Weather.

[gordon]

Most of them will wait in hopes of it melting. What usually happens they will shovel the first snow. Then the plow truck comes through and leaves a nice big pile in front of the drive. That is when I get alot of calls. Some I can take care of some I can't. The customers that use me all year get first response.

Derek, I've got a rearview mirror mounted in the tractor, but I don't have any side-mounted mirrors outside the cab. I use a rear blade and it has no trip springs so I've got to keep a close eye on it. After a decent storm all I've got to do is ride into a subdivision with the amber light flashing on top of the cab and people come out like traffic cops trying to stop me. The price runs double from what you qouted!!! Supply and demand at it's best. But that only happens a few times a year at best. Now last night I had the tractor all fueled up blade on skidshoes mounted, removed the tooth bar from the bucket and was all ready to go. Well time to start the tractor never came. The storm missed us so I got some razzing from the wife and friends today about the tractor sitting in the drive ready for the snow that never came.

Hopefully your pushin snow---because I'm not!/w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif

Oh by the way we got a total of 1/2" not even enough to start the tractor./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Gordon

 

[Rowski]

AHH MAN!!!!!! Bummer dude.

No fun or money for you /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif. well the season is still young. I know what you mean about people come a running. I got a call to boost a car at the ski area. As I got him going I got mobed. I got there with a full tank of gas and had to leave because I was going to run out of gas and still had a list. Was about -45F that nite.

I never thought about... using the 3PT blade with no trip edge. I'm used to (with the trucks) pushing ahead of you and just using the mirrors to back up. I though about putting on side mirrors on but in the summer with tree might not be a good idea. I don't have a rear veiw mirror yet but will.

Sorry couldn't benefit from supply and demand theory. That theory doesn't work up around here to well.

Derek

 

[Bird]

Just got back from the big City about an hour ago. When we got there, our old friends had the chicken fajitas, guacamole, and all the other trimmin's just about ready for lunch./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif And they'd already done the work of cooking up the meat, sauce, etc. and even had the masa mixed, so we just had to assemble a few tamales (25# of meat and 25# of masa) and steam them. Those folks have more experience than I, and they're fast at that job! I do believe it turned out to be the best batch yet; a lot better than the Christmas turkeys./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Bird

 

[ERNIEB]

Bird, sounds like you had a good time/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif I know what you mean about experience. An old Mexican woman, who was about 85, tried to show me how to make tamales. Man, her hands and fingers were so fast, I couldn't tell what she was doing. She had a dozen made while I was still messing with one.
Chicken fajitas? Guacamole? Now your talking.
Sunshine and warm today. Real nice day to be outdoors. But I understand it's changing tomorrow, cold, and wet. Maybe even freezing rain. Took the kids out this evening to shoot off fireworks, it will be too nasty tomorrow night.
Happy New Year to All

Ernie
"Do not be uneasy about me, I am among friends"
David Crockett 1836 (in a letter to his family)

 

[Harv]

Bird -

You started me thinking about the ol' tamale-making tradition, and I convinced my wife we should give it a try. We picked up the ingredients and we'll spend a good part of New Year's Eve putting them together.

The actual recipe and instructions we got from my mom years ago is a bit sketchier than we remembered, and now Mom's mind is too far gone to answer any questions, so we'll be playing some of it by ear.

I'll use my best childhood recollections, and my wife says she'll use her natural instincts. Kind of humorous to me -- my wife is Japanese! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Gotta love this "weather" thread...

 

[Thomas]

25 degress and 8 inches or snow,/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gifso I better start my house work 101 that way I can get outside for some seat time.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Thomas]

gordon,
By the sounds you name has gotten around w/ out advertising. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Sure did look like for a while you would be making $$$,and there always next year.

Stay safe and have a pleasant New Years.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Bird]

Harv, hope you have fun and the tamales turn out great. I can certainly sympathize with you and your Mom. My Dad died 4 years ago after suffering for 5 or 6 years with Alzheimer's. And the couple we visited yesterday have had her mother living with them for about 15 years and her dementia has gotten really bad in most ways, but the old lady was still sitting right there, working those tamales just as well as ever yesterday.

Bird

 

[Thomas]

DFB,
Hope you lite a fire before had your first cup this morning..yep darn cold and windy over here in this neck of the woods.
-1 and the windchill about-20 /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif and this is the third weekend in a row. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
Hope you got some sand on hand for Monday,for there a nasty storm coming in late Sunday..snow,sleet,rain than back to snow..yikes.

Stay warm over there and think about D-Beach fun in the sun.

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[DFB]

Thomas,

Good mornin'. Sunny and 10 degree F right about now. Lots of wind too. Woodstove is toasty warm. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Yesterday's weather was predicted as a dusting. Ended up with 6" of new snow./w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

Luckily, the ground's quite level around here. Haven't seen much sand being used. I guess you can call me a flatlander these days./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Back in southern VT sanding the roads a necessity for sure.

I'm also lookin foward for the sugarin' days to start. Just been too darn cold. Good ol' sugar on snow along with a sour pickle./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

DFB