
No snow here, but freezing rain made a mess of things. I ca hardly walk to the garage it's so slippery. No driving for me- here's a pic of a Subaru that rolled right in front of our property. No injuries. There were almost 2 more wipeouts while I was helping her unload her stuff out of the Subie.![]()
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I hope she's icing and using Advil. She WILL be SORE tomorrow.
Rollin'! This worked pretty well - just narrow enough I didn't bounce off too many trees. Got hung up a couple of times but didn't have to disconnect it, just shovel. My wife says she wants to ride on it, so I put a seat back there.
Gonna have to switch from hip boots to chest waders - went in the snow over top a few times this evening. And it's snowing hard still.
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No snow here, but freezing rain made a mess of things. I ca hardly walk to the garage it's so slippery. No driving for me- here's a pic of a Subaru that rolled right in front of our property. No injuries. There were almost 2 more wipeouts while I was helping her unload her stuff out of the Subie.![]()
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I hope she's icing and using Advil. She WILL be SORE tomorrow.
Are those beer cases????
Karl
Old school.....panking snow eh!
All four chains went great on the way out, not so much on subsequent trips with the crust apparently broken. Didn't even get to use the roller - I couldn't get to the house to get it and could hardly pull the drag anyhow."Panking" is an old yooper term for packing down snow...they used to pank down snow on the city streets with horse drawn rollers.
Hah! Learn somet'ing every day, aye, don't you know."Panking" is an old yooper term for packing down snow...they used to pank down snow on the city streets with horse drawn rollers.
Hah! Learn somet'ing every day, aye, don't you know."Panking" is an old yooper term for packing down snow...they used to pank down snow on the city streets with horse drawn rollers.
Hah! Learn somet'ing every day, aye, don't you know.
If you want to see the panking, try http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZsJb3f1UNc or searching fro snow roller jeep on youtube.
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Wow...way to pull that one out of MO. I though Da Yoopers was a regional thing...
Good question! The idea is to pack the snow firm, then let it freeze. The jeep tires kind of cut it up into ruts, or if I'm real good and drive exactly in the old tracks, you get one 12" wide hard packed part. The rollers are 24", which gives me a chance to drive all over within that width and pack it. Otherwise the jeep slides off into the deep soft stuff at the sides. Also, being solid "tires", all the weight falls on a wide but short contact patch and packs fairly well due to reasonably high psi. If I can ever get ahead of the snowfall, I'll add weight to the roller and get serious about "panking".This might be a dumb question. Doesnt your Jeep weigh more than the roller? If so, the tires are packing the snow more than the rollers. So, if you drive the road a few times it would do a better job. The tires are in front of the roller packing first.
Karl