Keystone State Thread

Welcome.

 

Welcome to the thread. Thank you for your service. Enjoy.

 

You're not going anywhere if you don't have a snow mobile probably, though they might have the mountain roads packed down enough to be passable at this point. I got 18" in the last storm and we're due for 2-4 tonight.

 

Awesome. This may be an adventure.

 

Well if you're coming to the northern section and get fucked I've probably got a crew around that can extract you.

 

We're bringing 2 built trucks and one mostly stock. To quote Richard Hammond: "how hard can it be?"

Can you DM me your cell# as a backup plan though?

 

I will yeah.

If the snow mobiles have tracks packed you'll be okay. The problem is we had powder here and there was an ice storm like 3 days before. I'd also bring chains if you have them.

Where abouts do you plan to be?

 

Details TBD, but we're heading up Saturday.

 

Welcome!!

 

How was today??

 

Good morning fellow Pennsyltuckyvanians!! Snow has started here - 1/4' on the ground at 4AM. We are in the 1-3" range I think.

Uneventful ride to Freedom Toyota in Hamburg yesterday. Service done and they did the ECM TSB, as well. About a 2 hour ride each way - home by noon.

Stay safe and warm!

 

Good morning PA TW. Snow missed us this morning, but looks like a chance the rest of the week. Have a good day and be safe

 

Getting 3-6 inches. I haven't gone out yet to shovel the walk and start the truck. This has been a long winter.

 

Expect more than that, we were in the lower end of 1-3" too. 1"-3" my ass, I cleared off 3"-4" at 1am before going to bed, just cleared off another 3"-5" just now. Luckily it's extremely fine powdery snow. The vehicles, carport and trailer were completely cleared off at 1am. Didn't bother with the trailer this time. That main road is a Snow Emergency Route and they've been plowing it all night, barely looks touched.

 

Got zero additional snow here. It all passed over to the north. Still really fucking cold though.

 

Yea, south of the city we got/getting closer to the 6 inches. Ride in this morning was fun, should of taken the taco ....

 

Where's big janko? Looks like he's getting his wish for wheeling in the snow!!! I want to see some pics of snow packed wheels. @BigJanko

 

What is normally a 30 minute round trip, in optimal conditions, just took almost an hour. I would say there was 3 inches on the roads and was coming down steadily the entire trip. I saw one PENN DOT truck in each direction (one of whom flung rock salt onto my side panel and windshield), on one of the main arteries - Brodhead Rd. I decided to take the local roads for the 18 mile round trip, rather than the interstate for about 5 of it. I couldn't make out any of the road lines. I hit the rumble strip once or twice. The local weather guy said that you should drive at leas 15-20 mph under the posted speed limit and I didn't wish to deal with the likelihood that there would be at least one cowboy out there who was flying up my ass. Slow and steady I went, keeping it in 4 wheel drive, using only 2nd and 3rd gears, never exceeding 30mph. Surprisingly, my trip yielded a 17.4 mpg for the round trip. I am surprised, given the truck was in 4WD the entire trip. I guess how fast you go does impact the mpg more than other factors. The OEM tires did just fine too, literally maybe one little slip and slide on a sharp, downhill bend.

 

G’morning fellas, you boys be safe out there.... not much snow here in Allentown area and don’t expect much either today. We’ll how goes in the next couple days.... possibly bigger stuff come weekend but they don’t. Know yet ... enjoy today

 

Oh on the side note: all the salt and grime on my truck lately makes me feel dirty inside knowing I can’t wash it off without freezing my doors shut!!!! :-/ been having a problem with my drivers side outside handle this winter. Seems to wanna stick open and the. Door won’t latch closed.... kinda caught me at first .