Quiz for Billy

Billy,
This isn't a pedestrian crossing. Any guesses?

Does Billy have to answer?

Billy....call me and I will give you the answer :)

I know, I know, Is it the start/ finish line at the Brickyard!??



     ...if only you'd let me "pick" my answer....heheheh

its either to slow down or you'll end up in the lake or some type of drainage....other than that im clueless

OK you northerners ....dont give it away, if it was a snowmobile crossing, wouldnt it be made of snow? ... Why is it concrete when the rest of the road is blacktop?
Come on all you southern "studs" , lets get the answer.

And Eric, Im kinda disappointed you dont know...

Charlie, guess my eyes arent as good as they used to be...

Eric, No offense meant, I just figured you'd probably know.

Billy's next question...What's a snowmobile???

It could have been that parking for the lake was across the road and that was put there so barefooted people wouldn't burn their feet crossing on the hot pavement.

i really thought it had something to do with those cheese fed gals up there in the north, just like you see the no H/C on the freeway....i thought that stood for no heavy chicks, but then someone told me it meant no hazardous chemicals

It's a heavy duty pad so that heavy equipment can cross the road. Or maybe a duck crossing.

XFooter,
I think Petes idea was to have a southerner guess.... A lot of us sledders know exactly what it is... Thats why I had put the "stud" and "pick" hints in a couple of my earlier posts.

BTW, Pete, I thought it was concrete, what material is it made of?

81nautique wrote: Billy's next question...What's a snowmobile???

Alan,

Billy has seen my sled when he was at our house a year or so ago. I told him he needs to come up in the winter... nothing like a 120mph pass when its zero degrees out! To date, Billy has declined all invitations....hmmmmm?

Bruce,

Do you guys run picks? A few years ago MN outlawed them! Until they found out no one would go there to sled it the winter anymore. The last I knew, they are legal there again.

Steve, I'm not a sledder. If you mean spikes, yes I believe they allow them. 05210 would know. Whatever state Pete took that photo in is obviously getting too much stimulous money.

Eric, our leaves have been falling and colors changing since July, which was just about the time it started warming up.

XFooter wrote: 8122pbrainard wrote: XFooter wrote: It's concrete so that studded tracks on snowmobiles don't rip up the asphalt... First off, it's not concrete and second I was hoping to give Billy a shot at the answer. The question was posted to his attention!!!! First off, It's hard to tell what the surface is exactly (concrete or whatever) from the picture... and second, If you didn't want comments from others why didn't you just email Billy directly?

Bill,
We are the same age so I admit that my eyes certainly aren't what they used to be but concrete doesn't have control joints every 6"!! I didn't email Billy directly because I know him better than you so I know he never checks his email!!

This was more of a quiz for the southern group but addressed to Billy because I know he's always amazed at some of the things we do up north and always gets a kick out of hearing about them.

Yes it is a snowmobile crossing. The white overlay is the same material used for the white lines on the road and the reason you can see it's layed down it stripes. I understand that the material contains quartz which is almost as hard as glass. Very resistant to both the carbide wear bars on skis and the carbide studs (Steve calls them "picks" as others do) some people run in their tracks. Without the coating, I've seen crossings worn through the top layer of asphalt in one season.

No I don't think Wisconsin got anymore fed funding than the rest of the states. It's just that they know it's cheaper to lay down the coating than to repair the asphalt every year.