CHAINING...are you ready?

Ms X said something about this during the weekly attempt at extortion...

 

And the first official chain law of the season goes to: Wolf Creek Pass @ 1511 this afternoon.

 

Not my video, but a good one showing chaining with triples...

[video=youtube_share;PUQkUsg7bJU]http://youtu.be/PUQkUsg7bJU?list=UUAkjZ9QPgGdlU0LK8u56tjg[/video]

The driver has already thrown the chains on the driver's side and has removed the truck mud flaps (most oilfield KWs have the removable mud flaps... one pin and pull the whole assembly off). Non-removable flaps make life a little more difficult, but no usually excessively so. If I had non-removable flaps I usually run a bungee from the bottom of the flap to the top on the rear, curling the flap up towards the rear. It keeps them out of the way and from getting chewed up by the chains.

 

Sorry to scare you all, but the first snowstorm of the season is upon us, Halloween weekend starting Friday, there will be "signifcant" snowfall over the Sierra Nevada impacting northern California and northern Nevada. Let the chains begin!

 

I'm taking away your posting ability if you keep up this talk about winter coming lol

 

From weather.gov:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
330 PM PDT TUE OCT 28 2014

NVZ030-031-033>041-291500-
HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...JACKPOT...
WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...
SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS....ELY...RUTH...
MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...
BATTLE MOUNTAIN...AUSTIN...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...ELKO...
SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...RUBY VALLEY...PEQUOP SUMMIT...
TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
330 PM PDT TUE OCT 28 2014

...FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...

MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS CONSISTENT FORECASTING A STRONG PACIFIC
STORM SYSTEM TO SWEEP THROUGH NEVADA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT. MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ON HALLOWEEN, WITH STRONG
SOUTH WINDS GUSTING NEAR 40 MPH THROUGH HALLOWEEN EVENING. WITH A
SLOWER STORM ARRIVAL, IT IS NOW EXPECTED MOST OF NORTHERN NEVADA
WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH 11 PM FRIDAY.

AN INTENSE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH NEVADA EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING, REACHING THE ELKO/SPRING CREEK AREAS JUST BEFORE SUNRISE.
A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA FOR
SEVERAL HOURS SATURDAY MORNING, WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS ON MAINLY
GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL ONLY LAST 3 TO 6
HOURS AT ANY ONE LOCATION, LIMITING THE TIME FOR SNOW TO
ACCUMULATE. STILL, THE SEASON`S FIRST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED. ROAD IMPACTS SATURDAY WILL BE GREATEST
ABOVE 6000 FEET, WHERE ROAD TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER. LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA
THROUGH SATURDAY, BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY
NIGHT.

THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NEVADA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOULD
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AS THIS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES.

 

Joe, you could have made this much shorter:

 

Ain't gonna scare me none! Gonna stay right here in my easy chair. . .

 

Ain't that the truth.

 

she said it was short enough