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- '22 Badlands ordered 12/17/2021 - Arrived 3/25/22
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I'm a big proponent of winter tires for anyone who must drive on snow and ice. Before we retired, I had winter tires for all 3 of our vehicles.
Since we're no longer working, we can wait for the roads to be cleared. Our lane is 1/10 mile long, but I have a snow blower. So I never got winter tires for the BL.
The storm on Jan 25 wasn't as bad as predicted (for us anyway). The forecasts called for up to 16" of snow, we got 7". It was (and is) cold so the snow was powdery. Then, even though the high temps did not get out of the teens, the snow crusted over into a 1-1/2 " thick layer of ice! In order to walk on it we have to stomp down with each step to break through the crust. Even then it's treacherous.
In the 41 years I've lived here I've never seen anything like it. We've had nor-easters drop 2-1/2 feet of snow that caused less trouble.
The snow blower could not cut through it. We waited until yesterday to make a grocery run. I dug a path for the farm gate to swing, and left it open so we would not have to stop there. We locked the center and rear and went for it. Just beyond the gate there is a fairly sharp curve to the left, which limits the speed at which the 20% grade can be approached.
We got about half way up and the tires spun. It wouldn't go any further. So we backed down and tried again. The BL made it a few more feet. We did that 3-4 more times and finally made it to the top. There's a curve to the right there, so again we had to limit our speed. That caused the BL to get stuck one last time. We backed up and went forward again and made it out to the road.
Of course there was a large berm of frozen snow from the plow truck. The BL probably could have driven over it but it might have gotten high centered so I dug that out.
From years of past experience, I have no doubt that the Badlands would have walked right out with a decent set of winter tires.
Since we're no longer working, we can wait for the roads to be cleared. Our lane is 1/10 mile long, but I have a snow blower. So I never got winter tires for the BL.
The storm on Jan 25 wasn't as bad as predicted (for us anyway). The forecasts called for up to 16" of snow, we got 7". It was (and is) cold so the snow was powdery. Then, even though the high temps did not get out of the teens, the snow crusted over into a 1-1/2 " thick layer of ice! In order to walk on it we have to stomp down with each step to break through the crust. Even then it's treacherous.
In the 41 years I've lived here I've never seen anything like it. We've had nor-easters drop 2-1/2 feet of snow that caused less trouble.
The snow blower could not cut through it. We waited until yesterday to make a grocery run. I dug a path for the farm gate to swing, and left it open so we would not have to stop there. We locked the center and rear and went for it. Just beyond the gate there is a fairly sharp curve to the left, which limits the speed at which the 20% grade can be approached.
We got about half way up and the tires spun. It wouldn't go any further. So we backed down and tried again. The BL made it a few more feet. We did that 3-4 more times and finally made it to the top. There's a curve to the right there, so again we had to limit our speed. That caused the BL to get stuck one last time. We backed up and went forward again and made it out to the road.
Of course there was a large berm of frozen snow from the plow truck. The BL probably could have driven over it but it might have gotten high centered so I dug that out.
From years of past experience, I have no doubt that the Badlands would have walked right out with a decent set of winter tires.
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