It’s going to hover right around freezing and any little deviation will make a big difference. Could be a matter of just a few miles where there’s just rain and significant icing.The fact that the local news stations have just started talking about this storm has me a little concerned and it seems like every time there is an update the forecast gets worse. I'm leaving the office early today to fill up my truck and all my gas cans for the generator.
@PooPopsBaldHead are chains legal in the south? I thought I’ve seen places where chains are prohibited because they tear the road up. Do they cause any damage to your tires if you go over areas without ice/snow?
I think some states have seasonal laws saying you can't use them after April etc. Nobody would have a law against them in ice or snow. They have limits on speed, but no issue to tires if you keep it under 30.. All those chains hanging under 18 wheelers get used a lot.@PooPopsBaldHead are chains legal in the south? I thought I’ve seen places where chains are prohibited because they tear the road up. Do they cause any damage to your tires if you go over areas without ice/snow?
Ok, I’m sold. Thanks. I’ve pretty much been able to get around in my 2WD tundra with extra weight thrown in the back, but this seems like a no brainer to keep in the truck.I think some states have seasonal laws saying you can't use them after April etc. Nobody would have a law against them in ice or snow. They have limits on speed, but no issue to tires if you keep it under 30.. All those chains hanging under 18 wheelers get used a lot.
For as little as you would use them, I might look at cables or even the strap style deals.
ETA: Something like this. Cheap date for the few times you would actually need them every decade. Much like a portable generator.
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Look for cables if you can find them that fit and are in budget. I had to get a pair last year. Took my winter tires off at the end of March so I could tow my RV back and forth from Utah. We got some snow in April and May and I forget how bad all season tires are in snow and ice. Could barely keep my 4wd 250 on the road that first day. Bought a set of cables from the hardware store and it was smooth sailing.Ok, I’m sold. Thanks. I’ve pretty much been able to get around in my 2WD tundra with extra weight thrown in the back, but this seems like a no brainer to keep in the truck.
After 40 years of that crap in DFW glad we moved to Ridgeland last year.....We're starting our version of icepocalypse in DFW now. Just need to keep the ice accumulation down.
I went through a couple of really bad Ice storms in Mississippi. There's nothing like sitting there in the dark at night hearing the limbs, pop and fall from the weight of the to ice. And I don't mean little limbs I mean, listening to the trees fall apart."Hope none of you get screwed with this system... 17ing ice storms are the worst."
They really are. Slept in the den of my first house in Ridgeland in the early 90's ice storm thinking a 60 foot pine tree was surely about to take out my bedroom.
An experience you won't forget.
Waking up that first morning in February of 94 was quite the experience. Limbs and trees crashing and transformers exploding.I went through a couple of really bad I storms in Mississippi. There's nothing like sitting there in the dark at night hearing the limbs, pop and fall from the way to the ice. And I don't mean little limbs I mean, listening to the trees fall apart.
I didn't think the Delta would ever recover. I was in Starkville but I saw the pictures. It was catastrophic.Waking up that first morning in February of 94 was quite the experience. Limbs and trees crashing and transformers exploding.
That was awful. While Hollandale was close to tail end of it, we still had transformers blowing up after the limbs fell. Luckily, the town had just gotten limbs trimmed about a month before, or it would have been so much worse.Waking up that first morning in February of 94 was quite the experience. Limbs and trees crashing and transformers exploding.
We lived at the foot of the bluff and the trees crashing and limbs popping all morning was unreal. We lived at the end of a dead end road about a mile from the highway and it took us 3 hours to get there pulling trees out of the way. It was bad where we were but way waaay worse around Clarksdale and Cleveland. We took some stuff to my grandmothers house in Clarksdale a few days later and it looked like they had been bombed.That was awful. While Hollandale was close to tail end of it, we still had transformers blowing up after the limbs fell. Luckily, the town had just gotten limbs trimmed about a month before, or it would have been so much worse.
Yep. Here in Fort Worth looks like sleet coming down good right now and things are starting to look white all over. High today here of 28 and Wednesday's looking the same with high of 31 and 85% of precip. Can't remember if I've ever seen / heard thunder while winter precip coming down but that's what's happening at this moment here in DFW.We're starting our version of icepocalypse in DFW now. Just need to keep the ice accumulation down.
Being a farmer, I’m sure you’ll get a kick out of this story that occurred during the massive infrastructure repair.We lived at the foot of the bluff and the trees crashing and limbs popping all morning was unreal. We lived at the end of a dead end road about a mile from the highway and it took us 3 hours to get there pulling trees out of the way. It was bad where we were but way waaay worse around Clarksdale and Cleveland. We took some stuff to my grandmothers house in Clarksdale a few days later and it looked like they had been bombed.
Ha that’s great. The crew that fixed our power was from South Carolina and they kept asking how we get around in this mud. They had never seen anything like it. Good ole Sharkey clay.Being a farmer, I’m sure you’ll get a kick out of this story that occurred during the massive infrastructure repair.
Farmer friend of mine told story of a crew out of Florida that that showed up to work on cross country transmission lines. Thad had several six wheel drive boom trucks. Farmer went to hook 4WD rice tractors up to em. They declined and said these trucks will go anywhere.
After they went about 10 feet out in field, he came around em in tractors and made em get out of their fancy 6x6 trucks and hook up the chains in the mud. He said this is Delta Gumbo not Florida sand!
Yeah I’d be saying no too. It’s going to be worse in the morning.I live in NE Arkansas, and I drove to and back from work today to/from Memphis. You couldn’t stick a nail up my ***. I’m thinking that tomorrow, I’m just going to tell my boss Hayll no.
I’m from the MS Delta, and maybe I’m just to “southern” for this ****.
Yeah, that was surreal. Thundering like a normal rain shower and nothing but ice falling from the sky. Here in DFW, we have about 2 weeks of winter, but they can be hellacious.Yep. Here in Fort Worth looks like sleet coming down good right now and things are starting to look white all over. High today here of 28 and Wednesday's looking the same with high of 31 and 85% of precip. Can't remember if I've ever seen / heard thunder while winter precip coming down but that's what's happening at this moment here in DFW.