dakotagun
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- Jul 23, 2012
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- Tractor
- JD 2305
OK, so "winter" should be over. I bought a 2305 last fall and have added a few attachments since based on the stage of our new home project and 3 acre plot. The 54" blower was included in the original package, but I never installed it because our move-in date has been pushed back months - I thought I could squeak through the last of winter with my Boss Vplow. Well, over the past four weeks (or basically since we actually 'moved in') it has stormed nearly every weekend; first 8", then 8", then yesterday's 15". WTH?
So I spent Saturday trying to attach and lube the blower : ( Have to get some parts I never knew were missing (shaft rod, hose guides... I know, shame on me!) but it should be ready to go when I get home from work tonight. We're having a real special spring - with folks nervously awaiting the big 'melt' to see how it impacts the Mouse River (flooded worst-in-history back in 2011). I don't have river worries, but with lots of snow on the ground still and temps hovering in the 30 range, i'll have drainage issues (erosion) and mud for weeks and weeks.
Have a 100' driveway (mostly clay still, gravel coming when dry) and 1.5 mile gravel road to pavement that I've been hitting with the plow, which has worked fine til now... need to blow some of the snowpack towards the drainage ditches and minimize overland flooding.
Gotta admit, kinda looking forward to the evening's activities...
taken before the storms, will be totally covered in new white stuff...
So I spent Saturday trying to attach and lube the blower : ( Have to get some parts I never knew were missing (shaft rod, hose guides... I know, shame on me!) but it should be ready to go when I get home from work tonight. We're having a real special spring - with folks nervously awaiting the big 'melt' to see how it impacts the Mouse River (flooded worst-in-history back in 2011). I don't have river worries, but with lots of snow on the ground still and temps hovering in the 30 range, i'll have drainage issues (erosion) and mud for weeks and weeks.
Have a 100' driveway (mostly clay still, gravel coming when dry) and 1.5 mile gravel road to pavement that I've been hitting with the plow, which has worked fine til now... need to blow some of the snowpack towards the drainage ditches and minimize overland flooding.
Gotta admit, kinda looking forward to the evening's activities...
taken before the storms, will be totally covered in new white stuff...
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