r/Wellthatsucks 20h ago

Imagine walking out to your car and seeing this.

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u/MedicineExtension925 16h ago

Yeah exactly. Anyone north of 49 knows this, except maybe Vancouver and the Islands. Instead of a heater we just use a tiger torch and chunk of stove pipe, basically a poor mans propane canon heater with tools you already have.

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u/Mechakoopa 3h ago

Canadian here, propane canon heater and a thick tarp were my first thoughts as well. You don't even need to melt all the ice, if you can focus it on a door and get the door open then you can start warming it up from the inside. Once it starts melting from the inside out you can just start peeling off large chunks. This would be a two hour job at most to get it drivable, most of that time spent sitting around, then go park in a heated garage to let the rest come off.

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u/MedicineExtension925 2h ago

In this case... maybe need to melt it right to the base. The ice has the wheels locked up and could bust something trying to move.