Posted by rusty6 on November 23, 2019 at 06:42:51 from (142.165.85.36):
In Reply to: Winter Driving posted by rusty6 on November 22, 2019 at 20:54:03:
Thanks for the interesting replies. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying old cars were invincible in snow and all drivers were superior in those days. But we usually had the option to pick a good day to go to town. If the weather looked stormy and the chances of the road blowing shut were good, then the trip to town got put off. As winter got worse and snow got deeper sometimes the roads had to be abandoned and pick out a cross country trail over the neighbours fields staying to the high ground. Dad belonged to the snowplow club and shared duties putting the Cockshutt 50 on the Vee plow to keep the main roads open for the school bus. And yes, there were a few days the school bus got cancelled too due to weather and roads. Photo from 1971.
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