Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

fed the birds, topped off the feeders, put snow melt down on walkway and
had an enjoyable few minutes outside as the snow came straight down.

wash day and make the bed day so that's about all the excitement I can handle until
later this afternoon when I'll be making a pass with the snowblower.
Enjoy your Sunday.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temperature is 12ｰF and going up to 14. Wind WNW 2 mph. More snow. Only about an inch.

The only thing I will be doing today is taking the pics of where I was stuck.

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Nice doe.

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I must be blessed, I don't get any ads. I use an adblocker and am hiding behind a VPN.

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I used to take out mailboxes regularly with the wing on the truck plow. But that was municipal. I don't think I have ever smacked anything at home.
With the snow blower all I've ever thrown is rocks and frozen dog turds. My driveway is all pitrun gravel, 3" or less.


Have a safe day all

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, cold easterly wind from Russia making it not much fun to be outside. Snow is on the way, though forecasters reckon most of it will start falling as it hits the coastline, fingers crossed we may get off lightly.

With the ammo shortages I have been careful about using up my supplies over the last year, most of my practice shooting has been with a spring powered air rifle. I replaced the internals with a "Welsh Willy" service kit a few months ago, reducing the pre-load to make it easier to compress. It also nicely eliminated the "twang" on firing, making it sound similar to a silenced 22 rimfire. Welsh Willy AirArms Pro Sport Spring Service Kit - Woodfield G.C.P

...what was the worst thing you ever ate and didn't spit out with a snowblower?

Blower... neighbor dog chain.

Thomas, was the chain all you found - or was there a pile of red snow too ?

 

[Thomas]

Eric
"Thomas, was the chain all you found - or was there a pile of red snow too ?"
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Just the chain thank goodness.

 

[wngsprd]

Rain turned to sleet while I was outside an hour ago and now it's all heavy snow and everything is white.

Eric, I've been primarily shooting an air rifle, lately, too...Welsh Willy looks pretty interesting, but mine is CO2.

 

[farmeratheart]

My worst incident with a snowblower was a walk behind that “found” a 25’ dog tie out cable that our elderly neighbor left lying across her sidewalk . It was lots of fun getting that unwound from the auger .

 

[daugen]

I can think of few things that would make me feel worse than injuring a pet
much less chopping it into bits while I watched.
But then the early Gravely snow blowers were distressingly known as "dog-eaters"
for a reason, the details of which I surely do not need to know.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 32˚F heading to the 60. A few warm days then cold again at the end of the week. The chips came out good, too good, they were done by yesterday evening which was not good. two trays evaporated!

.Don, at least I know what my dentist looks like.

Hold on to that memory.

. . . .with the mass of warm humid air.
When it's cold out, that feels mighty good.

Sounds like a cruise. Still too early to book a cabin for me. I'd at least want to cruise without mask once we get out of US waters. Kind of like when they hit that imaginary line and the casinos open and the mask come off.

txdon.
Nice layout of land with all those turtles does gator visit.

I do not think they are this far North.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

5” of snow and big flakes coming down. A winter wonderland.


Walked to the road, it is covered. Got a text that church service is still on, as most will watch remote. Except I’m the one who gives them the remote, and I responded I won’t be there. But, I can log in remote and start it, except I can’t flip the song slides in time, since I get a 10-15 sec delay.

 

[pennwalk]

Plow...Wife Buick only 2 months old.

OMG. Did you have a moment wondering if you should leave the country?:shocked:

Chris

 

[RoyJackson]

we ought to have a little contest here...what was the worst thing you ever ate and didn't spit out with a snowblower?

A frozen doormat....stopped the 73" blower cold...first time I ever had to replace a shear pin.
Mat was wrapped all around the auger and was a bear to remove

 

[Looking4new]

5 of snow and big flakes coming down. A winter wonderland.
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Walked to the road, it is covered. Got a text that church service is still on, as most will watch remote. Except I知 the one who gives them the remote, and I responded I won稚 be there. But, I can log in remote and start it, except I can稚 flip the song slides in time, since I get a 10-15 sec delay.

Now you know what I like about the scenery right after a snow storm. It looks pure.

 

[lostcreekranch]

we ought to have a little contest here...what was the worst thing you ever ate and didn't spit out with a snowblower?
Or maybe the worst thing you hit with your blade. Time to fess up and give the rest of us inspiration!

Buppies, I was planting potatoes the last few years on March 1. Am having a hard time being patient this year

Or how about a contest to see who is "happiest" that .. they don't NEED to own a snowblower?

 

[lostcreekranch]

Coffee is done brewing. 3° with mostly partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 14° partly cloudy skies. Got over 1" of snow overnight. Will clean that up when sun comes out. Got 3 computers switched out. Was starting to feel like a plumber while working under the 2 desks. But pipes to wrench on. Did try one last time to get Window 7 machine running. No luck. Took HD out and put computer and monitor on to be recycled pile. No plans for today. Will look for a couple of movies. I do not watch NFL. NASCAR starts this coming week.

Randy, the price was first thing that caught my eye when I first saw the ad. :shocked:

Drew, take care working in the snow.

Buppies, March! That's next month.

Looking, be careful in the snow. $80 snow plow lesson.

RNG, glad trip is going good. Did you wave to Viking on the way by his place.

Don, court house looks like a total loss. I like park pictures.

Rick, good to hear groundbreaking was yesterday. :thumbsup: Any reports on glass door replacement.

Wngsprd, hope your arm feel better and battery gets charged.

LS, cabinet looks great.

Rich, port matching. Brings back old memories from my go-kart, snowmobile and motorcycle days.

DFT, sounds like you are prepared for Kansas. Stay safe, dry and warm.

Ken, good Dad and GF got shots.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

Ron .. I wussed out on the door glass install and took the tractor to the dealer. The glass alone is about 45# so .. once you hang the hinges, pull bar, door latch, etc. it was going to be an unwieldy chore trying to install it from a ladder .. on my own. Hanging my head .. in TBN shame.

I had an occasional alarm, when starting, that would come and go so .. needed to have that checked out as well.

 

[RoyJackson]

Now you know what I like about the scenery right after a snow storm. It looks pure.

I feel the same way...that's one of the nice things about living in a rural area...

 

[Popgadget]

But then the early Gravely snow blowers were distressingly known as "dog-eaters"

I still have a Gravely with that snowblower attachment. I don’t really use it any more, but absolutely nothing stops it. I’ve had many Gravelys over the past years from the early one with Gravely’s own engine and a pull strap to start to the present one which was born with a Kohler engine , that I adapted a 13hp Honda to.

So far almost 5” of snow in the last 3 hours.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I have a question for you Texas guys... anyone know any details about "The ranches at Woodland Ridge" ? It is outside of Walnut Springs and Glenrose Tx. They mention paved streets, power and internet, but don't say anything about water. Is there good ground water / wells in that area?

Not a bad price for 5 acres and a dried in "barndominium".... $99K

I / we are seriously considering finding a place like that. If anyone has any suggestions or recommendations, they would be greatly appreciated!

here's another near Hamilton
Lone Star Land Partners
GRAND OPENING LAND SALE: Sat & Sun, Feb 20th & 21st. 10+ Acres and New Barndo Shell* only $119,900! Call (877) 333-9413 or click for details.

"using it to cha ching the filter on my shop vac,"

I see what you did there.

Second only to cleaning radiators .. IMHO .. is cleaning air filters, vac filters, etc. The 90ｰ end is invaluable.

I've still not figured out how to not get filthy blowing out air filters .. regardless of wind direction.

you have to hook the positive cable to your wet tennis shoes while standing in a puddle and the negative to the........LOL....Just kidding.....cha ching!

Stiff back today. Just took ibuprofen. I got out and showed my young family how to play tennis. another LOL. Actually, I hit some decent cross court top spin forehands and serves.... Paying for it today.

I have an air rifle too, a low cost Crossman 1000X .177 caliber pellet. It's reasonable accurate out to 25 yards/meters. Hit an area the size of a baseball typically.

Another subject....As parents, we are doing our best to help our kids pick good friends. We see the side effects of overlooking some things now. As a very poor kid, I got to do a lot of bucketlist things, because my friends' parents invited me along.

 

[Buppies]

In 2009-10 thought about snow blower never did just 7 foot blade does nicely

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 29, going up to low 50's today..... but.... the wind will be coming back this afternoon and through tomorrow
Then a progressive cool down throughout the week until highs will be only around freezing.

Beautiful winter snow pics... hope you guys don't get too much. You can always divert it this way.... we are still in exceptional drought situation. I might run the drip / water the plants today being it will be warm enough. I am pretty sure a few of the new plants around the pond area did not survive these dry winds. Maybe they will surprise me come spring....

Hopefully the new knee will allow me to get some work done during the late summer.... planning already to do some form of wind break...

Worst snowblower incident was wrapping a 25' extension cord around the auger.... it was used to plug in my diesel work truck at the time. I decided to clear an infrequently used walkway.... forgot that I had the cord halfway coiled up... I sacrificed it by cutting into little pieces to get it out. Other than that, usually catching a rock and breaking shear pins, until 2 years ago when a rock locked up the auger and exploded the gearbox.... don't have a snowblower now....

Everyone have a great day! Enjoy the game!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Thanks for the link Kyle. I have looked at their site already. Seems to be one of the larger developers of projects like that. Hopefully by summer I'll be up and about enough to do some traveling to go see them in person.