Stocked UP On Bread And Milk Today

Hobo,NC

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Just waiting for the big snow storm tomorrow night the state has already started painting the roads with that white chit that eats your vehicle UP GRRRR... I took the last haft of the day off to get all my Saturday ruining around done I wont take my vehicles out when it rains and all you get is a mess that eats your truck up... Besides all the Yankees that are running around at mock 9 that think they can drive on snow/ice are not going to tear my chit up...

Last year a Yankee took my mail box out in the snow they seam to forget our roads are banked rite good your arse will slide off in the ditch...




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Hope you got salt melt, batteries, and a new shovel. Most people seen on
the news seem to have those. Stay off the roads you will be ok. Brining
here began yesterday.
 

Ha Ha seen a nice look'N gal buy a round tip shovel at lowe's this after noon... I said get'N ready for the snow she said YEP I said have fun...
 
Out here on the west coast we call them Yuppies, with little fancy cars that think they can cross a flooded stream then wonder why their engine locks up from water being sucked in to the engine. Or it's ok to drive just fast in the rain. Then wonder why they crashed their car. Stan
 
funny how 2 inches snow and you all hide we get 12 and school is open and we all go to work and we know what REAL snow tires are
 
US 421 goes through NC? I had no idea.

It also goes through SE IN south from Indianapolis and crosses the Ohio river at Madison. I did not know that it went so far east.

Dean
 
My brother lives in North Carolina and he sends me newspaper clippings from there. LP gas sells out, milk, bread,eggs and rock salt.
They don't know what a snow shovel is they just pour rock salt on the snow. He then will tell me all the snow melts the next day any way.
I get a good laugh out of it being from Minnesota.
Brian
 
Weather man said we've had 18 inches of snow so far this season.
I haven't noticed other than to put some sand bags in the back of
the truck for weight. Haven't had to put it in four wheel drive yet.

Stan, we have a whole different definition of what Yankees and Yuppies are.
 
Beautifully proportioned buttocks. Never heard that before, had to look it up.
 
Yes, US 421 is a major highway across North Carolina. It enters NC in the northwest near Boone, NC (Appalachian State University), having
come across Kentucky, then a corner of Virginia and Tennessee through Bristol, VA/TN. From Boone eastward there is a lot of good 4-lane
divided highway. It drops down the Blue Ridge to North Wilkesboro/Wilkesboro where MerleFest is an annual event. Continuing through the
Piedmont through Winston-Salem to Greensboro, where it makes a southeastern turn going by Siler City (where Aunt Bee from the Andy
Griffith Show retired) then on to Sanford (which is where I think Hobo's picture was taken on the relatively new bypass). From Sanford
it's a little more east/southeast to Lillington where it crosses the Cape Fear River, then to Dunn where it crosses I-95, then
southeasterly toward Wilmington, NC where it ends south of the city on the Atlantic coast. Much of it is 4-lane, some with limited
access. Many sections have been "realigned" from older roadways so there are numerous sections of "Old 421" or newer road names along the
way.
 
I was guilty of being a Yankee in Tennessee last winter when they got 8? of wet snow which froze solid.
But what they don?t got is many snow plows, good tires or 4 wheel drive. Cars everywhere. But, I have a
4 wheel Ford Escape which is great. No problem for me. I also had a snow shovel which is a rare thing
in those parts. Nashville was fun, the grand ole opre was even more fun. My wife?s family are tar heals.
Allegheny County. Sorry about that salt stuff.
 
If I recall 421 heads north of Indy angles NW towards Westville. I grew up in Know, In. Cop stops a friend on 421 for speeding. Ask friend do you know what the speed limit is? Friend says 421. Cop says no it's 65 (this was back in the 60's). Friend tells cops, well you should have seen me driving on 465. Cop laughs, friend gets a ticket.
 

Hobo, what is "banked rite good"? I am a Yankee and I live in NH and a few years ago approached Richmond VA just behind a little snow storm. I came to the exit that I needed to take and got a pretty good line of Johnny Rebs built up behind me because I slowed down to a prudent speed. Pretty much all the way around the curve of the ramp there were many tracks of cars that had gone up over the curb and hit the guard rail.
 
Watch the news this Winter all the huge multi car piles ups happen in the North.I just wait until the snow melts unless I'm go on the tractor no torn up and rusted out vehicles.
 
Travel Services has issued a travel warning due to snowfall and bad road conditions. They suggest that anyone traveling in the current icy conditions should ensure they have the following:

Shovel
Blankets or sleeping bag
Extra clothing including hat and gloves
24 hours' worth of food
De-Icer
Rock Salt
Flashlight with spare batteries
Road Flares or Reflective Triangles
Full gas Can
First Aid Kit
Booster cables






Boy did I looked like an idiot on the bus this morning.
 
I'm surprised you know you can't drive
in snow! Some years back I mentioned
that Texans had difficulty with that,
and I found out it was a surprise to
them. I thought they knew. I haven't
had the nerve to bring up Santa since.
 

banking they get rite (Right for my Yankee buds) aggressive with it here... The good rain runs off it well the bad add a little ice are snow that turns to ice here cars slide off it well...

Stay at home enjoy the winter holiday I call it a mechanics holiday because I am not going to work on a car with snow/ice on it...

A mechanics holiday is like a roofers holiday cept we don't get many...
 
Hobo, A friend of mine works for Dixie Lawn Service in Kings Mountain N.C. They were looking for part time Class B drivers for this storm. I watched their video and they have a lot of trucks! Wife said let's go! At least down your way winter isn't 6 months long. Picture is of co worker trying out our V plow on his truck this spring.
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(quoted from post at 06:20:15 12/08/18) Travel Services has issued a travel warning due to snowfall and bad road conditions. They suggest that anyone traveling in the current icy conditions should ensure they have the following:

Shovel
Blankets or sleeping bag
Extra clothing including hat and gloves
24 hours' worth of food
De-Icer
Rock Salt
Flashlight with spare batteries
Road Flares or Reflective Triangles
Full gas Can
First Aid Kit
Booster cables

We've had 55 inches of snow this season and snowy icy roads on and off since October. If I rode around with all that stuff in my vehicles all the time I wouldn't have room for the wife, kid, groceries, etc.
 
Well i know this YANKEE can drive in the snow , last time i was down in your fair state when ya'll got hammered i was on a ugly huge oversized load move going across I40 , ain't never been across there before , the load did not stick out but was a tad high and it weighed a shade over 79000 . when i pulled out of the truck stop that morning AFTER getting the truck all washed up windows cleaned inside all vac'ed out the sun was shinning , twenty miles west of the truck stop the sun went away and rain started that quickly turned to freeing rain , now being and OLD truck driver and being from the lands of ice and snow i had enough Common sense to BACK out of it from the 65 MPH i was running down to 45 , Now this Local FOX in a caddy eskalaid (sp) with her fancy pearl white 4 wheel drive gave me the finger as she went screaming around me on a down hill grade coming up on a bridge , She lost it and spun into my lane and caught the bride with the right ft. and bounced bad across and hit the left rear bounced off that and got the guard rail with the left ft bounced off that and trashed the rt rear before spinning three times once again in my lane and ending up in the media , since i did not make contact with her and as i went on by i could see she was ok but probably setting in wet pants and maybe messy pants i did not try and stop on the down grade and kept on plugging along at my 45 MPH , now the freezing rain had turned to heavy snow like we get up here OFTEN and i kept up my pace . Then i came upon Blacks Mountain , now i have never been up Black's Mountain before and we now are running in a FOOT of snow so we must up our driving skills first off lock the rear ends up , next drop a couple gears to where you can hold speed at light throttle and if you loose traction be able to back out of it and have the power to regain speed when ya can . It was not long before i started coming up on cars and big trucks that had spun out and i had to use the whole road to weave thru the mess from the left guard rail to the side of the mountain letting up when needed and adding when i could FEEL traction , seventh over at between 35 to 45 , once i cleared the mess it was easy running and she walked the dog up over the top . east bound was at a dead stop at the top looking down . and they were backed up from berm to berm for 43 miles west . A couple east bounder yelled at me on the C B asking if the salt trucks were coming . Told them i had not seen a one , then one asked me HOW I MADE IT up over the top as they had not seen anybody in two hours . I lied to them and told them that i stopped at the bottom and locked in the ft. HUBS . I had nice running west bound for the next few hours as i was the only one moving i did not see another car or truck till i was well into Tenn. . This skill of driving on bad roads comes from years of hauling coal and making the drive to the old mines at 3 Am four hours before our state boys came out to play in the snow . Ya learned how to drive and empty semi coal bucket down the old two lanes with the steep hills and sharp curves and how to bring that load of coal back out of them hollers when there was a foot or two of snow . You either became a good coal hauler or ya became a dead coal hauler . You learned fast how to drive a 30-34000 lb truck empty across roads you could not see the road to a loaded truck weighing in at maybe 140000 lbs . You also had to lean how to drive your car or pick up when the roads leading to the big truck were snow covered and icy . So nope you can not drive like it is 80 degrees and sunny all the time , your driving skills must be of such and your COMMON SENSE and that for the most part with people has been on BACK ORDER for years just slow down space out and give the other guy some ROOM .
 
Several years ago when I was driving truck, I was hauling a load of lead ingots, I blew a right steering tire on the down hill side of Blacks Mountain. It didn't bother me till the service truck driver told me that the last person to do that had ended up down there(way down the side of the mountain over the side). I had a hard time signing the bill after he told me that and was shaking so bad I could hardly drive. I was driving a GMC Astro at the time. That was back in the late 70s. Keith
 
(quoted from post at 09:32:33 12/08/18) Well i know this YANKEE can drive in the snow , last time i was down in your fair state when ya'll got hammered i was on a ugly huge oversized load move going across I40 , ain't never been across there before , the load did not stick out but was a tad high and it weighed a shade over 79000 . when i pulled out of the truck stop that morning AFTER getting the truck all washed up windows cleaned inside all vac'ed out the sun was shinning , twenty miles west of the truck stop the sun went away and rain started that quickly turned to freeing rain , now being and OLD truck driver and being from the lands of ice and snow i had enough Common sense to BACK out of it from the 65 MPH i was running down to 45 , Now this Local FOX in a caddy eskalaid (sp) with her fancy pearl white 4 wheel drive gave me the finger as she went screaming around me on a down hill grade coming up on a bridge , She lost it and spun into my lane and caught the bride with the right ft. and bounced bad across and hit the left rear bounced off that and got the guard rail with the left ft bounced off that and trashed the rt rear before spinning three times once again in my lane and ending up in the media , since i did not make contact with her and as i went on by i could see she was ok but probably setting in wet pants and maybe messy pants i did not try and stop on the down grade and kept on plugging along at my 45 MPH , now the freezing rain had turned to heavy snow like we get up here OFTEN and i kept up my pace . Then i came upon Blacks Mountain , now i have never been up Black's Mountain before and we now are running in a FOOT of snow so we must up our driving skills first off lock the rear ends up , next drop a couple gears to where you can hold speed at light throttle and if you loose traction be able to back out of it and have the power to regain speed when ya can . It was not long before i started coming up on cars and big trucks that had spun out and i had to use the whole road to weave thru the mess from the left guard rail to the side of the mountain letting up when needed and adding when i could FEEL traction , seventh over at between 35 to 45 , once i cleared the mess it was easy running and she walked the dog up over the top . east bound was at a dead stop at the top looking down . and they were backed up from berm to berm for 43 miles west . A couple east bounder yelled at me on the C B asking if the salt trucks were coming . Told them i had not seen a one , then one asked me HOW I MADE IT up over the top as they had not seen anybody in two hours . I lied to them and told them that i stopped at the bottom and locked in the ft. HUBS . I had nice running west bound for the next few hours as i was the only one moving i did not see another car or truck till i was well into Tenn. . This skill of driving on bad roads comes from years of hauling coal and making the drive to the old mines at 3 Am four hours before our state boys came out to play in the snow . Ya learned how to drive and empty semi coal bucket down the old two lanes with the steep hills and sharp curves and how to bring that load of coal back out of them hollers when there was a foot or two of snow . You either became a good coal hauler or ya became a dead coal hauler . You learned fast how to drive a 30-34000 lb truck empty across roads you could not see the road to a loaded truck weighing in at maybe 140000 lbs . You also had to lean how to drive your car or pick up when the roads leading to the big truck were snow covered and icy . So nope you can not drive like it is 80 degrees and sunny all the time , your driving skills must be of such and your COMMON SENSE and that for the most part with people has been on BACK ORDER for years just slow down space out and give the other guy some ROOM .

Hey tractor vet, I thought that you were from PA. Well which northern state are you from? I grew up 45 miles from Canada in NH. When I was 14 my mother made me drive when it snowed because she was afraid to. Many times in the winter it was too cold for the salt to work and it was way before they had any activator to add to it. You had to learn to never drop gears when approaching a hill, because without the salt you would never get enough traction once you got on the hills, once you tried to really pull in the lower gears. You had to feel your traction through the seat of your pants and ever so slowly back off.
 
I borrowed a neighbors cow (stole)last night and started milking her selling milk for $10.00 gal hope he don't miss her for a few days.
 
Many years ago I had moved to a new place a mile from the old place- moved the cattle, but left the hay in the old barn, so had to haul it as needed that winter. Barn was on a hill, and the only rig that I could drive up to the barn without spinning out was a Mazda pickup- it was under-powered, so I'd get a run at it in 2nd and not shift down- would just make it to the top before the power pooped out, but at least I didn't spin.

Learned about that at an early age on the farm- and don't know how many times I've explained it to citiots who were trying to get going on snow and when it started spinning, they gave it more gas rather than backing off. Even offered to get one old gal going myself, but she wouldn't let me drive- I think she was afraid I'd carjack her old Plymouth and hold her hostage, or something. So as I left, she was still spinning her wheels.
 

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