Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[LouNY]

Then there is my take;
dang thats a fairly new snow cat, wouldn't mind having that .

 

[jjeff]

Pure speculation but It might have involved someone else operating the cat, spinning the tracks while he attempted to kick a log or something under the track for traction? Years ago I was almost involved in a similar accident personally, however it didn't involve a snowcat.

 

[tacticalturnip]

About a week before Christmas we had ourselves a nice snow storm; of course, in the days preceding the 25th, we got a major rainstorm that both knocked out power, and took away almost all our snow! We're fortunate to have a generator; Lord knows my parents didn't have one when I was a child.

Anyhow, here are some shots of the Kioti playing in the snow; oh, and a buried Ford.





I managed to get the garage organized enough to get the Kioti under cover the day prior; definitely glad I got it done.

 

[ArlyA]

Then there is my take;
dang thats a fairly new snow cat, wouldn't mind having that .

All you need is buckets of $$$ to keep it running. Oh and the time to install all the parts.

 

[LouNY]

Many many years ago I used to work for a Thiokol dealer, that was back in the early 70's.
Many an interesting night doing repairs on the mountains of the ski areas.

 

[groundcover]

 

[Cycledude]

I used to operate a very similar machine, yes it had built in safety switches to prevent accidents but they were disconnected. I actually heard of a driver that got run over and killed because he stopped in the middle of nowhere to take a leak while standing on the track

How did this happen?


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Actor Jeremy Renner is in critical but stable condition following a snowplough accident in Nevada over the weekend.

“We can confirm Jeremy is in critical but stable condition with injuries suffered after experiencing a weather-related accident while ploughing snow earlier today,” a spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter late on Sunday night. Renner is receiving “excellent” care, the spokesperson added.

New details are emerging with TMZ reporting that Mr Renner was ploughing the road around a quarter mile from his Nevada home to get his family out after a snowstorm on New Year’s Eve.

The plough, a Snowcat, accidentally ran over one of the actor’s legs, despite a large array of safety features, leading to major blood loss, a neighbour said according to the outlet.


Jeremy Renner on Instagram: "Holiday preparations for friends and family. What are your plans ?? #reno #tahoe #winter #trailblazing"

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[DGZRT]

Well a follow up on the homemade plow . Works well enough. You just have to tilt the blade perfect . This is about 8” of snow with three foot drifts along the driveway.

 

[airbiscuit]

How did this happen?


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Actor Jeremy Renner is in critical but stable condition following a snowplough accident in Nevada over the weekend.

“We can confirm Jeremy is in critical but stable condition with injuries suffered after experiencing a weather-related accident while ploughing snow earlier today,” a spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter late on Sunday night. Renner is receiving “excellent” care, the spokesperson added.

New details are emerging with TMZ reporting that Mr Renner was ploughing the road around a quarter mile from his Nevada home to get his family out after a snowstorm on New Year’s Eve.

The plough, a Snowcat, accidentally ran over one of the actor’s legs, despite a large array of safety features, leading to major blood loss, a neighbour said according to the outlet.


Jeremy Renner on Instagram: "Holiday preparations for friends and family. What are your plans ?? #reno #tahoe #winter #trailblazing"

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From USA Today


Balaam said the accident occurred after Renner used his snowcat to help a family member who had driven one of Renner's personal vehicles and was stuck in the snow near the actor's home.

After towing the vehicle with his snowcat, which weighs over 14,000 pounds, Renner got out to speak to the family member, when his snowcat started to roll, Balaam said. He added Renner was run over by the snowcat while attempting to get back in its driver's seat. The snowcat came to rest in a pile of snow.

 

[WinterDeere]

wow... horrible way to go. My prayers are with his family. Also hoping for Balaam's case that this was a simple case of operator error on Renner's part, and not due to any neglected maintenance item.

 

[LouNY]

Finally got a load of salted sand delivered today, mixed in another 500 pounds of salt, pushed the pile back and up and got it covered.

 

[Rustyiron]

May as well do a little maintenance.

There's certainly not been much snow to push.
New cutting edges, the old (bright) one illustrates the wear.

 

[jjeff]

I now run old scrap pipes on all cutting edges of snow removal equipment I may start hard coating them to see if it will help with me having to replace them every few years.

 

[LouNY]

May as well do a little maintenance.View attachment 779179
There's certainly not been much snow to push.
New cutting edges, the old (bright) one illustrates the wear.

Looks to be about time, it sure is easy get them quite worn.

 

[Gordon Gould]

May as well do a little maintenance.View attachment 779179
There's certainly not been much snow to push.
New cutting edges, the old (bright) one illustrates the wear.

Might as well.

I've only plowed once this season. Yesterday I got to back drag after a couple three inches of snow followed by rain had drained a little and refrozen. We stayed off it while it was in the slushy stage and it came out good. Folks that had to go out have either a frozen mess or if they plowed an ice sheet now.

gg

 

[Rustyiron]

Yes Gordon it seems that there's a lot more "strategy" involved this year in something as simple as snowplowing.
I've also never had mud and frost depth involved in my plowing decisions... in January!

 

[SGreene]

The snow pack is really light here in the Rockies. I'm in western WY at 6,000ft and it's warm. We usually get 4-5 settled feet of snow in the yard. Currently I have less than 1ft. Last year we only got about 16" of settled snow in the yard. If we don't get a few more feet it's going to be another rough summer of forest fires and poor crop turnout.

 

[ArlyA]

The snow pack is really light here in the Rockies. I'm in western WY at 6,000ft and it's warm. We usually get 4-5 settled feet of snow in the yard. Currently I have less than 1ft. Last year we only got about 16" of settled snow in the yard. If we don't get a few more feet it's going to be another rough summer of forest fires and poor crop turnout.

We've stayed with friends in Alta before. Our snowpack is low here on the south shore of Lake Superior.

 

[TractorTYMe]

Only 4 inches of wet snow since Xmas day here in NW MT..........looks to be another blueballs winter? No real winter since I got the tractor, it truly prevents snow by sitting.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Ayuh, only one snowfall thus far here in Maine that's required any cleanup, and that was before Christmas.

I suspect that if I complain some more, come February, we'll be buried.