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The smart person will take Friday Off work and hibernate through the weekend while the city clears the roadways. Those thinking 4wd 0r 4X4 will give themselves free passage will be stuck behind all those out in normal drive cars with worn all season tires.
A storm like this one is not a good time to try to fulfill some adventurous road trip.Do yourself a favor and stay home.
Sorry to muscle in on your thread, I'm from Ireland and am really really jealous about your upcoming snow fest so I'm going to be a bit of a peeping tom on this thread to see how you guys are doing. If anyone can direct me to pictures of the snow (as in earth cam's etc) I would be very grateful.
Otherwise wrap up warm, stock up and keep safe, the last good snow we had here on the east coast of Ireland was 2010 (so long ago )
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Ditto. The SUV will be a good vehicle to have in the storm but that poster needs to take care. Here in Colorado where some mountain areas get 500 inches of snow per year, the official state car of Colorado is the Subaru Forester (and a North Face jacket). Of course there are tons of Jeeps here too, and many others. With deep snow, traction isn't so much the issue as is getting hung up on top of deep snow where the tires can't even reach the road surface. A last note to all, 4-wheel drive doesn't equal 4-wheel stop, and stopping is the issue.
That is what I found with my Jeep. Ground clearance was the key issue. The Jeep however had the availability of full time four wheel drive, which locks all wheels into drive. At some point it's almost a paddle wheel propulsion. Deep snow is very much like loose beach sand. The key is to keep moving.
The new SUV has AWD and this will be a good chance to find its limits. I'll probably do most of my testing in a parking lot that's close to the house.
How about some video from Toronto, showing how we do snow removal on the busiest highway in Canada or the USA ? The 401 highway runs right through the centre of Toronto, and it has a total of 18 lanes of traffic, 9 in each direction. This video was shot from the balcony of a 25 story condo apartment building that over looks the 401. There are a total of 23 plow and salt trucks in the convoy, clearing the express lanes, the collector lanes, and the on and off ramps, all at once. They are travelling at about 50 mph. The convoy does a 20 mile section going in one direction, then they turn around and other direction.
The 401 runs from Windsor, Ontario, all the way to the Quebec Provincial boundary, a total of about 600 miles. The Ministry of Transportation is responsible for the highways, while cities and towns take care of their own roads. The city of Toronto has a fleet of 800 plow trucks, sidewalk plows, sanders and brine trucks.
It's only raining here. Thanks, God. I'll remember this in the stifling South Carolina heat next summer.
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