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My boss said I'm not allowed to go out till it's over. Time to fry up some deer scrapple then watch some football.

Should be a fluffy/light 12-20” snowfall here in Central Connecticut (that’s what we’ve been told) so clearing it will be easy enough. No rush to clear it, do some on Sunday and again on Monday. Company already said we could work from home so I won’t have to venture out in it. Might even be fun dealing with it

Still dark outside and miserable--three degrees and a goodly amount of snow for southwest Missouri. If it's that cold, I'm sure it's even colder in Hell--Hell, Michigan that is. I'll bet it's froze over! It's also breakfast time. Wife made ham and beans yesterday along with cornbread. Cornbread means.... Cush for breakfast. I'm sure I've mentioned this before but Cush is a meal my grandma would make. It's crumbled cornbread, plenty of pepper and water added to give it body. Grandma would heat the cornbread mixture in a skillet but we use microwave. The gravy has some of my double smoked bacon. I cook the bacon so it's just a little crunchy and we make the gravy somewhat thin so it mixes with the cornbread. Mercy it's good eating.

Over night we got about 1” a mix of very fine icy sleet and snow. +17 and windy here this morning in the Texas Hill Country. Too cold for this Texas guy! We’ve had at least a mild snow or ice the last 4 out of 5 years. Last night my daughter in law originally from New Jersey finally owned up to bringing this stuff with her when they moved here 5 years ago Currently significant statewide problems with the electric system. Far NE Texas in the piney woods (Oklahoma Arkansas Lousiana corner) got a lot more ice early last night and had areas of larger outage's Lots of small localized outages across the states probably due ice/tree limbs. The utilities have done a huge amount of neighborhood tree trimming since the last freezemageton.

Same here. Sleet and freezing rain is forecast after the snow. I want the ice on top of the snow so I can plow it off.

Lynn, If you need transportation or anything, you know where I'm at.

+9F with a stiff 15MPH East wind that is drifting the fine snow. Just on the leading edge of the storm now. As it moves Northeast the wind will shift from the North and pile up some snow. About 3"s down now.

Well ready as I can be... That time of year in this soft state. Grab a few buds, some suds, and a sharpened stick and you could overturn this entire state. half inch of ice so far here.

So that's what you look like...

The snow is going to continue until after midnight. It will be undisturbed by me until day light tomorrow....

Well it is still coming down this am. Last night we got about 31/2 inches but it has been snowing now since about 5:30 am. I have a video of the early morning snow. Not very big flakes and dry , powdery snow. I have not been out yet as the dressing routine will take a lot longer today with long johns, heavy socks, heavy lined pants and boots! I took a photo just a few minutes ago of the snow height at the bottom of the front step. Probably six or 7 inches so far. IMG_7575.mov

This is more of a mess than I anticipated. Blower is not working. Any time it gets into anything the auger locks up, new belt is already smoke. The snow is almost too light for the plow. It's moving it, but it's leaving a lot behind, so we moved a lot by hand. I'm going to warm up and go make some adjustments to the plow and try again.

When and why the oil capacity was increased

Got a pane of glass, 180 & 220 sandpaper @ HD, 24 bucks. I laid a sheet on the glass and used painters' tape to hold it. Sprayed water and sanded. Took 3 sheets of 180 & 3 sheets of 220. Too cold to do anything else.

The rain began about 2:00 PM yesterday with temperatures jus a bit above freezing. Woke up this morning with about four inches of rain and 36*. We needed the rain and so far we are doing well. hope everyone is staying safe.

Ready to go in SE Ohio! Since the last post: --fabricated new drag links with adjustable heim-style rod ends --ballasted both fronts --added from tire chains --replaced shifter boot --replaced clutch/brake spring Should be ready for this latest storm 🦾🦾

diggin the new gloves ya got on Spark....

Next time I have to shovel I will have to remind myself of the fact that snow on average is 90% air.

Due to the fact that I am renting my side of the garage to my grandson this winter, the 416-H had to sit out in the weather last night. 9 degrees when I attempted to start it this morning. I had to give it a shot starter fluid to encourage it to fire. But it did and as always, the Eaton 1100 was ready to go as well. Pushed about 5" of accumulated snow with no problem. Two hours later I can't see the driveway. Oh well, round number 2 is going to have some ice.

Got this AWESOME shirt 👕 yesterday. HUGE thank you to @Mows4three !!!

Spindles and washers ready to install. Spindle washers and retaining rings ready to install. At the top you see 4 0.01" thin shim washers and 2 1/32" teflon washers Then you see the retaining rings and 2 thicker shim washers (I forgot to measure the thickness of these). Thin shim washer slid onto spindle. Teflon washer slid onto spindle. Second shim washer slid onto spindle. Stack of shim and teflon washers. This will be the thrust bearing to make steering easier. Spindle ready to install into front axle. Spindle lightly greased then installed into front axle. Top thicker shim washer slid onto spindle (you use whatever thickness is required to eliminate excess vertical play once retaining ring is installed). Retaining ring installed onto spindle. Spindle installed. Spindle installed onto other side exactly the same way. Spindles installed.

January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics take off in style at Chamonix in the French Alps. Spectators were thrilled by the ski jump and bobsled as well as 12 other events involving a total of six sports. The “International Winter Sports Week,” as it was known, was a great success, and in 1928 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially designated the Winter Games, staged in St. Moritz, Switzerland, as the second Winter Olympics.

'Tis the calm before the storm here this fine morning. - 14⁰ F Expect we'll see the white stuff around 1 to 2 pm. We're forecast for approximately 16".

The moderators have issued a one time, emergency, dire-need waiver of the Redsquare "no pictures didn't happen" rule. The collective sigh of relief is palpable...

I do everything I can to get that nonsense out of my computer and phone. If folks would just look around and see how much society has degenerated because of this type of BS maybe then we can return to the path of real intelligence.

It has been a few years since I got a storm that we’re gonna have that last two days. So hope everybody that is affected by this stay safe get plenty of warm-ups hot chocolate whatever keeps you moving. Here’s a couple pics that I just took.

Have around 6 inces on the ground now - not even starting a tractor until the sleet and freezing rain is over - good day for TV scrambled eggs and a nap

Ok ... Big Unit it is The Plunge sent me this shirt a couple of years ago. How did he know all I wear in the winter is long sleeve shirts!

just about 4 inches now, but we were in a dry pocket (donuts hole)

We're about where the "T" is in Manchester. Got the 520H with the 2 stage all fueled up and backed in. Genny fueled up and ready if needed. Plenty of food etc. Predicting 18"-21" today and another 5"-6" tomorrow. Bring it on.

How many "OREO'S" did you use ? See them in photo.

get ya one of these for mousey problems......

You got you a good strong solid working beast there mister.

I do the same. I give a shot or two right into the flywheel screen while it’s running at a low idle so that it gets distributed under the engine shrouds. And of course it also gets on any wiring under the shrouds.

I use this on and around engine when in storage. And other areas of the tractor. I even use it for the truck engine apartment.

Round or flat is fine. The problem with how yours is connected is that the only floating you'll have with a mower deck mounted will also move the lift arm. You need the deck to float. The longer lift link bypasses the horizontal lift arm and goes from the blade directly to the upper arm. Sometimes there's some interference with that horizontal arm when the blade is attached. It's ease to remove it for the winter or, in my case, year around. I have a tractor dedicated to the blade.

Figured out the problem. Apparently when a mouse builds a nest under your engine cover and chews through your spark plug wire it's hard to get a spark. After taking some things apart I found a dead mouse and his giant kingdom he build in my engine. He chewed right through the plug wire. Luckily I had my nephew with who had a friend close bye with a new ignition coil. We were able to replace the part, tape up some exposed wires and the horse was purring like a kitten. My shed isn't mouse proof, I feel like I let the tractor down, she deserves better. The 312-8 has been moved to my attached garage and has the blade and chains on waiting to tear through Snowpocalypse 2026!

just a dusting so far not even enough to turn driveway completely white. Wedderman calling for 3 tenths ice tonight and I hope he's wrong. Hope everybody stays safe and warm and may your Wheel Horses always have fuel and enough air in the tires to get ya home.

Today I got the 414-8 ready to move the snow and sleet that is forecast for tonight and tomorrow. Have chains if needed and the rear tires are filled with rv antifreeze and have a mule drive weight bracket with twenty pounds. Hopefully all is ready. Be safe!

I think we're pretty much ready. We actually got more snow (19") in the previous big storm than what is predicted for this storm, but that was a bit of a hassle, so I'm taking a couple of extra steps this time. The last big storm was 'comparatively' local and caused a lot of power outages, some of which took a few days to remedy. Since the coming storm is so widespread, if there are a lot of power outages, the service crews will be spread thin, so outages may take a long time to fix. We have a backup generator, but major outages can affect a community in other ways besides loss of residential power. Prep stuff: Set up a temporary plywood cover over the air intake end of the automatic backup generator to (hopefully) prevent snow from drifting up against it. During the last storm the snow built up very high against it, and it sucked in so much snow that it clogged the air cleaner. When I heard it running roughly and saw the snow, I figured out what happened. It was an easy and quick fix, but but I want to avoid that happening again. Exercised the backup generator when it was 5 below zero last night to make sure it would start up OK. No problem. It has a heater that wraps around the oil filter and automatically warms the oil and block a bit when it gets below a certain temperature, which I'm sure helps. Bought a new bag of calcium chloride de-icer. Connected an extension cord to the oil pan and block heaters on Mr. Case (loader/backhoe), which might be our snow removal tool for this storm (as mentioned, my 522xi snowblower tractor isn't back in operational mode yet). Connected a trickle charger to Mr. Case's battery to keep it up. Checked the propane levels in the tanks (our generator and stove run on propane). Had our heating oil tank refilled a couple of days ago. Mrs. Blue Chips picked up some extra groceries (so far, there has been no run on the stores here, probably because they're not predicting an ice storm in our area). Checked the fuel levels in both of our vehicles. Recharged the flashlights. Put fresh fuel in my Husqvarna backpack blower and started it up. As mentioned, I want to experiment with it a bit to see how well it can blow snow off the driveway. And of course, I checked our supplies of 'comfort food' items (rum, chocolate, cheese, etc.). Bring on the snow (but not too much of it)! Stay warm and safe!

The two tractors on the left (C-120 Auto and No Name Johnny) both have add on lifts from earlier models. Noticed a slight leak at the cylinder on the C-120 which is currently carrying my snowblower. Forutnately @wheelhorseman was able to hook me up with some new lines. That only leaves 2 lines that haven't been upgraded yet (not counting the originals on the C-141), but I'm sure at some point those will need replaced as well. The short ones go on the C-120 and the long ones are custom fitted for Johnny (ORB -5 at the control, and ORB-6 at the pump). Now I just gotta warm up the garage and swap 'em out before the snow gets here. Right now, I'm letting the hoses warm up after setting on the porch at 5°F It will be the snowblower's maiden voyage (for me) if needed. Pretty sure I have everything dialed in, but there's always surprises!

I am going to rearrange my snow horses so the blower (which I haven't used in a few years) can be first out. This is supposed to be fluffy snow and the wind pattern around my shop puts a big drift in front of the doors. Pics are from 8 years ago expect something similar Sunday'

I just turned heat up in garage. -12 this morning. I leave heat set @40° in garage so nothing freezes. Since garage is very well insulated it warms up quick. Gonna get out on 654 & plow the couple inches off driveway before the big snow predicted to start later today comes.

What @ebinmainesaid is very correct. This is a question with a lot of variables, like temperature, weight/wetness of the snow, the plow, the tractor, the unladen weight of an African Swallow. The general rule of thumb I have been using is 3/4 the height of the blade is doable for your initial cut, but don't stop for anything until you break free into the road (be sure to clean up after yourself there), or you get it to where you want to leave it, of you will make a lot more work. After my first pass up the middle I angle the blade and don't ever take more than a 1/2 blade width, less if the snow is deep, or heavy.

You are welcome, Big Unit…..! Now the paint department can keep track of you at Walmart. LOL Dave

Guess I need to pay Mows to be my friend...

-19F here this morning. Thinking about putting on a wet Speedo, & pair of flip flops and going for a nice 2 mile run.

My cat's too old. He just lays around on his candy ass all day looking out the window. He used to be an arctic cat going out in the snow, chasing everything. Now he just pony's up by the coal stove and sleeps. Summertime maybe I'll put him in the shed and see what he can comes up with! Definitely gonna try some of that spray though