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 Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Wed, 21 July 2004 12:20
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Hi ... driving tomorrow night to the snows, pitstopping at Cooma first ...
WHO can tell me i.e. a website/weather report site etc. where I can see if I need to get chains for the drive between Canberra and Cooma ??
Someone told me "some road" was closed between Canberra and Cooma and thus I may need chains?
We intend to get chains AT Cooma, but if there is snow on the roads before then, might need to get them priod to reaching Cooma..
Any assistance ?? 
Thanks
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Wed, 21 July 2004 12:32
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just get them anyway lol, chew up some road!
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Wed, 21 July 2004 12:36
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I need assistance man .. not CRAP !!! 
I dont wanna drive on black ice and fall off the road !!!!!!!
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Wed, 21 July 2004 13:22
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those sites are awesome... if i needed to do a school project !!! LOL
thanks anyway dude ! 
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Wed, 21 July 2004 13:24
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| Les wrote on Wed, 21 July 2004 23:22 |
those sites are awesome... if i needed to do a school project !!! LOL
thanks anyway dude !
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hahahaha oh well....i geuss just call up there and ask
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January 2004
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Thu, 22 July 2004 05:55
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well if u need em u can rent em in jindabine by the day. lucky u les, goin 2 tha snow an all, my friends said that its really really good but a bit windy. go out an find sum snow bunnies 
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Thu, 22 July 2004 06:53
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National Parks.
Kosciosko National Park to be exact. THey have control of the roads up where it actually snows.
PLEASE do not drive on a road with chains unless directed to do so. I cannot stand people ripping up my hard earned tax/donation money.
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Thu, 22 July 2004 08:16
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chill witz chill
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Thu, 22 July 2004 08:19
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im chilled, believe me i am 
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Thu, 22 July 2004 08:23
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not as CHILLLL as me at the snow !! heheahaeh
thanks for the info ... 
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Thu, 22 July 2004 09:00
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I would VERY surprised if you neede chains between Canberra and Cooma......
Last year was the first time in 13 years I've seen it snow outside the NP...... And that was IN Jindabyne.
Just get 'em at Jindy.... The BP will sort you out.
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Fri, 23 July 2004 03:44
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i actually find that BP in jindy has too limited a range - they didnt even have chains that would fit my dad's Audi A4!!
So being a quattro i told dad to forget about them.... and low and behold, chains were required for all two wheel drive cars!! HAHAH!!
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Baulko Hillo
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Fri, 23 July 2004 04:06
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Hairy muff.....
I guess they've just always had what I'm after.... 
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Fri, 23 July 2004 05:32
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they had nothing for the celica either... 215/50*15
I get my chains from the BP on the north end of Cooma. As well as all my rental gear for my povo mates who own nothing.
"Rythmn Snow Sports, Cooma"
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Baulko Hillo
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Fri, 23 July 2004 05:37
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Yeah, Rhythm are good..... I used to get demo boards off them all the time..... They've usually got some half decent ski-wear that is hella cheap too, like last season's stuff for povo mates!
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Fri, 23 July 2004 05:54
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you will know when you need them when you see the road covered in snow 
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Fri, 23 July 2004 09:01
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FYI,
Last weekend it snowed about 3" about 5km out of Canberra, I actually went to my mates place in Royalla (about 25km's out of Canberra) and we snowboarded at his property, Yes, it was pretty shit boarding, everytime you turned you dig up a pile of mud
but it was great fun,
you will never need chains between Canberra and Cooma (maybe once every 10 years),.. and there is no legal requirement to carry them,...
when I go up I just call the Cooma Information Centre and they give you the full road report, Only in extreme cases do they close the roads, I havn't used chains in the last 6 years, and I go up at least 5-10 times per season,...
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Mon, 26 July 2004 05:54
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| EvilJack wrote on Fri, 23 July 2004 15:54 |
you will know when you need them when you see the road covered in snow
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no shit !
but its all good - no need for chains anywhere at all this year
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Mon, 26 July 2004 06:38
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Funny thing, here in Canada where it does really snow, chains are not legal on public roads. We do just fine without them. I drove two different MA6x cars for years in the snow with good all season tyres, no problems. Now I drive this...
Yes I have posted the picture before, but a typical winter snow day on a typical road near my house.
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November 2002
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Re: Where to find out if I need snow chains ??
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Mon, 26 July 2004 12:59
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Here in Finland where I live we get every year about 1m of snow. Snow chains are illegal here too but so is "regular summer tires" during snowy time of the year. So I have to use studded tires. Allseason tires are legal but those suck big time. Allseason tires are slippery in every weather conditions.
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