Loring Winter and so it begins

[JR]

Beet juice, otherwise known as rim guard in the ag industry, is a great tire ballast. It is non corrosive and stays fluid below -35*F. It's also sticky as heck which is why it is being used on roads. Rock salt by itself when dumped out of the back of a truck bounces and scatters toward the ditch, making for a lot of waste AND is bad for the environment. Spraying beet juice prior to laying rock salt makes it stick much better and lessens the amount of salt used substantially.

The local ODOT outpost has been experimenting with both cheese and pickle brine as well with the exact same benefits as beet juice.

I'm just glad to see them start lessening their dependence on anything that ends in chloride!

 

[mwilson]

Found a chunk of video on the camera from Tuesday night...this is at the Gardner toll plaza...the Turnpike truck was applying straight rock salt out the chute on the the rear...

 

[mwilson]

Then the next night it's been snowing all day and the roads are a mess 200 miles North of the location above.....

 

[mwilson]

And then Saturday, it's cold but really pretty......I don't mind the winter half so much if the sun is out...

Going in to my house.....met the ice fishing gang on their way out, drawback to a one lane road......

 

[jhenderson]

I’d much prefer driving on the snow pack that you showed to the sloppy mess we end up with down here. The chemicals are our friends crowd think they’re going to melt 6+ inches of heavy wet snow without plowing. I’d rather they just stayed home like Congress.

 

[DavidC]

According to the Weather channel your gonna get pummeled pretty good this weekend. They are talking snow in feet.

 

[mwilson]

I heard that this morning before I had any coffee on board...thought I might be hearing things............guess I better make sure all of my gas cans are full....try to keep 30 gallons on hand at all times in the winter...generator and a pair of snowblowers will make fast work of that fuel if the power goes out and we get a couple feet of snow.....

We have wood heat in addition to the HWBB BUT I NEED COFFEE AND A HOT SHOWER if the power goes out for a day or two.....I can pour boiling water thru the brewing basket with the filter and coffee grounds in it to make coffee, done it before but I prefer to push the button...it's far more civilized.....

 

[TFucili]

An old school percolator is a must. I'll build a fire to get my coffee fix!

 

[fest3er]

Didn't cowboys boil the two together and use their teeth to filter the grounds out? That's *real* old school. Never mind that cowboys preferred coffee strong enough to float bullets in.

OK, I've been reading too much Louis Lamour lately.

 

[TFucili]

Didn't cowboys boil the two together and use their teeth to filter the grounds out? That's *real* old school. Never mind that cowboys preferred coffee strong enough to float bullets in.

OK, I've been reading too much Louis Lamour lately.

After you boil them together you pour a little cold water on top, and the grounds go straight to the bottom, like magic.

 

[mwilson]

Sunday’s forecast....

 

[mwilson]

This video was made by the wife, she has the grandkids at the house right now and this will be a hot dog cookin fire.....but I put it on here so we could all compare the snow from today versus the aftermath of the 18"-24" predicted for Sunday....will be only about 10 degrees with the wind blowing so there should be quite a different perspective of my dooryahd come Sunday night...if I can even find the fireplace that is........

 

[mwilson]

I am smack dab in the middle of the 18"-24" band.....ain't I lucky......

#ad

 

[DavidC]

Can't wait for the update, whiteout and all. Stay safe

 

[JR]

Eh, it's just winter Forecast here is 15-18" this weekend, we have had double that in less time recently. Followed by 12 hours of rain.

And then this happens

Anyone recognize that slab of wood under the ice

 

[DavidC]

Ouch!!!!!!!

 

[BSeyler]

This video was made by the wife, she has the grandkids at the house right now and this will be a hot dog cookin fire.....but I put it on here so we could all compare the snow from today versus the aftermath of the 18"-24" predicted for Sunday....will be only about 10 degrees with the wind blowing so there should be quite a different perspective of my dooryahd come Sunday night...if I can even find the fireplace that is........

My wife was watching over my shoulder when I looked at this video. Now she wants a fire pit like this one....

 

[fest3er]

... Anyone recognize that slab of wood under the ice


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Mike! He found your picnic table!

 

[mwilson]

My wife was watching over my shoulder when I looked at this video. Now she wants a fire pit like this one....

Gagne Precast....ours is the “Moosehead” model in the brochure I linked below...

http://gagneandson.com/products/fireplaces.php

 

[mwilson]

Mike! He found your picnic table!

I thought it looked familiar!!!