New motorhead game in Indy today

[Steve-Indy]

Well, drag racing, stats, lap times, dyno wars are all out...significant ice storm still going full tilt here with more to come.

New game among t the fellow motorheads... GENERATOR WARS...hp, KW output, tank size, autostart, transfer switches, etc, etc.

Damn, we've hit a new low!!!

 

[purplesnake]

Lowes sold an entire load of generators today. You probably can pick one up next week here for 20 cents on the dollar. The Manager actually told me he had a lady ask him if she bought one of the outdoor fire pits, if she could burn it in her living room. (true story) Beware of the "White Death". I sure hope I have enough milk, eggs and bread, so I can make French Toast!

 

[Tom Sessions]

Steve I hope these games are over before you want me to come back up to work. Us southern folk don't like snow and ice

 

[Steve-Indy]

Beautiful outside...BUT, solid ice now, about 2 inches on ground, need a pick to break !! More of same on way, plus snow and wind.

Fear not, Tom...it will be perfect weather shortly !!

 

[DPViper]

I can't believe we lived through the worst storm in a half century..... What do I do with all the milk, blankets, flashlights, am radios, health bars, kitty litter, and water my wife bought after hearing all the terrible predictions?

 

[purplesnake]

I guess she couldn't find a generator,huh?

 

[Steve-Indy]

DPViper, don't laugh yet...worst is yet to come.

purplesnake, does anyone make a Paxton setup for generators??

 

[DPViper]

Guys: I found a generator in Florida. It has a unique color and a wing.....what do you think?

 

[purplesnake]

Ouch!!! It's not nice to make fun of a man's viper, especially on a viper site! You are just jealous that yours isn't pink.

 

[Steve-Indy]

Just finished carving 2 daily drivers out of the ice...roads are decent, sort of wish I had an enclosed cab CAT D-9...great traction, easily push "slackers" out of the way!!!

 

[Boxer12]

Enjoy your balmy weather...

 

[Bird325]

Gee, it's cold down here in the Dallas area, too! We got all of 3/4 inch of ice followed by 1-3 inches of snow since the middle of the night. ....

Most of the Metroplex is shut down including DFW Airport!! I was going to back my S/S GTS into the driveway to get a pretty picture with the white background, but I was afraid that the slight slope would leave me sitting in the middle of the drive looking like a fool.

 

[Steve-Indy]

Everything iced over...again...I'm now an accomplished sculptor... having "created" a Cadillac and a Jeep by carving them from two blocks of ice !!!

 

[Tom Sessions]

70 degrees here today might head out to the beach and see whats happening there. Much better then the 8 inchs of snow we had 3 weeks ago

 

[Steve-Indy]

Enjoy the warmth, Tom...but 70 is a little on the high side for me !!

The ice adventure continues...been using a mattock and pickaxe for last several hours, chipping a narrow path across the driveway to the dog runs!!

 

[GDog]

Currently on the main site we run two 375KW natural gas driven (turbo) units complete with auto switching, auto start, load bank and diesel back ups.

Horsepower? how about ~502HP each.

 

[Steve-Indy]

Those generators would work for me!!

Looks like today will be spent trying to locate driveway, walks...with a spud bar.

 

[Steve-Indy]

Spud bar WORKS...and, is a real WORKOUT !!!

 

[purplesnake]

Be careful with the concrete. I caught my wife out hammering our stamped colored concrete with a claw hammer, (her answer to every household problem).

 

[Steve-Indy]

I hear Ya...I prefer a 110 lb "buster" for concrete !!! Had a lot of time riding one of these babies around Louisville area in early-mid sixties. You know me, as long as I;m making noise, I'm HAPPY

 

[venomred]

Why all the complaining about all the snow and ice and the hardships? Yesterday was 73 and sunny and I had to pay my yardman
$40 to mow the lawn...that's hardship!!!

 

[Steve-Indy]

Well, we SURE NEEDED the extra 6" of snow that we got this AM !!

At least, there's a little more traction when walking over the 4+ inches of solid ice.

I wonder if chains will work better with PS 2's or with Cup tires?? Luke???

 

[Stretch]

You're in luck Steve, you have an option. You need 4 Viper front wheels, mount a winter tire on each one and then put all 4 on the Viper. Bingo, you have a Viper ready for the winter roads. I hear that's how the guys up north do it

 

[Steve-Indy]

OK...just kidding about the chains...But, on a serious note, do you recall seeing a couple of well known "factory guys" at the Dayton gathering last March driving the Viper with the "dualies" all around?? They said that the setup worked well in the snow!!

 

[Stretch]

I was not there unfortunately, but I remember a certain Viper expert telling us stories in Louisville of setting up Vipers like that to drive them during the winter months up north. At first I was unsure, but he had pretty good proof with the pictures.