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Another reason I love Florida. Good one Jim.

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I give up. We got a little over a foot of the blasted stuff which isn't too
bad, but it continued to snow lightly all day today, adding another couple
of inches. Tomorrow's forecast calls for another storm with more snow and
freezing rain.

Plowed as much as I could with the Gator, but it's a bit too much for it, so
I fired up the JD tractor with the front end loader. All that does is
makes a mess. You can't "plow" with it, you have to scoop up buckets of
snow and deposit it somewhere.

I think it's time to get a plow put on the truck. At least I could stay
warm and dry while pushing this crap around.

Eisboch

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:35:09 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


I think it's time to get a plow put on the truck. At least I could stay
warm and dry while pushing this crap around.

Just contract it if you don't want to mess with it.
One of the neighbor kids plows my driveway with his truck a few times
a year and I slip him a couple twenties.
You can use c-notes for yours.

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:35:09 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


I think it's time to get a plow put on the truck. At least I could stay
warm and dry while pushing this crap around.

Just contract it if you don't want to mess with it.
One of the neighbor kids plows my driveway with his truck a few times
a year and I slip him a couple twenties.
You can use c-notes for yours.

--Vic


Worth every penny.

Eisboch

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:35:09 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:



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I give up. We got a little over a foot of the blasted stuff which isn't too
bad, but it continued to snow lightly all day today, adding another couple
of inches. Tomorrow's forecast calls for another storm with more snow and
freezing rain.

Plowed as much as I could with the Gator, but it's a bit too much for it, so
I fired up the JD tractor with the front end loader. All that does is
makes a mess. You can't "plow" with it, you have to scoop up buckets of
snow and deposit it somewhere.

I think it's time to get a plow put on the truck. At least I could stay
warm and dry while pushing this crap around.

Just called the house sitter - about 14 inches of snow in Woodstock.

Glad I'm not there.

Um..why don't you get a blade for that John Deere bucket - you've
already got the hydraulics for it - you just need to fit a blade on
the bucket. I even think, for some reason, that JD makes a blade for
that bucket loader.

Be a hell of a lot cheaper than a plow rig for the F-250.

Sorry - just driving by and saw the post.

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On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:35:09 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


Just called the house sitter - about 14 inches of snow in Woodstock.

Glad I'm not there.

Um..why don't you get a blade for that John Deere bucket - you've
already got the hydraulics for it - you just need to fit a blade on
the bucket. I even think, for some reason, that JD makes a blade for
that bucket loader.

Be a hell of a lot cheaper than a plow rig for the F-250.

Sorry - just driving by and saw the post.


Two reasons (for when you can get to read them).

1. The tractor is open to the weather. I used to have an enclosure and
heater for it,
but it cut down the visibility too much, especially if it was still
snowing or sleeting. Plus, the enclosure
a lot of openings in it and a gust of wind would overwhelm the heater in
one blast.

2. The tractor, even in four wheel drive, just doesn't have the traction in
snow that the
truck has. It's fine in dirt, sand, etc. but the type of tires it has
makes for very poor
traction in ice, snow or wet mud. When we were resurfacing the main
horse paddock, I buried
the tractor up to it's wheel hubs in mud several times and had to pull
it out with the truck.

I figure the truck cab will be nice and warm, protected from the elements,
plus I can drive it
over to family and friend's houses and help with their driveways.

BTW, I measured the final snowfall amount after it finally died down
yesterday on a big table sitting outside the barn. A little over 20 inches
before it started changing to rain/sleet.

Eisboch

Gene wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:41:50 -0500, Jim wrote:

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Gosh, I missed the part about where all of the yankees try to tell
those South of the Mason-Dixon line that we don't know how to drive in
the snow!

Let me explain *smart* to you....... We get snow and close schools
and businesses. We might illogically stock up on milk and bread, but
we stay home. We eat snow cream. We go sledding with the kids. We
build a fire in the fireplace and read good books.....
which is all very well, but more than half this group isn't smart
enough to NOT eat the yellow snow ....

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Gene wrote:
On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:41:50 -0500, Jim wrote:

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Gosh, I missed the part about where all of the yankees try to tell
those South of the Mason-Dixon line that we don't know how to drive in
the snow!

Let me explain *smart* to you....... We get snow and close schools
and businesses. We might illogically stock up on milk and bread, but
we stay home. We eat snow cream. We go sledding with the kids. We
build a fire in the fireplace and read good books.....
which is all very well, but more than half this group isn't smart enough
to NOT eat the yellow snow ....


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