EDEN LAKE ROAD BREAK 2006
PART 4
FEBRUARY 2006
ON THE FOURTH DAY OF THIS ROAD BREAK WE HAD TO MAKE THE LAST CREEK BECAUSE WE NEEDED IT BUSTED UP FOR A GOOD FREEZE. THAT WAY WE WOULD GET THE ICE THICKNESS REQUIRED FOR THE BIGGER EQUIPMENT. OF COURSE SOUTHERN BELLE STARTS THE MORNING OFF WITH NATURE PICTURES.
SINCE THIS ROAD WAS PLOWED THE OTHER DAY, I COULD SEE WATER LEAKING OUT ONTO THE ROAD. SO I HAVE TO GO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY SNOW WINDROW AND PACK IT DOWN TO STOP THE WATER. PACKING GETS THE FROST INTO THE GROUND AND MAKES A GOOD FREEZE.
JUST KEEP ON PLOWING MORE AND MORE SNOW.
MORE PACKING THE SNOW BESIDE THE ROAD, YOU MUST CONTROL THE WATER BEFORE IT CONTROLS YOU.
COMING UP TO THE LAST CREEK AND YOU CAN SEE THIS AREA HAS BEEN LOGGED AFTER THE FOREST FIRE.
WE ARRIVED AT THE LAST CREEK TO FIND THAT SNOW HAS BEEN PUSHED IN TO THE CREEK, OH WELL MORE WORK FOR ME WHICH MEANS MORE MONEY. LOL
WE CHECK THE ICE TO SEE HOW MUCH HANGING ICE THERE IS.
I MUST BE REALLY SURE BEFORE I TAKE THE CAT OUT ON THIS AREA. WE DIDN'T BRING ANOTHER CAT FOR RESCUING KOMMUNIST KAT WHEN HE GET STUCK IN THE WATER.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN HANGING ICE. THE CREEK WAS HIGH IN THE FALL WITH ALL THE RAIN WE GOT ALL SUMMER. THE CREEK FROZE OVER AND THE WATER LEVEL DROPPED DOWN AND THE ICE STAYED UP. SO IF HEAVY EQUIPMENT DRIVES OVER THIS, THE ICE WILL GIVE OUT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SALVAGE THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT. ON THIS CREEK IT WAS 12" TO 36" OF SPACE IN THE HANGING ICE SPREAD OVER 150 FEET IN LENGTH.
SO THE LITTLE CAT HAS TO GET THE HANGING ICE BUSTED UP SO IT WILL FREEZE GOOD. BUT I CAN'T GET IT STUCK IN THE CREEK EITHER.
THE BIG VEE PLOW IS NOT THE BEST FOR PUSHING SNOW IN THE CREEK BUT IT IS BETTER THEN NOTHING.
ONCE ENOUGH SNOW HAS BEEN PUSH 1/2 WAY ACROSS, THERE IS A DIRT MOUND. THE SNOW IS PACKED DOWN SO WATER IS SOAKING THROUGH SO IT WILL FREEZE GOOD. ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD BASE BEFORE YOU PUSH ANYMORE OUT IN THE AREA TO BE BUSTED UP.
NOW USING THE DIRT MOUND, I CAN NOW REACH MORE AREA TO BE BUSTED UP. ALWAYS KEEP THE CAT'S TAIL IN THE DIRECTION YOU COME FROM. THAT WAY IT IS A LOT EASIER TO BE PULLED OUT. THIS WAS A TOUGH AREA BECAUSE OF 3 FEET HEIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FLATTENED ICE AREA TO THE HANGING ICE. THE LITTLE CAT JUST COULD NOT JUMP UP AND SMASH THE HANGING ICE DOWN. BUT WE GOT IT DONE.
MORE SNOW WAS NEED FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE CREEK, IF I COULD HAVE GOTTEN UP AND ON TO THE OTHER SIDE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY.
ONCE I GOT UP AND ON THE OTHER SIDE THE CREEK CROSSING WENT EASY. I PUSHED MORE SNOW IN AND THEN REMOVED THE DEBRIS. I DON'T LIKE OLD TREES OR DEBRIS IN THE CREEK CROSSING BECAUSE IT MAKES IT UNSAFE. IT IS HARD ON VEHICLES WHEN THE TREE TIPS UP AND REMOVES THE MUFFLER OR BRAKE LINES. MY BUDDY MARK CAME OUT FOR A VISIT TO SEE HOW IT IS DONE. AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS OF FREEZING UP THIS CREEK CROSSING IT WILL BE COVERED WITH MORE SNOW AND BE SMOOTH AS PIE.
SINCE THE KOMMUNIST KAT GOT A LITTLE WET ON THIS CREEK CROSSING, WE LOADED HIM UP FOR A NIGHT IN THE HEATED SHOP IN THE "KINGDOM".
THANSK