Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

The First snow we've had this year and before Halloween no less! New Hampshire might get a lot of snow this year!

These were taken with my Canon HF G10 in near darkness. I have some of the small accumulation we got here but other places we went to tonight had a lot more snow that we did.

I will post the others once they have uploaded. I know it's not much snow, but it is a start!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSyPIXCM5SE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPfAvbh0B7E

I am hoping to mow the lawn this afternoon for the last time this calender year  The ground is way too warm for the snow to stick.  I hope we don't that much snow this winter season. 

MN_Runner wrote:

Well it's hard to say based on this one storm, but in my mind getting 3-6 inches of snow in New Hampshire BEFORE halloween when we normally don't see any real snow until December makes me think that we are gonna get buried this winter.

Since you are in Minnesota and got socked last year that might mean you will get diddley this year and we will get socked! No one here will be mowing their lawns anymore this year.

I wonder whether a lawn mower can remove snow.  It would be interesting but not willing to sacrifice my little red lawn mower. I know snowblower can blow water and leafs very well.

MN_Runner wrote:

I don't even own a lawnmower.  But I would think it would be better at chopping snow than actually blowing it.

This guy is using his riding mower on snow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYFfeGXKXC4

They are also predicting more snow than average for MN this winter just like last year.  It is going to be a long winter with the Vkings playing really bad.

MN_Runner wrote:

Well for us we'll get 10-12" tonight so l'll be making videos in the morning. It's coming down pretty heavy right now and we have a blanket on everything except the driveway.

Long winter but that's ok, my wife likes winter cause she likes to cuddle under the blankets.

Steve_Cebu wrote:
You know, you can always turn the thermostat down a few degrees.  Worked for me. 

aa335 wrote:

Good idea!

Also I started a Snowpocalypse thread for this storm we just had. YouTube is slow right now butn. videos will be up soo

Just got power back today at 4PM after being out since saturday at 730PM. Hate it when that happens. The snow was uber heavy and 12 inches did a lot of damage. My snowblowers were up to it though. Lots of neighbors pissing and moaning because theirs would not start when they needed them.

The real hero was my generator which ran straight through for 5 days and nights. Never hiccupped once. I admit I turned it off for about 10-15 minutes to change the oil on tuesday but that was it. Very happy with it. One of my neighbors showed up in my driveway to fix his generator. One of the jets was clogged with what looked like rubber from the weird gasket on the underside of the carb. This was a brand new machine! Always pays to keep yor stuff running and check it periodically.

mcbnh wrote:

What brand snowblower and generator do you use?