Winter Work in Boise Idaho

[NLWoods]

Thought I would share photos of what a tractor is good for in Boise Idaho when we have more snow than usual. The tractor started up good at 27 degrees after not running for over a month.

 

[smfcpacfp]

It just doesn't look like much fun sitting out there in that nasty weather on the tractor. I really enjoy snow blowing in the comfort of my cab.

 

[WarrenF]

Thought I would share photos of what a tractor is good for in Boise Idaho when we have more snow than usual. The tractor started up good at 27 degrees after not running for over a month.

I was doing the same thing you were doing yesterday. About fifteen miles from your location. I am getting a bit tired of the snow....but I am also grateful that the Good Lord has seen fit to give us the much needed moisture.

 

[EddieWalker]

Pictures like those sure make me appreciate not having any snow to deal with. I just wonder how people without tractors deal with it?

Eddie

 

[ERE]

Brings back fond memories of the years we lived in Idaho Falls. We almost retired in Boise but sanity struck when we made a trip back for Christmas a couple of years ago. Didn't want to be dealing with that when we get "really" old. Retired in the Shenandoah Mountains where on a bad winter I may need to spend an hour three times during the winter clearing snow. Of course the bad news is that I don't have as many opportunities for seat time in the winter....

 

[RobS]

Pictures like those sure make me appreciate not having any snow to deal with. I just wonder how people without tractors deal with it?

Eddie

An awful lot of 'em plow from the warmth of a pick up truck cab. Another big chunk pay someone else to plow from the warmth of a pick up cab. Around here, I'd say more rural drives are cleared with those two methods than a tractor.

There is a common term up here: "Plow Truck". A lot of people have an old, beater 4X4 with a plow, strictly for winter duties. I'd considered it myself but as I knew I'd have a tractor, the cost of a rear blade was a lot less than a plow truck setup.

 

[TomK]

Looks like you are making good use of that military coat. I spent a lot of summer camps at Gowen Field there in Boise. Seems like it was always 100+F in August. Everyone remembers where they were when Elvis died, I was at Gowen Field.

 

[WarrenF]

Looks like you are making good use of that military coat. I spent a lot of summer camps at Gowen Field there in Boise. Seems like it was always 100+F in August. Everyone remembers where they were when Elvis died, I was at Gowen Field.

Do I remember Gowen Field!!! I spent many summers out on that desert!!! You are correct, it is 100+F in August....but it is a dry heat . My last summer camp, My APC driver decided to cut the thing lose on the hill that runs down to the Motor pool....you know the one that crosses the road at the bottom.....Well we ended up having to replace four road wheels....and I told him he was fired as my APC driver. It was his last summer camp as well.....

 

[Mastertech]

Pictures like those sure make me appreciate not having any snow to deal with. I just wonder how people without tractors deal with it?

Eddie

No snow, wouldn't that be nice. Eddie does your town need a good locksmith?

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

Pictures like those sure make me appreciate not having any snow to deal with. I just wonder how people without tractors deal with it?

Eddie

I don't have a tractor currently but I live in S.E. PA where we don't seem to get snow anymore so it isn't a problem...

 

[Oleozz]

Nothing beats a good action photo! Who was the unlucky person taking the picture?

 

[TomK]

The Hi Ho is not in operation anymore.....yet I am sure you will want to know that Garbage City....errrrr Garden City is still the quaint "wonderful" city you probably remember.

AAHHHH!! Those are the kind of memories that are just hard to wash off.

 

[LBrown59]

Looks like you are making good use of that military coat. I spent a lot of summer camps at Gowen Field there in Boise. Seems like it was always 100+F in August. Everyone remembers where they were when Elvis died, I was at Gowen Field.

Were you in the NG or Army Reserves?
If NG what state did you serve under?
I was in the Ohio NG 1963 through 1969.

 

[TomK]

Were you in the NG or Army Reserves?
If NG what state did you serve under?
I was in the Ohio NG 1963 through 1969.

I was in the 2/135 Attack Helicopter BN, Colorado Army NG from 1976 to 1994. Retired as an E7. I'm still waiting for my retirement checks to start rolling in.