Good morning!!!!

[dave1949]

Dave. Have you go a front or rear snow blower? Either way I hope you parked the tractor in the correct direction so you don't have to shovel it out.

Reminds me of getting new litter for the chicken coops. They dump a tractor trailer load of sawdust in front of my doors. Had one guy apologize for blocking the door completely asked me how I was going to get in. I was sitting on a skid steer. I said watch and grabbed a bucket a pushed it in. He thought that was the best thing. As you can push about 3 times what you can pack and he didn't realize that.

I think I would rather have the snow than sawdust. Not as hot and itchy and dusty. And you can dress for the cold. Stay safe.

Rear blower and loader on the front. I always back in so I can push through any drifts across the door with the loader.

Best way to get across drifts on foot is just to pretend you are a kid again and dive in. No way I'm shoveling my way through that drift. :laughing:

 

[300UGUY]

12F, only getting to 20 today? At least the sun is out. I am having a auto glass guy come out, he was supposed to be here from 8 to 12. He called at 8:30, and said he would be here about 1. Great, a whole day shot....

 

[davesl708]

Good morning, heading to >70f today. Sunny. Good day to get some seat time.
The weather people are predicting snow this weekend. Not willing to say how much yet. I guess we will find out after it snows.

Those in the North East be careful clearing that snow.

 

[MacLawn]

Beautiful day yesterday, but today got kindly cold again. I do think the backbone of old man winter is broken in our area though. That's wha' I say every year. I tell Ethyl, I say "Ethyl, the backbone of winter is broken." She says, "No it ain't."

 

[sodamo]

66°F and .01 inches rain last 24 hours.

Off to town for a couple of errands.
Be safe
Have a great day

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[sodamo]

10F & still windy but the snow has stopped. I could see the snow was slowing down when I went to bed around midnight. 22F for today's high and 15-20 mph winds. There is a snowdrift I need to cross to get to the detached tractor garage about 100' away. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/rural-living/408958-good-morning-dsc03137-jpg"/> This is to the left of that doorway, you can see the top of the overhead door on the house garage. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/rural-living/408957-good-morning-dsc03136-jpg"/> I need more coffee.

So I'd be guessing you aren't joining the NY based chorus of how the Wx people blew it?

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[Larro Darro]

Good Morning. 1050, clear, 48F with 66% humidity. Forecast high of 57F with 0% chance of rain this afternoon, and a low of 35F tonight. It is colder today, but not as much wind as yesterday, so it feels about the same.

The last couple of weeks I have been trying to kill a young possum that was eating cat food on the front porch at night. He was always too fast for me. By the time I got my flashlight and .22 rifle together and stepped out the door, he would scoot away into the night. Well last night I heard the food dishes rattling, so not really expecting to have any success, I got the light and rifle and stepped out on the porch. There was a different possum there, and he didn't run. He didn't even run when I tried to nudge him off the porch. He was right on the edge, so I figured if I held the rifle to his head and shot him, I would have to clean up a little spot of blood, but I would be sure of killing him. So that is what I did. Only he didn't drop in his tracks like I figured. He rolled and rolled, spraying blood everywhere, including the food dishes and furniture. I had on good pants and shoes and didn't want to bloody them, so I didn't want to kick him off the porch. He finally rolled off the porch and I shot him again. Then I had to drag a water hose around and start washing the porch. And while it wasn't Dave1949 cold, it was still nighttime in January. Between scrubbing the porch and walking down the road to throw the possum away, I spent almost an hour on a task that should have taken ten minutes, and seven of those would have been the walk. Other than that, it was a quiet night at the Ranchero.

Dave, those are some impressive drifts. Be careful.

Larro

 

[mostly_gas]

Good morning all. 30F and sunny this morning, now 40F and wind picking up will ride shortly to avoid the 20-30mph wind later today. Still need to clean out the fireplace and garage today.

 

[mostly_gas]

Dave That is some snow Enjoy you snow moving efforts :shocked:

Larro, why do you leave the cat food out at night? We used to then had problems with racoons. We were live trapping then and hauling to the next county. After about 15 traps started painting with day-glo orange to check for repeat customers (none). keep cat food in the garage now and close the cat in at night.

 

[bakerg]

My mother was having problems a few years back with raccoons and possums on her bad porch because she was leaving the cat food out at night. I just told her to bring it in at night and wouldn't you know the raccoons and possums quit coming around.