Postby bjlasota » Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:44 am
Thanks for the replies guys. I would have slushed it down last night like you suggest, but it was -6F here which is -21C where you're at. I had to drink that beer in 10 minutes, or it was frozen solid. As soon as I broke through some slush and got the snow off, it was frozen within a few minutes. I live in the very bottom left corner of Michigan. We got about 2-3 feet of snow this past weekend, then Monday and Tuesday the temps plummeted to around -15F and the winds picked up, causing drifts about 6 feet high in certain areas, mostly on my rink. The rink is 30 feet by 50 feet. With my slope, I had planned on the water being just a little over halfway up my boards a full load. However, with this snow, that has almost doubled and my boards are bowing like crazy. So I'm off to lowes tonight to pick up rebar and hopefully I can get the bar in before a blow out. Thanks again for all the help and suggestions. Lets hope this rain smooths it out, melts the snow, and gets me back on the ice next week. Luckily, I have a tournament this weekend with 4 games, 2 games on Monday, and a game on Tuesday. And I won't give up on this rink till it's 60 out. I've only skated on it once this year and I'll do whatever it takes to get it frozen again as long as the temperature cooperates.