Snow....

[Thomas]

A 9,ooo sq ft garden pretty good size for a family in my area now a days..plus the wildlife.

I guess you have a darn good plan on weed control,never care for weeding. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Bird]

Thomas, 9,000 sq. ft. here would be far too much just for us, but we furnish vegetables to my brother and his wife, a sister, two grown daughters and their families, and I even sell just a little bit.

<font color=blue>I guess you have a darn good plan on weed control,never care for weeding</font color=blue>

I always hated that job myself. My brother-in-law and the adjoining neighbor pretty much let the grass & weeds grow in the off season (and to a considerable extent during the growing season). But I keep mine pretty much weed free by doing two things differently. I till the garden several times during the off season, too, to keep any weeds and grass plowed under. And I hand water in the rows with a high volume, low pressure wand instead of a sprinkler so I'm not watering weeds and grass between the rows.

Bird

 

[Boondox]

Yeah, I'm a geek at Green Mountain Java. Spend my days figuring out how to automate much of what the shop floor has to do manually. But with 11.5 million pounds of coffee to choose from, I rarely feel tired at work!

I envy Derek his room to maneuver. We're just a few miles south of him so have the same snow depth, but my road is flanked on both sides by 200 year old stone walls. Guess the only way to deal with it is to blow it up and over the walls, but the Wife, having just paid big bucks for Clementine, is unwilling to part with more cash. Can't say I blame her, but am practicing my Long Suffering Husband face when I come back from plowing in the hopes she'll feel sorry for me. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif Looks like the ideal setup would be the rear blade coupled with the front-mounted blower. But man are they expensive!!!

Pete in Brrrmont
www.gatewaytovermont.com

 

[Rowski]

This is what I did this afternoon. A slight change in pace. I'm the guy in the rear of the picture. Sure hope you guys (gals) from the warm climate know what this is/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif. We'll probably be doing this till May!

Derek

 

[Rowski]

I wish I could find someone to rent a blower from so I could see how it works. We plow a 100 drives. So plowing is needed to get the drives all plowed in a timely fashion. I run into the trouble with high side banks along with end banks creeping in and limiting turn around areas. I wonder to if a blower can chew into a frozen end bank. Would you need creeper gears (gear drive).
It's tough and expensive to buy something and not have it work out. So I figure if I can try before you buy or at least see the equipment work I'll be much happier and make a better choice.

Has anybody heard of Fair Mfg. "snocrete" (registered trademark) blowers?

Thanks for all the comments and advice!

Derek

 

[Rowski]

Fair Mfg. is out of Menno South Dakota.

Website http://www.fairmfg.com

They make units from 3' to 10'. Can get them self powered, 3pt for tracotrs, or other power power source. They have a video showing them blowing a wind row of dirt, a guy throwing cement blocks into a running unit, throwing in a three foot section of chain. Seems pretty impressive.

Derek

 

[Thomas]

I agree w/you Derek about to Mid May w/all of this snow. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

Whats you got in your hand there. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif

Look on the good side,the wells shouldn't go dry this summer. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Thomas]

Yikes...
thats one beast for sure.
Wonder how much noise that unit makes,and I pity anybody mailbox etc..


Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[RobS]

You know, back in December I would have thought that snowblower was pretty cool /w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif But after another 2 inches last night I'm just plain sick of snow for this year /w3tcompact/icons/mad.gif I picked up a landscape rake yesterday but now between snow and rain predicted for later this week, I won't have a chance to "play" with it for who knows how long. I guess my consolation is your misfortune Derek, for my two inches is probably two feet for you /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif Hope you're all dug out by now /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Derek,
I have a B2710 with a 5' front mount blower on it. I had no problem this past Thursday/Friday moving 14"
of wet heavy snow. Also my driveway goes up hill. Syms heated cab does'nt hurt either.
More snow predicted for tonight... maybe this weekend also, here in New Hampshire anyway.
John