Who is excited for snow season? Not us! We're depressed due to lack of snow.

[LouNY]

I wonder if changes in anti-freeze formulas are behind the confusing labels these days. As a kid in a garage decades ago, I vividly remember the anti-freeze mix ratio of 50-50 as the optimum protection and read the chart many, many times.

The only thing that could have changed between then and now is product formulation?

I don't know about that I was taught many years (60's) ago to go 60% antifreeze. One of the reasons I was taught to try for 60% was that before recovery bottles to many people would see a low radiator and if a mixed jug of antifreeze wasn't handy they would top of with water. It doesn't take long of that till your protection is nill. One of the jobs that never seemed to get done on nice days was the check of radiators for the winter, had to be a cold sour day when it was time to get out the gauge and the jugs of antifreeze and start checking and topping of every thing. It always seemed like what ever needed some drained and refilled was going to be the hardest starting engine.

 

[FriendwithTractor]

Woke up this morning to 3-5 inches of light fluffy stuff covering the land, currently 25f.
Put my "Gonna be late" email out to work and set to plowing, 30 seconds of glow plugs and tractor fired right up.
I'm certainly getting better with the blade, much more grass and driveway stayed where it's supposed to be. No pictures sadly as I was in a bit of a hurry.

Shouldn't have bothered even coming in, if the roads were worse I would have driven the tractor to work. Still snowing too, boss says we'll evaluate at 10 am if we'll even stick it out.

 

[kenmbz]

I was always taught 50/50 to have the boiling point high too.

We finally got some snow again, 2".
So not really a plow day....

Schools already closed, guess they wanted an extra long weekend

 

[Hay Dude]

Just plowed a whopping 4” snowfall.
First time I have plowed snow in 730 days! and I had to learn a different tractor.
I was a bit rusty, but it worked out pretty well.

 

[stumblinhorse]

-24°F with 38” this morning. Glad I have a cab Tractor. MK blower working. Outdoor boiler struggling.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Winter has come to our little corner of SE TN. A bit of snow (1-6" depending on location), some ice and COLD temps (for us). This is the first time we have had snow in the valleys in 2 years. It has been nice to burn the stove all day for a week, a rarity here in the south. Cherry and maple burning all day long.

 

[kenmbz]

Only 2", but it is sleeting and the top is starting to form ice.
So time to move it out,

 

[stumblinhorse]

Oh we’re doing pics?
yesterday

 

[pmsmechanic]

It's been cold here at night. Well below -40 F or C. At that temperature it doesn't matter much. We still have open water in a nearby river that the Canada geese are staying in. By morning some geese have enough ice on them that they can't fly. The coyotes are enjoying the easy pickings but I'm thinking the geese not so much.

 

[CADplans]

So, yesterday, I had to prove my 4052R is not simply a Shop Queen,,,
I took it out in the BRUTAL snow,,,

 

[TractorTYMe]

We're forecasted to get 1 - 2 feet in the Glacier Park region of NW MT into Thursday morning. I'm working from home so I don't have to drive among dimwits out there.

 

[Wombat Ranger]

We're forecasted to get 1 - 2 feet in the Glacier Park region of NW MT into Thursday morning. I'm working from home so I don't have to drive among dimwits out there.

Is that where you are located then? We are in the Trout Creek/Noxon area.

 

[CADplans]

Overnight, it snowed TWICE as much, so, out came the 4052R,, AGAIN!!

If the snow gets much deeper, I will have to get the IH 584 out,, LOL!!

THEN, the grandchildren reminded me,,
Rather than blading snow,,

I needed to be out BLOWING SNOW!!


SO,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I spent over an hour,, "BLOWING" snow,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[grsthegreat]

So, yesterday, I had to prove my 4052R is not simply a Shop Queen,,,
I took it out in the BRUTAL snow,,,

So…. Where’s the snow….

 

[ArlyA]

Our forecast still look good, but coolish.

 

[TCowner]

Only 2", but it is sleeting and the top is starting to form ice.
So time to move it out,
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I noticed you have the plow from mysnowsport.com. I didn't know they made them for the loader on a compact utility tractor. What is your impression of this plow?

 

[kenmbz]

I noticed you have the plow from mysnowsport.com. I didn't know they made them for the loader on a compact utility tractor. What is your impression of this plow?

They don't make them for the tractor, I adapted my old one from the truck. Easy enough as it's a hitch mount.
Works fine, had to take the wings off as they were building up snow and raising the front end.
Was only 2" of icy topped snow, but did 700' of road and my driveway in 30 min.
I use it straight to get up the driveway and then turn it to do high side out and low side back.
In 1-2' of snow it's a bit much to push after a dozen feet so I turn in to the sides to push some snow off.
So overall happy, but it's wide.

 

[RobertEH]

Is that where you are located then? We are in the Trout Creek/Noxon area.

Noxon is nice - I just started shooting Cowboy Action at the range in Noxon last year.

 

[ArlyA]

We have got well over 40" here. Current forecast.

 

[LouNY]

Well took care of a bit of snow today, a solid 6 inches maybe a bit more;
used an electric blower, a leaf blower and the Branson 8050.

9F this morning earlier,

a bit with the little corded electric blower,

using the leaf blower to clean off the vehicles,

parking area done,

heading back up the driveway, calling it good,

Parked and done for the day,