Crazy Weather

[mhs4771]

You Guys in the Indiana area better cutout all this talk about the White Nasty Stuff, our unit in headed to Paint within the next couple of days. So you better cut it out so it can be transported to Florida once it's done.......

[Dave&Ginny]

I don't know Michelle......over the next week we're supposed to get quite a bit of snow and in Indianan they usually get more than us. Your "New Baby".... I fear will get baptized with the winter wonderland. Maybe I can make a few phone calls and get a little snow woman put in the freezer for you.

[atom ant]

Dave,

I took mine out this weekend in the snow - I have no doubt it will get through the snow, but it is all over the road! That dually does not track near as nice as the expedition.

PS - that is the first time I ever had a dually out in the snow.

[Shane Wood]

When you go out with a dually in the snow you need to add weight in the back concrete blocks sand bags etc
You have less lbs per square inch on the ground than single axles

[mhs4771]

Actually when I was still working in Western NY (Rochester/Buffalo area) I had a 50 mile one way commute and used the Dually when the roads were really bad, but I did have about 700 Lbs of Sand Bags behind the axles and GY Wrangler Silent Armor tires. The extra weight doesn't even hurt the mileage on those things because they're designed to carry heavy weight (you know like 4K pin weights).

[Dave&Ginny]

I keep my extra fuel tank full plus I keep some chains in back to pull people out. I've never gotten that truck stuck yet and I'm out in the country where some snow drifts grow tall. The "Beast" is a tank and I've had the entire grill packed with snow. I've pulled the Redwood through some blizzard conditions a few times too. I just add extra water to the fresh water tank.

[atom ant]

Ya I don't think my dually would get stuck, but the front axle seems to be doing most of the driving and the rear just kind of floats around where it wants with no weight back there.

it was pretty hard to keep it in lane this morning with no defined lanes in town. People just kind of moved for me

Those rear duals kick out more snow that the city snowblower!

[homeguy]

Well Dave, you missed it! We had 7" last night in NC.

[Dave&Ginny]

Guy.....I'd just open the shades, pour a drink and laugh.....yep, there goes another one......ooops look at the way he parked.

My dad said last night that they had 5 cars in the ditches in a 2 mile stretch and it had only snowed about an inch.

[atom ant]

Wicked footage of northern Atlanta last night. One truck looked like it was bent in half!

[johnboytoo]

Dang Global Warming !!!!

Has been snowing BUCKETS for hours here in Texas !!!

[Shane Wood]

Being born and raised in the frozen north . The first thing you do come winter if you own a pickup is put weight in the back for traction. Next thing is buy tire chains and find out how to install them properly. Do not jump on the gas pedal start out slowly and when stopping pump the brake don't stomp on it. Dual wheel trucks have a tendency to float on top of the snow do to the fact there is Less pounds per square inch on the ground than Srw have. I have taken a 2 wheel drive with chains on and weight in the back farther than a 4x4 with no weight.get some sand bags or concrete blocks behind the fender wells and you will be amazed at the difference

[atom ant]

Or....just leave it in the garage till spring and take the other car. Sounds like too much work.

[Shane Wood]

if we were retired we could wait until the snow melts to go out

[travelin' texans]

Saw on television all the snow from Texas east & decided that from here in southern Arizona is as close as we intend to get to any of that nasty white stuff. I'll take heat over cold anytime, snow is pretty as long as I'm thousands of miles away.

[Rosey]

Originally Posted by travelin' texans

Saw on television all the snow from Texas east & decided that from here in southern Arizona is as close as we intend to get to any of that nasty white stuff. I'll take heat over cold anytime, snow is pretty as long as I'm thousands of miles away.

Colder the better & love the white stuff.......plus I don't have to worry about pulling weeds, cutting the grass, etc. AND sweating my *ss off. "To each his own"

[0nTheRoad]

Rosey, you can have ALL the cold weather and snow...I'll take the beach and sunshine!!!

Sweat...not proble, I can swim to cool off. Cpld...I stay cold the whole winter, can get warm so I'll come to Florida, right now I sit in 74º sunshine @ 10am...and the AC is on in the coach!!!!

[Rosey]

Originally Posted by 0nTheRoad

Rosey, you can have ALL the cold weather and snow...I'll take the beach and sunshine!!!

Sweat...not proble, I can swim to cool off. Cpld...I stay cold the whole winter, can get warm so I'll come to Florida, right now I sit in 74º sunshine @ 10am...and the AC is on in the coach!!!!

"Touché" Chuck...... Well it's snowed a bit more here in the DC area this morning & freezing rain also in the forecast.....

[BradPAjax]

We can always dress for the cold... undressing for the heat is a bad visual... naughty bits get burned and then there's the damn BUGS!

[johnboytoo]

But that's why we have air conditioning

https://www.census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/024/

(and many of the units we looked at last week at the dallas supersale had THREE ac units )