Seriously, WTF is with this Weather?

[AirheadD8]

15 minutes ago, saltyant said:

This blows. My driveway was the same. Fortunately I stocked up on ice melt a few years ago and melted most of this shit. The sun helped a lot especially at its angle this time of year

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. 

[saltyant]

3 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said:

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. 

I tried using a propane heater to melt the ice. It works but very very slowly. So I gave up after 2 minutes.

Take a video and let us know how your flue pipe idea works. I wish there was an easy way to get rid of this nasty ice. Come on warm weather! 🌡️ 

Edited Tuesday at 12:19 AM by saltyant

[AirheadD8]

23 minutes ago, saltyant said:

I tried using a propane heater to melt the ice. It works but very very slowly. So I gave up after 2 minutes.

Take a video and let us know how your flue pipe idea works. I wish there was an easy way to get rid of this nasty ice. Come on warm weather! 🌡️ 

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

 
 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

1 hour ago, saltyant said:

This blows. My driveway was the same. Fortunately I stocked up on ice melt a few years ago and melted most of this shit. The sun helped a lot especially at its angle this time of year

I used more salt on the path at work today..

[Benm]

2 hours ago, AirheadD8 said:

F…!&@$$!!!!

Thanks for posting, i feel a lot better about the state of my driveway now. 

[indiggio]

10 hours ago, AirheadD8 said:

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. 

How about some ice melter stuff followed by some traction stuff after it has melted a bit so that the traction stuff has a place to sink into the ice?

[RidgeRacer]

8 hours ago, Benm said:

Thanks for posting, i feel a lot better about the state of my driveway now. 

Same!

[RidgeRacer]

14 minutes ago, indiggio said:

How about some ice melter stuff followed by some traction stuff after it has melted a bit so that the traction stuff has a place to sink into the ice?

I refuse to use rock salt on the driveway. Shit will destroy it. I may try sand but idk. I prefer the wait till it melts but in the meantime park the cars as close to the grass as possible but when you do walk on it be freaking careful method.

[JFskiDan]

34 minutes ago, RidgeRacer said:

I refuse to use rock salt on the driveway. Shit will destroy it. I may try sand but idk. I prefer the wait till it melts but in the meantime park the cars as close to the grass as possible but when you do walk on it be freaking careful method.

My driveway is lookin pretty shiny too right about now, but its flat so very manageable.  My deck was fairly treacherous as well, but i worked on that a little on Sunday when it was raining to knock that down to just mildly treacherous.  im not a fan of salt or calcium either.  that shit just inevitably gets tracked all over inside the house.  

People in the development posting on FB looking for people to come spread salt on their driveways like crazy.  

[AirheadD8]

1 hour ago, indiggio said:

How about some ice melter stuff followed by some traction stuff after it has melted a bit so that the traction stuff has a place to sink into the ice?

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. 

Edited Tuesday at 12:19 PM by AirheadD8

[mbike-ski]

Since I was already soaked after skiing Sunday morning I pushed all the slush off the driveway when I got home. Our walk is another story. I ran out of ice melt/salt so I tried using a length of roof de-icer cable with a tarp over it to melt it. Worked pretty good but it doesn't really drain anywhere so it would  just refreeze when I I tried to leaf blow / sweep the water off. Just made it slicker...

No rock salt/ice melt to be found anywhere so got a bag of pool salt from Walmart, ice gone.

[Benm]

41 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said:

It runs off and more melt water comes down and freezes.

same here.

tbh i've given up. the main problem spot can be mostly avoided with some good momentum and by driving through the yard. i've just been too lazy to remove a small garden flag holder thing that's in the way. that ends today.

[AirheadD8]

9 minutes ago, mbike-ski said:

Since I was already soaked after skiing Sunday morning I pushed all the slush off the driveway when I got home. Our walk is another story. I ran out of ice melt/salt so I tried using a length of roof de-icer cable with a tarp over it to melt it. Worked pretty good but it doesn't really drain anywhere so it would  just refreeze when I I tried to leaf blow / sweep the water off. Just made it slicker...

No rock salt/ice melt to be found anywhere so got a bag of pool salt from Walmart, ice gone.

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 

[indiggio]

Guess all this is why up in Maine all they do is spread sand around instead of dealing with all the headaches of salt.

[Kyle]

2 hours in, supposed to be in the 6-10” range with higher localized numbers when all said and done. Jim Cantore is down here. People are losing their minds, feels good to see a significant snowfall again 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

17 minutes ago, Kyle said:

2 hours in, supposed to be in the 6-10” range with higher localized numbers when all said and done. Jim Cantore is down here. People are losing their minds, feels good to see a significant snowfall again 

I’ll have to check the weather and radar. All we have left here is some ice you can see your reflection is some is white 

[Kyle]

Just shoveled the driveway a second time before packing it in for the night, 6” so far and still coming down. I don’t think we’ll eclipse the 8” mark, radar shows everything moving out by 10pm. 511VA shows zero plow trucks in the city. Driving around down here it’s very easy to spot who’s a northern transplant.  

[RidgeRacer]

Ugh. Send it up here

[Kyle]

2 hours ago, RidgeRacer said:

Ugh. Send it up here

Wish I could. 
 

 

eclipsed 8 inches. Up to 10.5 now and still coming down. Glad I shoved 3x already at lower amounts because it is a wet heavy snow. 

[Kyle]

Final count this morning. 

[AirheadD8]

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

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

On 1/11/2018 at 6:58 AM, SallyCat said:

Well, that's one day that really shouldn't be white anyway. 

Haha you’ve got jokes lol

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

16 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said:

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

One of my customers thinks because it’s gonna be 50 degrees one day next week foundations in cemeteries will magically be complete lol

[AirheadD8]

15 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

One of my customers thinks because it’s gonna be 50 degrees one day next week foundations in cemeteries will magically be complete lol

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. 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

39 minutes ago, AirheadD8 said:

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. 

If the footer/foundation is done properly to about 36” memorial stones should stay level for decades. Always something though, sinkholes, cars crashing into tombstones, cemetery or landscaping equipment knocking over or damaging memorial stones, vandalism, acts of nature/lightning strikes, even thefts of bronze vases and random concrete angel statues.  One customer said some garden supply center statue was missing from plot and were accusing us of taking it. I was like why would we want that…sheesh. 
 

Back to the weather.  Still cold.