Comments | mellowtigger: first significant snowfall

mellowtigger

first significant snowfall

Dec 10, 2009 10:39

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litch December 10 2009, 17:12:43 UTC

It's often a good idea to include a bag of salt with your bags of sand

mellowtigger December 10 2009, 17:20:27 UTC

Any idea how much weight is "proper" for a truck? I added just 1/4 ton to my B2300 pickup, but I was wondering if maybe 1/2 ton would be better.

I'll find out in a few minutes just how successful this is.

litch December 10 2009, 18:40:09 UTC

I notice a difference with just 50lbs so a 1/4t should be plenty.

You do have good snow tires, right?

mellowtigger December 10 2009, 23:53:46 UTC

Nope. These are the tires that were on it when I bought it a month or two ago. I was hoping to get out of debt (which could happen this month if I scrimp) before racking up another $1k on the credit card for parts and repairs that are needed. :(

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foeclan December 10 2009, 17:24:29 UTC

Feel free to pull your car into the garage while you're working on the sandbags. Should save you from the wind chill at least.

There's also a folding table in the garage, and a small space heater on the workbench in the basement. You could set those up to keep you warm while you put in the grommets.

mellowtigger December 10 2009, 17:37:00 UTC

I didn't think about moving into the garage. My fingers froze so fast outside of gloves that I couldn't even get one of the grommets to work before I went numb. I did lots of rope bondage (yeah, like I know anything) on the sandbags, though. Though don't shift easily any more.

I'll probably rearrange as soon as the windchill gets more reasonable.