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“Tire Chain” Walkway
“With winter coming on I thought I’d share this idea with your readers,” says Chuck Hampe of Berkeley Springs, W. Va. “It seems like everything in West Virginia is on a hill, so in winter it gets slippery. To help keep my wife and myself upright when walking to the shed, I made a ‘chain path’.
“After shoveling
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“Tire Chain” Walkway TIRES/WHEELS Miscellaneous “With winter coming on I thought I’d share this idea with your readers ” says Chuck Hampe of Berkeley Springs W Va “It seems like everything in West Virginia is on a hill so in winter it gets slippery To help keep my wife and myself upright when walking to the shed I made a ‘chain path’ “After shoveling out snow to make a path I hooked up some old tire chains end-to-end and then placed them in the path The chain sinks into the snow a little and the sun heats the chain and melts the snow around it just enough to keep it in place The next time it snows I just clean the chain off Whenever there are long periods without sunshine I use a small torch to heat the chain ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Chuck Hampe 1337 Pious Ridge Rd Berkeley Springs W Va 25411
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