Crazy "Winter"

   / Crazy "Winter" #1  

JB4310

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50 degrees and sunny today here in central CT, last year at this time roofs were collapsing from record snow :confused2:

Gonna have to take my plow off my garden tractor and remount the mower deck if this continues.

Pics from last year around this time last year and this morning.

JB
 

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   / Crazy "Winter" #2  
Man I ain't complaining! $4.00 gal.diesel,I can wait.One good thing,its a lot easier on the wildlife.We normaly get about 150 in. a year,maybe six total so far.40 degrees and sunny right now.
 
   / Crazy "Winter" #3  
It's all my fault, I switched over my rentals from a per plow rate to a seasonal contract....I figured out it would work out better after last year....I was right, just that it worked out better for my plow guy. Not that I'm complaining, I'm sure he and others are taking it on the chin this year.
 
   / Crazy "Winter" #4  
50 degrees and sunny today here in central CT, last year at this time roofs were collapsing from record snow :confused2:

Gonna have to take my plow off my garden tractor and remount the mower deck if this continues.

Pics from last year around this time last year and this morning.

JB

It hit 60 here :thumbsup:

I keep putting off swapping the box blade & snow blower :) At some point I'm going to be bit good when we get a quick 10" storm. Then I'll have a heck of a time getting the tractor from the basement garage up to the driveway :(

In the meantime its January 7th and other than that massive freak storm in October no white stuff at all!
 
   / Crazy "Winter" #5  
No snow here either to speak of, small dusting's that can be removed with broom. The good thing is that the temperature has been mild as birdman said, $4.00 per gal of diesel. A friend called who lives around Schenectady area ordered 150 gallons of home heating oil @ $4.10 per gal==========WHEW!!!!! Now that's criminal if you ask me.
DevilDog
 
   / Crazy "Winter" #6  
My tractor is all dressed up with snowblower and chains and no place to go.
 
   / Crazy "Winter" #7  
No snow here either to speak of, small dusting's that can be removed with broom. The good thing is that the temperature has been mild as birdman said, $4.00 per gal of diesel. A friend called who lives around Schenectady area ordered 150 gallons of home heating oil @ $4.10 per gal==========WHEW!!!!! Now that's criminal if you ask me.
DevilDog




My last partial kerosene delivery was almost $700.00 so the cold can wait as long as it likes, but my snow blower has chains,weights and is available for work.
 
   / Crazy "Winter" #8  
1/4" on the ground today- here in central Maine. Bangor- it's clear. Warm winter.
 
   / Crazy "Winter" #9  
It's all my fault, I switched over my rentals from a per plow rate to a seasonal contract....I figured out it would work out better after last year....I was right, just that it worked out better for my plow guy. Not that I'm complaining, I'm sure he and others are taking it on the chin this year.

I'll take part of the blame ... I bought my tractor Aug . 2010 , and since then we have not had enough snow to matter . :confused:
 
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It hit 60 here :thumbsup:

I keep putting off swapping the box blade & snow blower :) At some point I'm going to be bit good when we get a quick 10" storm. Then I'll have a heck of a time getting the tractor from the basement garage up to the driveway :(

In the meantime its January 7th and other than that massive freak storm in October no white stuff at all!

Yeah, I saw the temp on my cars thermometer, it said 62 when I was driving around later in the afternoon.


No snow here either to speak of, small dusting's that can be removed with broom. The good thing is that the temperature has been mild as birdman said, $4.00 per gal of diesel. A friend called who lives around Schenectady area ordered 150 gallons of home heating oil @ $4.10 per gal==========WHEW!!!!! Now that's criminal if you ask me.
DevilDog

It is outrageous that's for sure, My mother just got 150 gallons at over 600 dollars!

I paid $1,800. to fill 3 tanks when the price was closer to 3 bucks a gallon this fall.
I'm hoping I can get thru the winter.

I seriously considered switching to gas from oil after last winters price spike, but I didn't want the "hassle", plus oil was dropping in the late summer so I figured I'd go another year and see what happens to oil prices.

I have a newer (8 years) oil fired steam boiler, so I don't want to change the whole boiler. I specced out a power gas burner for around $900. that will bolt right into my boiler. Just not sure how efficient it will be.
The gas company will bring in the service for free, even give me $300. for converting. just need some piping inside for a total out of pocket around $1,800.

If the prices stay like this, it will be a no brainer, no more costs of tune ups and cleaning, regain some space in my basement. Plus improve resale prospects on my house. That's right, I have some friends that are realtors, they told me people don't even want to look at a house if it has oil heat!!
Or if they do they want the seller to convert to gas as a contingency.

Can you blame them ??? Oil heat use to be the most economical, now it's the most expensive. Dirty and expensive, dirty especially in the eyes of younger home buyers. My realtor friend told me he was showing a house to a young couple who liked the house til they went in the basement and discovered the oil tank. They didn't even know what it was til he told them, he said they were backing away from it so cautiously, like they were scared of it.
Like it was the Exxon Valdez or something.

JB
 

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