Snow Equipment Owning/Operating SNOW! Seat time before dawn on a saturday.

[dcyrilc]

Got about 20 inches so far, expecting another 3-5 today. Got the power trac out and plowed in front of the garage the drive will have to wait till the snow slows down.

Drive? It looks like you might need to put a plow or blower on a snowmobile just to find it. LOL

 

[2720wes]

Have about 20" in northern Va and expect about 5" more before its done. Already over 50" for this winter.

 

[Gittyup]

We had about 24" this morning at 8:00. I went out to plow with my little JD. It was all she could do to move it. Biggest problem is where to put it. Had to clear room so I'd have a place to put it. Took me 2.5 hours to clear my 75' driveway. Hard to tell how hight it is. But, you can just make out my mailbox at the end of the drive.

I usually do all the neighbors drives too (about 4 or 5 others). But, this snow is just too much. Plus it's still snowing very hard here. Might have to get out the Kioti with the loader and help the neighbors out. But, not until it stops snowing. It's nasty out there!

Good thing I filled up the bird feeder for those little guys.

 

[jas67]

Well, as stated in the 1st post, I was up at 5am to clear the driveway so my wife could get to work. We have a 180 foot sorta-circle driveway (we're on a corner, goes from one road across the front of the property to the other), plus a 30x20 foot parking area in the front of the garage, all paved -- only took about 25 minutes with the 60" blower. I put the chains on after finishing that. I didn't clear the stone drive, and 36x30 foot stone area in front of the pole barn -- I'm heading out to do that how. In the meantime, I cleared about 6 neighbor's drives, including one that was a lot of FEL work, due to no place to even blow snow. Total seat time, about 4 hours today!

The chains made a WORLD of difference in traction. Was even able to blow snow going uphill (backwards, 3pt blower).

 

[polo1665]

My fun will start at about 3:30pm (when I get home from work). I'll probably be out moving snow atleast til dark. I'll get an official measurement when I get home and snap a couple pics of the progress. The sun is shining here now.

Mark

 

[jas67]

I took some snow removal pics today, and added them to this thread:
SNOW REMOVAL PICTURES - Page 8 - TractorByNet.com

 

[RoyJackson]

I took some snow removal pics today, and added them to this thread:
SNOW REMOVAL PICTURES - Page 8 - TractorByNet.com

Where abouts are you, Jas?
Just outside of Red Lion here.
Snow here was between 18"-20".
Nice pics, and boy, do I envy you for your snowblower and chains (especially the chains!!) for this snow.

 

[jas67]

Where abouts are you, Jas?
Just outside of Red Lion here.
Snow here was between 18"-20".
Nice pics, and boy, do I envy you for your snowblower and chains (especially the chains!!) for this snow.

I'm just outside Palmyra (about 6 miles East/North East of Hershey Park). My brother used to live not far from in York Haven, and my brother-in-law is the chief of police for North-East Regional Police dept. in Mt. Wolfe.

I found the snow blower on Craigslist this summer for $800! It has seen some use, the seller used it for a 1/2 mile gravel drive. The blower impeller is worn and has about 1/2 gap from the impeller blades to the housing. It still works well, but my 10HP walk-behind Simplicity 2-stage blows much further. I think I'm going to either buy those add-on rubber impeller gap-fillers, or have some steel welded on. It worked fine for this powdery snow that we got, but might not have done so well with the heavy stuff they got in MD. Watch craiglist. There are deals there all the time. Recently, I remember seeing another similar unit for about the same price.

I got the chains from tirechains.com. About $400 with shipping (ouch). They're heavy (about 60 lbs a piece for my 12.4x16.5 R4's). They made a world of difference yesterday, as the ground was above freezing when the snow started, and was quite slick under the snow. I JUST bought these chains a few weeks back, and this was the first I used them or the blower. Both performed quite well. My neighbors were equally impressed. I played neighborhood hero yesterday and cleared out several of my neighbors as well. Got to be a good neighbor and have fun at the same time!

Regards,
Jay

 

[Diamondpilot]

Well we have another 8" on the way and boy its cold, 3 deg this morning. We ended up with 12" of snow. The first 8" was wet and heavy and the last 4" was powder that drifted like I have never seen. All the cars and trucks outside have it up over the hoods. I spent 6.5 hours on the tractor doing my dive and 6 customers. Also spent a good 2 hours with my snow blower and a shovel taking care of my walks. Spent a hour with my Titan pulling out a F-150, GM 1500, and a GM3500 that the guy blew the tranny on trying to get out. It had fluid boiling out the dip stick. I think the drive was a Dip Stick. Anyway the Titan did a great job with the big tires and Detroit Lockers. It did what I know my F-350 could not have done.

The county plows are just now making it out. One big one got stuck a few miles from me. It had a V-plow and was a tri axle. A farmer got it out with a huge JD. The snow drift he was in was up to his mirrors. I am guessing 8' deep.

Made a little change so I went and got that 12 ga shotgun I had been wanting last night and bought the family some pizza. Now just sit back and watch my Colts tonight.

Chris

 

[polo1665]

Well, the official toll was 12'' here. Took me 5 1/2 hours to clear 1400" of drive, between yesterday afternoon and this morning. Normally I would have used the f-250 and plow, but the truck is down so I was left to using the Branson and the FEL. We generally get several inches of snow during the winter here, but not this much at once. I have to say, it was quite an adventure moving this much with the FEL. The Branson did a great job.
I'm looking forward to Tuesday and Wednesday. We are supposed to get a few more inches then.
Here are a couple before pics from yesterday evening and afew shots of when I finished up this morning.

Stay warm
Mark