Ready for snow?

[Racinbob 12,552]

We don't get near the lake effect here as we did just northeast of here but it does happen. The bulk of the system snow stayed south but the lake effect hit overnight. By this morning it was just east of us so I got some playtime. Maybe 6" and very light. The county pulled the plows off the roads last night but got them out there this morning. I got most of the drive done but the plow hasn't made a pass yet. I didn't bother doing much at the end of the drive. I came in to unfreeze my fingers and will wait on the plow before I go back out. I thought about getting some of those one use heat thingys to slip in my mittens and I'm thinking about it again. But I still don't have any. 

 

[ML3 2,096]

Still snowing here since early Sunday morning.  Cleared driveway & already 2" accumulated.  Gave the 702 quite a workout. Snow was pretty light yet still almost a foot deep so it did a pretty good job. 

 

Took today off so I had time to play on tractor instead of using Toro 2stage walk behind.....thats not as fun🤪

[kpinnc 16,757]

3 hours ago, Bar Nuthin said:

Probably not up to code but works great for us

 

That is awesome! 

[nylyon-(Admin) 8,686]

We got about 18” with drifts 2-3’.  I’ve had the blower attachment for years, but most of our storms are ink the 6” range so never really had to use it.  The beginning of this season however, I said what the heck, and put it on the 416-8.  Well I am sure glad I did, that single stage on a 16hp Onan throws the snow unbelievably far.  I probably could have done everything with the blade, but my driveway would have been 33% narrower.  Had so much fun, I helped my neighbor too.

[Ed Kennell 44,303]

I woke up this morning to the sound of my neighbor firing up his Kubota.    All the driveways were packed tight with 3-4 feet of snow from PENNDOTS plowing.

He used the Kubota with the FEL to remove the packed snow so I could get in with the 520H to plow the driveways.    We just finished all seven driveways.

We had about 10 inches of snow then several hours of sleet creating one of the heaviest snows I had to plow. 

 

 

 

[Sodaking27 1,091]

416H with the blower not so good. The clip and washer under the blower that holds it to the lift rod came off. As I was backing it into the garage the right side chain came off and I also noticed the battery was not charging. Discovered the 30 amp fuse was very loose in its connection. Looks like I need to spend some time on it when it warms up. Blower was working great up until that. Finished up with the blade on the 315 without any further issues. Great time while it lasted.

[Blue Chips 609]

Finally got the driveway cleared. The backpack leaf blower experiment was a failure. It cleared newly fallen snow pretty well, but if the snow was allowed to sit for a couple of hours, the snow flakes seemed to sort of cake together and wouldn't blow away, despite the snow being cold, dry, and light.

 

I measured 14 inches in several places on the driveway. Might get some more snow tonight...maybe.

 

Ended up using Mr. Case to clear the drive, which is sort of like using a wrench to fix a watch, but it worked.

 

 

 

 

 

[cleat 8,536]

 

 

Too much snow for my 520HC with the plow so I got out the big girl.

First time it has been started since last fall an parked in an unheated coverall building and we just had a very cold weekend.

But the diesel engine roared to life almost instantly.

 

[ebinmaine 76,840]

10 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Nowhere near the original forecast here. 

 

We're currently setting with 11" of very fluffy snow on the side deck. Driveway likely has a touch more. 

It appears that we won't see much more. 

 

 

 

At last check we had some areas of the yard with 13" - 15"

Still snowing much of the night but very light.