Sometimes it all doesn't work out!

[buckeyefarmer]

I blame it all on Puxatony Phil.
Wedge

Someone needs to shoot that critter!

They did a great jobs clearing roads in my area. I think it's because people stayed home last fri and sat during the big snow, and the roads could get cleared before they were packed solid. I saw other areas of VA and MD today where the roads were just packed ice, this happens because of the thousands of people who just had to go out. It's amazing to watch the TV weather men out on the streets, with the people coming up and complaining that their side streets weren't being plowed. duh, until the main roads are fit, there's no sense in driving out of your side street. Then there's the couple that got stuck sat. trying to get gas for their car. Park it, stay home. Everyone had plenty of warning to be prepared. I heard the lady in charge of PG county snow plowing on the radio today. She was very frustrated over the amount of traffic on the roads that prevented them from doing a good plow job.
It's also amazing to see the people that don't clean off their cars, and then the snow slides down onto their windshield. Or the ones driving 50 MPH on bumpy ice coated streets and pull up to stopped traffic at a red light as if the road was dry. so many near misses, fortunately I didn't witness any accidents.

Drive Safe!

 

[NuBota]

Buckeye

I agree with most of what you said - but I can't defend PG county on this one. I live in Charles and work in Annapolis. My co-worker live's in St. Mary's. We both went to work Monday morning

Rt 301 in Waldorf was clear on Sunday when I went out. St. Mary's, Rt 5 and 235 were clear. Rt 4 and 2 in Calvert were clear. Rt 301 in PG was a mess, and it is less populated than Waldorf. Anne Arrundel wasn't great, but much better than PG and they had plows out all day Monday and were clean by the afternoon. I never saw a plow in PG on my trip in or home on Monday. Traffic was basically in one lane anyway, so plows could have cleaned it up nice once the sun was out. I have heard they are out of money, so maybe that's why - otherwise I can't figure it out.

What are you seeing so far today in terms of accumulation? Not much here yet....

 

[amolaver]

just a follow up from the stuckee.. i'm the son with the stuck machines

both are free as a bird (or were as of yesterday). the bucket trick just dug some earth - the ground is still quite soft as we've had TONS of rain the last couple months. the ground also slopes sharply away, so even before i dug the hole, i was only able to bite an inch or so of earth at full extension. i did make things worse by locking the diff and letting that right rear tire dig a hole. eventually, some chains and ratchet straps were able to pretension the tractor enough so i could rock it backwards, retension, drive forward/left, retension, repeat 15 or so times. as the MN gentleman said, clearing the wheel tracks and the snow from under the low points of the chassis was the key for both vehicles.

lots of shoveling, some chains between the 3pt lift arms and the tow hooks on the front of the truck got it free.

while i'd disagree the dually sucks in the snow, it surely isn't great. the on-road tires certainly don't help. that said, it lives in my driveway to tow a ~15K lb trailer down the road. i don't pretend its an offroad vehicle. it does beautiful in that respect - quiet, comfortable, and reliable.

and now i'm watching another 10+ inches being blown around at 40mph...

ahm

 

[montelatici]

I am in Croom, Maryland within the Upper Marlboro area. I don't think the folks in the other (western) regions understand what warm atlantic ocean fed snow is like and how heavy it is. The snow your son got stuck in was the really heavy stuff, I got my tractor stuck as well.

Today's (the third big storm of the season) snow is more similar to the dry light snow you get in interior portions of the country. It crunches under the wheels and you get good traction, very little chance of getting a tractor stuck in it.

 

[rambler]

just a follow up from the stuckee.. i'm the son with the stuck machines

Thanks for the update. Glad you got things back to 'normal' without damage. That's always a win.

I won't talk about the times I got the tractor or combine stuck in the mud.... Or the afternono I got the combine stuck, pulled it out alone with a tractor, basically your ratchet, reset trick up & down each vehicle 15 times. Only to drive down the other side of the field, and it burried itself again. Walk the field, get the tractor, repeat.... I was tired that day!

--->Paul - the gent from MN