What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. WesternPlains

    WesternPlains Road Train Member

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    I can’t believe this storm. It’s all over the place. Been going for days. Lotsa drizzle everywhere. Then heavier in spots. Not even the Rockies can stop it. Eastern Colorado was a snow storm today.
    When is it gonna stop?
     
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  3. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    OH GOD!!!

    That pic of Ft. Bridger was last year too, after that storm that killed SLC. Then it froze lol.

    I slid like a snake to that TA for abut 2 miles. Got off, had Divine Intervention cause got a parking spot. I pulled my brakes and there was a huge crash at that overpass. Then they closed 80. Then after the crash was cleaned up, like a dozen plows got after it.

    It was minus 11 that morning and got to minus 27 where I loaded a little up the highway.

    Going to that plant was solid ice. I was going "This is BS."
     
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  4. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Around May. It's fueled by what's left of that Pacific hurricane and another weaker system came behind it.
     
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  5. Oldironfan

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    I wish I were in that feezing weather.
    It would flash freeze my fire ants.
     
  6. BigBob410

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    Glad I'm going to Houston!! We're not allowed to throw iron... IMG_20160124_130441642.jpg
     
  7. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Yea, ants are real low on the list once that mess starts.
     
  8. Dave_in_AZ

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    I used all my washer fluid going into Denver on that trip. I got to the TA in Commerce City and I just wanted to wash my windshield, it's still like minus 5 at 0900, and I get to the fuel island, half of the squeegees have the handles broken off, frozen in the buckets.
    The other half are just frozen in the buckets.
    I found one with a perfect squeegee shaped hole in a bucket through like 5 inches of ice with about an inch of cleaner in the bottom lmfao.
     
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  9. Oldironfan

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    Buy the red or purple washer fluid.
     
  10. WesternPlains

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    I thought the yellow smelled kinda funny? :dontknow:
     
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  11. Dave_in_AZ

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    I don't care what kind you buy. When the truck starts saying negative numbers, the windshield washer fluid people don't take in account the wind chill passing over that pin hole it comes out of.

    Then you gotta hope for a clear spot you can see far enough away to stop, so the engine can heat things up, and defrost the several inches of ice kegged to the windshield.
     
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