Ready, Set, Go

[bp fick]

We got 25" in less than 12 hours. Last December 8. Just over a month away. Time to get ready.

 

[LBrown59]

We got 25" in less than 12 hours. Last December 8. Just over a month away. Time to get ready.

Or head south.

 

[jnjpream]

I gotta tell ya, I miss the big snow and the big trees of the north. It always seemed quiet and peaceful after it snowed like that. No cars, maybe a couple snowmobiles in the distance every now and then, but pretty much no noise at all.

And growing up, when the snow load got too much for comfort the old man would push all the snow off of the roof into a couple huge piles that us kids could jump into from the second story deck. Surprisingly he never ended up in one of those piles while cleaning a few feet off a snow covered, and pretty sure slippery, roof .

Darn it. Now I'm home sick.. Think I'll call Dad.

 

[Ductape]

I'm thinkin maybe Thanksgiving weekend I'll be taking the loader off and puttin' on the blower.

 

[20 20]

I was trying to find pictures of our little snow fall a couple years ago{no luck } we ended up with 48"+ in about 24hrs. We usually get slammed with atleast 1 good dump, but last year was not to bad.

 

[bpattie]

we had a storm, one of the worst I can remember here in Colorado 10/27/97. Were I lived we had 68-70 inches and they reported up to 18 foot drifts. nobody went anywhere for about 3-4 days. because of the wind there would be bare spots and then big drifts, cars could not negotiate it but we rode horses the 2 miles into town we could ride around the really deep stuff, more for fun than really needing to. It was a very bad storm for the cattlemen. As the snow settled and melted it tore down lots of fencing and thousands of head of cattle were loose in the county.

 

[radioman]

So how your new tires working out in this snow ?

 

[bp fick]

So how your new tires working out in this snow ?

Radioman, Thanks for asking, but I don't know yet, as the photo was from last year. I put the wheel weights back on yesterday. I'll likely put the plow on by week's end. I will report when the white stuff flies. It won't be long.

 

[dave1949]

I put my chains on today, early I know, but I'm getting ready. Have some routine maintenance to do too. It's always a good pastime guessing what the winter will bring.
Dave.

 

[bp fick]

66 degree, beautiful Indian Summer day. Planted 6 trees and put deer fencing around them. The deer here will chew bushes, trees, anything!!! in late winter.

Weights are back on the tractor as well as the snow plow today. Hard to do on such a gorgeous day, but these days will soon enough be over.

 

[sargex595]

bp fick,

I noticed you have what looks like a piece of pvc pipe on the bottom of your plow to be used as an edge. How does it work and what keeps it attached to the plow? I like the ideal behind it as it would prevent your plow from digging in. I plow a large part of my back yard and this seems like it would work really well. What size pvc did you use?

Thanks,
Curt.

 

[bp fick]

Curt

This isn't an original idea. Others suggested it. I probably should have used steel pipe and screwed it on. Some advised that this will work fine, others not so much. I had a scrap of 2" but might have used a larger diameter as well. Ran it through the table saw, twice to get the right sized slot. It's schedule 40.

I have no idea if it will work, but I am determined to do something make the blade skid and not scoop up gravel. Of course, I intend to "pack" the first snow fall and get a "base" frozen down too.

 

[devildog1]

This was about 16" snow fall that we received on the weekend of January of this year. The task of removing snow from driveways was a breeze with the front blower. Sometime It's great to to get a little seat time, weather wasn't to cold and both of my buddy's seem to love the white stuff.
DevilDog

 

[JDGreenGrass]

Won't be long now.

Let the fun begin.

Maine 2.21.09....

 

[ChuckinNH]

Yea, this is my yard a little past mowing time.......

 

[dave1949]

What winter, it's been over 60 deg. for three days now
Dave.

 

[bp fick]

What winter, it's been over 60 deg. for three days now
Dave.

Hey Dave, I'll check back ya with in January, but hold that thought!