Winter Wheelin Fun Video
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Originally Posted by 05RoushMarkLT
I haven't had too much of a problem with snow/ice scraping the clear on this truck, but I've had that problem with other trucks. It's only seen part of one Alaska winter though, so give it time. The Roush spoiler though has seen better days. The paint shop didn't prime it very well and it is peeling badly. I need to get it redone in the near future as it really looks like crap right now. I've been contemplating painting the FX4 flares with the texture on, but I doubt they would last through a winter with all the rocks that are put on the roads for traction.
I'll have to get some winter ice driving video from on the river. We used to do that all the time, but the utilities started using the river, so the water stays much warmer in the winter, and doesn't get as thick. It makes those spin outs a little more exciting.
A sign of spring every year is when the first vehicle breaks through the ice bridge.
I'll have to get some winter ice driving video from on the river. We used to do that all the time, but the utilities started using the river, so the water stays much warmer in the winter, and doesn't get as thick. It makes those spin outs a little more exciting.
A sign of spring every year is when the first vehicle breaks through the ice bridge.
It's YOU alaskans who are crazy 
As for the chin spoiler, are you speaking of the lower valance.
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Yea, they call it a chin spoiler, but it is the large lower valance on the bottom of the front bumper.
The ice bridge is built over the Chena River and is a short cut for folks on the ridge to get to the airport or to the other side of town a lot faster. The DOT manages with a tighter rope now. I remember the old days when a car or truck would break through the ice, and be sticking half way out of the river, and people would just drive around it. They put up blocks now to keep the traffic from getting onto the river nowdays, but they do have it open for at least a few months during winter.
I'll see if I can't dig up any pictures of it. We used to play quite a bit out there with our '97 and '98 F150's.
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I did a quick google search on chena river ice bridge and found this right away. No, we don't learn after the 1st, or even 2nd car to go through, chances are...
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/Statewide/departures.html
The ice bridge is built over the Chena River and is a short cut for folks on the ridge to get to the airport or to the other side of town a lot faster. The DOT manages with a tighter rope now. I remember the old days when a car or truck would break through the ice, and be sticking half way out of the river, and people would just drive around it. They put up blocks now to keep the traffic from getting onto the river nowdays, but they do have it open for at least a few months during winter.
I'll see if I can't dig up any pictures of it. We used to play quite a bit out there with our '97 and '98 F150's.
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I did a quick google search on chena river ice bridge and found this right away. No, we don't learn after the 1st, or even 2nd car to go through, chances are...
http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/Statewide/departures.html
River conditions were inactive. Very warm weather from the 6th through the 17th weakened the ice on the Chena River. During the week of the 21st, three vehicles went through the ice on the Chena River ice bridge downstream from Fairbanks. All of the people in the vehicles got out safely, and all of the vehicles were pulled out before they sank.
Last edited by 05RoushMarkLT; Mar 6, 2006 at 09:15 PM.