snowed in from noth ga

[skytime24]

my driveway up to the house is steep with a slight turn at the bottom, well this idiot sweeped the snow off and tried to take my yamaha golf cart down it and locked the brakes up and did about 3 full turns on my way to the bottom made it to the bottom and wen to check you the road at the end of my drive way and its covered and slick, i wish i could get my tractor out to plow, i dont think id make it down the hill so far we have about 3 inches, 3 more than we were supposed to get.

 

[wedge40]

Sit in the house till it melts. Maybe a day or two.

Wedge

 

[Leejohn]

3" and you can't get your tractor out?

 

[3930dave]

Sit in the house till it melts. Maybe a day or two.

Wedge

Good advice. Looks like you folks are getting hit pretty hard.

BBC News - Deep South in winter storm emergency

Even up here with heavy road maintenance equipment in place, that's a good time to minimize travel.

Stay safe.

Rgds, D.

 

[George2615]

3" isn't snowed in. 3' might be snowed in.

 

[Gator6x4]

3" and you can't get your tractor out?

He is from Georgia. Probably had to use Google to find out what the cold white stuff is. Sorry, just could not contain myself.

 

[3930dave]

Steep driveway, and may be paved from the sounds of the golf cart escapade.

Modern tractor and R4s (just a guess) - yeah, I'd leave it parked too, esp. with limited or no snow experience.

Rgds, D.

 

[skytime24]

yeah man im from georgia. last time its snow like this recently was in 2011 and 1993 of the top of my head . we rarely see snow didnt think we were going to have any this year. the driveway is steeper than it looks

 

[Katahdin]

LOL, when you guys get 3 more inches, post back and I'll come down there and open a snowmobile dealership. :laughing:

 

[dodge man]

3", holy cow, I'd crawl into bed with a sleeping bag and cry until it melts. I'm sorry Skytime24, you have to realize some of us think 3" of snow is just a light dusting. It does look by your pics that you do have some slope to deal with but if your tractor is 4 wheel drive, drop the bucket and scrape that snow off.

 

[s219]

I don't know what it is about the south, but roads south of the Mason-Dixon line are worse with 1-3 inches of snow than I used to remember with 1-3 feet in New England.

 

[Kioti Tom]

If you really need to get to the bottom of the drive with the tractor, you could always put the
subsoiler on and then to slow down, drop the subsoiler down and let it dig in and slow you
down. since you are not used to the snow, I would use common sense and stay in til
it melts. better safe than sorry...:thumbsup:

 

[tcreeley]

Your tractor should handle that without a problem. Put it in 4x4 drive. You probably could pull everything back up the hill! When we get 3 "- we don't bother to clean it up usually. Most of the danger comes from overuse of the brakes and sudden use of the steering wheel- starts a skid. Use low gear going down the hill. Coming up do it at a higher speed. Always stop and slow down in a straight line. Try not to slow as you start a turn (drifts on you). I think the real danger is in getting hit by other drivers! Your golf cart has all of the wrong gear ratios for snow driving. Never spin the tires.
Learn by doing! We have all done at least 1 360. Once I did a 180 and ended up straight in the other lane facing the other way!

Have some fun with it.

 

[Bob77064]

We have a steep driveway, with 3 inches of snow my tractor would stay in the garage.

 

[JPRambo]

Skytime, I am going to be 40 miles west of you next weekend. can you keep some of that white stuff till then? I have not been able to play in it since I left Long Island 35 years ago.

 

[dave1949]

I don't know what it is about the south, but roads south of the Mason-Dixon line are worse with 1-3 inches of snow than I used to remember with 1-3 feet in New England.

The road surfaces are probably not frozen. So, the snow forms an icy surface, especially when driven on.

 

[nc redneck]

Skytime
We are looking at the same type of snow here in NC. Dont listen to the Yankee's for tractor advice !!!! Remember they re elected Obama for his second term.
Just my thoughts.

 

[grsthegreat]

ya, places that rearly see snow cant handle it. they have to close schools, etc....they just have no way to deal with the stuff.

Here i north idaho a 6" snowfall will only delay school 1 hour usually. Then again, this year weve hardly seen any snow cause you Georgia people have stolen all of our snow:cool2:

 

[/pine]

I'm sort of in the same boat...in N.E GA and have about 4 inches...it's not expected to melt for a day or two...can a regular car drive safely with this much snow? should I blade it off?

BTW...I just ordered a set of 2-link chains for my golf cart...I learned last year "they don't go in the snow"...

Any short and sweet advice for a snow virgin moving snow with a (reversible) rear blade? also have a rake and BB...

 

[grsthegreat]

I'm sort of in the same boat...in N.E GA and have about 4 inches...it's not expected to melt for a day or two...can a regular car drive safely with this much snow? should I blade it off?

BTW...I just ordered a set of 2-link chains for my golf cart...I learned last year "they don't go in the snow"...

Any short and sweet advice for a snow virgin moving snow with a (reversible) rear blade? also have a rake and BB...

up here, 4" of snow doesnt require plowing unless
1. rain is eminent very soon
2. a deep freeze is expected

otherwise we let it thaw. its real easy to drive thru unless its ice underneath.

i added snow chains to my golf cart years ago. made all the difference in the world