chugga boom
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« on: 05 January, 2010, 09:50:09 PM » |
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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
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« Reply #1 on: 05 January, 2010, 10:21:21 PM » |
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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...
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chugga boom
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« Reply #2 on: 05 January, 2010, 10:40:00 PM » |
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I'll take a photo and post it , i may have to go back to work on it in the morning yet !!!
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« Reply #3 on: 06 January, 2010, 02:15:32 AM » |
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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 Whereabouts are you for the snow to be that bad, we are in East London / Essex and we got 3 inches,
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« Reply #4 on: 06 January, 2010, 09:08:17 AM » |
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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 !
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chugga boom
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« Reply #5 on: 06 January, 2010, 10:44:44 AM » |
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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 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
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« Reply #6 on: 06 January, 2010, 10:53:23 AM » |
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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 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 ), 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 sounds like your beast would have made the job a lot easier. Brian 8227
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chugga boom
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« Reply #7 on: 06 January, 2010, 11:28:16 AM » |
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you tube, Ariens 927 le in the snow, cant get get a link to load up
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« Reply #8 on: 06 January, 2010, 11:43:49 AM » |
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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.
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« Reply #9 on: 06 January, 2010, 11:48:12 AM » |
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Brian, why would anyone want to tread on your leaf blower
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« Reply #10 on: 06 January, 2010, 12:19:13 PM » |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Guffsjbo9MAll 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
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« Reply #11 on: 06 January, 2010, 01:52:41 PM » |
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here you go.....
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« Reply #12 on: 06 January, 2010, 02:37:19 PM » |
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Now thats what I call a boys toy!
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« Reply #13 on: 07 January, 2010, 02:13:19 AM » |
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here you go.....
Had a bit last night, more than it looks in these photos. Brian 8227
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« Reply #14 on: 13 January, 2010, 03:21:20 PM » |
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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!!!
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