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bcblase

Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 574 Location: Winchester, VA
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:40 am Post subject: Snow weight |
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Do think leaving 30 inches of snow on my 924S will harm the tires or suspension?
This sucks...took us over a full day to dig out to the main road.
Brad
Winchester, VA
 _________________ 1987 Porsche 924S - track toy
1986 Mercedes 190E 2.3-16v - autocross
2007 F-150 5.4L Lariat Supercrew - tow beast
1994 Volvo 850 Race Wagon - 24 Hours of Lemons Car
2001 BMW 325xi - daily driver |
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ideola

Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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Holy crap, now that's a lot of snow! Weird. We've only gotten like a total of 5-6" this year. _________________ erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made |
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Fifty50Plus

Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 1423 Location: Washington DC area
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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28 inches in Rockville, MD. It took me half of Saturday and half of today to dig out. My rotator cuff is complaining quite a bit. I'm more worried about the weight of the snow on the roof than my cars. Now it sounds like we'll get another 6 inches on Wednesday.
The Federal Government is closed tomorrow and the METRO is shut down above ground until further notice. Even though my company is open, I might sleep in.
Chuck _________________ 1979 924 NA race car H-Prod SCCA
1982 924 NA race car - Sold
1981 924 Turbo sold
1982 924 Turbo sold
1972 911 E race car - traded for Cayenne Diesel
1975 914 1.8 Building for H-Prod SCCA |
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joecitizennn

Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 2096 Location: no mans land
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:47 am Post subject: |
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Bet you wish you had one of these! See the snow packed to the front axle? This thing chugs through 2 foot deep snow drifts like they were not there.
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Fifty50Plus

Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 1423 Location: Washington DC area
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 3:17 am Post subject: |
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Snowplows in our area seem to be doing a pretty good job. I've got a Chevy 2500 4X4 which is good for over a foot. We are in the middle of another blizzard in the DC area and I just came in from snowblowing another 8 inches.
It's supposed to snow for another 10 hours with quite high winds. Hope it keeps blowing the snow off the roof. That's the big worry right now. There have been more and more roof collapses in the area with all the weight on them.
I'm almost out of coffee but still have over 120 beers in the reefer.
what to do....what to do....road test the Chevy or get faced?
Chuck _________________ 1979 924 NA race car H-Prod SCCA
1982 924 NA race car - Sold
1981 924 Turbo sold
1982 924 Turbo sold
1972 911 E race car - traded for Cayenne Diesel
1975 914 1.8 Building for H-Prod SCCA |
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joecitizennn

Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 2096 Location: no mans land
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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| how about both at the same time? |
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bcblase

Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 574 Location: Winchester, VA
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:28 am Post subject: |
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Well....there's another 8 inches of snow on the car, and I just don't care at this point. I've got other issues, like how to get out of my driveway with 2-3 foot drifts covering the road. We now have between 26 and 42 inches on the ground, depending on where you measure.
I have a 4WD F-150 Supercrew, but I don't think it will make it past 2-3 foot drifts on our hill, especially coming up.
Luckily, my neighbor has a tractor with a front end loader.
BC _________________ 1987 Porsche 924S - track toy
1986 Mercedes 190E 2.3-16v - autocross
2007 F-150 5.4L Lariat Supercrew - tow beast
1994 Volvo 850 Race Wagon - 24 Hours of Lemons Car
2001 BMW 325xi - daily driver |
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