Feb 6th snowstorm

[VX1032]

Power is still out. Spending time in the company car with the laptop plugged into the cigarette adapter. Spent last night at a hotel because if the hose loses its 10 degrees a night, it should be freezing, literally, when I get back there this morning.

I keep calling to see if the answering machine picks up, but no such luck yet. I have little hopes for power today and more snow comes tomorrow.

Allegheny power sent all their trucks to Maryland and Virginia to help there prior to the storm thinking that is where the damage was going to be. HA, they left us completely uncovered and now I am on hour 61 of no power.

[handeeman]

Hey VX1032, hope ya stay warm and everything works out ok. I figure there's a lot of people still without power, so ya'll will be in my prayers.

[tom4bren]

We got somewhere around 2 feet - hard to tell since we had a bout of sleet on Friday night so a lot of it got packed down. We never did lose power & got dug out yesterday. I did get out on the roads with the VX a little last night. It did great but that (&*)(*^& TOD lite keeps coming back on.

[VX1032]

Wohoo, power came back on, 66 hours later. I drove around a bit today and saw 4 power trucks nearby, accompanied by a couple tree trimming trucks. One thing is for sure, a generator is on the list of must buys this year.

Now, to get the house warm.

[tom4bren]

An another 8-12 due tonight.

[etlsport]

[samneil2000]

Over the last few weeks, I'm getting my first experience at driving the VX in the snow. Yesterday I was driving through 4 or 5 inches. I have the 33 inch mud tires on mine. It felt like it wanted to spin around on me. Not so much when I'm accelerating, but just driving along. I don't know if it was just the ruts in the snow making my tires follow them or if I was actually sliding a bit.
I was able to hit the gas and pull straight at any time, I was just a little nervous driving faster than 15 or 20 though.
Is that normal? Is 15 to 20 the speed I should be trecking through 4 inches of snow anyways?
I'm kinda new to this. We have been getting more snow here in my area this year than any other time since I was a kid.