Cold and snow

Bit late, but Tuesday we got to wake up to 8 inches of snow.

Temps since then have not made it back to the forties during the day with a couple of below 0 nights – one down to -12F.

More snow on Thursday night and Saturday. This may be the pattern for this winter. If so, it is looking like the Paddy Wagon will be inside on the trainer.

Thule Box Surgery

After about 90,000 miles the Thule box finally needed some help. I now know why you occasionally see these things in pieces beside the road. Mine was cracked around all four mounting plates and if I had given it a couple more months you would have seen it in pieces beside the road.

After taking it off and thinking a bit, I decided to weld together a rectangular support for the bottom that the box will bolt to in twelve spots. I will also make bigger plates for the inside and use the stock mounting hardware so that I can swap it between vehicles.

I know – I should be working on this week’s paper…