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Friend of Warren
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Lincoln, NE
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Soukus, it's snowing!
We got 9 inches of snow here. Spent the morning plowing out the drive with the plow on the atv. I'm getting pretty darn good at it.
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01-20-2011, 07:05 AM
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Somewhere in the Midwest
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the barn!
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Oh snap! 9" ... I hope it isn't headed my way...I can't take anymore of this winter crap. We're suppose to be in the single digits tomorrow. I'm off work...so I HAVE to do stuff around the house to keep the wife happy.
BTW, I got one of the Contico boxes..just have to mount it and fill it with salt. I could have used the salt the last couple of days...high centered the BMW on the snow bank along my driveway one morning trying to rush one fo the kids to school. Happy plowing! 
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01-20-2011, 07:25 AM
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Somewhere in the Midwest
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the barn!
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Just checked the radar...and it's moving east..but all south of us. So no plowing for me this weekend.
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01-20-2011, 07:34 AM
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Friend of Warren
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Lincoln, NE
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The way I mounted mine was using 4 1/4"x2" bolts. I centered the box and then drilled through the bottom of the box and then right through the rails. Inside the box I used a 1" rubber washer that fit tight around the bolt (to keep any chance of water from entering the box) and then a 1" washer on top of that. Under the rail where the bolt passed through I used a 1" washer and a lock nut.
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01-20-2011, 07:37 AM
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Somewhere in the Midwest
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the barn!
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I like that. I was going to get small u-bolts, but four holes through the rack isn't going to hurt it. That'll be much easier.
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01-20-2011, 07:41 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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We flew over this crap yesterday on the way from NYC to Omaha and Vegas. You guys are in for a lot of the white stuff so stock up!
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2013 Jag XF, 2002 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins (the workhorse), 1992 Jaguar XJ S-3 V-12 VDP (one of only 100 examples made), 1969 Jaguar XJ (been in the family since new), 1985 911 Targa backdated to 1973 RS specs with a 3.6 shoehorned in the back, 1959 Austin Healey Sprite (former SCCA H-Prod), 1995 BMW R1100RSL, 1971 & '72 BMW R75/5 "Toaster," Ural Tourist w/sidecar, 1949 Aeronca Sedan / QB |
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01-20-2011, 09:05 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Frankfort IL USA
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Somewhere in the Midwest
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Quote:
 Let's just say I was beyond the limits of friction and grip at the time. Even with the spendy Blizzaks, a 3800 lbs mass on an ice covered hill is a slave to Phyics...but yes, my driving skillz are rather dull. 
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01-20-2011, 02:16 PM
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Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
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We got 2-3 inches here.
And I broke the handle on my snowblower the last time I used it...so I had to weld it back together before I could use it.
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01-20-2011, 02:26 PM
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Schleprock
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Frankfort IL USA
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I'm disappointed in you. You didn't measure the µ-ice and µ-tirebefore you hit the road?
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