AirheadD8

Clear night …. Maybe Zee lights will come out.

Started my morning sitting at the dining room table and heard a crash and the power went out $&@“!!? Gassed up the generator and left, usually get 6-7 hours Got to Blue with gale force winds. Only recognized Oz in the Quad line. First chair , Razors was surprisingly nice after making it past the headwind. I have to remember how fast he skis I got a little close halfway down. Coming soon was a dream with the refresh. Repeat but bump run . New snow was nicely bonded. Main st bumps were nice as well and softened up later. Razors got scalped by the wind but fortunately you could tell where the better snow was and the shiny cord ended. Better than expected! Left 11:45 ish after trying to put some cash on next year’s pass, had to use CC . I decided to go full access next year.

Did a late afternoon drive by. TCS bumps got a refresh. I had a nice rhythm going then boilerplate in some spots. Main st was ok but lower main in the flat light was bizarre, almost like grinding a rail . Razors looked good but sucked, avoided the planet of the apes scarecrows on the big whale. The quad had a big white worm just after the loading area, the snow from peoples skis has fallen off forming a symmetrical hump. Guns were still going even though it was pretty warm.

You’re welcome to use this.

Got stuck behind every truck in the valley and ended up a few minutes late. Rode the quad up with someone who said they seeded bumps on coming soon so I had to investigate. They were pretty solid but the rest of the trail was ok. Went down nightmare a few times and it was okay. Over to main st and lapped Barneys as it was softening up nicely. One run on challenge , holy crap! was my first thought looking at the giant cookies but after smacking a few they turned out to be pretty soft. Back to Barneys but enjoyed the lower main gun run the most. Wish I could have stayed longer.

Tomorrow morning

Trying it without the angle iron. Moving it every 20 minutes and adding a log .

Basic oil tank : Cut vertical vertical slot with sawsall after cutting a hole with grinder ( diamond blade) fastened two hinges with self drilling screws , cut remaining opening out. The angle iron I just laid on the ground and lifted the tank with a shovel to get the piece underneath . Flue opening: cut a circle leaving 4 tabs that I bent upwards and fastened 6” 26 gage flue pipe with self drilling screws. Craigslist used oil tank that the seller delivered for $200.00 hinges and a few handles $24.00 Wish I would’ve done this a month ago!

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Amazon truck almost slid into my Jeep the other night. Started the project at 10:30 and could see my driveway by 12:30. I’ve got lots of tweaks in mind. I melted a hole at the bottom of the driveway and pushed it to the top. Once the fire was established I had a small stream running. It not only melts the ice directly below but 18” around as well. I need to get some cast iron fireplace hearth pieces to keep the wood off the bottom. Also more oxygen to the back and a bigger flue maybe a fan too. Not ready for Pizza just yet, too much oil residue lol. I figured if it didn’t work I’d have a deluxe burn barrel. I had a couple pieces of angle iron underneath to keep it up off the ice. Yes Salty I used my ATV to push it around.

Binford Fubar 1 Mobile driveway ice melting system. Lol

I almost made it lol

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Nice morning, second chair on the quad. Challenge chair opened a few minutes earlier. First run was on challenge , nice but a few cookies, later lots more. Coming soon was nice early. Over to midway, Yikes! Cookie minefield. Lower main was a wind tunnel. Switch was great, a couple runs with Oz’s crew down sidewinder ( pretty nice) Nightmare was holding up the best so I spent the last 1/2 hr lapping that. 10:45 crowds were out to the gates. Main st chair was idle and Razors was closed for lighting work. Nice morning.

Sounds like spring will be crazy busy for you. My local cemetery charges an additional $650.00 for winter burial. Can’t imagine that any stones would still be level when Spring arrives.

A whole 1.5” and still coming down. All on top of ice?!!$&@

Water softener salt at plumbing supply house. I’ve used pieces of black Carlisle roofing material and laid it down on walks . Seems to work if the sun is out

It runs off and more melt water comes down and freezes. There’s a lot of driveway above the picture. So far the marble chips seem to work the best. In spring it looks strange seeing streaks of white chips so I have to explain to visitors occasionally. I think I’m going to try the mobile fireplace just out of curiosity.

I’ll see what the sun does tomorrow. I bought another 160 lbs of chips for now.

This is the worst in 25 years here. The upper section melts and runs onto the the north slope and freezes. I’ve tried screening material ( crushed limestone) but it melts into little holes after an hour in the sun. So far mini marble chips work well for traction . I had an idea for a mobile snow melting contraption. Thinking about an old oil tank sideways with a flue pipe on one end and a door in the other end. I can push it around with my ATV plow . If thing’s don’t improve by next week I might be desperate enough.

F…!&@$$!!!!

I’ll have to explore that with my tax guy 🤔

I think you were pretty stoned. Does that mean you don’t remember offering to pay for all the PASR’s season passes?

I think it makes a difference on steeper terrain, yesterday I watched a boarder sit on his but and scraped the whole way down the chute. Years ago I recall naturally formed moguls being tighter. I used to associate boarders with a disrespectful attitude but yesterday I watched a boarder get of the lift a chug a beverage. I sort of watched him expecting him to chuck the can . He went over to the garbage can and threw it from a distance and missed. Ok he’s going to take off? Nope he took off his board walked into the woods and picked it up! I complemented him and told him he was a decent human being, he laughed. So I guess they’re not all bad🤪

Actually there is but water softener salt works too. I can use it in certain areas but other places turn into a muddy mess.