on Blackfoot Trail north of 58th?

Today on McLeod Trail near Chic Fil A the sidewalk wasn't cleared. A Sudanese man confidentially walked down the right rut of the right southbound lane without a care in the world, while everyone slammed on the brakes and put their left signals on to change lanes around him. It made my day.