I can pick up a 4x4 drivetrain for just a few hundred dollars around here, If I had a bigger shop Id slap whatever body I wanted on one ( prefer a 55-57 chevy stepside, maybe a ford ? )

 

So, I just got done spraying my salt brine mixture to melt the snow in the driveway, lets see how that goes today....

I used what I had available ( Sea Salt, Pink Himalayan Salt, Dawn dish soap and Windshield washer fluid ) should be a potent mixture, I liked the blue tint it had so I could see where I actually sprayed. The sun is supposed to be out but still overcast and looking to be changed to partly sunny... ehh lets see what happens today.

 

sawdust can help also for traction

 

Dish wash soap ? The stuff thats slippier than owl ———— ?
I don’t get it.

 

Unfortunately I dont have any... and the wood chips went in the chicken coop last fall... I need to get several bags of cheap clay cat litter or sand once I get out of here.

 

Only slippery if you use a ton of it, I used 1 teaspoon to 4 gallons so it helps with distribution and sticking to the gravel and not just wash away once the melting process starts, dish soap leaves a film, same as using dish soap with vinegar and salt for weed killer, it breaks the surface tension to attach and spread better.

 

Maybe a bit of alcohol to keep the water from freezing, but I doubt you'll ned it with the salt. Wish I had a garage or at least a driveway. Stuck parking on the street and when it snows... gotta find a parking spot somewhere. Usually 3 blocks of walking uphill both directions (of course) times 3 cars....

 

I used 50/50 hot water and washer fluid, it has alcohol and wont freeze. I bit the bullet and chopped the ice up, took about an hour to make 2 paths for the tires about 30' long I finally got out , tried to park by my mailbox but it was gonna get stuck there for sure, so I just lined up and backed back down the paths, been out a few times today already after being stuck a week... the ice softened a bit and with the full sun tomorrow it should warm the gravel to help melt more on the driveway. I went and bought a green house for the wife today, surprisingly it fit inside the HHR, tomorrow to pull it out and Shed it down the hill to the garage. Got a damn good deal on it Normally $900 on sale for $500

 

Holy Moly that box was heavy, tried to slide it down the drive on a tarp.... that was a no go, then mounted it on a dolly, that was a no go as well, took awhile to drag it down and up to the house... I ended up sticking it in the house as I didnt have enough a** to lug it another 40 yards to the shop..... I wanted to start sealing the panels and have things ready to assemble once the snow melts, looks like I may be carrying it out in pieces, not lugging that box !

 

Glad you got your HHR out! hopefully not too much damage. Quite a buy on the greenhouse. Seems like most of my projects get heavier than I can lift at times. We did get a whopping 2 inches of snow over theweekend and now temp is -2 degrees out. forecast says it will warm up to 39 by friday, then back down to around 0 after that. Must be January in Minnesota.