Blizzard 2015 Boston

[IslandTractor]

This is what it looks like outside in a light industrial area. Big piles being fed to a melter.

 

[ericher69]

This is what it looks like outside in a light industrial area. Big piles being fed to a melter.

doesn't seem to be much snow to warrant snow melters

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[IslandTractor]

doesn't seem to be much snow to warrant snow melters

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They were just finishing up when I arrived and took the photos. All the snow from a series of loading docks had been put into piles and the loaders were just moving the last piles to the melter. This was in a suburb of Boston so there actually was more room available for snow piles and I was also a bit surprised they were using a melter but I guess they just wanted it gone so the snow didn't interfere with business.

 

[Garandman]

They need to build a couple of snow melting barns with pits that can be dumped
into by standard dump trucks like they use on Hokkaido Island.

As mentioned before, the population density of Hokkaido is about 2% that of Boston. Metro Boston has a population of 4.5 million.

The city is already melting 6,000 tons of snow a day with portable melters that can be moved near the site. I don't think there's any interest in digging any pits when we don't usually get seven feet of snow in a month with no melting.

 

[BLUE ME]

MORE BEER THAN DIESEL
CHEERS:drink:

 

[Garandman]

What's that blue stuff in the top of the picture?

It's snowing again right now and 10-15" is forecast for the weekend.

 

[IslandTractor]

What's that blue stuff in the top of the picture?

It's snowing again right now and 10-15" is forecast for the weekend.

More after that next week too.

 

[tractchores]

Heard something about rain in the mix next week. If so we will see a lot more roof collapses. Wishing I had a snow melter in my yard!

 

[skyhook]

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MORE BEER THAN DIESEL
CHEERS:drink:

Looks like you have a nice cozy place there.
Wish I had a garage like yours.

 

[Mike68]

My Brother in-law lives in Belmont, a town in the greater Boston area. Very small yard with limited room for snow. He has been fighting a losing battle with the city plow. It is difficult to keep the sidewalks clean with a 2 foot wide tree belt and a plow driver coming by every day to widen the streets.

I have five acres and a small tractor in CT. When the weatherman calls for snow I say "bring it on."

 

[Garandman]

Mike68, most people have been really great but there are definitely people who have had enough. I originally got a snow thrower for the city because it compresses the snow and squares off the banks. The snow at our place in NH is like feathers and I can blow it into the next county. The snow in Boston is usually much heavier and wind blown and I've gone from an old 5hp Ariens to an 1124 Pro (11.5hp) and a Honda track machine.

Boston is up to 79.5" for the season with 10-15" more forecast for the weekend.

 

[rekees4300]

Boston is up to 79.5" for the season with 10-15" more forecast for the weekend.

Punishment for deflategate ... Karma is a b***h :number1:

 

[IslandTractor]

Punishment for deflategate ... Karma is a b***h :number1:

Deflategate = Physics

 

[Jeff F.]

Does anyone know if the city of Boston is using snowblowers to clean the streets? Everything I've seen is plows and not very big ones at that to move the snow. Here the cities blow the snow directly into semi trucks or dump trucks and haul it out to designated dumping areas.

 

[IslandTractor]

Does anyone know if the city of Boston is using snowblowers to clean the streets? Everything I've seen is plows and not very big ones at that to move the snow. Here the cities blow the snow directly into semi trucks or dump trucks and haul it out to designated dumping areas.

I haven't seen any. Problem with doing that in an old city like Boston is that the roads are quite narrow, especially with cars parked on either side. That means there simply isn't room for a truck to be crawling along beside a big snowblower. Also, there are no front yards in the vast majority of Boston neighborhoods so the snowblowers cannot simply move snow into yards. I live in the northern suburbs and here they do use cabbed snowblowers (about the size of a skidsteer) to clear 4 feet of sidewalk by blowing the snow into the front yards. There are only a few neighborhoods in Boston where that would work.

 

[JJZ 109]

One plow driver's take on doing his job in Boston. Warning: language not for delicate ears -
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=919734934737438&fref=nf

 

[IslandTractor]

One plow driver's take on doing his job in Boston. Warning: language not for delicate ears -
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=919734934737438&fref=nf

Got a kick out of that. He is definitely a townie from Boston. Sounds rather aggressive and nasty but it's all bluster. Based on knowing many of his type, he'd be happy to click glasses and tell tall tales about his plowing as soon as he gets some sleep. Most of these plow drivers don't sleep for about 48 hours after a storm which may explain a bit of his attitude. Then again, maybe he's just another Masshole.

 

[houstonscott]

One plow driver's take on doing his job in Boston. Warning: language not for delicate ears - https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=919734934737438&fref=nf

Wow, what place and people. HS

 

[JJZ 109]

Got a kick out of that. He is definitely a townie from Boston. Sounds rather aggressive and nasty but it's all bluster. Based on knowing many of his type, he'd be happy to click glasses and tell tall tales about his plowing as soon as he gets some sleep. Most of these plow drivers don't sleep for about 48 hours after a storm which may explain a bit of his attitude. Then again, maybe he's just another Masshole.

That weather is a regular winter in these parts. We just do it and move on until the next one.

 

[varmint]

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z231/bluebadger88/Snowstorm Feb 2010/Picture130-1.jpg

Please, tell us that was drifted snow! I remember Snowmageddon all too well. That's why I got a front blade, bigger tractor, etc., but now... 1/4" here, 1/4" there... almost (almost) wish we would get some real snow.