Handy Don 15,710 #25351 Posted 11 hours ago 13 minutes ago, 19richie66 said: I don’t know how you guys up north do it. It does get old, sometimes. In my area, we've also been lulled by many recent winters without extended below freezing stretches or lingering snow. We’ve had snow cover here for almost a month now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 16,879 #25352 Posted 11 hours ago 7 minutes ago, Handy Don said: We’ve had snow cover here for almost a month now. Yeah for where I live, a few days is a stretch. I'm already done with this stuff. I'll take brown winter grass any day. It's pretty when it snows, but a day or two is enough! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cleat 8,616 #25353 Posted 11 hours ago November 4 is when our snow started and the road salting started. All of my summer cars get put away at that point so they don't get salt on them. I go from 5 cars and 10 wheel horses down to one car and one wheel horse from that point until the roads get cleaned up and the temperatures start staying above freezing likely around mid to late April. It would be nice to be able to use my toys more than half of the year. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Easton Rich 851 #25354 Posted 11 hours ago 16 hours ago, kpinnc said: Supposed to get above freezing and start raining. Oh, haha. My mistake I thought you were talking about the tractor 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 54,232 #25355 Posted 4 hours ago 7 hours ago, 19richie66 said: you guys up north do it. We are supposed to be used to it and just deal with it and make sure the horses are up for it. Last couple of years Ritchie we had very little snow. So here I sit with all these snow horses and gas going stale in them. This year some excellent seat time on them. Snow we don't mine as much as the cold. Minus numbers for weeks on end like we just had. I'll pick ya up on my way to FL! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver2-44 11,182 #25356 Posted 3 hours ago 8 hours ago, kpinnc said: Yeah for where I live, a few days is a stretch. I'm already done with this stuff. I'll take brown winter grass any day. It's pretty when it snows, but a day or two is enough! Spoken like a true Southerner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 16,879 #25357 Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 49 minutes ago, oliver2-44 said: Spoken like a true Southerner Touche' sir! We simply don't have the infrastructure for this because it happens so infrequently. One big snow every decade or two doesn't justify paying for fleets of road clearing equipment. Heck, I don't even have a snowblower... That being said, most of our main roads were clear 12 hours after the snow stopped, but secondary roads are still a mess even now. I don't mind driving in it but some people don't understand that you can't drive 65mph on packed and refrozen snow with a 2wd pickup truck with 50,000 miles of wear on street tires. In short, the hillbillies come out like bugs to a searchlight. I'm not complaining. The snow is beautiful, and it is melting steadily. But last night it was 2 degrees and whatever melting had occurred was frozen again into solid ice. Not even the dogs want to go out when it's that cold and slippery! Edited 2 hours ago by kpinnc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
