sixdogs
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- Dec 8, 2007
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- Kubota M7040, Kubota MX5100, Deere 790 TLB, Farmall Super C
The only time snow removal is an immediate thing is if it's wet and slushy and colder weather is possible. It doesn't take much.
When I lived in northern New England we got a bad slushy storm and temps were in the 30's. It was hard to plow so I went inside and planned to get to it ASAP. That turned into the next day and by then temps were way below zero and winds picked up. My plow truck, blade frame and blade were totally frozen in the deep slush and to the ground.
It took me most of the day to get that truck un-stuck. After a day of super cold, all that slush was frozen and I had a farm to plow out. No dice. The plow held on for dear life.
To further teach me a lesson, temps stayed super cold for maybe 10 days and then we got snow on top. I still couldn't plow because of the ruts in the ice under the snow. I just had to wait out the weather. Lesson learned; don't be that guy.
When I lived in northern New England we got a bad slushy storm and temps were in the 30's. It was hard to plow so I went inside and planned to get to it ASAP. That turned into the next day and by then temps were way below zero and winds picked up. My plow truck, blade frame and blade were totally frozen in the deep slush and to the ground.
It took me most of the day to get that truck un-stuck. After a day of super cold, all that slush was frozen and I had a farm to plow out. No dice. The plow held on for dear life.
To further teach me a lesson, temps stayed super cold for maybe 10 days and then we got snow on top. I still couldn't plow because of the ruts in the ice under the snow. I just had to wait out the weather. Lesson learned; don't be that guy.