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road gritting

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  • 01-12-2008 9:44pm
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    old boy
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    i have been driving around co. limerick, and parts of co. tipp for the last couple of days, i have not come across any road gritting, i.m.o. safety should be paramount, recession or not, am i alone in finding ungritted roads.


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    Kimbot
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    Nope, alot of the roads from Longford to Mullingar and to the M4 were really bad over the weekend!!

    They are all gone pure scabby but I bet if it was one of their own hurt they would sort them out!


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    Berty
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    Living in Newport, North Tipp I can confirm it was done on Saturday night. It was not done on Sunday night(last night) because I slid and hit a fence at 5:30am this morning.

    I got sprayed on Saturday night as it drove past at around 60kph. It should be driving slower to get a better spread. *sigh* @ council


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    kikel
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    The main roads between towns were done in Laois. Fair play to the council. It made travelling at 6.30 this morning a pleasure. Once i went off the main road it all changed. Made ya realise how hard the frost was.


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    cantdecide
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    quirke_folder wrote: »
    Living in Newport, North Tipp I can confirm it was done on Saturday night. It was not done on Sunday night(last night) because I slid and hit a fence at 5:30am this morning.

    I got sprayed on Saturday night as it drove past at around 60kph. It should be driving slower to get a better spread. *sigh* @ council

    I met them on the road between Macroom and Ballincillig and he was going about 70km/h


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    L-M
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    Heading out the Dublin road towards Daly's cross yesterday after four hours of polishing the car, and met that b4stard truck.... Ugh......


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    Berty
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    Limerick-man wrote: »
    Heading out the Dublin road towards Daly's cross yesterday after four hours of polishing the car, and met that b4stard truck.... Ugh......

    It was the wrong time of year to waste time using black to black or similar on your tyres especially on the back roads to Newport.

    Do you know what the best thing for blackening tyres is? Armor All Son of a gun wipes. 25 wipes in the container, 1 wipe per tyre. Its not greasy so all the crap on the road hardly sticks to it. A good wet sponge will bring them back to life.

    BTW, I saw your car up the road last night, stalking me. :mad:


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    L-M
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    quirke_folder wrote: »
    It was the wrong time of year to waste time using black to black or similar on your tyres especially on the back roads to Newport.

    Do you know what the best thing for blackening tyres is? Armor All Son of a gun wipes. 25 wipes in the container, 1 wipe per tyre. Its not greasy so all the crap on the road hardly sticks to it. A good wet sponge will bring them back to life.

    BTW, I saw your car up the road last night, stalking me. :mad:

    Haha i be out there twice weekly nearly:D Used son of a gun on the wheels and black bits, works a treat.


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    Dartz
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    There is no more satisfyingly hilarious thing, than watching a gritter truck skate slowly along a sheen of black ice. Not fun for the parked Mercedes mind, but funny to watch.


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