"Oh the weather outside..."

[Anonymous Poster]

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weatherman keeps saying for us here in northern Ct, 30 inches. It is at least 15 now and we still have half or more of the storm to go. Will get in the trusty John Deere 710 at 1 this morning and probably not gethome until late tomorrow.. Will be a great plowing season this year.

 

[BigDave]

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<font color="blue"> No way I can do 3/4 mile of 30" deep snow with my little B6100, 36" FEL. And I'm almost out of diesel anyway. </font>

Bill,

We plowed 1/2 mile with 31" snow over hilly terrain. We put 12 hours on the tractor over the weekend, including a trip to the gas station. Normally, I get some strange looks when I drive the tractor into town, but with all of that snow I didn't look out of place. I have a 68" bucket, so you would have had a lot my seat time than me, but think of the gratitude you would have received from your neighbors. My neighbor on our one side is taking me & the misses out for dinner this Friday. Oh the neighbor on the other side of us, the one's with the 800ft driveway & 400ft of road for their exclusive use, gave me two slices of pound cake. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif BTW, on the news, they said that anyone with FEL was getting $150-300/hr. Assuming my FEL work was only worth $100/hr, that's a couple tractor payments I could have earned. I didn't have the heart to tell my wife she was eating a $200 slice of pound cake. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif The sad part, if we get 30" of snow next weekend, I'll be out there again. You may have guessed it, but I'm not in it for the money. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[WVBill]

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Our homeowner's association (which is responsible for snow removal on the road anyway) ended up paying $150 / hour for two guys - one on a big Cat TLB and one in a Pickup truck snowplow to clear the road. A bargain, I'd say.

Our normal plan is to clear the road ourselves - he has a big Ford 2wd with a back blade and me with my little B6100. But his 3pt hydraulics quit working and it was just too much for my tractor this time.

Going to town to get fuel on the B6100 is not an option. It's at least 10 miles. I'd barely make it either way on a full tank. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[TerryinMD]

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Snow removal update......

I've spent nearly 10 hrs removing snow from my driveway, my neighbors driveway, and moving assorted neighborhood snowpiles. I got a call from another neighbor last night asking me to bust him out of his place. He called our local plowing service (a neighbor who does our subdivision) and was refused. He called another neighbor with a B2400 and he said he really couldn't help him. So, he remembered that I had a tractor and me and my friend, John Deere, will be going out to dig him out. The poor guy has a wife and two little ones stuck back in the woods. Since Saturday!!!! Needless to say, he sounded a bit shell-shocked when he called last evening.

The home owners association president called yesterday to help in cutting out some channels in the low spots of our roads. Our subdivision has nearly six miles of roads and some of the spots lay in ravines. These spots have three to four foot snow banks from plowing and will act as dams. The weather report for this weekend is calling for heavy rain in our area. The last time this happened (1996) half of West Virginia's and Maryland's low laying properties floated down the Potomac River. The flotsom and jetsom was a sight to behold - sheds, travel trailers, propane tanks, you name it, was swept away.

Oh well, time to get suited up, warm up my friend, and get to work.

Terry

 

[frank_f15]

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YOU HATE SPENDING THAT MUCH TIME ON YOUR TRACTOR /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif know what u mean tho, lots of snow here also, not a lot at one time, but just constant! but right now it is sunny and warm(36 deg) first time i have seen my driveway with out ice or snow in 3 months. but not to fear it is going back to the single digets by monday. PRETTY SOON we will be complaining about the hot weather /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[thcri]

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So like you guys are making me jealous. Here is a pic of my front yard. The weather isn't frightful. Come on, this is February in Minnesota. I should have lots of snow. But like I said earlier, I am seeing some green tint in my grass, Im banking on the mowing season