90" of snow and still snowing

[atsah]

I know I'm dreaming here, spring ahead with the clocks this weekend and snow Sunday..

 

[Waldon52]

Our local paper is showing 151" of snow so far for Gaylord. The Weather Station 12 miles south of Gaylord is showing 117" . They do not get the lake effect snow bands we get. They should not report Gaylord snowfall from their location with all the lake effect snow they do not get. They should say Waters, Michigan . It's confusing to people the two different snow totals every winter, lol
Anyway I am making progress on my Cab/ Windbreak for my little JD x-758 Tractor. I used it yesterday and even without the doors finished it kept a lot of wind off me. I should get the doors done this week. I am looking into cab heaters now.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Our local paper is showing 151" of snow so far for Gaylord. The Weather Station 12 miles south of Gaylord is showing 117" . They do not get the lake effect snow bands we get. They should not report Gaylord snowfall from their location with all the lake effect snow they do not get. They should say Waters, Michigan . It's confusing to people the two different snow totals every winter, lol
Anyway I am making progress on my Cab/ Windbreak for my little JD x-758 Tractor. I used it yesterday and even without the doors finished it kept a lot of wind off me. I should get the doors done this week. I am looking into cab heaters now.View attachment 596294

I love looking at your projects. Looking forward to the completion. May inspire others "suffering" with open stations in winter.


Things are starting to thaw here. I think it's supposed to hit mid 40's this week. I've got snow piled up in places I don't normally pile snow (late start to our snows, didn't start my piles far enough back). So we're going to have a bad "mud" year this year. Going to have a lot of washout to repair once things dry out.

 

[ArlyA]

We've rolled somewhere over the 260 mark. Here is NOAA's snow depth map of the kewee NOHRSC Interactive Snow Information

The lake was at 95% froze but opened up again with that wind we had this past week and modest lake snow seems to have started up again.

NOAA lake ice maps. GLCFS Ice Dynamics

Lots of snow photos can be had on our dogs blog. The Trail Mutt Reports

 

[fruitcakesa]

Our snow is finally melting, first week in months w/o a storm, consequently back country skiing is deteriorating quickly and snow plowing seems finished.
My wife took her road bicycle out yesterday when it was in the 50's...real spring is not far off.

 

[civilian]

Our local paper is showing 151" of snow so far for Gaylord. The Weather Station 12 miles south of Gaylord is showing 117" . They do not get the lake effect snow bands we get. They should not report Gaylord snowfall from their location with all the lake effect snow they do not get. They should say Waters, Michigan . It's confusing to people the two different snow totals every winter, lol
Anyway I am making progress on my Cab/ Windbreak for my little JD x-758 Tractor. I used it yesterday and even without the doors finished it kept a lot of wind off me. I should get the doors done this week. I am looking into cab heaters now.View attachment 596294

What did you use for the "glass"? Electric or water heat? Jon

 

[Waldon52]

Thanks for the kind words. I'll post some progress pics this week on a new thread showing the process. I could not spend big money for a cab . Mine isn't fancy but it will block the wind just as well for several thousand dollars less, lol . We saw our first mud this week too as the heavy rains seeped into the ground and limited the flooding threat. . Not too much flooding here. Were supposed to hit some 40's too here on the 45th parallel this week. That will be Great. Very few days this winter above 32 degrees. Wow, you guys at Houghton really get the SNOW !! That is a Crazy amount of snow. I'm using Lexan for the cab windows. I used that on the last two cabs I built and it works fine and is very easy to work with . It is so durable I can put a piece of it in my brake and bend it 90 degrees on a below zero morning with no cracking. Just got to be careful cleaning it . I'm looking at the cab water heaters but I have to read more about them before I order it.

 

[ArlyA]

Spring is here! Since the motor bikes are coming out. We have college kids who reside next door. Michigan Tech if anyone wonders.

 

[finn1]

Spring is here! Since the motor bikes are coming out. We have college kids who reside next door. Michigan Tech if anyone wonders.

I see the steel roofs are shedding. We left for Louisiana, Texas, and now Tucson about ten days ago. When we left, I must have seen close to ten or twelve collapsed barns and garages in the UP and Northern Wisconsin.

My 32’x54’ garage hadn’t shed and my 48x75 shop only partially shed (unbalanced snow load) when we left town, so I have been watching the weather with interest.

Hope I can get the tractor with front blower out of the garage with eave side doors.

Dumbest thing I did was put the doors on the eave side of a building with a metal roof in a high snowfall climate.

 

[fruitcakesa]

I see the steel roofs are shedding. We left for Louisiana, Texas, and now Tucson about ten days ago. When we left, I must have seen close to ten or twelve collapsed barns and garages in the UP and Northern Wisconsin.

My 32’x54’ garage hadn’t shed and my 48x75 shop only partially shed (unbalanced snow load) when we left town, so I have been watching the weather with interest.

Hope I can get the tractor with front blower out of the garage with eave side doors.

Dumbest thing I did was put the doors on the eave side of a building with a metal roof in a high snowfall climate.

One of the first lessons learned when I moved to snow country.