Is it wrong to be excited for the snow?

[Cat_Driver]

GREAT snow pics - AMAZING picture & holy crap is that deep. I live in the Southern CA. Desert so snow refuses to visit us. Althoug this week we had some hit the mountains.

 

[MossRoad]

Anybody gonna tell him?

 

[frischtr]

Northeastern Maryland, taken earlier today with around 18" on the ground. Snow is about wrapped up now with a total of around 30". Plowed the 500' driveway twice with the PT, tough going both times, just a bit of clean up to do in the morning...

 

[Creamer]

Northeastern Maryland, taken earlier today with around 18" on the ground. Snow is about wrapped up now with a total of around 30". Plowed the 500' driveway twice with the PT, tough going both times, just a bit of clean up to do in the morning...

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thanks! that looks beautiful! i love a good snow - it is all the little messy ones i don't like!

 

[Gary Fowler]

The wife was all excited that the weatherman said we may get 1-2" so she was up about every hour to look. We got NONE. We usually get a couple of snows each year in the 4-6" range. So far this year NADA. It sure is pretty to see on the trees. As long as it doesn't get too cold and no freezing rain storms that knock out the power I am OK. I love to watch the snow fall when it just quietly drifts down when no wind is blowing.

Little Rock Arkansas is about 70 miles away and they got a pretty good storm. Actually the snow covered the ground not more than 7 miles north of my house, but we didn't get even one snow flake.

 

[jfischer]

Here are a few thoughts after I did my second cleanup. The first round went well and there was about 10-12" and could plow it well, no crabbing or such. I have no chains on the machine, and after today don't think I will put them on there. I could see where it spun a lot on the tires, but a lot easier then having to chain up and mess concrete and other places I sit or place the machine.
The snow I cleaned up today was about 20" on top of the first cleanup I did, and was REAL wet, so there was no plowing to it, mainly push about a foot at a time and then just lift the plow up and raise the stacks higher.
My neighbor has a little Case with a FEL and a plow on it also, and even with all the weight on the front of his it slid all over trying to plow and had to basically just make the piles higher.
Below are a few pics (I didn't get to take any, but will give an idea of some of the snow)



I Hope I didn't get carried away with uploading the photos, but I like to see pics of what the little PT425 can do, and think others do also.

 

[MossRoad]

You'll find the plow is much better than the buckets for snow because of the power angle and the plow doesn't get full like a bucket does. However, there comes a time (I've had it twice in 15 years) when you just plain run out of places to put the snow and you end up spending 3-4 hours some afternoon with the large bucket shuttling the snow from the front yard to the back yard just to get rid of the stuff!!! :laughing:

 

[jfischer]

Moss, I do like the blade over using a bucket on snows like this, as you just had to move it and pile the snow up. My neighbor was using the little Case with a Bucket, and I was running circles around him.
I do have a dump trailer, I guess I could fill it up if things got real bad, but not sure it will lift high enough to get over the side and dump, and get the snow out.
I hope it will warm up enough to melt things some before the next snow gets here.

You'll find the plow is much better than the buckets for snow because of the power angle and the plow doesn't get full like a bucket does. However, there comes a time (I've had it twice in 15 years) when you just plain run out of places to put the snow and you end up spending 3-4 hours some afternoon with the large bucket shuttling the snow from the front yard to the back yard just to get rid of the stuff!!! :laughing:

 

[jfischer]

Digger, I don't think I have heard much on how you did with the machine down your way. Not sure you got as much as we did here, but I know it should have given you a chance to give the machine a good workout.

 

[Barryh]

Here are a few thoughts after I did my second cleanup. The first round went well and there was about 10-12" and could plow it well, no crabbing or such. I have no chains on the machine, and after today don't think I will put them on there. I could see where it spun a lot on the tires, but a lot easier then having to chain up and mess concrete and other places I sit or place the machine.
The snow I cleaned up today was about 20" on top of the first cleanup I did, and was REAL wet, so there was no plowing to it, mainly push about a foot at a time and then just lift the plow up and raise the stacks higher.
My neighbor has a little Case with a FEL and a plow on it also, and even with all the weight on the front of his it slid all over trying to plow and had to basically just make the piles higher.
Below are a few pics (I didn't get to take any, but will give an idea of some of the snow)

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I Hope I didn't get carried away with uploading the photos, but I like to see pics of what the little PT425 can do, and think others do also.

Nice ..:thumbsup:

 

[cat fever]

For those of us that haven't seen snow in decades, please post some great snow pics

Need I say anything more?

 

[bcp]

For those of us that haven't seen snow in decades, please post some great snow pics

Donner Pass, California, before the drought.



Bruce

 

[cqaigy2]

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Need I say anything more?

That a snowmobile buried?

 

[cat fever]

That a snowmobile buried?

You would think so, the snow was awesome that day. My buddy took the picture at just the right time to catch me that deep in the turn. As luck would have it I didn't even get stuck.

 

[MH8675309]

It's OK to want the snow. If it's gonna be cold it may as well be pretty. When I worked in the shop I used to whistle jingle bells but sounding kinda like the dogs barking jingle bells whenever we got the first snow of the year. Not everybody was as happy as me though,,

 

[Digger 258]

Finally, an update. So in the end, we got just shy of 30" of snow. The PT-425 performed well better than I expected! I got home just in time for the snow to start. I began with the snow blade just before dark, when we had about 6". Took me less than half the time than when I used a conventional tractor last year, and also hit the neighbors mile long drive.

I waited until the next day, when we had another 12" and had to use the bucket to clear some of the huge drifts, and then went to the snow blade, which really makes it easy to push the tops of snow piles further back from the road. Later that day, I did a quick run on the last 6 inches of snow in a short time, as my skill increased with the blade.

No chains on the turf tires, and I did fine, except I got stuck in a drainage ditch twice. Quick tug from the truck pulled it right out. I don't think there is any reason to put chains on, since I have no steep slopes, and if I paid close attention to the ditches, I had no real traction problems. I spent the rest of the weekend digging all of the neighbors out - and actually drawing a bit of a crowd to watch. I even had to dig out someone's fishing boat, then pull his trailered boat out, and re-park it for him.

I was really impressed with the ease, speed, power and accuracy of the PT. My skills and confidence have skyrocketed, and I can't imagine going back to a conventional tractor for my uses. I'll post pics when I can get to them.

 

[MossRoad]

... I can't imagine going back to a conventional tractor for my uses....

And that 'bout sums it up... :laughing:

Glad it worked out for you. :thumbsup:

 

[Sprinklerman]

Put in over 60 hours in the snow 20 of it on the NH tractor . 28 inches . Tractor paid for itself and made money on top . Never had a traction problem , turfs on the rear and r 4 on the front . ( truck is more comfortable)

 

[woodlandfarms]

Sprinklerman, isn't that a no no to have mixed tread tires (or is your tractor not 4WD)

 

[cqaigy2]

It's OK to want the snow. If it's gonna be cold it may as well be pretty. When I worked in the shop I used to whistle jingle bells but sounding kinda like the dogs barking jingle bells whenever we got the first snow of the year. Not everybody was as happy as me though,,

A pleasant surprise to see someone from Marlette. I was born in Marlette, many years ago, i don't remember it real well as we moved when i was 7, but they were good memories. My parents had a veterinary, i think it was on van dyke road.