The weather

snowstorm · December 29, 2012, 06:48:30 PM

we got about 10" with a lot of wind. tonite they are saying 8 to 12"

thecfarm · December 29, 2012, 08:45:02 PM

Al you still plowing? I gave that up years ago. ;D I have a snow blower on the back of a 30 hp tractor and that will throw anything from small rocks to snow with the water running right out of it. I know there are more than 2 ways to skin a cat too. :D Some guy at work lived on a camp road,thay all paid dues to plow the road and than a couple times in the winter have the banks pushed back by a loader. He kept asking me about mine set up and went and bought one. They all like it. No planing ahead for the what if we get a couple big storm. I even had my boss conviced to buy one too. Of course it was all his idea. :

I do know plowing in a truck with a heater is warmer too. I need to at least build a wooden cab. Those glass and metal ones are out of my price range at this time.
Snowing here now. looks like the city people will get more than me.

trapper · December 29, 2012, 10:51:09 PM

they forecast 3in got 6. we need the moisture tho.

thecfarm · December 30, 2012, 09:07:54 AM

I got 6 inches of real light snow. If the wind starts there will be some bad drifting. The snow is still on the trees. Think I will keep away from the woods until it is off.

Magicman · December 30, 2012, 09:27:00 AM

We are clear and 29° here. Our next weathermaker is just beginning to streak across Texas and should be here Mon & Tues with rain.

thecfarm · December 30, 2012, 09:37:12 AM

MagicMan,you better hope the temps come up or you will be seeing white. :(
I've been noticing your just about freezing temps. Is that normal for you?

Magicman · December 30, 2012, 10:30:47 AM

It will warm up. Our normal weather pattern is from the SW. As fronts move in, warm Gulf air/moisture is picked up which results in rain. For us to get snow/ice, it takes a fast moving "arctic express".

We very seldom stay below freezing for more than a couple of days. If it did, it would freeze our grits off. ;D

thecfarm · December 30, 2012, 10:33:13 AM

That's what I wanted to know. Don't want your water lines 6 inches deep to freeze. ;D

Chuck White · December 30, 2012, 10:34:30 AM

We got an additional 4" during the night.

Still doesn't snow like it did when I was a kid, thank God!

I can remember getting anywhere from 2 to 3 feet of snow "over night"!

SwampDonkey · December 30, 2012, 11:25:37 AM

Began snowing here at daylight, real fine dry snow.

Magicman · December 30, 2012, 11:34:11 AM

If our water lines are buried below the grass roots, it's deep enough to prevent freezing. Years ago when the community water system that supplies my Cabin was installed, they needed to cross from one side of the county road to the other. They just poked the 2" pipe through a culvert. It is completely exposed from the point where it surfaces, through the culvert, and then reenters the ground. Community water systems regularly attach water lines to bridges.

Ken · December 30, 2012, 05:54:15 PM

We have had 3 significant snowfalls over the past 2 weeks. It is starting to add up. We had about 8" on Thursday night with another 8-10" last night. I went to the woods road today to open up a trail. Glad I did as I would have not gotten my pickup in the road in the morning due to drifting. Nearly 2.5 miles into the jobsite from the pavement so any storm is an issue.

SwampDonkey · December 30, 2012, 05:56:41 PM

That's quite a dump. We got 3" this time and seen sun dogs before dark. Windy to, so yeah drifts.

thecfarm · December 31, 2012, 09:56:04 AM

The BIG Blizzard of 2012,Dec 27th :D I know some of you got hit hard. I was watching world news and they was talking about how hard some areas got hit by it. They even mentioned Portland,Maine. My wife and me looked at each other and started to laugh. I read in the paper that a McDonald's was closing early in Lewiston,about 45 minutes from me,due to the storm. This was one of the streets I saw on TV that was all bare with snow. :

Mainers are turning into a bunch of babies when it come to the snow now. It's only snow,we are ready for it. It's not that big of a deal. Now if we start to get an inch an hour and can't see in front of you,that is a little different. Just slow down and have good tires and go on with every day life.

Magicman · December 31, 2012, 10:08:51 AM

I do not know what the temps will be, but there is another on the way toward you. We will get our rain event tomorrow.

lumberjack48 · December 31, 2012, 02:19:43 PM

We don't have enough snow for the snowmobiler's, its a big business around here.
We had -25 wind chill this morning, good logging weather.

r.man · December 31, 2012, 02:31:07 PM

We have enough to groom and the sleds have been running a lot of roads since some water is questionable. Had one sled go through and they were fishing it out of the lake yesterday, not an accident, deliberately running open water repeatedly as a "sport". Idiots on parade.

SwampDonkey · December 31, 2012, 02:42:27 PM

Not really enough to sled good here either. You hit a lot of exposed mud in the fields. Woods might be better, but I found it had to be at least 3 feet because of dead falls.

Raider Bill · December 31, 2012, 03:14:18 PM

Shorts and a tank top here although it's supposed to get chilly tonight around 60 I heard so I will bundle up around a fire and reminisce about the good old days before my escape. :D 8) 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alWlilgb3fQ

snowstorm · December 31, 2012, 04:01:34 PM

i like the vid of the 1935 walters. my ih is set up like the one in your vid double wings i only use one and i have a 11' dustpan instead of a vee. a vee is great for poking a hole thru drifts but thats all not very good for plowing roads. get it up to 25mph and it will throw snow 50' thats when plowing is fun

chevytaHOE5674 · December 31, 2012, 05:06:49 PM

Watching that video makes me glad that the county I live in does an excellent job plowing UP here and I only have to worry about my mile or so of driveways which is no problem with my pickup and the occasional tractor to push the snowbanks up and back.

JohnM · December 31, 2012, 06:40:35 PM

The last four days...
Thur evening: take logging winch & toothbar off tractor, put on box blade.

Fri: push, pull, pile the 12" of overnight snow.

Sat: finish up driveway, take off box blade, put winch & tooth bar back on, get 'maybe' 4 twitches (plus saw breaks).

Sunday: remove winch & toothbar, put box blade back on, cleanup Sat nights 6", late in the day take box blade off, put winch on (forget the stupid toothbar!), get maybe 3 more twitches.

Guess I'll have to wait til next year for next years firewood and a rear mount snowblower! :new_year:

JM

Autocar · December 31, 2012, 06:51:01 PM

This past week it seems like we get snow about every other day, we need cold weather and it looks like its coming but the snow cover will have to be plowed off first.

JohnM · December 31, 2012, 06:52:06 PM

Quote from: Raider Bill on December 31, 2012, 03:14:18 PM
Shorts and a tank top here although it's supposed to get chilly tonight around 60 I heard so I will bundle up around a fire and reminisce about the good old days before my escape. :D 8) 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alWlilgb3fQ

FYI:
For anyone interested in this type of old equipment and you find yourself in Bangor, Maine do yourself a favor and check out the Cole Land Transportation Museum. (http://www.colemuseum.org/) They have literately tons (;D) of old school planes, trains and automobiles, some really cool stuff including lots of snow removal stuff. Worth the trip if you're nearby.

JM

SwampDonkey · December 31, 2012, 07:24:47 PM

Quote from: chevytaHOE5674 on December 31, 2012, 05:06:49 PM
Watching that video makes me glad that the county I live in does an excellent job plowing UP here and I only have to worry about my mile or so of driveways which is no problem with my pickup and the occasional tractor to push the snowbanks up and back.

Same here. I haven't seen anything yet that the plow boys couldn't clear off the roads. ;D