COLD!

[cbxer55]

I see the snow plow took care to plow you in real nice and tight. How thoughtful of them.

While I agree it isn't nice, what are they supposed to do? Here in Oklahoma, there are only so many snow plows, and the entire state is covered in snow. They can't plow the road, then come back and shovel every driveway. Just consider it incentive to go out and get a little workout. Shoveling all that, even in single digits, I would only need a sweater to stay warm. Once I got into a rhythm, I'd be sweating up a storm. Last time I had to do something like that, I also shoveled the driveways of all the neighbors near me.

 

[sgtsandman]

Around here. They wait until you have cleared the driveway. Then they plow it in. I think they do it on purpose.

 

[Jim Oaks]

There are power outages all over Texas. My daughter hasn't had it since last night. By the grace of God I still do. Apparently the Texas power grid can't handle it.

It's 10 degrees right now and going down to -3 tonight.

I've been through this in Ohio. I grew up and lived in a snow belt. But this is pretty damn bizarre in Texas.

Anyone without power?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Around here. They wait until you have cleared the driveway. Then they plow it in. I think they do it on purpose.

This year they started plowing our road with a road grader. Granted they tear the hell out of the yard and tore half my field entrance out but he power swings the blade away and plows it into the far road ditch when he goes by our driveway.

Win some/lose some I guess.

Anyone without power?

No issue here, too cold for ice and everybody's furnace is usually running for all its worth this time of year anyway.

 

[Roert42]

I used the rangers new rear bumper to clear most of the snow back into the road anyway.

Only problem was getting the escape out, way shorter and not nearly enough tracktion to push through the other half of the drift.

 

[19Walt93]

I usually plow my driveway before the town plow makes the final pass to wing back the snow banks. He lifts the wing so he doesn't leave me a windrow. When I plow I don't leave him a mess, either.

 

[Rick W]

You guys got me so nervous about winter weather, I got a little plow for the front of the 87 4wd

 

[MikeG]

Cold-aggeddon update, central Texas.....

We got in the single digits and 3 or 4 inches of snow where I live. Heard some other areas had more. Also heard that Port Aransas on the gulf coast had snow! THAT is the definition of the apocalypse on the gulf coast.

Friends have been on rolling blackouts. Another friend has been without power all day, new house, his wife doesn't want to mess up how the fireplace looks by burning anything in it .... WTF???? Give you one guess on her hair color.

Drove around a little mid-day in the CRV, damn that thing is like a goat. Understeers a tad when you start turning, but you can kick the back end out a tad if you goose it GF's vehicle, she put up with that pretty well. Fastest vehicles on the road are still Super Dutys..... can't believe I haven't seen one in the ditch. I'm not sure what the stopping distance is on ice, but it might be measured in miles, on some stretches (light dusting of snow on top of yesterday's ice).

One of the slower vehicles on the road today was a 4-door Wrangler... he had quite a line of cars behind him (we were third). Thought about passing him, it was a 4-lane road (god knows where the stripes were) but figured that would cause a panic attack. Got to a side street and turned instead.

Thought about testing out the ranger in the snow, but would have had to find something for ballast, and GF's work had called her in (health care).

After getting back to the GF's place, fired up my Mazda 3, and drove up the street a couple of blocks to the main road. It did surprisingly well for a slight uphill, and tires nearly worn out. Did a handbrake u-turn and then back to the property. Shifting was like stirring tar with a plastic fork........

REALLY need a more stringent driver license exam, and practical test, before people are allowed to register a 4x4 here.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

While I agree it isn't nice, what are they supposed to do? Here in Oklahoma, there are only so many snow plows, and the entire state is covered in snow. They can't plow the road, then come back and shovel every driveway. Just consider it incentive to go out and get a little workout. Shoveling all that, even in single digits, I would only need a sweater to stay warm. Once I got into a rhythm, I'd be sweating up a storm. Last time I had to do something like that, I also shoveled the driveways of all the neighbors near me.

Here, the plow blades have a wing (just like Walt's town), that they drop as they cross a driveway, then raise again. It's angled towards the main blade so that it doesn't leave anything on the driveway.

I usually plow my driveway before the town plow makes the final pass to wing back the snow banks. He lifts the wing so he doesn't leave me a windrow. When I plow I don't leave him a mess, either.

That's what we have here, too.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

I'm not saying this to one-up anybody here. I know that in Texas, the weather you have right now is downright catastrophic because you don't usually see it. But, I thought you might be curious to know that here in Saskatchewan, we've had some nights recently where the wind chill has pushed -58*. For the past ten days or so, the temperature has been below -15, with wind chills that haven't risen above -40. Today the temperature was above 0*, and it was downright balmy!

 

[Dirtman]

Urine soaked mop hat!

 

[Roert42]

I thought you quit drinking?

 

[Dirtman]

I thought you quit drinking?

Yes I did, but drinking never made me weird, it just made it excusable.

 

[Roert42]

This guy, with his reasonable explanations.

 

[Rick W]

Seriously, we’ve had a lot of rainfall in Hotlanta for several days, minor flooding, still raining now and then a cold front coming from all you guys North and West (thanks a lot! ) right now. So it’s dropping to about 27 by morning, only goes above 32 for 3-4 hours after noon, and then drops to 21. But it’s sunny all day tomorrow, and it shoots up to 48 Wed. Perfect black ice probably tomorrow and into Wednesday morning. Most likely that’ll be it for snowmaghedan 2021 (my crocus flowers are already 10” high!)

Along with doing the trucks, I’m cleaning and rearranging my shop for the revised fleet and my retirement. So I lucked out and realized the 2 gallon pail of driveway salt I bought in the 1990s was almost gone, and I bought 2 more 20# bags for me and my descendants. I’ll run a little over to the Redhead. If I have it, it won’t snow/ice up. If I ran out, it’d be a glacier!

And riddle me this: @1990RangerinSK lives in a place where it goes to 58 DEGREES BELOW ZERO, and he thinks @Dirtman is weird???