I recently replaced my water softener. The old softener had a 10-12" sludge layer of salt on the bottom I had to scoop out and put in 5 g pails. I was wondering what to do with it and then my driveway was covered in ice. Is there any water softener salt available? I think it’s cheaper than ice melt…
Yeah, you gotta be extra careful and keep an eye out for any warning signs.
I think I told the story of when I got my first plow. I was looking for practice and helping friends when I could. One day, I get to a friend’s place he rented- side by side. I used to just do both sides as it was easier to deal with. I back up to the garage door when the neighbors kids come home from school for lunch. They see me and still drive into the driveway, beaching it in a drift, half blocking my friend’s side. They all bail out and are laughing looking at me as they go inside. So, I piled all the snow in back and around their car. I heard it took them more than a week to shovel it out. The next time I showed up on a weekend, they came running out to move the car…
We had about the same here. 19.8" and then another 4". The town I grew up in (Pulaski NY) received over 6’ of snow over 3 days due to lake effect snow. Just 20 miles south only received 12". And 20 miles north received just a dusting.
It’s important to note that the next storm will be mostly at-sea. The only part of NJ that will be hit by snow will be the beach towns, and the only part of NY that is likely to be hit is the extreme Eastern end of Long Island, and even there it will most likely be no more than 1-3 inches. My area–in the center of NJ–will most likely get nothing, which is fine with me.
I hope all you guys getting hammered with snow stay safe.
As a side note I spent 3 weeks winter testing on a frozen lake in Sweden. We could not use studded tires on the test surfaces because they tore things up. The winter tires did amazingly well even on polished ice. Ice so slippery you could barely stand up on it.
Our rental car was fitted with studded winters… They were even more amazing. We saw almost 0.7 Gs of traction on the icy Swedish roads.
In my area, that is like a blizzard…
IIRC the last time we had 10" or more was back in the late 70’s, otherwise, we have had two 9"snow falls in the past 25+ years and the rest are mostly 3-6" of the fluffy white stuff…
But we are prone for having ice storms, just not as bad as this last one, normally we get the ice 1st, then 3-6" on top of the ice, this time we got 4" (in my small area) and then freezing rain that pretty much turned the snow into a 4" block of ice on the ground… Couldn’t even make a snow ball or anything, and the kids couldn’t even go out in the yard to play due to the falling branches everywhere…
In the 60s when studded tires were legal my dad had them on our Lark wagon. I delivered chicken&pizzas for Chicken Delight, we had Comet wagons, those too had studded tires. Worked great.
Reading this post brought back some memories. My uncles had a Mobil gas station in Glen Cove Long Island. My dad was a welder at an ironworks company. but he use to go to the gas station on Saturdays to spend some time with his brothers and help them out. He started taking me when I was about 10. I use to pump gas there. It was when gas stations use to check your fluids and clean your windows. And credit cards had to be done manually and had the carbon paper in between to make a copy. it was fun for me at that age and the tips were good. it was also when I learned the 55-57 chevys had the gas cap behind the taillight. there was a Carvel next door and a beach a few blocks behind the gas station that I would take the shop dogs for a walk when I was board. when I was about 12 it was the beginning of winter and my uncle showed me how to put the studs in the snow tires. then he said to do all those tires. it was fun for me but, he was probably happy he didn’t have to do it. Sorry it took a bit to get to the studs in snow tires part.
