Ole Joe Clark
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I love snow, as long as it's about 500 miles away from Dixie.
Stay warm and be blessed,
Leon
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I love snow, as long as it's about 500 miles away from Dixie.
Stay warm and be blessed,
Leon
We're supposed to get two feet or more south of Boston. Not thrilled with the prospect, but the snow blower is ready. Hopefully i am too.
We got some snow out here in the mountains of West Virginia.
Didn't amount to much. Roads were just a little wet.
Didn't amount to much. Roads were just a little wet.
Ole Joe Clark
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Be careful out there, it's not a good time to have car trouble or anything worse that having to refill the coffee cup.
Stay warm and be blessed,
Leon
Stay warm and be blessed,
Leon
Since I live in somewhat south Louisiana , we don't deal with snow very often . We watch shows like Highway Through Hell and see people driving in horrible conditions . Snow and ice and the roads are full of people driving at very unsafe speeds . My question is WHY ? Are they that confidant of their ability to drive in those conditions ? Do all of those people NEED to be on the roads ? They are speeding along like it's a bright sunshiney day . There are some terrible accidents and traffic is backed up for hours . Was it worth it ?
There are a lot of people that drive in the snow, that don't have their light bulb, screwed in all the way.
You just have to look way ahead and at your rear view mirror....
Big Time and hope for the best, if you have to be out, in it.
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About 3" here in Central NJ, looks fairly powdery.
We ain't got no snow, but tonight is definitely a 3 dog night.
We got about 30" and strong winds. The drifts piled up weirdly, as they always do.
I made to passes with the Ariens 28" machine yesterday. Just as I was finishing clearing the snow around the hydrant down the hill, the machine stopped moving.
I had to push it up the hill and into the garage. I took the pulley cover off and discovered a broken spring. One end attached to the frame the other attached to ???.
After a little on line research, I found out that it was the idler pulley tensioner spring. Or, as Ariens refers to it the "Swivel Hook Extension Spring."
Being Saturday evening, nothing was open and it looked like it would be Monday before I'd be able to find one. I posted on the snow blower thread on a shooting forum and someone told me that a large Ariens dealer about an hour from me was going to open Sunday morning.
I called first thing this morning and they had them in stock. Off I went. One hour and $12.73 I had a shiny new Swivel Hook Extension Spring in hand.
Replacing it was about a one minute job. Started it up, ran it enough to make sure that was the fix, and put the cover back on.
I got 12 years out of the first one, and the new improved one will likely last as long.
Finished the clean up and now catching up on forum reading.
Other parts of the state had as much snow and wind, and tides as well. Lots of power outages on Cape Cod, but nothing around here. It wouldn't matter as the whole house generator was ready anyway.
I made to passes with the Ariens 28" machine yesterday. Just as I was finishing clearing the snow around the hydrant down the hill, the machine stopped moving.
I had to push it up the hill and into the garage. I took the pulley cover off and discovered a broken spring. One end attached to the frame the other attached to ???.
After a little on line research, I found out that it was the idler pulley tensioner spring. Or, as Ariens refers to it the "Swivel Hook Extension Spring."
Being Saturday evening, nothing was open and it looked like it would be Monday before I'd be able to find one. I posted on the snow blower thread on a shooting forum and someone told me that a large Ariens dealer about an hour from me was going to open Sunday morning.
I called first thing this morning and they had them in stock. Off I went. One hour and $12.73 I had a shiny new Swivel Hook Extension Spring in hand.
Replacing it was about a one minute job. Started it up, ran it enough to make sure that was the fix, and put the cover back on.
I got 12 years out of the first one, and the new improved one will likely last as long.
Finished the clean up and now catching up on forum reading.
Other parts of the state had as much snow and wind, and tides as well. Lots of power outages on Cape Cod, but nothing around here. It wouldn't matter as the whole house generator was ready anyway.
Temps dropped steadily as the wind picked up while at work from Friday midnight thru daybreak Saturday. A brief shower around 4AM might have been a dusting had the temp been about 15 deg. cooler. Never made it out of the 50's during the 08-1600 shift.
Chilly for soFla but no cigar for me.
Chilly for soFla but no cigar for me.
I hate losing power but snow? Since I've retired it's completely different.
If I stock up before hand and make sure the generator has propane it's not the pain it used to be. My wife can work from home if necessary and leave her car in the garage.
It's something that happens this time of year but doesn't carry the work and stress it used to.
I feel the pain of those who must venture forth and I'm not gloating.
I wish you the best and stay safe!
If I stock up before hand and make sure the generator has propane it's not the pain it used to be. My wife can work from home if necessary and leave her car in the garage.
It's something that happens this time of year but doesn't carry the work and stress it used to.
I feel the pain of those who must venture forth and I'm not gloating.
I wish you the best and stay safe!
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I used to like working in the snow, especially if it was overtime. That all changed when I retired. Now I hate the snow and would love to move somewhere south. I just can't seem to convince my wife of that, though.
