Heads up Texas truck and vehicle owners

garagerog · February 20, 2021

I know you folks in Texas have had more than enough to deal with the power outages and now water issues and I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I believe your roads will be going to shyt too. If Texas is like most southern states, your highways probably only have 2 to 3" of gravel base whereas the more northern areas probably have 8-10" at the very minimum. I hope I'm wrong but I'd be surprised if the frost heaves aren't already showing up, soon to be followed by the inevitable potholes, shoulder crumbling, etc. We went thru this in SC 4 winters ago, and it didn't even get as cold or did we have as much snow as you folks have endured.

Bash74 · February 27, 2021

This isn't the first time it has gotten like this in Texas. The cold and snow weather used to happen more in the past then now. I never noticed a change in the roads out of the norm. I guess time will tell.

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dieselfan1 · February 27, 2021

It wasn't cold long enough to freeze the ground. Maybe the top 1/2" got stiff. It was an abrubt cold snap. It takes more than that to get frost into the ground. Not only that there was snow on the ground. Even a couple inches insulates from the cold.
They got bigger problems .....

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