Snow Storm Dilemma
I am in west Texas tonight headed for El Paso. Scheduled to return to Greer SC Saturday night, and get into my Nissan and go home.
A storm is brewing, Marshall NC will get 10 inches of snow starting Saturday, and on in to Sunday and Monday. For us Rebels this is a big snow storm.
Also, this might be an ice storm for Greer.
If a big ice storm hits Greer SC, I 85 will be shut down. The Rebels can't drive in the snow and there will be wrecks galore.
So I may not even make Greer on Saturday. If I do I really want to go home to enjoy the storm. I have a 4WD Nissan Frontier and some shiny, new Nokian Hakkepelliitta studded snow tires.
I have the most snow-capable vehicle in the state of North Carolina.
However, if, Saturday night, there is a 19 vehicle collision on I 26 headed up the mountain to go home, the State Patrol will close the road and I will not be able to get by.
So I am trying to get back early as possible Saturday so I can drive up the mountains to my mountaintop getaway, and I hope to be sitting in my log cabin on Sunday, putting a log in the wood stove and sipping a beer.
A storm is brewing, Marshall NC will get 10 inches of snow starting Saturday, and on in to Sunday and Monday. For us Rebels this is a big snow storm.
Also, this might be an ice storm for Greer.
If a big ice storm hits Greer SC, I 85 will be shut down. The Rebels can't drive in the snow and there will be wrecks galore.
So I may not even make Greer on Saturday. If I do I really want to go home to enjoy the storm. I have a 4WD Nissan Frontier and some shiny, new Nokian Hakkepelliitta studded snow tires.
I have the most snow-capable vehicle in the state of North Carolina.
However, if, Saturday night, there is a 19 vehicle collision on I 26 headed up the mountain to go home, the State Patrol will close the road and I will not be able to get by.
So I am trying to get back early as possible Saturday so I can drive up the mountains to my mountaintop getaway, and I hope to be sitting in my log cabin on Sunday, putting a log in the wood stove and sipping a beer.
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Yes studded tires are legal in North Carolina. The reason why, is because nobody uses them!
I have been running studded tires for 20 years, and so, I keep my eye out for them whenever I am in a parking lot etc. I have never seen another set of studded tires.
I get the studded tires installed at Thanksgiving and removed at the end of March.0 -
I think in Virginia they are required to be removed by April 15. 0 -
Glad you made it UP the hill, Allen. Be dang careful, though, going DOWN. Once you slip and gravity takes over it can be a wild ride. 0
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