Heavy Snow And 4WD Fun At The Off Grid Homestead

I got some heavy snow at the off grid homestead the other day. But this storm was not promoted or warned as much as the previous storm that only dumped one inch of snow on me. I think it is better to be warned and be prepared and nothing happen, than not to be warned at all and have something happen.

But that is the basis of preparedness and preppers anyway. A prepper is always prepared for any sort of disaster. Then if something comes, that person is ready and does not suffer as much. But if nothing happens at all, then there is nothing to be embarrassed about. It is better to be prepared at all times and nothing happen than not to be prepared and suffer.

I was fortunately prepared anyway. I keep provisions on hand at all times to get through. I try to keep an extra supply of gas on hand for standby generators and food for myself and the animals.

When this storm hit it was way worse than the previous storm. I spent the entire day shoveling snow. I had to clear out paths to all my main areas and for my chickens. The birds were literally snowed right in. I had to dig them out and clear paths for them between all the chicken coops. I also cleared out paths for me to harvest eggs. And a community area for the birds as well.

It was a lot of work. I spent the day shoveling and taking breaks inside to warm up.

There was literally no solar power on this day. It snowed so heavily that I had no chance to keep the snow off the solar panels. In the afternoon I finally fired up the HF generator and used the battery charger so that I could use the computer a bit to upload videos.

Later in the afternoon I got tired of just shoveling snow all day and decided to hit the roads for some 4 wheel driving fun.

I got my old truck fired up and locked the hubs into 4 wheel drive. I was not sure how well the truck could handle all this snow but I wanted to try it out anyway.

The 1/4 mile path between my place and the nearest driveway that might have been plowed was covered in snow. It had not been touched at all since the snow started to fall.

But my truck handled it very well. I took my camera out for fun. I love my truck so much. It really performs well. I am sure that it would take a lot of snow to keep me in with this truck.

I was literally dragging bottom on the snow with my truck. You could see the trails I left behind in the snow.

When I finally hit the main roads they were plowed but sloppy. These are all secondary roads so they are not as heavily maintained. Some are only plowed and then sand poured on them. I prefer this as it is better for the environment and for my truck.

In town the roads were sloppy and there was not much but trucks around. A lot of trucks were on the road though. In the country when it snows the trucks come out.

I was surprised at how many people were shopping at the grocery store. Again, mostly trucks.

I pickup up some groceries and headed back to the off grid solar homestead and my tiny house on wheels.

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