Here Comes The Snow!

[JackDidley]

Day 2, still no power. I was sure it would be on this morning. I will have to get gas today for sure. Ive syphoned my truck dry.

[berettafan]

Don't know what our totals were but i'd guess around 8" or so. I'm officially old as i hate this crap. Hunted in the snow yesterday am but it turned to a sleety/rain mix for a bit and soaked everything. Shoulda been epic but some boys near us are clearly baiting their pond so we ended up with a lousy 3 black ducks for our efforts. They must've fired 100 shells easy.

So with the main benefit of snow being evaporated by a few bags of corn or milo i'm officially done with winter.

[wdfifteen]

What a miserable day for me.
They say we got 13" here. I don't believe it, maybe we got 8".
It is one of the worst kinds of snowfall for clearing the driveway. It's black asphalt, so it's typically a little warmer than the air if the sun has been shining. So we had a sunny day, then the snow came down and it got cold, down to 15 degrees.
I use a 2320 Kubota with a 6 foot blade on the back and clear 500 feet of driveway and some parking areas. So I scrape the snow off and it leaves wet pavement underneath, which freezes instantly as soon as it is exposed to the air. It's like trying to clear snow off of an ice rink. yeah, I need tire chains. The differential lock is engaged by stomping on it with my left heel, and the shuttle is on the right foot. After an hour of that, my legs are killing me.
I do the sidewalks with a POS MTD built "Troy Built" that I got at Lowes. I ran over a stick or something and sheared a shear pin with half the job left to do.
I hate fixing broken equipment in the snow when it's 15 degrees out.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Mounted some weights, the plow, and let er' rip.

Working on stuff in cold weather really does suck though- with one caveat.
If you cut your hands when they are frostbitten, you don't really feel it. You see the blood dripping in the snow, but everything feels A-OK!

Lot's of sharp sheet metal on this old girl, and I found every jagged edge!.

[JackDidley]

Still no power. I just wish the generator had a bigger gas tank. 5 hours will not let me sleep all night. Just checked email and an hour ago the power company sent me an email saying my power was restored. NOT>

[jyl]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

What a miserable day for me.
They say we got 13" here. I don't believe it, maybe we got 8".
It is one of the worst kinds of snowfall for clearing the driveway. It's black asphalt, so it's typically a little warmer than the air if the sun has been shining. So we had a sunny day, then the snow came down and it got cold, down to 15 degrees.
I use a 2320 Kubota with a 6 foot blade on the back and clear 500 feet of driveway and some parking areas. So I scrape the snow off and it leaves wet pavement underneath, which freezes instantly as soon as it is exposed to the air. It's like trying to clear snow off of an ice rink. yeah, I need tire chains. The differential lock is engaged by stomping on it with my left heel, and the shuttle is on the right foot. After an hour of that, my legs are killing me.
I do the sidewalks with a POS MTD built "Troy Built" that I got at Lowes. I ran over a stick or something and sheared a shear pin with half the job left to do.
I hate fixing broken equipment in the snow when it's 15 degrees out.

Salt or de-ice after plowing?

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

What a miserable day for me.
They say we got 13" here. I don't believe it, maybe we got 8".
It is one of the worst kinds of snowfall for clearing the driveway. It's black asphalt, so it's typically a little warmer than the air if the sun has been shining. So we had a sunny day, then the snow came down and it got cold, down to 15 degrees.
I use a 2320 Kubota with a 6 foot blade on the back and clear 500 feet of driveway and some parking areas. So I scrape the snow off and it leaves wet pavement underneath, which freezes instantly as soon as it is exposed to the air. It's like trying to clear snow off of an ice rink. yeah, I need tire chains. The differential lock is engaged by stomping on it with my left heel, and the shuttle is on the right foot. After an hour of that, my legs are killing me.
I do the sidewalks with a POS MTD built "Troy Built" that I got at Lowes. I ran over a stick or something and sheared a shear pin with half the job left to do.
I hate fixing broken equipment in the snow when it's 15 degrees out.

I know a guy who would sell you a skid steer loader to replace that tractor. Joystick controls so no fatigue, small footprint with zero turn... easy to maneuver.. Cab, Heat and Air conditioning...

[JackDidley]

Day 3 with no power. This is getting old.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by JackDidley

Day 3 with no power. This is getting old.

A few years back, we had an outage for 3 days. A couple days after it was restored, I saw my next door neighbor, a 70 year old lady out in her yard. I went over to talk to her and she said hers was still out.

Come to find out, her transformer and wire to her home was overgrown with wild grape vines and brush and they never spotted her breaker being open.
I called the power company and they were out within an hour.

They should have looked a little better when they were out the first time.

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by stevej37

A few years back, we had an outage for 3 days. A couple days after it was restored, I saw my next door neighbor, a 70 year old lady out in her yard. I went over to talk to her and she said hers was still out.

Come to find out, her transformer and wire to her home was overgrown with wild grape vines and brush and they never spotted her breaker being open.
I called the power company and they were out within an hour.

They should have looked a little better when they were out the first time.

I am thinking something got overlooked. There seems to be a 3 block area with no power. The whole rest of the town is all good. I guess I am spoiled. I know other people in the world have bigger problems.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

#$%(%%#@! And profanity added, we are forecast for Thursday to get 1 to 3 inches of the white crap falling onn out of the sky. Rats, we will go stock up on bananas, and hopefully just weather the crap inside the house. I will be shoveling my 25 acre parking lot. My mother told me a million times not to exaggerate, but it is a large area. It is big enough to park 3 SUVs and I can still get in or out of my garage. I have had 8 Porsches parked on my driveway. So lots of shoveling.

Why would you bother shoveling all of that? I assume you won't be doing much driving. And I also assume that any driving that you do will be in one particular vehicle (Macan or Elky?). So only shovel exactly what you have to for that one vehicle to get to the street. (frankly, if it's only 1-3" you probably don't have to shovel at all) I assume it's not like in places that get lots of snow where you're required by the city to shovel. I can't imagine that OK has those sorts of rules since the white stuff is so rare. Hell, it'll probably be melted away in a couple/few days, and even if it takes longer, who cares.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by JackDidley

I am thinking something got overlooked. There seems to be a 3 block area with no power. The whole rest of the town is all good. I guess I am spoiled. I know other people in the world have bigger problems.

Have you called the Power Co? Since you said that you got an email from them saying "You're good now" and you aren't, you may want to let them know that they missed something. If they think that you're good, they may not be working on a fix.

It's easy to assume that someone else has called, but in a situation like that, I'd make damn sure they knew that I didn't have power and neither did any of my neighbors in a 3 block area.

Do you want me to call them. "Hey, Bastids! Jack ain't got power, and this sheiße is gettin' old. Send someone to Jack's place pronto! Ya hear me chief?!?"

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by masraum

Have you called the Power Co? Since you said that you got an email from them saying "You're good now" and you aren't, you may want to let them know that they missed something. If they think that you're good, they may not be working on a fix.

It's easy to assume that someone else has called, but in a situation like that, I'd make damn sure they knew that I didn't have power and neither did any of my neighbors in a 3 block area.

Do you want me to call them. "Hey, Bastids! Jack ain't got power, and this sheiße is gettin' old. Send someone to Jack's place pronto! Ya hear me chief?!?"

I LOLed at the last part. I did call after I got the email saying it was fixed. They replied saying it will be fixed by Friday. When I call I just get a computer, not an actual person. I will keep on feeding the 40 year old generator gasoline and an occasional splash of oil. This gen was purchased by my buddies dad in the 80s. It still kicks butt.

[JackDidley]

Power just came on !!!

[stevej37]

^^^ Good Deal.



I don't like the electric bill (mine doubled this past month), but I sure don't like it when it's not working.

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by stevej37

^^^ Good Deal.



I don't like the electric bill (mine doubled this past month), but I sure don't like it when it's not working.

Same here. The generator was costing about $1/hour to run. It was worth $60 to be warm and entertained for the last 4 days.

[GH85Carrera]

We have had about 4 inches of that white crap fall out of the sky. I have not been outside today.

[JackDidley]

Getting 4 to 6" Friday. Thats ok as long as the freezing rain stays away.

[Rot 911]

Originally Posted by JackDidley

Same here. The generator was costing about $1/hour to run. It was worth $60 to be warm and entertained for the last 4 days.

This has inspired me to get a portable generator for the house. One that’s just big enough to run essential items. We have hot water natural gas-fired radiator heat so it would not take much to run the water pump for the furnace. Add in the refrigerator, some lights and a TV and a 5000 kW generator should get the job done. That would also be enough to run a couple of window AC units. Should the power go off in the summer.

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by Rot 911

This has inspired me to get a portable generator for the house. One that’s just big enough to run essential items. We have hot water natural gas-fired radiator heat so it would not take much to run the water pump for the furnace. Add in the refrigerator, some lights and a TV and a 5000 kW generator should get the job done. That would also be enough to run a couple of window AC units. Should the power go off in the summer.

Mine is 4k I think. It runs my gas furnace, TV, computer , no problem. It will run the fridge but not with everything else at the same time, but it doesnt need to be plugged in that much.