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Title: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: chugga boom on 05 January, 2010, 09:50:09 PM
well after a long hard days work, the last thing i needed tonight was to be stuck in the unit because the snow was that severe up here!! anyway the old berlingo failed me  so what should i do  ???
in the corner of the unit sits josh's 50cc (childs size ) quad ;)
my dads face said it all when i pulled up in his drive on it with a cordless inspection lamp to see where i was going, i can highly recomend  the KAZUMA MEERKAT as the future transport for heavy snow, i had a few strange looks from 4x4 drivers and pedestrians lol
its only fault was that at one point the snow was deeper than the quad was tall so it stopped as snow had packed around the spark plug, i did have to ride it with my legs over the front wings  but under the handle bars and change gear and brake ( foot pedals ) with my hands , otherwise LOADS OF FUN  ;)


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: lancialulu on 05 January, 2010, 10:21:21 PM
I always found a fulvia great in the snow with 145 tyres and the weight over the drive shafts and three pints off winter warmer doing their work (a long time ago...)

Tim

PS James do you have a pic of you on the meerkat??? It must have been a sight...


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: chugga boom on 05 January, 2010, 10:40:00 PM
I'll take a photo and post it , i may have to go back to work on it in the morning yet !!!


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: Joanna on 06 January, 2010, 02:15:32 AM
Ha that would have been hilarious to see. Good old british spirit !  We will not be defeated....   well unless the lines get too cold or theres a leaf on them  :P

Whereabouts are you for the snow to be that bad, we are in East London / Essex and we got 3 inches,  :-[


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: sparehead3 on 06 January, 2010, 09:08:17 AM
sorry to say I put the porridge on this morning and remote desktop'd into work this morning .... i shall venture out soon though as I have no milk for Tea !


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: chugga boom on 06 January, 2010, 10:44:44 AM
Ha that would have been hilarious to see. Good old british spirit !  We will not be defeated....   well unless the lines get too cold or theres a leaf on them  :P

Whereabouts are you for the snow to be that bad, we are in East London / Essex and we got 3 inches,  :-[
wrexham north wales, where we are though is 1000ft above sea level, differant world!!! wrexham itself has had hardly anything but we had atleast 6>7 inches !!!, i went to work this morning in the discovery, armed with Ariens snow thrower, NOW THATS A TOOL!!!, CLEARED THE ESTATE IN NO TIME LOL


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: fay66 on 06 January, 2010, 10:53:23 AM
Ha that would have been hilarious to see. Good old british spirit !  We will not be defeated....   well unless the lines get too cold or theres a leaf on them  :P

Whereabouts are you for the snow to be that bad, we are in East London / Essex and we got 3 inches,  :-[
wrexham north wales, where we are though is 1000ft above sea level, differant world!!! wrexham itself has had hardly anything but we had atleast 6>7 inches !!!, i went to work this morning in the discovery, armed with Ariens snow thrower, NOW THATS A TOOL!!!, CLEARED THE ESTATE IN NO TIME LOL

Can we see a picture of this snow clearing beast please! When I lived up the side of a big hill with unmade roads in Herefordshire, I used to use a petrol driven leaf blower which worked great as long as no one had walked on the snow first (edited to stop Roger playing semantics :D), driving wasn't the real problem, but a 30 Degree drive that could only be negotiated down backwards, with a 12 foot drop, and 90 deg turn at the bottom was :o
sounds like your beast would have made the job a lot easier.

Brian
8227 8)


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: chugga boom on 06 January, 2010, 11:28:16 AM
you tube, Ariens 927 le in the snow, cant get get a link  to load up


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: chriswgawne on 06 January, 2010, 11:43:49 AM
The best car we ever had for getting through snow was Jackys first Lancia - an early LHD Fulvia Sedan 2C. I vividly remember roaring up Egham hill in the 70's in it when nothing else could get up the hill - great - and on Michelin XAS it was a real Q car as well from the handling point of view.
Sorely missed but I still keep my eyes open for a good one, preferably LHD but RHD would do.


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: rogerelias on 06 January, 2010, 11:48:12 AM
Brian, why would anyone want to tread on your leaf blower ??? ???


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: DavidLaver on 06 January, 2010, 12:19:13 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Guffsjbo9M

All we have still is an iceing sugar covering - hardly enough for a snow ball.  That's subtropical Lewisham for you...  Fingers crossed enough on Blackheath and in Greenwich park for the tobbogan.

David


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: chugga boom on 06 January, 2010, 01:52:41 PM
here you go.....


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: lancialulu on 06 January, 2010, 02:37:19 PM
Now thats what I call a boys toy!

Tim


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: fay66 on 07 January, 2010, 02:13:19 AM
here you go.....

Had a bit last night, more than it looks in these photos.

Brian
8227 8)


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: chugga boom on 13 January, 2010, 03:21:20 PM
more snow again today, finally got a picture of the snow blower in action, unfortunatly we'd cleared most of the snow with it before i thought about a photo  ::), lets hope the council have done their job so i dont need to take the quad home AGAIN!!!


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: fay66 on 13 January, 2010, 03:32:08 PM
Looks a right handy pieces of kit that ;D

Brian
8227 8)


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: frankxhv773t on 23 January, 2010, 11:00:53 PM
Neat machine! Does it do that James Bond thing with red snow if someone on skis is chasing you ?

Y10 Fire on 135s didn't bat an eyelid at the snow. Got me to work every day through 3 to 4 inches and did a return trip from Bedfordshire to west Wales perfectly happily.


Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: angelorange on 05 February, 2010, 06:52:39 PM
When average temps below 10 deg C, there is no doubt winter/mud/snow tyres work very well and can even improve MPG as the latest compounds work better in the low temps.

I always fit Continental 145/80R14s to my A2 1.2 TDI December thro' March and she sails up 11% hills covered in snow on way to work. Only trouble is other cars not so equipped coming the other way! A few weeks back, had a Saab estate get half way up the same hill ahead of me and suddenly he went through 90 degrees. Thankfully enough distance between us and space to pass on verge. Even a farmer's Toyota HiLUx had trouble that day.



Title: Re: HOW TO GET HOME IN THE SNOW
Post by: angelorange on 05 February, 2010, 06:53:45 PM
Here was a trailer on same slope left in ditch.