Handy Don 15,725 #25351 Posted Monday at 07:41 PM 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. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 16,927 #25352 Posted Monday at 07:50 PM 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 8,666 #25353 Posted Monday at 08:19 PM 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. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Easton Rich 859 #25354 Posted Monday at 08:20 PM 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?? 54,291 #25355 Posted Tuesday at 03:12 AM 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 11,191 #25356 Posted Tuesday at 04:11 AM 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 16,927 #25357 Posted Tuesday at 05:00 AM (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 Tuesday at 05:02 AM by kpinnc 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,780 #25358 Posted 19 hours ago On 2/2/2026 at 10:12 PM, WHX?? said: 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! Where you heading to in Fla? Be careful down there you don’t get sunburned. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 54,291 #25359 Posted 11 hours ago I wished I was going was just kidding. Was actually in the double digits here today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
702854boy 450 #25360 Posted 10 hours ago 1 hour ago, WHX?? said: Was actually in the double digits here today. Did you get your shorts, tang top, and flip flops out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 16,927 #25361 Posted 8 hours ago 3 hours ago, WHX?? said: I wished I was going was just kidding. Was actually in the double digits here today. It was 2 degrees here Tuesday night. Forecast to be 70 next week. NC weather. Gotta love it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 30,406 #25362 Posted 3 hours ago 8 hours ago, WHX?? said: I wished I was going was just kidding. Was actually in the double digits here today. 6 hours ago, 702854boy said: Did you get your shorts, tang top, and flip flops out? Oh man... Please... no photos... Don't encourage the local wildlife... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 24,459 #25363 Posted 1 hour ago My sons bought small spacers for his tractor, last night I installed one side. Had to remove the hub set screw and replace with a 1/4” shorter one so that the two bolts heads wouldn’t hit. The 7/16 x 20 x 2” bolts can be a pain to find. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
702854boy 450 #25364 Posted 1 hour ago 5 minutes ago, Sparky said: Looks like he needs to change out his brake drum seal. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
19richie66 17,780 #25365 Posted 32 minutes ago I put studs on all of my tractors. Best mod ever. I got a box of 25 off of ebay a while back. 7/16x20 Tap bolts. I need to order some more for my last project. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
