Re: [MBZ] Hurricane snow tires
In a message dated 10/6/2005 1:25:44 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Message: 9 Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:30:29 -0500 From: Russ Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hurricane snow ties To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed David Brodbeck wrote: Russ Maki wrote: I prefer bags of playbox sand. Do the home improvement stores out there still sell those nifty long, thin, Quickrete Tubesand bags? Those were great. Yep. Home Depot seems to move a lot of them in the winter. I use bundles of roofing shingles. The cheap $7.00 bunbles weigh 60-70 lbs.each, are clean, take-up very little room, and if you get stuck, just place a couple under the rear wheels. Mike the lurker 83 300TD --
Re: [MBZ] Hurricane snow tires
Sounds like a cost-effective way to seriously sprain your back! On 10/13/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/6/2005 1:25:44 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Message: 9 Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:30:29 -0500 From: Russ Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Hurricane snow ties To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed David Brodbeck wrote: Russ Maki wrote: I prefer bags of playbox sand. Do the home improvement stores out there still sell those nifty long, thin, Quickrete Tubesand bags? Those were great. Yep. Home Depot seems to move a lot of them in the winter. I use bundles of roofing shingles. The cheap $7.00 bunbles weigh 60-70 lbs.each, are clean, take-up very little room, and if you get stuck, just place a couple under the rear wheels. Mike the lurker 83 300TD -- ___ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Hurricane snow tires
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use bundles of roofing shingles. The cheap $7.00 bunbles weigh 60-70 lbs.each, are clean, take-up very little room, and if you get stuck, just place a couple under the rear wheels. I've seen a lot of people using shingles, concrete blocks, etc., but I prefer to use something that will break apart in a crash, like sand bags. It's not quite as much of a worry in the Mercedes, but I used to drive a station wagon.
