How's everyone doing with the SNOW

[mike69440]

I was going to rub it in that the mid Eastearn part of the US got hit hard, but winter in NH is not over, and I fear mother nature's wrath. So stay safe and warm everyone!

 

[WaxMan]

How is everybody doing with the snow? I'm admiring it.

Nice video.

 

[AceDeuce]

We got wholloped with 29". Cleared my 200' driveway with parking area, neighbor #1 350' driveway with parking area, neighbor #2 1/10 mile gravel driveway with parking area, and rescued another neighbor who got his truck stuck. Not bad for a 13 year old BX!

 

[5030]

The great lake effect snow machine is keeping most Michigan members too busy to post!
60-70 inches since Wednesday here and I'm sure some in the U P have it worse.
Have fun out there!

None, nada, zip, nothing down here in the southern lower. We haven't had anything yet this winter other than brown grass and some iced over puddles. You can keep it. No issue.

 

[rblochli]

28-30" here in NJ dug the ends of a lot neighbors out and dug out a stuck plow.

 

[Gcorron]

We got about 28". Hard to measure though, the way it was blowing it was hard to tell, we had a foot in some places and six feet in others. Neighbor and I always plow out the entire street, that's nine houses, but we are keeping a tradition alive. He owns a Bobcat. Sunday, he comes up and says HELP, I slid into a ditch, so I go down and pull him out. Ragged him about it all morning, KNOWING how Karma hates me! Yup, about 15 minutes before we were done, I have to walk over to him and say HELP!!! Bummer!

The problem with that snow is where to put it. I started to buy a blower over the summer, but decided against it. Sure would have been nice to be able to put it 50' from where I was!

The first picture is tough to tell anything unless you know how my driveway lays, but there are 4' and probably more drifts there. The second shows just after I started and you can see how deep some of it is.

George

 

[Looking4new]

We got about 28". Hard to measure though, the way it was blowing it was hard to tell, we had a foot in some places and six feet in others.

The problem with that snow is where to put it. I started to buy a blower over the summer, but decided against it. Sure would have been nice to be able to put it 50' from where I was!
George

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IF you do end up buying/getting a blower, get the drift cutters that are available, too. If they aren't available then make some. They are only 1/4" flat steel about 30" long.

 

[varmint]

Sort of on the subject: I just learned how "official" snow fall depths are figured: the snow is measured on a clean surface, and when there's 6", it's cleaned off again, and so forth... the reason being that snow begins to compress as it gets deeper, and the 6" increments give an accurate overall total of what really fell. Sounds like a boring job?

 

[Looking4new]

Sort of on the subject: I just learned how "official" snow fall depths are figured: the snow is measured on a clean surface, and when there's 6", it's cleaned off again, and so forth... the reason being that snow begins to compress as it gets deeper, and the 6" increments give an accurate overall total of what really fell. Sounds like a boring job?

About as exciting as watching paint dry.

 

[CobyRupert]

Sort of on the subject: I just learned how "official" snow fall depths are figured: the snow is measured on a clean surface, and when there's 6", it's cleaned off again, and so forth... the reason being that snow begins to compress as it gets deeper, and the 6" increments give an accurate overall total of what really fell. Sounds like a boring job?

I would disagree and say, removing every 6" so it doesn't compress gives an inflated overall total. To say it snowed 18" when there's only 13" on the ground.....

 

[MMagis]

I would disagree and say, removing every 6" so it doesn't compress gives an inflated overall total. To say it snowed 18" when there's only 13" on the ground.....

It doesn't compress that much, usually. But their job is to record how much it snows, not how deep it is. If that makes sense.

 

[MMagis]

I would disagree and say, removing every 6" so it doesn't compress gives an inflated overall total. To say it snowed 18" when there's only 13" on the ground.....

It doesn't compress that much, usually. But their job is to record how much it snows, not how deep it is. If that makes sense.

 

[vulcancowboy]

Some pics of last weekend's storm. My Kubota performed well!

 

[CobyRupert]

It doesn't compress that much, usually. But their job is to record how much it snows, not how deep it is. If that makes sense.

Ok. I see the point.
We get those storms sometimes where we get 8" of snow then it turns to wet snow and/or rain and you end up with 3-4" of mushed mashed potatoes. So how much did it snow?
I've heard the saying "figures lie, liars figure", now I won't say figures lie, but they don't always tell the whole truth.

 

[OrangeB2400]

Well after 3 feet of snow in one storm in South Central Pennsylvania I decided to buy tire chains for the rear turf tires of my B2400. I had trouble getting traction on my driveway. My driveway is on a steep incline. Once the snow started to ice up it was tough even with 4wd. I bought a set of GT-23 two link heavy duty tire chains from tire chains.com. Just got them in the mail today and boy are they ever heavy duty. I put the set in a bag and put it on my bathroom scale and they weigh 105 lbs. Now I just need another snow to try them out.

 

[Garycw]

Chains are a must! All four(4) Not sure how you could do much without them. Good LCG weight too. Especially with loaded front & rear tires.

Ps.. When it comes up duplicate post hit cancel, then delete to avoid duplicate posts.

 

[chim]

Loved it!

 

[check]

No snow in Toronto at all. Just a lot of rain. Very little snow up at the cottage, either. All of the snowmobilers are getting really depressed. My tractor is even getting depressed, sitting there with the blower on the back, and nothing to do. Poor tractor!

 

[The Fred]

What snow?

 

[The Fred]

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What snow?