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jrtrebor

Location: Michigan - 3 hours north of Chicago on the lake
Joined: Feb 10, 2010
Points: 539

Snow at last!
Original Message Dec 31, 2011 10:34 pm

Happy New Year to everyone

"Hooray"
Snows on it's way to central western Michigan.

Winter Storm Warning
Statement as of 9:42 PM EST on December 31, 2011

... Winter Storm Warning remains in effect from 10 am Sunday to
8 PM EST Monday...

Hazardous weather...

* rain and snow will transition to all snow by noon Sunday. The
   snow will continue through Monday.

* Potential for snow accumulations of at least 8 inches across
   portions of the warning area by Monday evening. Localized
   heavier snow bands near little and big Sable points along
   with much of Van Buren and Allegan counties could lead to
   amounts over a foot.

* It will become very windy late Sunday morning with wind gusts
   expected to reach 50 to 60 mph through Sunday night. This
   will cause considerable blowing snow.

Impacts...

* near blizzard conditions possible.

* Snow covered to icy Road conditions developing by mid
   afternoon Sunday and lasting through Monday due to snow...
   blowing snow and falling temperatures.

* Power outages and downed tree limbs likely Sunday and Sunday
   night due to very strong winds.

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aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #35 Jan 11, 2012 4:53 pm

Nice, no batteries required. Always right every time.

Steve_Cebu

Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #36 Jan 11, 2012 11:29 pm

Hey looks like we will be getting about 10" tomorrow!

"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England." "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."

aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #37 Jan 12, 2012 9:56 am

The weatherman are as having their day, hyping up the snow as if it was a blizzard of the century. In fact, this is Chicago's first "significant" snow event. Oh well, it's only January, its supposed to snow and be cold.

City of Chicago is pretreating Lake Shore Drive with salt. :)

Expecting 4-8 inches over the next two days,

optimistically speaking. Been checking the weather to see if more snow is coming.

That's fine by me. Still have to get to work and my car is RWD with only 5" ground clearance. Haven't got stuck or lost control of the car yet.

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royster

" It is the use of power tools that separates man from animals"

Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Joined: Feb 11, 2011
Points: 284

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #38 Jan 12, 2012 11:42 am

Weather forecast: Fredericton, NB Canada , 20-25 cm (8-10 inches) this evening but overnight warming up to +6 (+43 F) and staying warm with rain all day tomorrow.

So there goes the snow , again

Guess I will wax and polish the Husqvarna again

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manjestic

Location: North Shore, MA
Joined: Oct 31, 2011
Points: 87

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #39 Jan 12, 2012 12:25 pm

aa335 wrote:

...my car is RWD with only 5" ground clearance. Haven't got stuck or lost control of the car yet.

RWD is awesome, provided you have proper tires. My car has about the same clearance as my snowblower.

The good news is that perhaps municipalities can come in under budget for the snow removal thing and offset last year.

aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #40 Jan 12, 2012 12:45 pm

manjestic wrote:

RWD is awesome, provided you have proper tires. My car has about the same clearance as my snowblower.

The good news is that perhaps municipalities can come in under budget for the snow removal thing and offset last year.

I love RWD. Have gone through 4 winters with RWD and the only time I'm worried is when the snow is too deep and heavy, I get high centered. Not fond of plowing snow with plastic bumper covers, but soft fresh snow are no problem.

JoelKlein

I wonder how a 2021 snow blower will look like...

Joined: Sep 26, 2011
Points: 74

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #41 Jan 12, 2012 1:12 pm

Toro 1028 OXE

Bill_H

Location: Maine
Joined: Jan 12, 2008
Points: 354

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #42 Jan 12, 2012 3:43 pm

Finally! First real snow of the season, got to try out my new tires. ~180 lbs. each. Unstoppable!

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Who the hell let all the morning people run things?

FrankMA

Location: Merrimack Valley/Northeastern Mass
Joined: Jul 1, 2010
Points: 587

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #43 Jan 12, 2012 3:59 pm

Well it was snowing this morning (enough for it to stick a bit) then turned to a slushy snow/rain mix and now its windy and about 40*F. I've only used my 2 stage once after the crazy October nor'easter. I have not even used the SS yet as it has not snowed since...

Toro Wheel Horse 522xi GT, Honda HS928TA, Honda HS621AS, Honda HS520A, Toro CCR3000 (work in progress), Honda HS624WA (sold 08/23/2010), Stihl BR550 Backpack Blower, Stihl MS250, McCulloch MS1635, Honda EM6500SX Generator

aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #44 Jan 12, 2012 4:11 pm

Bill_H wrote:

Finally! First real snow of the season, got to try out my new tires. ~180 lbs. each. Unstoppable!

That's the biggest single stage snowblower I've seen yet. How big of an area do you clear?

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