Winter storm photos

[Stevebass4]

two ready and waiting

small one CL steal for $25.00

and a BIG old Arians

 

[pulldownclaw]

This stuff is heavy down here, for this area. It's about a foot of snow with the bottom 2" slush, so when you scoop up a shovel full and try to throw it half of it sticks to your shovel. My back feels like I've been swinging a maul all day and I only got about half of our driveway shoveled out. I think I'm done with the snow for this year, unless it's the fluffy easy to shovel stuff. Yeah, I know, it aint nothin' to you northern boys. Have a visit in August when it's 105* with 90% humidity so I can watch you melt!

 

[Stevebass4]

a little tip for the heavy stuff

put a light coating of pam or w-d 40 on your shovel or blowers

 

[Green Energy]

We have about 21" and counting in my neck of the woods. Threw the chains on my van and went out and bought a snow blower this morning. I have 500' of driveway and this storm made me break down and buy the snow blower. We have not had many big snow storms the last few years, but I knew that I was going to have to eventually buy the snow blower.

 

[BrotherBart]

Oh I'm sooo glad this is 3000 miles away. We got hammered with a triple storm this very weekend last year. Dug out the cars twice and had to make the airport on Monday am. Made it, in spite of being one of the very few mobile vehicles at the time, only to have Delta become totally dysfunctional. We left the airport the next day after camping overnight at SeaTac. I will take the drizzle, thanks.

SeaTac is my favorite airport in the whole world. At two o'clock in the morning of August 20, 1970 a bus dumped me at that airport and I kissed the U.S. Army goodbye. Slept on the floor with a grin on my face you couldn't wipe off with a baseball bat. Alive and going home to get snowed on someday. :coolgrin:

 

[pulldownclaw]

a little tip for the heavy stuff, put a light coating of pam or w-d 40 on your shovel or blowers

Thanks for the tip Steve, sure would make the work easier. After all, I've gotta save my back for the splitting! :cheese:

 

[BrotherBart]

a little tip for the heavy stuff, put a light coating of pam or w-d 40 on your shovel or blowers

Thanks for the tip Steve, sure would make the work easier. After all, I've gotta save my back for the splitting! :cheese:

Heck in Richmond you would think that the hot air coming out of the Capital would melt any snow in hours.

 

[begreen]

Coming out of the Capital, you would think they would be well prepared for snow jobs.

 

[Wallyworld]

Glad its you and not me Maine is going to be spared by the sound of it. Brought a bunch of wood in today just in case

 

[BrotherBart]

Manhattan is going to be a real mess. Talk about not ready for this stuff.

 

[begreen]

SeaTac is my favorite airport in the whole world. At two o'clock in the morning of August 20, 1970 a bus dumped me at that airport and I kissed the U.S. Army goodbye. Slept on the floor with a grin on my face you couldn't wipe off with a baseball bat. Alive and going home to get snowed on someday. :coolgrin:

Now that puts a perspective on airport sleeping I hadn't thought about. Sure are glad you made it back.

We had about 25 of us needlessly bumped off a flight that we waited for and then found out they gave our seats away. Some were military, trying to get home in precious leave time. Delta messed up big time. Most of the other airlines coped and did relatively well for the conditions.

 

[bmwloco]

I spent 14 months at the South Pole. Maybe that's why New Zealand feels so "home" to me. You can't imagine feeling moisture enter your body after being so dry... for so long.

 

[BrotherBart]

We had about 25 of us needlessly bumped off a flight that we waited for and then found out they gave our seats away. Some were military, trying to get home in precious leave time. Delta messed up big time. Most of the other airlines coped and did relatively well for the conditions.

At SeaTac coming home from the first tour we got to sleep on the floor too because of ice at the airport in Dallas. When we finally took off at six in the morning the Infantry guy going home in the seat next to me asked the flight attendant if he could have a bourbon and coke with his breakfast. When she told him that they didn't have whiskey on a morning flight I stood up and took a bottle of Jim Beam out of my carry on bag in the overhead and handed it to her and told her that this guy had earned any breakfast that he wanted. She smiled and headed back to get a glass, ice and Coke.

Yeah I know it is hijacking the thread. Don't care. I hadn't had that memory in decades.

 

[SmokinPiney]

Here's my snowy deck pics. I just got back from 8hrs of plowin and it didnt even look like i made one pass. Just lettin it finish up and i'll be back at it again around 4am. My neck of the woods got around 18"-22" so far with a few more hrs to go.

 

[rdust]

We get pretty good snow in Michigan but that's a lot. You guys can have that mess!

 

[bogydave]

Hope the power stays on.
Should be careful of tree branches breaking with all the weight.
You got wood heat, you'll be fine. Maybe just a little tired after moving snow, so you can get around.
I bet it's real quiet now. Looks awesome.
Thanks for the pics.

 

[Wildman_fab]

Out here on the sand bar it just got rolling good, going to get the trucks fired up, and call the troops! Just waiting for the town to call us in...

 

[BucksCoBernie]

finally done snowing!

 

[jharkin]

Still snowing here but its slowing down. Didn't measure but looks like we got around a foot.

 

[Flatbedford]

I understand the equipment thing but to not have a good set of rubbers under your horse so you can bust a trail through 2 feet if needed is crazy!

I hear that part. I parted with nine hundred bucks a few months ago for a set of BFG Commerical T/A-Traction shoes for the Suburban even though they will get worn out on dry roads mostly. They are actually better in snow than the All-Terrain T/a. I just happen to live 900 feet straight up a winding "driveway" from the road and we will just sit back and not put that plan into action unless needed. A few years ago I stuck that Sub going down that driveway because it was plowing too big a pile of snow in front of it. That was after the Blazer had gotten stuck down there doing the same thing with a set of All Terrain T/As on it.

And back then I had a hell of a lot more energy to dig crap out than I do these days.

I have never been too impressed with the BFG ATs on snow except when they are very fresh.

 

[Hanko]

I'm amazed at how things shut down with a foot of snow where you guys are getting it now. It's life as usuall here when a storm hits. Never heard of a store running out of stuff here, ever.

It is pretty simple actually. When one like this only hits every thirteen or fourteen years, and this one is gonna make the top ten since the 1870's, it makes absolutely no sense to maintain the monster snow handling equipment I see sitting waiting when I travel through your neck of the woods. And it also makes no sense to keep provisions on hand for such a storm. Ya just go get it when the forecaster says the poop is gonna hit the prop.

I would imagine you guys get socked in with that much snow. We dont get much in se Mich anymore. maybe once a year I can run my snowblower

 

[Freischutz]

Those vehicles look real happy - right where they are.

 

[SolarAndWood]

I understand the equipment thing but to not have a good set of rubbers under your horse so you can bust a trail through 2 feet if needed is crazy!

I hear that part. I parted with nine hundred bucks a few months ago for a set of BFG Commerical T/A-Traction shoes for the Suburban even though they will get worn out on dry roads mostly. They are actually better in snow than the All-Terrain T/a. I just happen to live 900 feet straight up a winding "driveway" from the road and we will just sit back and not put that plan into action unless needed. A few years ago I stuck that Sub going down that driveway because it was plowing too big a pile of snow in front of it. That was after the Blazer had gotten stuck down there doing the same thing with a set of All Terrain T/As on it.

And back then I had a hell of a lot more energy to dig crap out than I do these days.

I have never been too impressed with the BFG ATs on snow except when they are very fresh.

No doubt. As soon as my Firestones with 70000 miles on them finally wear out, I am back to the Hakkapelittas. With the Firestones, the burb slips even in the rain and gets put into AWD as soon as the roads have even a little snow on them. Hard to argue with how long they last and the gas mileage though.

 

[Flatbedford]

Never been to impressed by Firestones either. the ones that came on my '96 F250 were awful. Rain was like snow and snow was like ice, etc. Chunks started breaking off of the tread at about 30,000 miles.

 

[SmokinPiney]

Put in another 9 hrs plowin today and the snow finally stopped around 9am. Got just under 2 foot here at home and some of the drifts at work were up to the truck window. Someone didnt feel like shovelin the deck so i did and she watched.