Snow snow removal.

[4shorts]

blades work great...till the sides get too high. then the blower works better. I used the plow for the 1st 2 passes on the roads im taking care of (the inside 2 passes), then swap to the blower for the last 2 passes (the outside passes). I have to keep 24'-26' wide road thru the winter per contract.. only did it 2 times this year, but worked great.

I understand but a blower is useless for where I need to move snow because there's no place to blow it unless I blow it on someone else's property. Besides that my snow clearing contracts would never get done using a blower. There just to slow. I use the blade. It's super fast. When the snow piles up I move it with the snow bucket or just push it back.

 

[grsthegreat]

I understand but a blower is useless for where I need to move snow because there's no place to blow it unless I blow it on someone else's property. Besides that my snow clearing contracts would never get done using a blower. There just to slow. I use the blade. It's super fast. When the snow piles up I move it with the snow bucket or just push it back.

i can see that if theres no place to blow it. We all live on 20 acre parcels here, so blowing it is no issue. I use the blade as much as possible, but the tractor just doesnt have the speed necessary to really blow the snow while pushing. the plow trucks here hit 40mph pushing snow.

 

[Don87]

According to your link:

State snow record for 1 season - Blue Knob, south-central Pennsylvania, 1890-1891, 225.0"

I think you may be confusing 'highest average annual' with 'state record'

 

[TrenaryDucks]

I think you may be confusing 'highest average annual' with 'state record'

No, I was just pointing out that if the state record is 225", there is little chance he is getting 250" to 300" of snowfall on average per year.

 

[RoyJackson]

No, I was just pointing out that if the state record is 225", there is little chance he is getting 250" to 300" of snowfall on average per year.

Very true...
Figuring the "average" ((250+300)/2=275") of 275", that would mean the area gets 10 snow events of 27.5" each every winter. Not too likely in the lower latitudes and elevations (most of the continental US).
Now, drifted snow...yeah, maybe high drifts due to the area topography and wind patterns. But that's not an average snowfall.

Here's a list of the 101 cities that get the most snow:
http://www.city-data.com/top2/c464.html
and Pennsylvania:
http://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Pennsylvania/annual-snowfall.php
(Union City, PA is about halfway down the page and averages 25" per season).
Even Erie, with it's lake effect snow, averages only 101".

 

[Don87]

No, I was just pointing out that if the state record is 225", there is little chance he is getting 250" to 300" of snowfall on average per year.

My bad.

 

[Don87]

Very true...
Figuring the "average" ((250+300)/2=275") of 275", that would mean the area gets 10 snow events of 27.5" each every winter. Not too likely in the lower latitudes and elevations (most of the continental US).
Now, drifted snow...yeah, maybe high drifts due to the area topography and wind patterns. But that's not an average snowfall.

Here's a list of the 101 cities that get the most snow:
Top 101 cities with the highest average snowfall in a year (population 50,000+)
and Pennsylvania:
Average Annual Snowfall Totals in Pennsylvania - Current Results
(Union City, PA is about halfway down the page and averages 25" per season).
Even Erie, with it's lake effect snow, averages only 101".

I'm around the 60 inch range here. I'm about 4 miles west of the Yough Lake, and about 19 miles east of Uniontown. I'm on top of the hill.

 

[RoyJackson]

I'm around the 60 inch range here. I'm about 4 miles west of the Yough Lake, and about 19 miles east of Uniontown. I'm on top of the hill.

Here in the south central area, we average 25"...but every few years (like Feb 2010), we get a real blast...

 

[Don87]

I bought the Massey as a result of the Feb. 2010 snowfall. My cub Cadet snowblower was down, so my neighbor used the Yanmar backhoe to clear my driveway after his brothers International Scout couldn't push any more snow.

By the end of Febuary, he said "if we get the next storm they are calling for, you'll need to call a dozer. I can't move anymore with the backhoe."

Luckily, the snow stopped.

 

[mpham]

Worcester, Ma. is number 22 on the list. My little town gets way more than they do so I must be close to the top with average snow. According to one site we get 70 plus inches yearly. This year we have had 27" in one storm and flurries the rest of the time. This pic was the one storm, the shovel is 13"high blade.