Snow Hours moving snow

[Dyer retired]

biffnh,

You got me thinking about logging my hours each season....a lot of people do and I haven't been. I do keep fairly meticulous logs in Excel on the work I do on the BX 1800 with the engine hours listed at the time of the service. I went back and took a look at my log where I listed the day I hooked the front end BX2750 and mounted the 6 foot rear blade....which is normally just before the snow flies, but it was late November this year, so I think I might have done it early for once. Since November, I've logged a little over 45 hours. That surprised me because it seems like I was on that thing every day clearing snow or cleaning up some more in the days following a storm. Of course, my yard isn't really that big, so it wouldn't take forever, but I kind of do with the Kubota what you described doing with the truck mounted plow. I push the snow into piles at one end of the driveway or the other and then blow the piles into the woods. If we have 12 inches of snow on the ground, I just skip the blade and snow blow the mess into the woods. I have to bundle up pretty good because I don't have a cab and finally figured out that doing the way I do it now, prevents snow face. I'm with you, ready for bare ground. Dyer, retired

 

[Jadd]

I have to dig out Sun morn. The weather experts were predicting the end of the world for three days, finally got the storm only 12 hours later than they forecasted. The Laneway is blown in w/ a NE wind and all, it fills up pretty deep w/ the winds off the lake. My wife, sons & mother in law are going to
Niagara Falls for March break. Come **** or high water I want to make sure the lane way is clear so they make it out. It will be just me, the dog and peace and quiet for a few days. AHHHH. Total hours on the bx (16.5) , all snow removal hours.

 

[artfull dodger]

We are pretty well snowed in here in Erie, PA as well, I plowed for about 2 hours with the B6000 earlier today, and it looks like I didnt do a thing now. Guess I will be back out plowing in the morning again. Cheers Mike

 

[ChuckinNH]

Well John, it didn't cool off here as much as predicted, and it must have done it slowly because the ice situation isn't anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be. There's a snow squall going on now, and I'll send it along up to you. Looks like it's going to clear off soon.

 

[Dyer retired]

ChuckinNH,

Go ahead and send the squall. We have a very thin dusting looking coating on the truck this morning, but certainly not a 2 inch base of ice that they had predicted and the sun looks like it's trying to poke through (that isn't supposed to happen until this afternoon.) I have an image in my mind of the poor weathermen sitting around the news room consoling each other on how they could have missed the mark so badly. We got heavy rains most of the night, but it never did end up freezing on the ground and, amazingly, didn't all flow into my basement. Depending on the rains, temps., and snow banks close to the house, I can have some water seepage in the basement, but it's normally confined to a small area that I can easily keep up with. I didn't even get that, so I'm feeling pretty good about it all. The winds are really howling right now and I'd guess that we are getting 50 mph gusts here and there.

 

[offcamber]

Bright sunny and cold..no reall ice build up but al lthe slush and soft snow is rock solid.....no pile moving today....unless I want to spend a lot of time breaking it up with the BH. I think I will just enjoy the race to day and hit the piles when the snow is softer. Ok I am sure I will play with theh BX a little..

 

[slofr8]

Weather update from Maine: Pouring rain and not yet freezing, ....

Maybe in your Maine but this was mine this morning.

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[Heywood Jannockitov]

This is why I need a cab. The 5425 is supposed to getting built this Wednesday. I guarantee when it finally arrives, hopefully by next week, we will get no more snow

 

[Dyer retired]

slofr8,

Sorry to see that! Where in the Country are you and how often does it fall like that? I've attached a couple of pictures from last week, so we kind of know what it's like, but have had a bit of a reprieve the last couple of days. Dyer, retired

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

Some more shots from the 3 hour extravaganza this morning. It was -14C when these were taken. Note that the IH454 2wd, no chains, does pretty good traction-wise. When it is REAL cold, the snow isn't slippery. Might I add though, that my left foot is firmly planted on the diff. lock pedal!