Seasonless and Idle Tractors ...

[Tig]

Looks like winter arrived here today. Sleet and snow, 4" so far with lots of freezing rain to the south. Up till now the ground was too soft to even drive the tractor around the yard much.

 

[OhioGuy]

I am sooooo tired of the rain, I'd love a HUGE snowstorm.

I read today that there is no snow on the ground in Moscow, in January that is really rare. But, for all you global warming disciples, last year was Moscow's coldest on record.

However, it is 65 days till SPRING.

Curt

 

[dbdartman]

Oh boy! I got to run my heap for about a half hour today, digging out 3 or 4 of the augered holes with the back hoe for the pole barn that's finally going up. The holes were drilled 3 weeks ago & we must have had 5" of rain since then, so a few holes were not only wet, but caved in.

As far as winter work, the tractor doesn't do any. Snow removal is accomplished with the DR snow thrower for the most part, & the "little" 5HP snow thrower clears the decks & ramps. They can both sit in the garage until NEXT winter as far as I'm concerned!

 

[escavader]

Alan, its about 1pm on Monday, and finally got a little snow, right now about 3 inches so far ... not much, but I no longer see BROWN!

HI DOUG
I got 7 inchs.It is suppose to go to 10 below tonight,geuss winter is here.
ALAN

 

[Jstpssng]

HI DOUG
I got 7 inchs.It is suppose to go to 10 below tonight,geuss winter is here.
ALAN

We got about 4 inches up here, just enough to start filling in the potholes on the sideroads.

About freaking time it got cold... i wanted to go ice fishing on New Year's Day but didn't get the pontoons on my ice traps in time.

 

[flusher]

For me, and as I suspect, a lot of others, the tractor during winter months becomes a tool to handle seasonal snows and if you own animals, move their food around (regardless of whether it's been 'processed' or not).

Were it not for the latter, I would have considered putting the machine into dry storage.

Since I built a new lean-to for the machine, I have obviously impacted el Nino along with the countless of tractor owners who have spent time and money on protecting their investments from the winter elements. It is clearly our fault.

I do start her up and drive her down to the river occassionally - but other than having the stalls mucked directly into the bucket to break wheelbarrow monotony, and then a 30 foot ride over to the manure pile, she has seen no snow yet (sans an inch that melted in 24 hours).

If it would get cold and stay cold, I could at least go move up and start prepping next years firewood.

Coastal Maine right now, seems to be one giant "stick and mud" month.

No ice or snow here in the North Valley this year. A few record low temps and some rain to soften the ground.

So, time to get the middle buster hitched to the Kubota B7510HST and plow the garden area. Also putting in landscaping with sprinklers this year, so got a chance this week to plow the front, side and rear areas around the house. Need to remove the rocks and then hit the plowed areas with the Yanmar RS-1200 rototiller later this month, weather permitting.

Meanwhile, the winter project, restoring a 1966 MF-135 diesel, continues to make slow progress. Now rewiring the tractor. Sheet metal removed and primed, but too cold and humid to do any more spray painting. If I can't ride a tractor because of the weather, at least I can do some wrenching. That satisfies my tractor fixation.

 

[Botabill]

Up here in Peterborough Ontario Canada we got about 7 inches of snow. Some of the boys have been happily ice fishing out of boats but the weather is pretty cold now so that's going to end.

 

[NHTC30]

Well, we got 5 inches of rain in NE Arkansas this weekend, on ground that was already pretty much saturated. Now it has turned cold, I think it was 18 degrees Tuesday morning ( I know, that's nothing compared to the northern states, but we're not used to under 20 temps.) I've had two calls to spread some dirt on some lawns, but it will probably be at least 2 to 3 weeks before we can get into them to do anything if it doesn't rain another drop. Sadly they are calling for some more precipitation this weekend.

 

[firemanpat2910]

To anyone in the Boston/Danvers area, get ready for snow.Ihave a surefire way to make it happen. I have a business trip there from Jan 23-26. Snows every time Im there.

 

[lawn_king]

Well pat, i look foward to having you in town & wish you would come more often. Snowless here so far!