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[Wisher1000]

Well. That is not as fun as I'd hoped.....

 

[Ravynscroft]

Sorry...

Maybe I should've said it's sets of wide leather straps with buckles and metal studs that wrap around wrists, ankles, neck, etc?

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Okay, I'll bite, what is "getting my studs on," or should I ask? 

Wow I made an impression on you didn't I.

Studded snow tires. While our roads are cleared pretty quickly after a storm my job dictates that I have to come in regardless of weather. I also have a hilly curvy driveway that doesn't get sun that is near impossible to get up or down safely in winter without studs.

 

[Bunnylady]

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You can tell Wisher is Southern bred (or something!), can't you?

I haven't even met you, yet your icy toboggan run of a driveway has made an impression on me. I knew what you meant . . . . maybe it's a good thing you didn't say "chains."

 

[miss heny]

Well after a long night we are in one piece. Nothing damaged but again our county had the highest damage with all the weather, but no deaths this time. Bracing for more storms coming over the next few days.

Hoping folks in TN are safe!

 

[microchick]

You can tell Wisher is Southern bred (or something!), can't you?

I haven't even met you, yet your icy toboggan run of a driveway has made an impression on me. I knew what you meant . . . . maybe it's a good thing you didn't say "chains."

I knew exactly what was being talked about Studs and Chains both, lol. Nothing more fun then putting chains on when there is 10 inches of snow on the ground, the wind is blowing and it's still snowing.

......gee I miss summer already.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

That's why you just get your tires switched over and keep them that way all winter.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We moved out here from Wisconsin in 68
Dad said it never snow's here to Ma we had a 2 wheel drive
half ton GMC Ma was working in downtown Seattle
Daddy had caught a real bad cold but it had snowed allot
Ma always drove the truck so she gets in turns the truck on Dad starts
to dig her out he starts coughing really bad ends up his bottom denture
was coughed out.... Ma started to giggle it never snow's in Seattle
daddy getting more frustrated is going to pull her out dunk her in the snow
so she locked the doors of the cab layed down laughing herself silly

 

[microchick]

That's why you just get your tires switched over and keep them that way all winter.

We run snow tires all year round. We have 4 miles of gravel and clay roads between us and the nearest blacktop. Those deep treaded tires have saved our bacon more than once when the road has turned to a quagmire of Missouri Gumbo as far as the eye can see.

We have a 10% grade hill near our driveway. One spring during the thaw we stood in our living room window and watched a milk truck come up it sideways. No kidding. The road runs east to west and that truck came up it with the nose pointing to first the north west and then the south west. We expected it to either wind up in the ditch on the edge of our property or down the ravine on the other side but it made it's way up. When we went out we stood in ruts that were up to our knees. We later found out that the driver that morning was a 19 year old girl who weighed about 97 pounds. That girl had grit. To this day I tell myself if that 19 year old girl can handle a milk truck up a sloppy nightmare of a road, I can handle whatever bad weather I'm facing.

The funny thing is that we started having to buy our own snow tires and taking them into the garage for mounting. We just couldn't make our mechanic understand the difference between 3 season tires and true snow tires.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Ma never did run snow tires or chains and I never have the 52 years I drove