My mind is made up.......

[Junkman]

With the way the wind is howling here in CT, I don't think that I would even want to get on the tractor this morning even if it had a cab. I am starting to think about snow like Mayor La Guardia thought of it..... "G-d put it there..... let G-d take it away!!!"..... Today clinches the decission.... I am getting a cab and heater for next winter. The wind is whipping the snow around so badly that there is bare spots and snow drifts 5' high in some places. Today is the type of day that even a snowblower is going to be challenged to putting the snow to the side of the road and keeping it there. It is either a cab for next winter, or I move to AZ for the winter. Even the scorpions can't be as much trouble as the cold. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[MadReferee]

Junk, here is a trick I used this morning and it really helped. My face looked like an icicle before I figured this out.

Ok, to keep the snow from blowing everywhere, including back on you, just angle the chute deflector down so it is at a 90 degree angle. This doesn't throw the snow very far but it does cut down the white spray, enough so that you can see what you are doing. It's nice to have complete deflector and rotator hydraulics. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[notamustang]

Wow should we note the date of the title /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Sorry could not resist, hey the scorpions are underground for a lot of the winter anyway. If I had to make a choice betwen Scorpions or Snow get the sun screen out. Ohyea I did /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Steven

 

[rswyan]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( My face looked like an icicle before I figured this out.
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Ok .... so where are the pics ? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[MadReferee]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Ok .... so where are the pics ? )</font>

Sorry, all thawed out now. This coffee with brandy is starting to do it's thing. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[LarryRB]

58 MPH substained winds. TV said it was 50 below at midnight counting the wind chill. At 5 this morning it calmed down to a snappy 44 MPH substained. I bought two pieces of 30 X 42" plexiglass. Drilled some 1/8" holes and mounted them both, front and back with mechanics wire.. Just the two pieces make a big difference

 

[Junkman]

You need to get a cab for that tractor!!!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[LarryRB]

half the cab is already made. Every time I go bring the tractor back and have it finished, there is some new catastrophe that comes up at the cab builders.. He did tell me to call this Thursday coming and hope I can get it in early next week.. I'll tell you, the wind is bad enough, coming of the reservoir exacerbates and already cold day

 

[rbarker]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Today clinches the decission.... I am getting a cab and heater for next winter.)</font>

Well it wasn't my first choice of what to do at 05:00 Hrs this morning for about the 50th time this winter /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif but I sure was glad to have the cab and heater. My old tractor had a snow blower but no cab and I wouldn't go back to those days for anything. This is much more civilized! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Junkman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ............... This is much more civilized! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )</font>

I think if we were civilized, then we wouldn't be living in New England.... does the term "snow bird" sound familiar? Even the birds know enough to go South for the winter.. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif.. Junk..