yes big round thing essential on first few runs to compact the fluffy snow and speed up the later runs. I am afraid I went a bit sledging mental this christmas and am paying for it now
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Everything you need to know about gritting (or not...)
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Posted 15 years ago #
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"Meanwhile, the council said that, from Monday, it would begin releasing daily updates of its plans for gritting and clearing streets of snow."
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Big-freeze-puts-tram-works.5969148.jp
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@gembo - if you want a picture of grit, look no further than the pavement outside the City Chambers. It seems that is classified as a priority route for extensive treatment.
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Ah - they finally sent the diggers in to the top of Balerno and dug it out of the ice age yesterday. Mountains of ice piled up on the sidewalk like New York City.
Posted 15 years ago # -
It seems that 'grit' can sometimes be grit.
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=237#post-1826
AND sometimes cause punctures.
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Posted 14 years ago #
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So 40% more salt in reserve means that the supply will last an extra 0.4 days in the event that we get a similar winter to last?
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"the supply will last an extra 0.4 days"
No it's all reserved for the off-road network...
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Don't need to rely on the council this year, got a mtb with nice nobbly tyres for just this eventuality, given last years fun on the 23mm tyres i'm looking forward to trying the snow with 2.25.
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"It's worth noting that we never actually ran out of salt this year, unlike some other local authorities," the council spokesman added.
Well it might have helped that so few routes were being grittted / salted.
"So we intend to follow a similar programme to last year, improved by the increased storage and stockpiling."
Doesn't bode well if last year's programme involved no gritting on the cycle routes... What's the point in all that extra salt if last year's minimalist programme meant that they never ran out?
The mini tractors might be useful for getting down some of the cycle routes though - if that's what they are to be used for. They might all be for keeping the outside of the City Chambers snow and ice free.
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And Waverley Court.
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"The mini tractors might be useful for getting down some of the cycle routes though - if that's what they are to be used for. "
By giving you a wee hurl along the path?
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Maybe we could slip a few backhanders and get towed up the tunnel!
Posted 14 years ago # -
could always get bodging and take matters into our own hands? CCE - keeping the cycleways clear.
The effects of his plow seem pretty convincing. One cyclist tows the plow and another should follow with a modified lawn fertilizer spreader dropping salt and grit.
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Hey Kaputnik, that's exactly what I was going to suggest - cyclists of Edinburgh pitching in to do it ourselves. That said, I'm not much of an engineer, most of my tools are at home (I'm a student) and I don't want to keep changing the tyres on Black Betty :P according to the prevailing conditions (I was thinking of taking the bus to work when it got too bad). I could spread grit, gayly from my basket though, after someone had already plowed the way.
If someone had the time, perhaps they could apply for a grant from the council to pay for equipment that multiple cyclists could register to volunteer to use.
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I'm no engineer either, but I can personally guarantee that if I did go to the time and effort of doing something like this then it wouldn't snow all winter!
My old man's garage is well stocked with tools, wood and bits of metal though.
Potential project to entertain myself over the long winter evenings methinks! I'd have to haul it using the tourer I think.
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"I can personally guarantee that if I did go to the time and effort of doing something like this then it wouldn't snow all winter!"
Better get to work then.
On second thoughts don't, I like snow.
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On second thoughts don't, I like snow
how much do you like plowing snow with your bike?
Posted 14 years ago # -
Gritters must have been out in force last night the bottom of ardmillan was covered in that crappy red course ground crap they put down at the tail end of last year.
Any way i have a better solution... http://www3.sympatico.ca/bowden10/IT.htm
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that crappy red course ground crap
Hmm, is it just coincidence that the bing at Smeaton Shaw has recently been relieved of a large portion of it's crappy red shale?
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@kaputnik - no that is what they use, problem is it is highly acidic and will decay the surface faster once the snow has gone
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Posted 14 years ago #
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Oh dear...
I gritted the entire length of one side of Harrison Gardens and a fair chunk of Harrison Road...
Mainly for the exercise but partly as once year on the way out of the Shandon Post Office (RIP) I noticed the elderly lady who had been in the queue in front of me... She was so scared of the ice on the path I walked her home, stopped at Margiottas on the way to buy some rock salt to do the steps to her flat and the pavement to the road so at least she could get that far the next day into her son's car.... She even asked me to fix her VCR....
Hey maybe I should sign up to http://www.reallifesuperheroes.com/ as my alter-ego "Grit-Man" bI could get SRD as my side kick "Community-Cooncil-Woman"...
No?
Me the side kick?
Awww man...Posted 14 years ago # -
Can anyone remember what the gritting was going to cost on the roseburn/goldenacre path last year? Was it £60k?
Posted 14 years ago # -
So how does the gritter driver get to work in the morning if his colleagues haven't been out overnight clearing the roads? It's a Chicken and Egg situation, just without any chickens or eggs.
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The gritter driver sleeps in his cab all night with a bottle of whisky, then he's ready for his 0800 start in the morning! That's the tradition!
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The driver used a rear engined VW.
http://www.bugsnvans.com/beetles-vans/famous-vw-beetle-snow-plow-commercial-2.html
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Well that's Melville Drive covered in "red crap" now (and past 9 on a Saturday too!), so there's at least one cycle lane that will be passable tomorrow morning...
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Posted 14 years ago #
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From Twitter
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@GdnEdinburgh: 28,000 tonnes of salt due to arrive at the Port of Leith tomorrow morning. For the roads.
Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/GdnEdinburgh/status/8942120706510848
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