Iron Mountain Road Patrol #1 - 1-16-10

I will have to wait until it gets closer, but I think I am in for the first one at least.

has anyone been up there lately, whats the snow conditions like?

I have not been up there. We'll set up a check point wherever there is a good amount of snow. There will be snow somewhere since the road goes up pretty high.



It should be fun!

I will bring my Tundra if we don't plan on setting up too deep.

I was up there a couple weeks ago, I had to drive 5 or 6 miles to get to snow.



I'm also planning on going up this Saturday to goof around also. Then I'm headed to Crystal Basin Cellars (Winery in Camino) in the early afternoon. They're hosting a cigar day and will be hand rolling cigars there if anyone wants to join me.



I'll post in this forum what the snow is like when I get back Sat. night.

i didnt know how high it got, thats good then ,there will be snow.

didn't we have a fire right on the snow? did we use a pit ? i have a big stainless steel strainer that was used by berkeley farms. my brother bought there facility and it was left behind. it came with a hoist, like an engine hoist to lift it out of a big pot. i thought it would make a great fire pit. It has a thousand little holes in it that lets a lot of air in and also radiate the heat out really nice. the problem is its size and weight. its well over 200 lbs. i was thinking of putting wheels and a trailer tongue on it. should i bring it ?

[quote="bobf777"]didn't we have a fire right on the snow? did we use a pit ? i have a big stainless steel strainer that was used by berkeley farms. my brother bought there facility and it was left behind. it came with a hoist, like an engine hoist to lift it out of a big pot. i thought it would make a great fire pit. It has a thousand little holes in it that lets a lot of air in and also radiate the heat out really nice. the problem is its size and weight. its well over 200 lbs. i was thinking of putting wheels and a trailer tongue on it. should i bring it ?





I used to bring mine but it died this year when a tree fell on it (along with my house). So we ARE in need of a fite pit!

I have an old grate out of the fire place that I was thinking about bringing, but I'm still a maybe.

"gamfam" wrote: [quote="bobf777"]didn't we have a fire right on the snow? did we use a pit ? i have a big stainless steel strainer that was used by berkeley farms. my brother bought there facility and it was left behind. it came with a hoist, like an engine hoist to lift it out of a big pot. i thought it would make a great fire pit. It has a thousand little holes in it that lets a lot of air in and also radiate the heat out really nice. the problem is its size and weight. its well over 200 lbs. i was thinking of putting wheels and a trailer tongue on it. should i bring it ?


I used to bring mine but it died this year when a tree fell on it (along with my house). So we ARE in need of a fite pit!

sorry to here about the house, at least you have firewood now!

Did a pre-run today. The Sacramento Jeepers were there performing their road patrol about 6 miles up on hard parvement. I had to drive 13 miles up Iron Mountain Road to find enough snow to cover the road. It was really quiet up there.



I did see one Honda Accord chaining up at the 13 mile mark. It was a family with a 8(ish) year old little girl in sandals. I stopped and asked what they were up to, the mom said they were going through to Kirkwood. When I told her I wouldn't suggest trying to make it up and over, she replied pretty aggressively "but this is the way my GPS told me to go!" I stopped back at the Sac Jeepers on my way out. They were aware of her and were already planning on making a run just before sundown to make sure they weren't stuck.



Hopefully it snows more this week!!!

Doesn't look real promising for snow. Maybe rain. 🙁 Should I bring the Corolla? It has chains. 😏

I always look forward to this run, but this year I am going to miss it. Maybe i can make the second one. Have fun, and be safe.

the news just said snow down to 3500 ' and maybe lower on tuesday and wendsday !!!! i put a axle on the firepit today. tomorro the trailer tongue. its going to look pretty ridiculous towing behind my jeep. it looks like a big witches brew pot. i should make the wife wear a pointed hat.

"bobf777" wrote: the news just said snow down to 3500 ' and maybe lower on tuesday and wendsday !!!! i put a axle on the firepit today. tomorro the trailer tongue. its going to look pretty ridiculous towing behind my jeep. it looks like a big witches brew pot. i should make the wife wear a pointed hat.

I can see it now.....Bob driving down the road towing a big flaming pot. 😂 😂 😂 😂

"Justin" wrote: [quote="bobf777"]the news just said snow down to 3500 ' and maybe lower on tuesday and wendsday !!!! i put a axle on the firepit today. tomorro the trailer tongue. its going to look pretty ridiculous towing behind my jeep. it looks like a big witches brew pot. i should make the wife wear a pointed hat.

I can see it now.....Bob driving down the road towing a big flaming pot. 😂 😂 😂 😂

Well I suppose he would rather have people see it that way than people saying "there goes a big flamer towing a pot" 🙂

"bobf777" wrote: the news just said snow down to 3500 ' and maybe lower on tuesday and wendsday !!!! i put a axle on the firepit today. tomorro the trailer tongue. its going to look pretty ridiculous towing behind my jeep. it looks like a big witches brew pot. i should make the wife wear a pointed hat.

Looks like there's definitely some weather on the way, but weather.com is still calling for rain pretty high. Also looks like they're calling for rain on Saturday. 🙄

Now I have to decide between the Road Patrol and Ryan's basketball game. This is his first year in the competetive league. He's the starting Center, of course it doesn't hurt that he's the tallest kid on the court, even though he's a year younger than most of the other kids 😏

"Howdy" wrote: [quote="Justin"][quote="bobf777"]the news just said snow down to 3500 ' and maybe lower on tuesday and wendsday !!!! i put a axle on the firepit today. tomorro the trailer tongue. its going to look pretty ridiculous towing behind my jeep. it looks like a big witches brew pot. i should make the wife wear a pointed hat.

I can see it now.....Bob driving down the road towing a big flaming pot. 😂 😂 😂 😂

Well I suppose he would rather have people see it that way than people saying "there goes a big flamer towing a pot" 🙂

wow, what gave it away?

all i have to do is add chains. do i need lights? my log splitter doesn't so maybe this contraption doesn't either. if its to ugly just say so and i wont bring it.

That's pretty COOL 😎

Nice work Bob!

i hope i dont melt the tires

"bobf777" wrote: i hope i dont melt the tires

Maybe some fenders, aka heat shields, would help. Depending on the design, you could even cook on them.