Snow Snow is coming!!

[YesDeere]

Bout da* time. Maryland is lookin like the Carolinas

 

[number two]

Just a friendly reminder,you guys with gravel driveways in warmer climates getting measureable snow with rear blades,as I have seen several here;your gravel is not frozen real hard if not at all.Turn the blade around -don't present the digging edge to a soft surface or you'll dig your way to China.You'll be quite happy if you drag the blade in the float position,but reversed.For foward use or backing up use,just do it backwards.I know everybody checks in here often,just a reminder.

 

[biffnh]

Up to 10 inches due today. We are now over 120" for the winter and 27 plow events. After last year's 153 inches I am ready for the spring to settle in. Thank goodness for my 60 inch rear snowblower on my B7800 and LA402 loader. I can keep my 1.5 miles of road open with my 9 ft. plow but the snowblower makes it so I have no snowbanks to contribute to mud season which comes next! Can't Wait.

 

[thavil]

Just a friendly reminder,you guys with gravel driveways in warmer climates getting measureable snow with rear blades,as I have seen several here;your gravel is not frozen real hard if not at all.Turn the blade around -don't present the digging edge to a soft surface or you'll dig your way to China.You'll be quite happy if you drag the blade in the float position,but reversed.For foward use or backing up use,just do it backwards.I know everybody checks in here often,just a reminder.

Thanks number two, great reminder for those with experience and great advice for those of us with very little experience.

 

[SPYDERLK]

Just a friendly reminder,you guys with gravel driveways in warmer climates getting measureable snow with rear blades,as I have seen several here;your gravel is not frozen real hard if not at all.Turn the blade around -don't present the digging edge to a soft surface or you'll dig your way to China.You'll be quite happy if you drag the blade in the float position,but reversed.For foward use or backing up use,just do it backwards.I know everybody checks in here often,just a reminder.

Thanks number two, great reminder for those with experience and great advice for those of us with very little experience.

Yeah, blades and gravel are a bad combination unless you have good skids or gauge wheels. Turning the blade around is a good method to keep from biting. Trouble is the blade action is too fouled by the support spindle and snow wont divert as well. Try slitting a pipe to fit over the cutting edge. That way you can use it forward.
larry

 

[number two]

No doubt that the pipe over the cutting edge is the best way to use a blade on gravel!

 

[teach]

Snow is here! Here in Little Rhody, we ended up with about 10" with the possibility of a couple more inches coming today.
Teach

 

[jimmer2880]

snow is come & gone. We barely got enough to call it a "dusting"

 

[Ace3]

I'm getting really tired of the snow. I already have plowed 35 hours this winter and its snowing again today. Bring on Spring!

 

[farmboy12]

Thavil-

Well, we got a good 5-6." We haven't gotten that much snow in a few years, and it does it in March. The power was out most of today because of it.


Kyle

 

[NuBota]

Thavil-

Well, we got a good 5-6." We haven't gotten that much snow in a few years, and it does it in March. The power was out most of today because of it.


Kyle

Kyle, sounds like you were just west of the brunt - I'm about 15 miles southeast of you and we got 10". I'm curious what Thavil ended up with,

Today was my first go at moving snow. After almost two years of reading here about chains, how R4s don't do well, etc, I was pretty leary. My driveway is relatively flat, couple of gradual slopes, but if it breaks free, I have a 50-60' hill at 30-35 degrees I'm into. Well the R4s held up fine, not much ice, so I went to do the neighbor's driveway (single mom, young kids - my wife insisted! ). This was a 150' at a 35 degree incline - was a bit nervous - but again handled it fine

Not saying chains aren't necessary - It was in the 20's and I worried about the thin layer of packed snow left after my first pass. I kept waiting for the "breakaway" but it never came.

I was calling neighbors to see if they needed theirs done - but I was too slow. Got they hang of it towards the end - unfortunately have to wait till next year i reckon....

 

[thavil]

Kyle, sounds like you were just west of the brunt - I'm about 15 miles southeast of you and we got 10". I'm curious what Thavil ended up with

Kyle and NuBota, we ended up with about 7" here. Not as much as they predicted for this area but it was enough for me. Worked from home today instead of driving into DC and had to keep from looking out the window. The tractor was calling my name all day!! Finally, around 2:30pm, I was able to quit working (started at 5am this morning) and went out and had some fun.

In my very limited snow time, I agree with what you said about the R-4's. Didn't have an issue in the deepest part but I also have a flat driveway. Tod

 

[rosey]

I'm getting really tired of the snow. I already have plowed 35 hours this winter and its snowing again today. Bring on Spring!

Spring is a precurser to those hot humid sweaty days of summer...........I'll take these cold crisp days over those in a heartbeat.

 

[RadarTech]

Thought I would reply with some stats..
I live in Saluda, NC..
I measured 14- 16 inches.. with some drifts up to 20 inches and more!

here are some pics..

there are a few of the scraped gravel drive...
NOTE-- there was already some bare gravel areas... so the mud was expected...

and there is also a picture of the asphault portion of the drive to a neighbors and a picture of an unscraped area...
I will try to take some more tomorrow but I had to leave today for a business trip...

Whatcha think?


J

 

[RadarTech]

I was gonna add a few more things..
It was funny that the state / county did not have time to scrape the old county road, but they had time to send a "brush crew" down the road to clear a few low hanging and downed trees / limbs.. nothing that was critical mind you... more of an annoyance... When hit with a bucket, the tree limbs dumped snow and straightened up.... But the state guys just cut them...

We helped them out and pushed a 30 foot pine tree top into the ditch and off the road..

I scraped about a mile maybe a mile and a half from our driveway to the state road. it was bad.. It is in one of the pics above. It is the one with the power lines in the shot..

We are still without power at home. everyone else is over at other family members homes...I'm in a hotel heading to a TN business meeting...


anyway that is our winter blast..

anyone else got a good story? and Pics of course...

the work for all this accounted for about 5 hours on the tractor..

Later,
J

 

[RadarTech]

Ooops left of the one with the power lines....

this and the one on the far left above are the state road...

compacted gravel of course...

J

 

[smfcpacfp]

I like your pictures, RadarTech.

 

[Nasty135]

Morning All, Here in Dunkirk (Calvert Co.) we got 10-12" my folks in Mechanicsville got the same , A Buddy of mine off of 231 said he got at least 12" .Provided for some good tractor time

 

[RadarTech]

smfcpacfp,
thanks!

well about an hour after I sent that last email power came back on.
got a slick setup at home- It paged me when power returned..

got home late and was too tired to take more pics.

when I get time I'll post all the snow pics to photobucket..

anyway hope all yall are doing good...

thanks,
J

 

[Thomas]

Looks and sounds almost as bad New England 08 mid December,thank goodness winter coming to end soon.

I enjoy the pics/updates.