The view from my window

"Wacko" (wacko--) 10/27/2017 at 17:33 • Filed to: Snow

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I was on the road today, and just got home to this....

Sure it will all be gone tomorrow

Guess I have to start getting in winter mode.

Kiltedpadre > Wacko 10/27/2017 at 17:37

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It’s funny, I mowed the grass this morning and the forecast says possible snow overnight tomorrow.

CB > Wacko 10/27/2017 at 17:44

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You’re in Quebec, right? North of Montreal or something? I can’t remember. Either way, that looks like a decent amount for this early in the year in your are.

We’re supposed to be getting snow here next week, around Halloween. We’ve already got our winters on, but I need a new pair of snowboots for work. It’s gonna be a rough week.

Steve in Manhattan > Wacko 10/27/2017 at 17:49

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Chariotoflove > Wacko 10/27/2017 at 17:51

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Down here in Texas, that’s the best looking snowfall we can hope for. We’d run outside immediately and make what snowmen we can before it’s gone.

Wacko > CB 10/27/2017 at 18:04

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Abitibi

I’m actually about 2 hours east from Timmims Ontario

i didn’t install my winters yet, normally do that mid November.

Going to do that next weekend I guess, and install my plow on my Kawasaki teryx.

CB > Wacko 10/27/2017 at 18:31

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Ah, okay. And yeah, better to be careful with your snows, because you know when the first snow falls it’s gonna be hell.

Gonna be honest, the only reason why I know about Abitibi is because of the Black Fly song.

Wacko > CB 10/27/2017 at 19:48

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I don’t remember that song at all.

I’m used to the snow here, it’s gonna be my 22 driving in winter here. I wait untill they are needed cause my winters cost 280 + taxes each.

On average I change both set every 4 years. Our roads are basically curve after curve after curve. Really hard on tires

arl > Wacko 10/27/2017 at 20:37

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All of Washington DC would be shut down for this. All stores would be empty of the usual stuff. School would be canceled for 2 days. And it snows here pretty much every year! Us former mid-westerners just sigh and shake our heads.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Wacko 10/27/2017 at 20:49

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Are they paved? Curves are nowhere near as bad as gravel.

Wacko > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 10/27/2017 at 20:52

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Yes our roads are paved, but with the amount of sand they put on them they are basically gravel

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Wacko 10/27/2017 at 21:02

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Ehh... Road grit isn’t the same as a gravel road. It mostly gets kicked to the shoulders.

Wacko > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 10/27/2017 at 22:00

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Lies, it all gets kicked up to my windshields, numbers and hoods.

And to be fair our road grit here is almost gravel.

Our roads hardly have any straight lines, and are far from being flat.

This area here is where I do 90% of my driving, basically between our regions biggest cities, in order of population rouyn-noranda, Val-d’or, Amos, la sarre, ville-Marie.

Which are all about on avarage 110 Kms away from Rouyn

I basically keep my cruise control at 110kmh. On average my tires last about 50000 Kms since on average I do 25k per year, so about 12500 on winters and same on summers per year.

That being said I got 60000 Kms on my 2014 pathfinder, and changed the oem summers this summer, so they only had about 30000-35000kms (fuck you continentals cross contacts)

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Wacko 10/27/2017 at 22:38

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I only manage to get 50,000 km out of hard-wearing all-terrains thanks to 25% of my driven being on gravel. It’s half what the tires are rated for.

But I forgot you were out east. The amount of shit they throw on the road out there is ridiculous. Way beyond overkill. It’s not even that bad a winter.

Wacko > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 10/27/2017 at 22:55

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I wouldn’t say overkill since we get a fair amount of snow and cold. Our roads become ice. Salt can only be used when it’s warm.

I have to plow my yard every other day. Sometimes daily too.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Wacko 10/27/2017 at 23:22

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The stuff you’re trying to make go away is what our roads are made out of in Manitoba in the winter. It’s 100% okay to drive on. But really, plow the snow off to the side and the rest gets burnt off by traffic. Throw some grit down at an intersection if you need to but that’s it. Salt is for stairs and sidewalks, not roads. Neither go on roads that haven’t been plowed, especially. Just turns everything into sloppy slushy cookie dough that’s slipperier as all get out and plugs up your wheelwells, preventing you from steering. Just don’t. Snow packs hard and gives you tons of traction. And with the wind it could not snow for two weeks and you’ll still be plowing ever other day. Get more than a light breeze and you’ll be busting drifts with your bumpers, doesn’t matter how many cars have been through before you or how long ago it snowed. We may not get quite the volume of snowfall that you guys do, but when it starts collecting in October, it stays on the ground until April. And it’ll still be falling through to the end of May. I know many people who leave their winter tires on all year, because is it really worth it to change them out for three months? The answer to that is still yes because they don’t do so well at 35° but you say that and they’ll tell you about all the times it snowed on them in June, July, and August as well. So there’s that.

Wacko > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 10/27/2017 at 23:32

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Our snow doesn’t really pack hard, it becomes ice here. Some days the plow will pass 4-5 times on the same road, pushing snow and laying sand.

The fact most of roads are curves and hills doesn’t mix well with ice and cars.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Wacko 10/28/2017 at 11:38

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Well there’s your problem. Shouldn’t be spreading sand or salt before the snow’s been pushed off. I lived in Eastern Ontario for a few years, and frankly it was painful watching what the plows were doing. Or should I say weren’t. Half the time it would be snowing and they wouldn’t even have the plows on the ground, just pouring salt out the back. Idiotic. It eats the cars alive and is a massive environmental disaster but literally everyone defended the strategies just the way you are.

And lets dispel for a bit the myth that Manitoba’s highways are all flat and straight. There’s a tiny portion of the province that the Trans-Canada happens to go through (the worst part of the province by far) where that’s the case, but once you’re out of the Assiniboine and Red River flood plains, not so much.

Wacko > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 10/28/2017 at 23:46

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I never said they put salt or sand then plow, the plow is pushing the snow while applying the salt/sand all depending on the temperature. Here the plow is always on the road, but not always spreading salt/sand.

And compared to here, Manitoba is flat and straight. We are rivers, pine trees and Canadian Shield. Nothing is flat here. Roads are curves, blasted mountains and bridges. Whatever that was the cheapest.

Nothing is flat here in abitibi except parts of temiscamingue even then... Honestly you have to be/been here. The only reason we exsit is because of mines and trees. Our whole economy evolves around both, but mostly mines. My grandfather, and my father were miners, so are my 3 brothers in law and my father in law.

All that to say we live in a place that only exists cause gold is valuable enough to sustain civilization.

Wacko > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 10/28/2017 at 23:46

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I never said they put salt or sand then plow, the plow is pushing the snow while applying the salt/sand all depending on the temperature. Here the plow is always on the road, but not always spreading salt/sand.

And compared to here, Manitoba is flat and straight. We are rivers, pine trees and Canadian Shield. Nothing is flat here. Roads are curves, blasted mountains and bridges. Whatever that was the cheapest.

Nothing is flat here in abitibi except parts of temiscamingue even then... Honestly you have to be/been here. The only reason we exsit is because of mines and trees. Our whole economy evolves around both, but mostly mines. My grandfather, and my father were miners, so are my 3 brothers in law and my father in law.

All that to say we live in a place that only exists cause gold is valuable enough to sustain civilization.  

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Wacko 10/29/2017 at 00:57

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Manitoba is lakes, rivers, spruce trees, and shield as well. 50% of the province is boreal forest, 25% is tundra, and 15% is water. Only a tiny portion of Manitoba is flat farmland, and even that has coulees and river valleys all over. 35% of the farmland is ranches as well, because the ground isn’t flat or deforested enough for large-scale crop farms. There are also massive mining operations. Copper, nickel, zinc, and a bunch of other stuff, and quite a bit of lumber and pulp and paper as well.

Whoever designated Manitoba as a flat prairie province was a bit of a moron who hadn’t left the Trans-Canada corridor.