Maybe drifts...or false memories of a little kid. Or my siblings (or parents) tried culling the herd. I was northwest of Indianapolis in Crawfordsville.
the snow's much deeper when yer knee high... memories of our farm on the little fork river (up near international falls, mn) where i got to playin' injun as a kid in the 70's.
Big ice storm here last night. Thanks to my Yak Traks my walk was safely scraped and salted with fertilizer and is melting nicely. Yak a tee yak don’t slip on your back Be real safe and don a Yak Trak When you’re shoveling off your walk Just listen to this talk When walking on ice outside Put on your Traks or take a ride In the ambulance to fix your bone At the ER you won’t be alone As you fuss and cuss and moan Only the lucky get to go home Yak a tee yak don’t slip on your back Be real safe and don a Yak Trak
I needed something like that when I lived in Missouri. We didn’t get much snow where I lived (near Ft. Leonard Wood area); but we did get ice storms, where it would rain in the day and turn to ice overnight, and then stay cold enough it did not melt off for several days or more. My horse barn was on a slope down from the house, and even my big Great Dane was having trouble standing up to get there with me to feed the horses. Once I made it to the barn, I used my pitchfork to make it back up the slope to the house…… stab, step, stab, step……all the way back. It was still tricky. Be safe out there in that bad weather, @Faye Fox ! !
Yep, that is exactly what they are. I have several pairs. During my work life, employers used to give them to employees to avoid liability and workman's comp issues. One place I worked, a small woman was blown off her feet and blown across the parking lot until she hit a car that stopped her. After that, the small women were escorted by at least one other person, usually males and they had to wear their Trax.
lol! broke out a pair of well used yaks from a pile of my stuff in the barn yesterday... and just in time too!
Mine are spiral wound and work better than the chain ones. So far this is my second season and about a dozen times out on the ice with the spiral version. I used the chain version for years and had some minor slippage. The spirals are no slip at all.
If you REALLY want to get serious on ice, you can pick up a pair of these. Although I don't have any, I have considered picking up a pair since I am old and don't fall well. If you have an old pair of boots, you can drive hex-head screws into the thick part of the tread (NB: choose shorter screws that the thickness of the boot tread and sole). If you are in the habit of alwasy removing boots prior to entering homes, as we are in Alaska, these can work pretty well.
When I lived in the mountains, I had 5 auto studs in each heel of my custom logging boots. I could get a toe slide and then apply the heel brakes.
It looks like we're having our most significant snow of the year, thus far, although I'm not overly impressed yet. From the weather warnings, we were supposed to be prepared for a huge snowstorm overnight, last night, but I could drive out of the driveway without shoveling. In fact, rather than shoveling the drive at all, I simply drove over it several times. It's still snowing, but much of it is melting after it hits the ground. Maybe it'll turn into something tonight after the temperatures go down.
Something different…..huge ice castles made in the early part of the 1900’s…….they are just amazing ! I wonder why they made them ? Were they kind of like a theme park and people paid to see them ? They had to take an immense amount of skill and work to build these castles. (This video is from a guy that I follow online who posts some amazing videos of huge mansions, castles and other amazing buildings busts back through the centuries. Worth following on youtube if you like this kind of information)