Roads conditions in scotland

[ukminch]

Heading upto grantown on spey from Chester for new year tomorrow. Any of you up that way know what the road conditions are like. Just wondering what kind of a drive we're in for.

 

Cheers

R

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Heading upto grantown on spey from Chester for new year tomorrow. Any of you up that way know what the road conditions are like. Just wondering what kind of a drive we're in for.

 

Cheers

R

 

Just done the same stretch of M6 / M74 on Thursday 23rd; was v cold then requiring neat undiluted screenwash but warmer now - mini thaw. Not much snow - just watch temperatures...

[ukminch]

Cheers, picked up the minibus today. Checked to see if the snowhchains would fit:thumbup: The screenwash bottle was frozen so thats been thawed and changed. No matter what you do it always seems to freeze, so I carry a washing up bottle of screenwash I can spray out of the window onto the screen, crude but effective:001_tt2:

 

R

[Wee Jim]

I am not far from granton on spey about half an hour.

 

The roads here are fine its just cold youll be fine!!

 

(if your not give me a bell and i'll come get ya!! lol)

[ukminch]

Sounds like we may have timed it right for a change, loads of snow for skiing, boarding and sledging but not to much that we can't get about like a couple of days last year.

 

Cheers for the info guys much appreciated.

 

R

[Wee Jim]

Sounds like we may have timed it right for a change, loads of snow for skiing, boarding and sledging but not to much that we can't get about like a couple of days last year.

 

Cheers for the info guys much appreciated.

 

R

 

no probs, As was mentioned eearlier make sure you have plenty of screen wash as there is loads of crap on the roads!!!

[ukminch]

no probs, As was mentioned eearlier make sure you have plenty of screen wash as there is loads of crap on the roads!!!

 

Yer had that doing M5/m6 this afternoon still all fun and games! I love the way that halfords sell concentrated screenwash, but recommend double concentrate for extreme weather!!

 

I'm like a little kit at the moment packing the important stuff - sledges:thumbup: - we'll survive without the rest of the stuff!!

[Matthew Arnold]

Yer had that doing M5/m6 this afternoon still all fun and games! I love the way that halfords sell concentrated screenwash, but recommend double concentrate for extreme weather!!

 

I'm like a little kit at the moment packing the important stuff - sledges:thumbup: - we'll survive without the rest of the stuff!!

 

My dad and i have got sledges in our defender in case we get stuck. Got allsorts of stuff in the back as well. Never needed it yet (touches wood). Weve only used the sledges once. But then again we have used the defender and a 1.5 ton sled.

 

I've been doing my bit for my comunity by clearing the footpaths to the corner shops. Gonna be going around in my tractor with the bucket on the front clearing the COUNCIL owned car parks as nothing has been done. Only gonna do it after the hunt meets tho.

Edited December 26, 2010 by Matthew Arnold

[scbk]

It has definatly been warmer today, and also a little rain, so there will be icey roads in the morning/at night

[RobRainford]

My dad and i have got sledges in our defender in case we get stuck. Got allsorts of stuff in the back as well. Never needed it yet (touches wood). Weve only used the sledges once. But then again we have used the defender and a 1.5 ton sled.

 

I've been doing my bit for my comunity by clearing the footpaths to the corner shops. Gonna be going around in my tractor with the bucket on the front clearing the COUNCIL owned car parks as nothing has been done. Only gonna do it after the hunt meets tho.

 

FYI tractor buckets and clearing ice. You can't see grids or raised flags or anything. Until you've clattered them, bent something and flipped them out the ground. And hit the windscreen!

 

We have the winter contract down on the seaforth docks container terminal in Liverpool. We spent 6 hours with a small tractor, a bigger one and a bobcat all with ordinary buckets. The bigger tractor driven by my dad hit a grid with the edge of the bucket. He must have been doing 10-15mph and the tractor stopped dead. Took a chunk out the manhole cover and flipped it 6ft! The bobcat also managed to lift out a manhole cover. I was a bit more cautious but still hit a Grid. You don't half think oh bejeeus what was that!

 

My advice, stay slow. Keep your bucket at a shallow angle so it's not trying to dig under stuff, almost level with a few degrees of bite on it is sufficient, it's easy enough to figure out. Just drive with it until it clears everything after you've adjusted it.

 

I had to do a block paved area with the little tractor. Keeping it nice and shallow meant it cleared ice and snow but didn't try to lift any stones!