Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

good morning all
Ron, listening to the tunes, very nice, pretty spot by the lake, sure makes me wish I had some musical talent.

should be a cloudy day today, about 35, then snow starting tonight and into tomorrow
I bet they close school again so the kids get a long weekend and parents wonder how to deal with Friday
with the kids home. one to three inches of snow, might not have to fire up the snowblower. I ran it last week so at least I know
it's ready. And......I have a spare 7.2V battery and charger for the EFI, not getting beat by that again.
I wonder if there's a drain on that circuit since the newly charged battery in snowblower took a while to recharge, after no use and one week.
hmmmm. This time I rubed the install with duct tape, so the battery was outside the handlebar enclosure, not buried inside requiring dismantling.
So I charged the battery again, and this time left the little plug unplugged so no draw. That plus a spare battery, belt and suspenders.
All of which means it will not snow. Ok, I'm good with that....

this lack of snowblower use means I need to fully drain the gas tank in April.
Without E0, even with all kinds of additives, that gas has been in there too long.
thankfully EFI seems a little less affected but if I clog it up, likely a bigger problem.

with this lack of snow (yes I will jinx us all) sure wish I had bought the EGO snowblower.
The reliability of my cordless tools is simply awesome. Of course snowblowers tend to eat things that
give them severe indigestion, like phone books, electrical cords, etc.

for those of you with snowblowers, what's the worst thing you've gobbled up?
Besides Bill, any of us claim any mailboxes?

coming across our town's little metal bridge with a pickup coming the other way with an
8 foot Western plow on front, well, I pull over and almost stop to let them by.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is -2 and the high to 12°F. Wind W 2 mph. 30% chance of flurries.

Up at 4 and block heater already turned on.
When I go out to plow I will turn the block heater on for the Dodge. Both heaters are on the same circuit, so only use one at a time. The Dodge doesn't need 5 hours of heat to start, the tractor does.
Also when I go out to plow I have a set of winter overalls I will be wearing.

I just found out why my bedroom is colder than usual...A heat hog (cat) was on the register. I guess he hasn't figured out that the warmest place in the house is in front of the wood furnace. There is even a stool to lay on, the same stool we sit on to load/clean out the furnace.

Dump and town run after plowing today.

Have a warm safe day today people

 

[Looking4new]

for those of you with snowblowers, what's the worst thing you've gobbled up?

I have two snowblowers, one a 24" walk behind and the 60" front mount for the tractor. I use neither one now. The bucket is dual purpose, with the teeth on it I can pry myself out of the ditch when I get too agressive.
The worst for me was dog turds. They fly better than the snow.

 

[riptides]

7 outside right now, Yep. Hey, two degrees warmer than yesterday around this time. No wind, so it is tolerable. Heading to upper 30's today.

Yesterday I was battling frozen hoses and frozen water tubs in the pastures. All but one pasture has an auto-waterer. They don't freeze. I think though with this layout more digging is in order and another auto-waterer will be a summer project. Poor thought process on winter rotation for animals. But then, the last few years the weather was a lot warmer in the winter, here anyway.

Today the wife is dragging me out to a declutter/estate planning session. That's a hoot. But, I get to spend some time with her, and it is not here on the farm.

Hope all have a great day, be safe, stay warm.

 

[Thomas]

8F partly cloudy low 20's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...8 hours parts dealer afterwards not sure.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
Currently sitting at a partly cloudy 13 above F.
Worst I've hit so far with the snow blower was the table last week. Still no parts yet! Hope they come in soon. Managed to hit my bulkhead during an airhead moment and also found a fire hydrant in a snowbank! Luckily both of those only snapped a pin!
Got all the yards cleaned up from the last storm. A new neighbor now wants me to clean his. Small driveway but it is at the end of the street which takes me a bit to get there. Will discuss price and options later.
Changed out all the carbon monoxide detectors yesterday as they were around 10 years old. Can't be to safe with all the flame heating devices I have.
Very prolific in the shop the last couple days. Enjoy being in there with that pellet stove humming away!
Need to run to the bank and do a couple errands today. Wife is going to work. Not sure what else I will get into. Need to recuperate from the storm cleanup!
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!
Made these 3 plus 2 others.

 

[NHBX]

14° now, highs mid to upper 20’s, partly sunny this am cloudy later on. Winds WSW 5-10 mph.

Snow cleanup yesterday was nice and easy, only about 4” with a little crust on top.

Drew, the worst thing as far as getting it unclogged was a nice soggy Sunday paper that was buried in the plows windrow at the bottom of the driveway lol.

Todays plans aren’t clear yet, do need to refuel tractor and top off snow blower gas.
Maybe groceries but probably not until tomorrow.

 

[wngsprd]

Coffee is brewing. 17° with snow this morning. Heading to 25° with continued snow. So I went out in the cold for gas and diesel. It was -1° with wind. I thought I prepared for it. 2 pair of thermal socks, snow boots. 4 layers of pants, 4 layers of shirts, thermo vest, parka, 2 layer knit cap and thermal mittens. I sure was warm getting to the gas station. But had to take gloves off to run pump. I got cold. Made it back home and put fuel cans away in barn. Made it back in house. Got undressed in to house clothes. Took a nap. That was a lot of work just to go out in the cold. No plans to go out in the cold today.
Blue Jay staying warm.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

Ron, all that we do to keep warm, and the Blue Jay just puffs out its feathers.

 

[KilroyJC]

thought I might throw some much cheaper ice melt down on driveway since it may not melt today.
called local hardware store

what kind of ice melt do you have?
none

ok
good thing I still have some left
not worth driving far for it, will pick some up tomorrow.
with more snow on Friday it helps with the ice.

start looking aroundnEaster when they are trying to move it off the shelves at half-price or less and stock up.

last April, the Walmart Clearance section had the pellets in the plastic gallon shaker jugs marked down to $2 each so I grabbed a half-dozen, when I got to checkout they were ringing up sir a dollar, so I left Mrs at the register and ran back and grabbed the last ten!

 

[daugen]

beautiful plates Phil
potato chips for a beaver...

what do you seal them with?

NHBX: same here, I got a neighbor's Sunday paper in an older Ariens. Took me over an hour to get it out, from then on
I learned to ask if they had picked up their paper. All big lumps were considered suspicious...sometimes I walked it first.

if we get three inches on Friday, I might fire it up just to run it. Otherwise I have driven it forward ten feet, back ten feet and run the auger.
Then back off it goes.

pretty sure weather is cyclical and we have plenty more snow to come
this last snow came when very cold out so it was super flight and fluffy, perfect for shoveling, back didn't bother
me a bit, though I pushed more than I picked up. So now I have two tracks of clear going out with packed down snow in between.
It has stayed below freezing here so next snow will fill in those ruts. Thankfully weather warms up after that and one way or the other it's going to all melt. My Volvo is awd and driveway is absolutely flat, no problems.

good idea on off season buying Kilroy. You aren't going to run out for a while.

apparently the idea of pet safe is to not have magnesium in the mix. Am guessing that's what takes the melting action to a lower temp.
Stuff I put down was plain old calcium chloride. I'm not a fan of rock salt, gets too lumpy.
I don't have pets but some next door, not that I want them on my driveway anyway

I'm actually more concerned about what eventually washes down to the Delaware River, not that far away.