Removing the Chains of Bondage...

bdhsfz6 · Mar 17, 2022

I may remove mine as well. I don't usually do it until 4/1 but the 10 day forecast here in the northeast is calling for above normal temps with no frozen precip thru 3/27. Could be close enough!

dlctcg · Mar 17, 2022

Pulled ours off yesterday... At least now the ride is a little easier on the back & kidneys without them on...

BackRoad · Mar 17, 2022

Taking mine off tomorrow...70 degrees and Sunny.

If clay was a cash crop, I'd be a millionaire...let the Mud Fest Begin...!!!

Jstpssng · Mar 18, 2022

It's that time of year. Time to watch the snow begin to melt and maybe get a little work done in the morning while the ground has stiffened up a bit. After a warm spell today through the weekend it looks like sap weather for the next 2 weeks. Time to dig the buckets out.

fruitcakesa · Mar 18, 2022

I have to wait till my woods trail is dry enough to take the M out and remove the chains, maybe another week or two

bdhsfz6 · Mar 19, 2022

72 here today with a snow free 10 day forecast and I just couldn't resist dropping the chains. Now I can get started on regrading the road as soon as it dries out a bit.

Oaktree · Mar 19, 2022

I'll give it another week. Still close to a foot of snow on the ground and I have some stuff I have to shuffle around the property while the ground's still frozen. I'm using R4s.
The 10+" we got last weekend are mostly gone, and it doesn't look like any more coming in the next week or so, but it's northern New England so ya never know!

Jstpssng · Mar 19, 2022

We got just enough snow this AM to remind us that it ain't over yet. Last night I let my fire go out and shut the heat off for the first time since sometime last fall. I left home before daylight and got home about an hour ago... the first thing I did was get that wood stove fired back up again.

Oaktree · Mar 20, 2022

Jstpssng said:
We got just enough snow this AM to remind us that it ain't over yet. Last night I let my fire go out and shut the heat off for the first time since sometime last fall. I left home before daylight and got home about an hour ago... the first thing I did was get that wood stove fired back up again.

Yeah, this is that time of year when it's too warm to keep the woodstove going 24/7, but not so warm that you don't need some heat. I'm fine with house being cool-ish during the day, Mrs. Oak not so much.