Popular Post B MACK Posted February 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2018 I received some picts from a friend that is dealing with this natural mess. This is state Hwy. 464 north of Browning, Montana. US Hwy 89 north of Browning is the same. And other state and US Hwys in north central Montana are closed. Have been closed for the past 3 weeks , and were closed prier to that. Heavy Gunner has had posts of the same thing recently in the Havre area, more than 100 miles farther east. And the temp. has been below zero also. 5 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrider Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 boy that sure looks ugly. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtymilkman Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 That is where you don't wanna be. Unless you have a snowmobile. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Wheres the road!! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Might be a good time to chain up. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393085 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxidyne Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Saw some pix on a Facebook page that follows the Amtrak Empire Builder train, BNSF is hiring construction companies with big equipment to keep the railroad open. They had one picture of a big excavator working from on top of a drift- Think that's what they call "snowcrete"! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 The Cleveland highway been closed for the last 3 days because of mega drifts. Just opened late this morning. Roads are blowing shut as fast as they open them here in the flatland. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 This was highway 223 Monday. I had to wait 30 min or so for the road to get opened back up. 2 Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393106 Share on other sites More sharing options...
70mackMB Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 The first couple pictures, how the hell do they even know where the road is!? .....Hippy 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 that will sure put some water back in the ground Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post B MACK Posted March 1, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2018 I received a couple more picts of the snow in the Browning area, and want to share them so that you will see what things can be like in Montana. It seems that Montana hardly ever gets mentioned. But when Chicago or New York get a snow storm, sometimes only 8 inches , The Weather Channel and all the Network News cover it nonstop. The same with hurricane coverage in the Atlantic or the Gulf. Hell, on the Rockie Mountain front, it is normal for Browning to get 50 to 70 MPH winds . And when it blows at 90 MPH it's never reported on the national news. 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393127 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 some awesome pics sure glad I don`t have to deal with that mess stay warm 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
h67st Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 How could you even get by without a bucket tractor? There's no way you could dig all that out by hand. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 IN '01 or 02 I had just got done hauling a lot of local cattle up to browning for summer pasture in late May or early June. Well no longer did everyone get their cattle up there it snowed 4 feet over a day and a half, killed lots of cattle then rained 5 or so inches and flooded like hell. I've seen snow (might not have been much) every month of the year. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 1 Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I'm glad the trash cans didn't blow away. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I went to College in Oswego NY.. Much of the same with "Lake Effect" snow.. There was a picture of the Main street taken in 1958 with some guys standing in an intersection downtown with one foot in the snow and the other on top on the signal light hanging in the center of the street. Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxidyne Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Seen similar snowmass in western MN and the Dakotas. Back in the 90s the national media featured a picture of a drift as high as a one story house out by Willmar, MN. If they would have driven a few more miles west they would have found a drift as high as a two story house! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393194 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicrop10 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 How far is all that snow from kasapell mt?Was up that way about 3 years ago not many interstates in that area. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 3 hours ago, hicrop10 said: How far is all that snow from kasapell mt?Was up that way about 3 years ago not many interstates in that area. It's only an hour and a half east of Kalispell on highway 2. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHfred Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I rode the Empire Builder from Seattle to Chicago in early January of 2017 and hoped to see some of that but only got some flurries and there was snow cover but nothing like the pictures. It sure was cold though. I think that back in early winter the Empire Builder was shut down because of deep drifts. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrider Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 On 3/1/2018 at 5:56 AM, h67st said: How could you even get by without a bucket tractor? There's no way you could dig all that out by hand. flame thrower.......lol 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 This video was taken in the late 30's in the Tug Hill region of New York State in "Lake Effect" snow belt off the east end of Lake Ontario. It should give you a listing of other related videos. 2 Quote Brocky Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
85snowdog Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Those are all great pics ! Thanks A customer of mine told me that one of the most beautiful spots in the world was Montana. I think he meant in the summer. However if you were inside , and didn't have to deal with snow , its very picturesque . Brocky, that video is so cool. I like that those were the days that people wanted to see the plow . Now they blow the horn ,keep there high beams on behind us, give the finger and throw stuff at us. People are so appreciative . lol Quote Keith Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393320 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I’m not in good service area so I’m having trouble googling but look up plowing The Going To The Sun Road and the plowing the Bear Tooth highway. Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/52644-road-closed/#findComment-393323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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