How deep is the ice for crying out loud? Is it stuck in mud sunk half way up the tires?
A couple of inches of ice shouldn't pose much problem but I wouldn't jack it for reasons of slippage as already mentioned. Last week-end we had our winter carnival. Apparently there was 30 inches of ice on the lake in the middle of town. That much ice will keep a car stuck. They were driving all over it though and had plowed a skating circle with a loader. Just north of town they drive logging trucks across the river this time of year though they were a little late getting onto it this year. Usually all you need to do is put the car in gear and nudge the gas a little or rock it gently on the clutch. The rubber will distort as it is stressed and the ice let go. In the old days those big steel wheeled tractors used to freeze into the mud and care was necessary not to drive forward as the tractor would flip up and over crushing the operator so, careful farmers would use reverse but this doesn't happen with a modern vehicle. It might still on some tractors though, I haven't heard of it but probably it could. A kettle of hot water might do nicely so long as the temperature isn't much below 0 but really, it shouldn't be necessary. I have never once heard of anyone getting frozen in around here, not ever. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fowle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] car frozen in place >I agree with Mickey, too dangerous it might all break loose at once > and slide on the ice. > > Again, I don't know about this, but how about a kettle of boiling water > poured near > each tyre where stuck? > > tom > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.411 / Virus Database: 268.17.39/687 - Release Date: > 14/02/2007 > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
