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Microwave Snowplows? - NOS2Go4Me - 12-02-2005
It's a novel idea, but just like we all don't ride the Hindenburg to work in the morning past the Third Reich checkpoint... some things never leave the drawing table.
Microwave Snowplows? - ANTHONYD - 12-02-2005
NefCanuck,Dec 1 2005, 05:13 PM Wrote:ANTHONYD,Dec 1 2005, 01:50 PM Wrote:Cost yes.
But think of the money saved in trucks plowing etc....
Not to mentions the billions of dollars wasted on patch mixture every year and the 12 guys at time-and-a-half filling them.
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Other problem Anthony is that those systems (Be they gridlines, waterlines, etc.) break down over time and they can't be "maintained" to prevent such breakdowns. It either works or it doesn't.
That's the situation at my condo right now, the heated ramp isn't working so now they're using salt until it can be repaired and a cheap fix this isn't <_<
NefCanuck
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pvc piping?
Microwave Snowplows? - nass - 12-02-2005
you're all missing the point.
pay a mexican to spread the salt on the ramp, give them a map to the nearest salt storage thingy and he'll know what to do.
done and done
Microwave Snowplows? - FociPhil - 12-02-2005
post # 3 was the funniest s**t ive seen in...well...at least 2 weeks.
Microwave Snowplows? - NefCanuck - 12-02-2005
ANTHONYD,Dec 1 2005, 05:46 PM Wrote:NefCanuck,Dec 1 2005, 05:13 PM Wrote:Other problem Anthony is that those systems (Be they gridlines, waterlines, etc.) break down over time and they can't be "maintained" to prevent such breakdowns. It either works or it doesn't.
That's the situation at my condo right now, the heated ramp isn't working so now they're using salt until it can be repaired and a cheap fix this isn't <_<
NefCanuck
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pvc piping?
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Yeah that would mean it lasts longer but it'll still break down and be one expensive SOB to fix. Look at the 407, when all that concrete finally lets go it's gonna be on hellacious repair bill, heck, the company that owns it might even go belly up :D
NefCanuck
'course none of us are gonna be alive to see it I'm betting...
Microwave Snowplows? - 2001 ZTS - 12-02-2005
FociPhil,Dec 1 2005, 05:32 PM Wrote:post # 3 was the funniest s**t ive seen in...well...at least 2 weeks.
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Some of my least inspired work yet but look at where you live and that explains everything.
For me it is the opposite. Just saying Saskatewan 3 times fast in my head makes me ROFL.
Microwave Snowplows? - meford4u - 12-02-2005
2001 ZTS,Dec 1 2005, 09:32 PM Wrote:FociPhil,Dec 1 2005, 05:32 PM Wrote:post # 3 was the funniest s**t ive seen in...well...at least 2 weeks.
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Some of my least inspired work yet but look at where you live and that explains everything.
For me it is the opposite. Just saying Saskatewan 3 times fast in my head makes me ROFL.
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And he actually moved there. It's not like he can use the excuse that he was born there.
Or the excuse that my parents are moving to Brantford so I have to move with them and forever be a troll. :blink: :P
Microwave Snowplows? - D-Dub - 12-02-2005
screw all the ideas let global warming settle this problem...........
Microwave Snowplows? - schade - 12-02-2005
Aka,Dec 1 2005, 04:19 PM Wrote:What's to stop it all from freezing again afterwards?
I mean, you run this microwave, heat it all up, melt more of it, than it all freezes as a sheet of ice immediately afterwards (cuz it'd be a fairly thin layer). So now we have skating rinks instead of salt and dirt/sand.
I think it's not gonna work in the real world.
I mean there's supposed to be drains and everything, but more than likely they're be covered with snow, so the water will have no where to go and just freeze.
Am I missing something? also yes I didn't read TFA.
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reminds me of last winter, on what i beleive was probably the coldest day of the year. They had a car fire on the 401 (i think) and the firetrucks where there just layin the water to it.
but they didn't think about the fact the the whole hwy was gonna freeze as the water was running down the road ... twas a nice mess
Microwave Snowplows? - FociPhil - 12-03-2005
meford4u,Dec 2 2005, 02:37 AM Wrote:2001 ZTS,Dec 1 2005, 09:32 PM Wrote:FociPhil,Dec 1 2005, 05:32 PM Wrote:post # 3 was the funniest s**t ive seen in...well...at least 2 weeks.
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Some of my least inspired work yet but look at where you live and that explains everything.
For me it is the opposite. Just saying Saskatewan 3 times fast in my head makes me ROFL.
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And he actually moved there. It's not like he can use the excuse that he was born there.
Or the excuse that my parents are moving to Brantford so I have to move with them and forever be a troll. :blink: :P
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you both make very good points. lol
But then again, i would rather live in a artic tundra, with the same population of Richmond Hill, and boring as fuke...then have to pay insane amounts for tuition, insurance and overall cost of living, and not to mention gridlock...its tempoary tho. Im a starving student.
And its SaskatCHewan.
Microwave Snowplows? - NOS2Go4Me - 12-03-2005
That's exactly why I live in North Bay... fresh air, lower insurance and other cost-of-living expenses, albeit at a lower pay scale than the Big Smoke.
It all works out to my benefit. 4 minutes to the office, 30 minutes to complete forest and camping fun... and no stress but what I entreaty myself.
Microwave Snowplows? - Aka - 12-03-2005
schade,Dec 2 2005, 04:22 AM Wrote:Aka,Dec 1 2005, 04:19 PM Wrote:What's to stop it all from freezing again afterwards?
I mean, you run this microwave, heat it all up, melt more of it, than it all freezes as a sheet of ice immediately afterwards (cuz it'd be a fairly thin layer). So now we have skating rinks instead of salt and dirt/sand.
I think it's not gonna work in the real world.
I mean there's supposed to be drains and everything, but more than likely they're be covered with snow, so the water will have no where to go and just freeze.
Am I missing something? also yes I didn't read TFA.
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reminds me of last winter, on what i beleive was probably the coldest day of the year. They had a car fire on the 401 (i think) and the firetrucks where there just layin the water to it.
but they didn't think about the fact the the whole hwy was gonna freeze as the water was running down the road ... twas a nice mess
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Haha! well you can't expect them to think of everthing I guess. I mean, they tried...
I still think the microwave thing is a bad idea though...
Microwave Snowplows? - NOS2Go4Me - 12-03-2005
What about all the sterilized workers that get caught in front of this thing? Does that mean we'll get convicted child rapists to stand in front and manage the operation?
I kinda like that idea.
Microwave Snowplows? - Aka - 12-03-2005
Ah ha! so we've solved yet another problem!
Microwave Snowplows? - winnipegkevin - 12-05-2005
Someone in Winnipeg was experimenting a few years ago with running current through the rebar to deice. Never heard anymore about it since. I test construction materiasl for a living and can imagine all the extra work this asphalt could cause. All kinds of stupid test procedures...waste of my time.