14F - May as well plow today, not gonna get any warmer

[Z-Michigan]

I was really nice to see the temp over 20 here today. Gave me a chance to flush the heater core in my plow truck. Sucks not having heat in it but good for a few weeks hopefully. This winter sure has been odd. Snow coming tomorrow.

Lucky you. Normally our high would be 20 this time of year, but we've been mostly single digits for 4 weeks now. I haven't seen 20 or higher since around December 7. Our trucks are parked outside because one garage bay has my tractor (so the snowblower can melt and dry off a bit between uses) and the other has a construction project. The trucks are getting cold soaked to the point where things don't work. Crazy winter. (We will have them inside before too long - brand new house with lots of lingering projects taking up space.)

24 degrees, we are barbecuing in a tee shirt.

No joke, at my last house in Marquette I would grill on the back deck down to 20 degrees. Often I had to shovel snow off for 10-15 minutes before I could reasonably access the grill. Not doing that here because it's windier and more snow, just not realistic right now.

Don't think this is a tale of woe, I actually like winter. But this climate definitely is not for everyone.

 

[Turbys_1700]

I admire you guys up north...
We are freezing down here in NC and it's 20 degrees warmer than what a lot of you have...
I keep pestering my wife for a cabbed tractor...

 

[oosik]

Hey, 14F is a good temperature to plow. Snow is dry, crisp & hard. Will not stick to the rear blade. I HATE plowing when the temps are in the upper 20's to low 30's.

 

[JimP]

Ahh, I remember those days snowplowing on the open tractor in a full snowmobile suit with full face helmet. Even with gear it was cold and somehow the wind always blows towards you! Went to a cabbed tractor and wouldn't go back, now I plow in a tee shirt and have to turn the heat down. Jim P.

 

[shaeff]

19°F here this morning, temp started to drop already with the impending storm. They're talking about getting down to 8°F, 35mph winds, and potential of 4-8" of snow. Should be a grand 'ol time!

 

[finn1]

I’m in the banana belt of the Keewenaw, and every time I go to town and see those miserable looking people using walk behind snowblowers or open station riding mowers / blowers/ atv’s and such, I get a smile on my face.

Factory cab with a front mounted blower was the best investment I made so far this season.

Having said that, I’ll be heading to California in a few weeks to escape and thaw out.

 

[bp fick]

Having said that, I’ll be heading to California in a few weeks to escape and thaw out.

Best answer right there.

 

[JimP]

Warmed up the tractor and started plowing the 6+ inches already down. It was in the low 20's, very windy and still snowing. I'll probably be out tonight or early tomorrow morning after the storm ends. These times make me appreciate the cab even more.

 

[TheMan419]

We are supposed to get another 8 inches of global warming. Temps in the teens. May hit 30 on Sunday. If it does I am breaking out the crocks.

 

[majorwager]

Z Michigan,
Added a cab this year, no regrets, much winter left and the many single digit temp days are not kind to these old bones. Still have a snow blower on an open station because blower to narrow for wide tires on the cab Kabota, but the snow pusher on the FEL with warm air from the ceiling vents exceeds all my expectations.