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

Looks like we might be getting 3-6 inches of snow tomorrow! Good thing my snowblower is being brought back today!

Steve_Cebu wrote:
I'm sure a call to the shop would help speed things up a bit.   

"I see snow on the ground, where's my snowblower????  I asked for routine maintenance and adjustments, not an engine rebuild!!! "

Way too early for snow.  In the midwest, we don't expect any significant accumulation after Thanksgiving.   I'm still mowing my lawn.   I just want Halloween to be warm and dry before anything comes down.

I did fire up my snowblower(s) last weekend, we got first frost this morning, so who knows. 

aa335 wrote:

They delivered my Toro about an hour ago. They forgot to flip the side skids so I did that and now I'm good to go. Bring on the snow!

We got almost 2 inches in some places and there is still snow on the ground in many areas but it wasn't a full blanket of snow.

We just do not get snow before Thanksgiving here either! This is insanely early for snow, if it does what it's supposed to do tomorrow it could break historical snowfall records in Massachusetts. I hope FrankMA has his snowblower all set to go.

We still have most of the leaves on the trees so likely my snowblower will do double duty as a leadf blower as well.

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?

No snow up he..

Still have green grass and today it was 50F, nice a sunny.   Got the Polaris snow machine ready to roll.  All the summer stuff is put away and snow removal equipment is set to go. 

Bring on the snow. 

I's ready.

Steve,

In Bedford the snow was about 12 inches plus, very heavy and did mucho damage. This storm I used 2 Yamaha snowblowers,. A YS624T for the yard pathways, and a YS828W for the driveway.

The generator was also a Yamaha, model EF6600DE. It purred for 5 straight days/nights (except 15 minutes for an oil change on Tuesday) while running a fridge, 2 - 1HP sumps, the furnace, 2 - 50 inch TV's, 3 computers, and all the lights/outlets you need including the all important garage circuit. Just had to feed it gas, 12-15 gallons each day. I have electric hot water that is 4500 watts alone so I have a dedicated transfer switch with a 30A plug recepticle (Reliant brand?) where I plug in the cord from the generator and I have 80 gallons of hot water 50 minutes later. I move the cord back to the other transfer switch to power the house again. Not ideal but it works. The cord I use is a score from the brewery in Merrimack. A throw away item, someone grabbed it to re-purpose and I ended up with 34 feet of it. Its imperviously to all sorts of chemicals, is designed to be submerged in liquid, and remains pliant down to a super cold temparature. I spent 50 bucks on the male and female plugs but a 25 foot cord is about 80 - 100 dollars. I run Mobil 1 in all of these and they start real easy when it is cold out.

I fixed a guys generator on Sunday, the jets were clogged. This was a brand new machine never run! Lots of neighbors pissing and moaning that there snowblwers would not start when they needed them. Always pays to check your equipment and maintain your stuff.

mcbnh wrote:

Those Yamaha snowblowers are nice, it's too bad they don't sell them in the UUS any longer. This snowpocalypse was pretty bad for so many people, you certainly are pepared having a deent generator. It would be nice if we had one. I'd be happy to have heat and hot water. I can live without lights and TV for a few days. Someday, maybe.

As you say always maintain what you own, good advice!