Preparing for Winter V

bajangal

Si_Clist said:

tboo said:

• Snack bars (in the boot)
• Add some more small water bottles (in the boot)

I wonder, if you're stuck in snow and the boot lid's frozen solid, will you still think that was the best place ... ? 

No problem if you've got a hatchback.

Primrose

Si_Clist said:

tboo said:

• Snack bars (in the boot)
• Add some more small water bottles (in the boot)

I wonder, if you're stuck in snow and the boot lid's frozen solid, will you still think that was the best place ... ? 

tboo said:

• Snack bars (in the boot)
• Add some more small water bottles (in the boot)

I wonder, if you're stuck in snow and the boot lid's frozen solid, will you still think that was the best place ... ? 

Probably a sensible point. Better stored in the body of the car where they,re more accessible.  In a carrier bag under front seats if yiu won,t want anything on display for security reasons.   What happens if yiu hit a snowdrift, heaven for I d, and can,t even get out of your car?  And possibly one of those portable urinal containers for a similar emergency?

The mportent thing if you set out on a car journey in dodgy weather is to refresh your memory on what emergency kit  you!re carrying and to know exactly where it is!! 

tboo

Si_Clist said:

tboo said:

• Snack bars (in the boot)
• Add some more small water bottles (in the boot)

I wonder, if you're stuck in snow and the boot lid's frozen solid, will you still think that was the best place ... ? 

True, but I can get into the boot via the seats.

annieb64

We keep spare gloves,  thick socks etc in a flat cardboard  box under the passenger  seat of the car. DH made a loop handle out of a piece of rope sp it can be easily pulled out. We also keep a couple of fleece blankets on the back seat.We've never had to use them in snow but they come in useful for picnics .

Renoir64

luvchocolate said:

tboo said:

Today I am winter preparing the car.

• Screenwash topped up.
  
• Tyres checked and inflated if need be.
• Check first aid kit.
  
• Snack bars (in the boot)
• Add some more small water bottles (in the boot)

Spade......maybe 

We have a small folding spade as well folding track things you put under the wheels if you get stuck.
Tow rope as well.
Also a pair of wellies
I suppose the extra weight doesn't help fuel consumption but as we used to say in the scouts, be prepared!

Already got a sack of grit for the drive which is on a slope. 

cornishchick

After a slip on the ice last winter, My partner "surprised me " with a gift of 2 bags of rock salt, I have put them in the recycling store at the top of my slope. can anyone think of a lightweight way of storing enough to sprinkle on the slope without me having to carry the whole sack or take spades full up and down? I don't have the energy for that. I thought about one of those cereal containers but wondered if anyone had any other solutions. thanks in advance. 

Laura_Elsewhere

fwiw, over the last decade dishwasher-salt-granules have been cheaper than any type of salt inc rocksalt (unless you're able to buy several sacks ie 50kg,). 
It does have to be the granules, note!

It has a convenient 2-way action that the others don't: immediately it acts as grit underfoot, and then it acts as salt. 

It's cheap, and it's easy to put into a wide-mouth plastic screwtop bottle to carry with you for icy pavements when out on foot (it acts *that* quickly); we keep a washed-clean plastic container of it in the car year-round because it weighs less than rocksalt. 

Primrose

cornishchick said:

After a slip on the ice last winter, My partner "surprised me " with a gift of 2 bags of rock salt, I have put them in the recycling store at the top of my slope. can anyone think of a lightweight way of storing enough to sprinkle on the slope without me having to carry the whole sack or take spades full up and down? I don't have the energy for that. I thought about one of those cereal containers but wondered if anyone had any other solutions. thanks in advance. 

I wonder if acquiring one of those jumbo plastic sweet jars that Confectioners use and filling that up and storing would suffice?  Then agree an invisible stretch of pathway (or perhaps mark it with chalk or a spot of paint every winter) so that the same limited  area is always  "treated" and you know on which patch to walk relatively risk free?

No doubt rain will disseminate it and limit its effect but having a limited area to treat may make the exercise more manageable ?

MrsCD

As soon as it gets icy, my shoe grippers come out. They're worth their weight in gold, although they're not that heavy 🤔 but you get the idea!

Jellytotts

How about a washed out and very dry milk carton to use, ideal handle and wouldn't weigh too much?