Dr Dave...sell the 4x4 Dually??? They will have to pry it from my cold..... dead..... hands:laughing: We don't get ice often & a walk in the snow is actually enjoyable.
FB the Kodiak managed it pretty good but it never completly sheeted over solid. If that happens we will just take the trail through the woods...plenty of trees to use for grab handles.
Kyle it's both the water flow and the debris, lot's of logs & limbs but what brings down the wire is leaves & grass. I'll shoot some pic's today, but it wraps around the wire then builds up....sometimes over 20' long, then the drag of it pulls on the wire breaking insulators as it goes. Looks like a giant hairy pool noodle & violently shaking the wire gets most of it off, but if it freezes that you have to whack it with a big stick to break it away. I only string two slick aluminium wires so they are easily recovered & repaired. The lifespan of a plastic T-post insulator along the creek is rather short though.
I do grumble about it in the winter, but I would not trade my creek for anything. The benefits far outweigh the disadvantages. The floods do have a beneficial side, free fertilizer and seeds all the way from Virginia
It's
alive all the time, always changing and carving on the land. Every season brings new gravel bars, gnarled drift wood, calm pools & rushing bottle necks. Otters, beavers, trout, crawdads and everything in-between. Kids big & small never seem to get bored, walking, swimming, exploring, fishing. We sat on the porch during the tail end of the snow dump watching it rush by full on, roaring on it's way to Clinch River, then Norris Lake......it's a awesome thing to have at our feet:drink: