Help me move my car from the ice...

Bes · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:04

So, I live down a long gravel drive shared with 2 other houses.

This morning I tried to move my car at 7:00 AM, only to find the ice means I am stuck in the middle of the drive, obstructing the other two houses' access.

I can't find any number to call for Leeds Council (Well I can but it is an emergency number)

So how can I get my car out of the ice? What's teh best way to melt it/ provide traction?

Thanks

Conscript · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:05

Lots of friends and a long rope.

Bes · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:07

Conscript said:
Lots of friends and a long rope.

Most of my friends went out last night, so will be nursing their hangovers for another 6 hours.... bunch of wimps

Haircut · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:07

Salt?

Bes · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:09

Haircut said:
Salt?

The 200g of salt in my cupboard will do it? I would have thought I would need kilos of the stuff!

Nebzor · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:15

Worth a try, surely? You just need enough to start melting the ice, then it sort of carries on by itself.

Haircut · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:15

Bes said:
The 200g of salt in my cupboard will do it? I would have thought I would need kilos of the stuff!

Well, it depends how much ice there is, if you only have 200g it might be pushing it though!

Aero · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:20

If you live on a gravel drive surely a shovel to break up the ice and move the gravel would be the best idea?

Aero

Ma'am · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:21

Aero said:
If you live on a gravel drive surely a shovel to break up the ice and move the gravel would be the best idea?

Aero

This or....mustard?

konicky · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:22

Cat litter

Do you have a cat?

Aero · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:23

Ma'am said:
This or....mustard?

Actually go with the mustard! pic's are needed for proof of success!

Aero

Quint · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:24

salt
hot water
man skills

Bes · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:26

Aero said:
If you live on a gravel drive surely a shovel to break up the ice and move the gravel would be the best idea?

Aero

Ok it's not really gravel.. it probably was many years ago but it's kind of gravel-in- the- middle- mud- where- the tyre- tracks- are now.

Gonna boil the kettle and see if I can unstick my car with a few litres of the stuff.

Dolph · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:29

Cardboard or old carpet under the wheels.

Bes · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:33

Dolph said:
Cardboard or old carpet under the wheels.

Ah see that's more the kind of advice I was after

Lopéz · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:38

An old towel should do the trick as well.

brummie · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:38

hose the area down. Quick fix and may cause more ice to form later though.

Ma'am · 7 Feb 2009 at 08:41

Would de-icer work?

Bes · 7 Feb 2009 at 09:00

Phew 4 kettles of boiling water and 2 large cardboard boxes torn up allowed me to at least get the ~5 m I needed to get into my parking space again.

Sod trying to actually go anywhere today!

4T5 · 7 Feb 2009 at 09:23

Use your car mats, Dig just behind the two drive wheels & place the car mats down, Let air out of your tyres, Creep out, Once moving don't stop, JD.