HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby ellis93 » Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:54 pm

PToombs wrote:Southern sissys :roll: I've been out working most of the past week in -5 to +10 temps, the windchill at 10 was about -20 the other day while I was out. I drove back to the shop Monday in whiteout conditions for most of 12 miles on the ride back. (I wasn't liking that) I'm ready for spring though, with it this cold I get home and don't want to do anything, even inside.


Let me borrow your truck and I'll do the same ;)

The cold don't really bother me......it's mostly the fear of killing my truck or myself on some unkept Roads.
it's all good tho....come hell or high water (or ice) I have to go to work tomorrow. I'm in physical pain from not doing anything today,I did cast some much needed 30Cal and 9mm bullets tho :lol: not much of what I'd call a day :roll:
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby cmann250 » Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:01 pm

ellis93 wrote:The cold don't really bother me......it's mostly the fear of killing my truck or myself on some unkept Roads.


The cold and the bad aren't the things that are going to kill you. It's the numbnuts that are also out on the road that'll do it.
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby ellis93 » Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:12 pm

Yeah I seen a few today around the house.....my paw in law was one :lol: Poor feller was just checking on his horses and slid right off the road,all he had to do was call me and I could have walked to check on them....which I already had :roll: as they're with my cows.
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby AHineman » Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:14 pm

cmann250 wrote:
ellis93 wrote:The cold don't really bother me......it's mostly the fear of killing my truck or myself on some unkept Roads.


The cold and the bad aren't the things that are going to kill you. It's the numbnuts that are also out on the road that'll do it.




True that.

I was heading home Saturday evening after a decent snow (for here). The wind had blown the snow to where you couldn't tell where the road was. Not a huge deal, just drive the Jeep a little slower and ride what I think is my edge of the road.....until you meet some idiot driving down the middle of the road at best. I actually enjoy driving in the snow as long as I'm not in a hurry and don't run into too many idiots.
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby CAJUN 93 » Wed Jan 29, 2014 7:58 pm

that's the key to it, down here nobody (myself included) knows how to drive in this. my company car went into a traction control mode driving over some ice this morning and it about freaked me out. once I got off of it and started slowing down (only going about 35 to begin with) I look in the mirror and here comes another guy sliding sideways with all wheels locked. just not my thing.

there's lots of things we have here (bet I'm the only one on here who's had to protect my dog from an alligator in the back yard) that most don't but I don't want to see this ice storm again anytime soon.
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby AHineman » Wed Jan 29, 2014 8:04 pm

Snow can be fun to drive in, ice is not my idea of a good time at all. :(
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby BILTIT » Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:20 pm

Snow is fun but when you have this much, a truck just won't cut it!!
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby BC847 » Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:54 am

Love the 2nd pic. 8)
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby ellis93 » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:01 am

Sweet pics! :)
I'm headed out now onto the iced over rode,can't wait :?
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby ellis93 » Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:14 am

Solid freak sheet of ice Image
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby BILTIT » Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:04 am

ellis-i should try to get some pics because my driveway and street looks pretty much like that all winter, a little more snow mixed in though. That is why i leave my hubs locked in all winter, never know when i will need 4wd quickly.

What i have learned in the past few years is that the low end torque of the cummins is tricky on icy roads, especially with a standard trans.
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby ellis93 » Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:39 am

BILTIT wrote:ellis-i should try to get some pics because my driveway and street looks pretty much like that all winter, a little more snow mixed in though. That is why i leave my hubs locked in all winter, never know when i will need 4wd quickly.

What i have learned in the past few years is that the low end torque of the cummins is tricky on icy roads, especially with a standard trans.


Yeah tell me about it,I didn't get over 35 this morning. Mashing the go pedal to hard would find yourself fighting the ass of your truck. The ride was pretty much uneventful tho. I never even met another vehicle.
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby DodgeFreak » Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:41 am

ellis93 wrote: The ride was pretty much uneventful tho. I never even met another vehicle.


Probably because you was the only one dum.....brave enough to go out in it....there was a semi that went over the side of an overpass this morning in my town ....the tractor was on its side in the road and the trailer was hanging over the edge on its side.
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby cmann250 » Thu Jan 30, 2014 12:22 pm

Oh how I love my D-model! Driving is pretty much a controlled slide from November to March.

What's that shiny thing on the end of your exhaust, Ellis????????? :lol:
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Re: HOLY CRAP IS IT FREAKIN COLD!!!!!!!!

Postby PToombs » Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:06 pm

ellis93 wrote:Let me borrow your truck and I'll do the same ;)


I had the service truck, 24k lbs of underpowered overtractioned snow cruiser. Everybody was doing 25-30 and I just blew right on by. If I could see them and the posts on the side of the road I went. :mrgreen:
I agree though, ice really sucks. You need chains or studs to be really safe.

BILTIT, I see the problem, right on the side of that sled it says P-O-L-A-R-I-S! :lol:
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