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The ABSOLUTE last thing I worry about is a few winter time scuff scratch marks on the driveway when I'm out there freezing the gonads off doing snow removal. Especially this year with the extreme low temps. ALL of those marks are gone by March anyway if you don't dig the chains in and no one would ever know the difference either way. I even run V bar chains on the rear tires too on asphalt. They don't spin on the ice so they don't dig in any long lasting marks either. The asphalt is hard when it's frozen. Pay attention to what's happening and there shouldn't be an issue. Don't drag turned fronts with roller chains on them and don't excessively spin the rears with any type of chains and the asphalt will be fine.

As I predicted, all this snow is due to the fact that @Ed Kennell sold his Ber Vac blower 🤣

Hey John, you may have just reached the age where you qualify for one of these.

I think we should take up a collection to help @Ed Kennell buy another two stage. Save the rest of us a lot of snow work next year

Might be a good time to sell my air conditioners.

Today I took out my 417-A after replacing the transmission idler pulley. The old one was making noise so I got a new one from Brian at K+B Wheel Horse Parts. Put in a new correct belt and it worked perfectly. They called for 1”-2” of snow today, we got at least 5”! I was going to plow with my 418-C but it doesn’t have a cab and the temperature was in the teens with wind blowing 20-30mph, so in the cab I went! Sorry no pics this time!

True, but NO BUGS landing in your fresh paint is totally worth it to me.

Just wait until you see the fresh coat of red over spray that I get all over every thing tomorrow.

You just working the snot outta that thing this winter ain't ya. Brought a 867 in for work. This is one @Pullstart picked up for me. Probably overpaid but got good bones & actually a nice survivor under all the gunk. Putting a shelf 8 on it. Old motor is real tired ... smokes & head gasket blown ... crank end play measured in inches. Will go thru it for another shelf motor. Repair all the cobblements & get her ready for re-sale.

I have this beast hanging on my 28’ x 36’ garage. But without the insulation complete it works hard. I yanked it out of the storage room of a package store around 25 years ago. Messed with it and unwired a couple of the heat elements to get the total draw down to around 23 amps so that I could run it on a 30a 2 pole breaker in my house, its been pumping out heat ever since. The fan motor is 208v but not 3 phase so that’s how it works in my house.

Got some snow today. Probably now about 3” but still really windy so I expect some drifts. Monday will be final cleanup day since it’s going to be real windy tonight and all day tommorow. IMG_1540.mov

Not as aggressive as chains, but I get along pretty well with tri-ribs and front weights on blacktop.

Been using them for several years only fell off twice...let the tire get too soft.

My 98 Saturn is parked right out side the garage door. Maybe I should move it? Hate to get over spray on that classic machine/work beater/chick magnet.

Thank you all for the birthday wishes!

I gotta believe this plow is original to the tractor???

I stopped at a neighbors yard sale years ago and picked up something similar for free. I was stunned when they said it was free. Nothing wrong with it other than needing a good cleaning and straightening one air deflector fin. Even had a 24 volt thermostat hook up. A little too big for my needs at 7500 watts, so I sold it to a friend from work. Still in use to this day.

I am with you on that John. We have an old drive way so no big deal. The wife wants to see black no white because of her new knees.

Ya know, I didn't really think of it that way but you're 100% absolutely right! There's something to be said for a lot less aggravation! Bugs in the new paint really sucks bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After removing the balance gears from my Bronco 14 a while back, the oil pan developed a pretty big leak. I didn't have a gasket at the time, so I had made one and it just didn't work. So today I pulled the engine and replaced the gasket. Gonna do some touch up on the engine before reinstalling. My Bronco looks sad with so many parts missing...

Well I used my setup for it's intended purpose today, and it worked like a champ. K321 now has a new oil pan gasket and I lifted nothing. This thing is awesome!

@JCM I think what I meant to say was I got a FEW MORE since I took this picture 8 years ago. I think maybe 4-5 more?

Spent some quality time with my spray gun today. It has been almost a year since we've been together. Sheet metal all received a generous build up of urethane primer. Seat and rims are now blanketed in IH Off White.

Propane adds humidity too and a lot. From the net "For every pound pf propane burned about 1.5 - 1.8 pounds of water vapor is generated." I don't understand that math but I do know it can be a hassle. I had some issues with heating my shed with only ventless but then I added an RV heater which is vented. Use the ventless heater to heat it up quickly because the vented system is definitely slower getting there but then maintain the heat with vented unit. When running the ventless heater continuously things would end up dripping with water. Something to consider.

Not the bike chain, but I have these 2 links on my 520H. Also noticed the rear weights are actually 75 pounders.

Today I swept the two or so inches of snow that fell last night after I blew off about three inches yesterday. This is the first time in years I’ve used my sweeper to clean snow. Now that I’m retired from the snowplowing business I have time to mess around with this stuff. I used to come home from working and go to sleep. My driveway was always the last one to get done and usually a mess! It drove my wife crazy, but luckily for me she understood. One time I woke up and the driveway was plowed, I asked if she saw someone do it and she said no I did it with your truck I couldn’t wait any longer!! Anyway in this video you can see how well the sweeper works. If the snow hasn’t been driven on it sweeps it to dry clean blacktop. Obviously this only works like this in dry snow, and not slush. I also did a little clean up with the 418-C. IMG_1400.mov

The workroom in the shop building is the 14x22. Well insulated except for the door and windows. 6' oil filled electric base board keeps it a 50 degrees . I have a 220v heater that I turn on when I am working gets to 65-68 quickly. Have an A/c for summertime. The rest of the building where the horses live was 13 when I went out a while ago.

I'm already there Ed. I have a cab like yours with the glass windshield on the 2 stage blower machine.

I can spray paint outside in the summer on a calm day. Park my truck 5 blocks away upwind and still have red paint on the clay bar when I detail it!

Yep. Electric bill is nuts compared to years ago... but what isn't. We went with electric heat because of the mountainside boulder infested land making it extremely prohibitive for the logistics of installing propane. Electric heat has been perfect for us though. Easy. Clean. Quiet with the right heater. The game changer for us though is the wood stoves. We have the advantage of living in the same forest we harvest and very much enjoying the work of getting the firewood.

That will not only get the counterperson laughing, but everyone else in the bldg. will be laughing and pointing at you!

Seems like it. Just hasn't really quit snowing here since New Year's Day. Working all the little bugs outta it right quick. Turning out to be more reliable than I thought it would be.

to Red Square! It’s a vortex you’ll never be able to pull yourself out of!

That's the sacrifice of winter time painting! Not to mention the heat bill for the shop. I don't paint much but I still have red tinted everything! LOL

@c-series don, perhaps you meant a few pictures? A picture is worth a thousand tractors. Or something like that… 🤣🤣

A FEW

Plus some other stuff in your garage with the over spay dust too! Nice Job!! All you do on your stuff is a real restore compared to just a simple spray bomb job on some of the sheet metal with new decals then call it "restored".

My CMP = Central Maine Power bill has gone somewhat ridiculous , NOT happy. Also in the Plumbing & Heating / GasfittingTrade for 50 years. @Bill D

I'm a big fan of electric shop heaters. I have a 4000 watt heater in my 2 car garage. Does a great job. Made in the USA, no glowing coils, and the fan motor is a refrigerator fan motor made for constant use. Very safe heater.

I heat mine to 50 and keep it there, I so no difference in the electric bill vs going cold to warm. Do a couple weld jobs in a month and the cost of heating the shop is insignificant. It is nice to walk in and everything is not cold as ice and I can jump right in.

Mine has the same setup as Paul's

I have these plastic coated 70 pounders on the 520H.

Back in 2009 I installed a Modine 45,000 BTU Hot Dawg LP heater in the garage. Only time it got used was in the Fall / Winter when a tractor needed to come in for whatever to be out of the elements. In 2024 I bought another one for the shop, a 30,000 sealed combustion type , same brand with a Summer switch as well. Finally this past fall I installed it. When I was working full time I just didn't have the time to do it but always wanted a heated shop like I had at my last residence. I have been out there for the past month sorting, rearranging and throwing things out, etc,etc. I also added another workbench, just need to paint it in the Spring. I built the bench so I could get a WH under it on one end and made a brace back to the 6x6 PT post. Really enjoying my time spent out there and finding parts everywhere. Trying to label everything and find a home for it. Been on average 20 degrees out there upon entrance and climbing to 60 degrees within 35 minutes. Shop is 12' x 22. Searching on McMaster Carr for rubber mat for the floor. That opened up a can of worms, a LOT to choose from. Probably do that in the Fall. Also, on the back wall I framed an opening and installed a Friedrich 8000 BTU A/C unit.Still a bit to go but nice to get organized again.

Doing the ruff parts today. Keep next weekend open for sheet metal.

Most times here I see the bucks herding up together, just like the doe do.

Yah just keep yer eyeballs off my planter ...

Yep! I’m jealous! I need to get serious and finish insulating my garage and then put in a better heating unit.

I like the 2k primer that gassing problem goes away. my bad and this one I don't know if you ever tried this on single stage paint, I like putting two coats of clear enamel on as two final coat of color. Apply 10 minutes or so after the last color coat. It can be buffed and adds UV protection too. Only available in spray cans tho.

8 inch carriage bolts were perfect for my 55 lb Sears weights. Now to find round Wheel Horse decals.

Good grief! Yeah..... I don't want any. It's 19 here on the other side of zero. Plenty cold enough for me. Opened the door this morning to let the dog out, and he just looked at me like I was stupid and ran back to his doggie bed. I think he's pretty smart.