The Reason Why I Bought A Tractor....

[JDGreenGrass]

Last winter.....

This winter.....

 

[brin]

That says it all...a picture is worth a thousand words..LOL

 

[Thomas]

Plus other 3 season.

 

[kebo]

I hope you got that one fascia board (in the first pic) trimmed out with paint since then!!

 

[ctgoldwing]

Now I understand why my wife won't move to Maine

 

[JB4310]

Good enough reason to me

 

[Ezlivn]

Don't forget the 5th season too JD.....MUD season!!!

 

[jayste]

JDGreenGrass...AKA...JDWhiteSnow....at least this time of year!

Jay

 

[20 20]

I got mine to pick up chicks

 

[Travelover]

I got mine to pick up chicks

Be careful. Their little wings can get crushed by the loader.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I got mine to pick up chicks

With a FEL you can pick up two or three at least 6 feet or so in the air. Of course if you drive with them in the bucket the saftey police will do some finger wagging.

 

[smfcpacfp]

Last winter.....

This winter.....

I have a situation which is probably worse than yours. Snow melts on the sunroom and drips off. I thought it was high enough off the ground that snow would not be up against the glass, but I was wrong, so the near the end of the first winter my wife and I are trying to clear the snow away from the glass. We are in dense snow up to our crotch, digging in a snow and ice combination, and I am thinking why is god doing this to me.

Now the sunroom is on my normal snowblowing route.

 

[MiserableOldFart]

I bought my tractor because I knew if I bought another motorcycle, I'd be likely to kill myself on it at my age. It's a safer toy.

In regard to the ice problem on those windows, I wonder if a fall application of rainex, or maybe Glass Wax (if they still make it) might prevent that ice from sticking, at least to the parts you could reach with the stuff..

A judicious use of an electric heater (the radiant type) facing the window from inside might get you fixed a section at a time, but at a pretty high cost..

 

[bp fick]

While gardening was my number one reason for buying my tractor, well... in my heart. But my head told me I also needed it for snow as well. Really cannot live here without some kind of plan.

 

[koopster]

With those pictures it looks like the Triumph will be hibernating for some time! Beautiful bikes.

 

[JDGreenGrass]

smfcpacfp.....Ya, that ice is some ugly stuff.

Do you use a roof rake.?? That is what I would recommend. With my flat metal roof over the sun room, the roof rake does a good job (easy) of clearing the snow before it turns to ice.

I don't like the chore but some things just need to be done. I lost my garage to ice and snow 2 years ago. Man, that's a wake up call. Now, my house is cleared of snow at all times. In fact, the sight of snow and ice on a roof makes me sick to my stomach.

The God send to that mishap was a new 2 story garage with a 12/12 pitch with metal roofing.

See....

 

[JC4HD]

Mowing, clearing, moving, digging (at least that is what I told my wife ;-0)