omg more snow

[KenKubota]

What a lot of complaining!, I think you have to look at the bright side at least a little bit. First of all, you've got a tractor! I don't think there is any better tool to handle snow. With a loader you can move those snow banks around all day and I guarantee you won't be as tired as your neighbors trying to break out of their driveway to the street with a shovel. Of course it can be tricky getting the tractor onto the roof to clear it and prevent ice dams, but if you are up there doing it by hand and you fall off you likely won't get hurt. I've been out every storm clearing my property, then I drive around and "rescue" folks who are buried in drifts. By spring I'll be a hero in my neighborhood and maybe some of them will drop the charges they have pending against me.

 

[ctgoldwing]

By spring I'll be a hero in my neighborhood and maybe some of them will drop the charges they have pending against me.

Probably not! :laughing:

 

[JDGreenGrass]

What a lot of complaining!, I think you have to look at the bright side at least a little bit. First of all, you've got a tractor! I don't think there is any better tool to handle snow. With a loader you can move those snow banks around all day and I guarantee you won't be as tired as your neighbors trying to break out of their driveway to the street with a shovel. Of course it can be tricky getting the tractor onto the roof to clear it and prevent ice dams, but if you are up there doing it by hand and you fall off you likely won't get hurt. I've been out every storm clearing my property, then I drive around and "rescue" folks who are buried in drifts. By spring I'll be a hero in my neighborhood and maybe some of them will drop the charges they have pending against me.

Book him, Dano.

 

[dave1949]

Thanks for all the good advice guys. I am going home today & try knocking off all the ice I can reach. The roof pitch is 1 to 1 - nobody going up there till spring. Prior to this last storm part of the roof was actually clean. I am sure it was due to the fact that the snow up to now has been pretty dry. That coupled with the roof pitch & wind have kept a lot off of it.

The good news is I have a new propane company coming today to make a delivery. Ahhh clean clothes again!

You can clear enough from a ladder using a snow rake and shovel. Also have seen pros sprinkle ice melt on ice at the edge to soften it up. If you do see ice on the roof shingles, I would use ice melt and let a little sunshine get on it rather than trying to break it up - that's hard on the shingles. If you have to bust up ice on shingles, use a flat faced hammer to crack the ice and bounce it loose a bit. Good luck and be careful.
Dave.

 

[jpm]

with the size of those ice's you probley have a large heat loss in the roof .be careful when it warms up and the snow comes off the roof

 

[kebo]

Got up to 60 today, supposed to hit about 64 tomorrow with plenty of sunshine in the forecast for the weekend!! Ya'll be sure and keep all that cold mess up there now, ya hear?

 

[Ford tractor]

What a lot of complaining!, I think you have to look at the bright side at least a little bit. First of all, you've got a tractor! I don't think there is any better tool to handle snow. With a loader you can move those snow banks around all day and I guarantee you won't be as tired as your neighbors trying to break out of their driveway to the street with a shovel. Of course it can be tricky getting the tractor onto the roof to clear it and prevent ice dams, but if you are up there doing it by hand and you fall off you likely won't get hurt. I've been out every storm clearing my property, then I drive around and "rescue" folks who are buried in drifts. By spring I'll be a hero in my neighborhood and maybe some of them will drop the charges they have pending against me.

If you can drive your tractor onto the roof, you have too much snow!

 

[JohninCT]

Yep, its been one heck of a snow season here in CT. Stores all sold out of snowblowers, roof rakes, and even snow shovels! Lots of news stories of roofs collapsing. Its getting really dangerous around here.

Just got done with 2 days of shoveling the house roof and raking what I could from the barn roof. Borrowed the neighbors rake... he was lucky enough to catch a new supply come in at ACE hardware a week or so ago. Back breaking work. I was lucky to hire the neighbors teen son to help me or I don't think I would've made it. With another storm predicted for mid week, towns are telling folks to get the snow off the roofs before it hits. Trying to find a contractor to clear the roof is becoming a desperate endevor.

I pray for spring!

 

[JDGreenGrass]

Yep, its been one heck of a snow season here in CT. Stores all sold out of snowblowers, roof rakes, and even snow shovels! Lots of news stories of roofs collapsing. Its getting really dangerous around here.

Just got done with 2 days of shoveling the house roof and raking what I could from the barn roof. Borrowed the neighbors rake... he was lucky enough to catch a new supply come in at ACE hardware a week or so ago. Back breaking work. I was lucky to hire the neighbors teen son to help me or I don't think I would've made it. With another storm predicted for mid week, towns are telling folks to get the snow off the roofs before it hits. Trying to find a contractor to clear the roof is becoming a desperate endevor.

I pray for spring!

Yup...I too have been there and done that. It is absolutely exhausting.

You have done what you had to do. The people that choose not to lose.

Did you notice the different hoar layers. It's like you can inspect and count the storms when it builds up to 3 or 4 feet.

I have a lot of respect for snow...therefore I love it. Today I skied and the snow was cold and dry and at times even powdery. Really good skiing in Maine right now and we have a storm coming mid week...I hope.:thumbsup:

:thumbsup: to JohinCT for taking the time to work hard and avoid a possible disaster.:drink:

 

[JB4310]

Yep, its been one heck of a snow season here in CT. Stores all sold out of snowblowers, roof rakes, and even snow shovels! Lots of news stories of roofs collapsing. Its getting really dangerous around here.

Just got done with 2 days of shoveling the house roof and raking what I could from the barn roof. Borrowed the neighbors rake... he was lucky enough to catch a new supply come in at ACE hardware a week or so ago. Back breaking work. I was lucky to hire the neighbors teen son to help me or I don't think I would've made it. With another storm predicted for mid week, towns are telling folks to get the snow off the roofs before it hits. Trying to find a contractor to clear the roof is becoming a desperate endevor.

I pray for spring!

The Courant the other day had a list of towns and the buildings that collapsed in those towns, it looked like an obituary.
A guy on Craigslist had a roof rake for $500. his ad said "it's cheaper than having your roof cave in" LOL
I'm a contractor that works on roofs, we've been doing roof and ice clearing the last 2 weeks, it's very slow difficult work so you can't do many in a day. Spent all saturday on my own ice dams etc.

There aren't that many capable roofers in good weather even harder to find one in these conditions.

Spring? Looks like it's a long way away.

JB.

Yup...I too have been there and done that. It is absolutely exhausting.

:thumbsup: to JohinCT for taking the time to work hard and avoid a possible disaster.:drink:

Well I'm another John in CT and my upper body has been getting a good work out. So sore I need some Ben Gay





Some pics of my ice problems. The 4 lb hammer I bought for breaking concrete basement floors, needed it for the ice.

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