So I guess it's all over now.... It never --or only occasionally-- snowed heavily here, but it did snow continuously -- from around midnight Friday until around 10PM Saturday. Looks like we got around 19-20" here. Lots of wind, some places the snow was 24-25", some places "only" 15"....
It stayed relatively warm -- around 24F-- but apparently the snow at the surface of my pavement got wet due to residual heat. I encountered something I've never seen before: snow/icy buildup on the
augers! More pronounced on the right side, but needless to say that made the blower more like a plow than a blower. There was still snow exiting the chute, but also a huge roll of snow being pushed along ahead of the blower.
I stopped once to chip it off, but will need to do that again before I start in again this morning. Learn something new every day. I'll coat everything with silicone spray after it's cleared off - that should help, for a while at least.
And I thought I was going to get through this winter without having to put the chains on... but no. Had to stop after I started on the uphill section, after almost sliding off the driveway area into a drainage ditch; I had a real hard time gauging where the edges were! What a nasty, cold, wet job, putting chains on. Makes me shiver just thinking about it.
So back after it soon; it's now around 13F....
