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zarinKK · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:02 pm

Been lurking for a while, thought I would share an adventure we had last month.

Here's a picture story:

Yes that's me digging us out with an umbrella. It only took 2.5 hours; wife and 21 month old in the car with me.

March 15th and we just got ANOTHER 5 inches of snow in Western Washington. I need new tires

. Whats the biggest I can get on the stock 16's? 235/75R16? GY Wrangler SilentArmors are looking good to me.

Boblemoche · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:21 pm

digging with an umbrella :lol:

welcome on the forum and yes 235/75 16 should fit. someone here fitted 245/75 16 with little rubbing

zarinKK · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:08 pm

Yes, I now own a shovel that doesn't leave the back of the Jeep.

MtnLuvr · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:31 pm

Welcome to the board. Hope to see some summer wheeling photos too in a few months.

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:50 pm

the 225/75r16 are taller than the 235's but the 245/75r16 would look nice

zarinKK · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:51 pm

Thanks. You'll see some soon as it quits snowing up in those mountains.

Boblemoche · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:58 pm

Diggerfreek wrote:

the 225/75r16 are taller than the 235's but the 245/75r16 would look nice

he said 235/75 16 and not 235/70 16 :wink:

the 235/75 are taller

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:10 pm

see this is what happens when you are out in the sun and it's 65 out side... I must have huffed to much cut off wheel dust :lol:

Boblemoche · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:16 pm

too much sun eh

you guys should send some of that heat up here

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:23 pm

Normally we are waist deep in snow this time of year... we haven't seen winter in Colorado yet

You know is bad when I didn't even got out to go ice fishing :evil:

SilverKK09 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:10 am

global warming at its best!
and our KKs are everything but green!

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:12 am

SilverKK09 wrote:

global warming at its best!
and our KKs are everything but green!

maybe we should re title you to al gore jr. :twisted:

Gimme Liberty · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:41 am

LOL. That looks too familiar! Did the same thing just before Christmas - the snow was just a bit deeper and we didn't even have an umbrella. Thankfully we weren't too far from civilization so we could walk to borrow from shovels.

I haven't heard of using an umbrella to shovel, but whatever works. One afternoon I was tired of looking at this tree in our backyard so I "cut" it down using a hammer and a spade! The neighbours must have thought I was losing it!

zarinKK · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:06 pm

Gimme Liberty wrote:

LOL. That looks too familiar! Did the same thing just before Christmas - the snow was just a bit deeper and we didn't even have an umbrella. Thankfully we weren't too far from civilization so we could walk to borrow from shovels.

I haven't heard of using an umbrella to shovel, but whatever works. One afternoon I was tired of looking at this tree in our backyard so I "cut" it down using a hammer and a spade! The neighbours must have thought I was losing it!

Haha it was all I had and we were about 15 miles up a forest service road; it was also getting dark out. In the 2.5 hours I was digging not one person drove by. Lucky I had that thing or I would have been using my hands. Its hard to tell but in the first picture you can see we were actually in snow up to the fuel tank, basically high centered on snow that was packed to ice.

Boblemoche · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:35 pm

your situation remind me of this pic

but unlike you, it was a 5 sec walk from home and I had 3 shovels available :lol:

SilverKK09 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:50 am

These situations remind me of nothing since we dont know mr snow here in laredo

some hate it, some love it but I just haven't had the darn pleasure of meeting him!

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