Fatboy Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 We even had thunder and lightning during the snow this morning..... Here is a quick action shot of the 90 clearing a lane down from our house.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjojjas Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 what a cool picture. We got about 1/4 inch here at tyneside. Jas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Great pic, like the Snow cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Great pic, like the Snow cap No fun if you brake with that on your roof...or for the guy behind when it blows off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted March 3, 2006 Author Share Posted March 3, 2006 No fun if you brake with that on your roof...or for the guy behind when it blows off... Very true Geoff. Normally the cars get swept clean before I leave the drive but the black 90 is set up for drive clearing at the moment so I didn't bother.. The plough is now off as we are hoping to go "white laning" tomorrow c/w chains etc so I'll sweep it clean in the morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Very true Geoff. Normally the cars get swept clean before I leave the drive but the black 90 is set up for drive clearing at the moment so I didn't bother.. The plough is now off as we are hoping to go "white laning" tomorrow c/w chains etc so I'll sweep it clean in the morning Sorry...pet hate of mine It's amazing how many people don't clear the snow of their cars, isn't it - even up round Aberdeen, where they can hardly plead lack of winter driving experience... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Raider Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Have you got a spare bed or two? WANT TO COME AND PLAY!!!!!!!! (IN THE SNOW I MEAN!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 Have you got a spare bed or two? WANT TO COME AND PLAY!!!!!!!!(IN THE SNOW I MEAN!!) Of course!!! Everybody welcome Today we are off to visit a mate who lives a mile off the road near Corgarff. Relatively close to the Lecht ski centre where all roads were closed yesterday.. I'm off now to dig the chains out and check the 90's over plus brush the snow off and fill the reservoir washers to de-icer... One of the great things about playing in snow is its really clean - All my muddy kit is pretty much spotless after the last few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minivin Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 was up at Malvern on Tuesday, absolutely heaved it down as we were in the office, two hours later and it had all melted As we were heading back across Salisbury Plain Pewsey had quite a few hints of snow so me and my boss was waiting to get back to Boscombe Down and play (he's got a SIII 88), but when we got there it was bone dry went down to Pompey that night and they had a thin smattering on the ground, but other than that I think we went from Autumn to Spring this year, didn't have a winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbosh Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Sorry...pet hate of mine It's amazing how many people don't clear the snow of their cars, isn't it - even up round Aberdeen, where they can hardly plead lack of winter driving experience... When we lived in Montreal you learnt pretty quick to keep clear of the heavies on the freeway after a heavy snow fall or freezing rain - it was not uncommon to see sheets of compacted snow and ice several inches thick lift off the top of an artic trailer and come crashing down on whatever was following... Got even more interesting during the icestorm in '98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 What a brilliant day... We went up Deeside to Ballater then hung a right towards Corgarff. This is a really exposed road but very scenic. Unbelievably the camera died and refused to work so I got a couple of pics with my phone. We passed the few houses at the top of the valley and the semi-cleared road just stopped and heavy drifting began. While we were on the edge of the black stuff I put a pair of chains on the back of Rachels 90 and while we were waiting we watched a chap on a Skidoo coming down the snowy road towards us. That was the bloke we were going to visit After exchanging plesantries, he headed back up the hill fairly confident that the snow would be too much for my 90 (Mud Terrains, Detroits, V8 etc). However, as we had ropes and shovels I took off after him. Unbelievably after a lot of drift bashing and sideways moments, I got to the top . We stopped for a chat and a laugh and were about to go back down on the Skidoo for me to drive Rachel up in her 90 only to see her coming over the rise, giving it some welly - Hats off, well done that girl This is us on the Coffee break - Chains on both rear axles. On the way back down, drifting snow had filled in the track we had made earlier so there was some battering and a couple of shunts. It is amazing the difference a pair of chains makes... This did not actually take much shovelling to get free.. I just had to remove a large compacted wedge from under the front before we were free to go again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white90 Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Looks fantastic I'd love to have snow like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Raider Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Great to see/hear you had such a good time! am the biggest kid in our house when it comes to snow! the real kids get bored and tell mum to come indoors!! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siggy Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 fatboy good job I'm using the 42" plasma screen to view these pictures the phonemon you experienced was known as thundersnow see here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted March 5, 2006 Author Share Posted March 5, 2006 fatboy good job I'm using the 42" plasma screen to view these pictures Siggy, - I couldn't figure how to resize them Glad we didn't get the 3/4" hail stones with the Thundersnow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siggy Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Right clicking on a photo shows you hosted them on photobucket photobucket will resize them for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I am so jealous That road's great fun in the summer, never mind with several inches of snow on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 I am so jealous That road's great fun in the summer, never mind with several inches of snow on it Geoff - Several inches - Try feet! The snow is very light and was drifting quickly. The photo of the orange 90 was taken after it slewed sideways on the way down the hill. Yesterday we took the Rangie out and the snow banks were higher than the roof (I'll get the photos off my phone later) Unfortunately, I made it into work today so the fun has stopped... The usual worrying thing though was totally unprepared folk planted in snow drifts up obviously bad roads. We've recovered quite a few soaking wet, frozen people with no shovels, no warm clothes or gloves and kids in the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hangover Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Arent you meant to fit chains diagonally ie , one front right and one rear left or vice versa ? Not that we get to play in the snow it has been 34-35c this week ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboy Posted March 6, 2006 Author Share Posted March 6, 2006 Arent you meant to fit chains diagonally ie , one front right and one rear left or vice versa ? Not that we get to play in the snow it has been 34-35c this week ! I would not have thought they would help as the diffs would spin the unchained single wheels on each axle and you would stay planted. I was not worried about different rolling diameters between front and back as the centre diff was locked and the surface was very slippery. As soon as we got to good tar, the chains were taken off. I did realise that only one pair of chains on a 4x4 was a compromise but it let us take two cars up the hill. One vehicle was always kept free just in case the second got stuck and needed a pull or indeed, abandoning! Both cars also had a lot of warm clothing, shovels, ropes and solid recovery points fore and aft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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