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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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MN_Runner

Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Joined: Dec 5, 2010
Points: 622

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #73 Jan 28, 2012 6:13 pm

royster wrote:

Just got our biggest snowstorm yet for 2012. But only about 5 inches of snow followed by 6 hours of ice pellets , then 6 hours of freezing rain.

I could have cleared the mixture away with a scoop but driveway is 120 ft x 17 feet and the parking lot in front of the garage 24 ft x 25 ft , so with the EOD mess,

decided to use my 2011 Husqvarna 27 inch, 14.5 Briggs, hydrostatic, power steering, and heated grips to do the job in about 15 minutes.

It was an easy job, The separate direct controls for the chute and the chute deflector operated easily with no binding like the joystick on my neighbour's John Deere.

I've tried those joysticks on the showroom floor , and it seems that they bind a lot as they do not offer any mechanical advatage to move the chute and the deflector..

@royster:

Can you tell us how the hydrostatic works and how the grips are heated? Have you ever been electrocuted with the heated grips or experienced an episode of VF (ventricular fibrallation)?

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 #74 Jan 29, 2012 12:55 pm

@MN_Runner

I know you are only making fun of me and my excellemt Husqvarna Snowblower, and you already know the answers to your questions,

So here is my reply. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Royster

aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #75 Jan 30, 2012 11:04 am

It's going to be 50 degrees tomorrow. I'm going to get to see my beautiful brown grass again. :)

I think I'm going to fire up my string trimmer and leaf blower. I don't care if it's snow or grass, I need my OPE fix.

This message was modified Jan 30, 2012 by aa335

MN_Runner

Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Joined: Dec 5, 2010
Points: 622

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #76 Jan 31, 2012 4:02 am

This year is not a fun year for snowblowers. I would normally clear my portion of the pond for kids to skate except that I am afraid that the ice is too soft and thin. I would hate to sink my blower and get a grief from my family. It was 45 F today and expecting 43F tomorrow. I may have to start mowing the grass in Feb or Mar.

borat

Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #77 Jan 31, 2012 9:11 am

We've been getting annoying amounts of snow the last couple days. Maybe one inch yesterday and 1/2" today. We're supposed to get around two to three more inches??? Bring on the snow FFS!!! Gettin antsy ova he............

RedOctobyr

Location: Lowell area, MA
Joined: Nov 5, 2011
Points: 282

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #78 Jan 31, 2012 9:59 am

Could be worse

I've gotten maybe a grand total of 5" total. Since November 1. Looking at it differently, we got more snow in a freak storm at the end of October than we have in total since then. This is just bizarre weather. I'm closer to needing my mower than the snowblower. Whereas a year ago, we kept getting slammed, on just about a weekly basis. There's nothing on the ground at the moment.

aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #79 Jan 31, 2012 10:28 am

I think the state of Alaska is hoarding all the snow and they don't know how to give it up. :)

aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #80 Jan 31, 2012 10:31 am

MN_Runner wrote:

This year is not a fun year for snowblowers.

I try to see the good side of this problem. It's a great year for buying snowblower, especially if you've been teether tottering on getting a SS. :)

aa335

Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #81 Jan 31, 2012 10:43 am

borat wrote:

Funny thing is I bought new snow tires for the car expecting a big bad winter like the Farmer's Almanac predicted. There's only 7 inches of snow total up to date, and the current temp is 51 degrees, I'm wearing my spring jacket. :) Tomorrow it will be 60 degrees. I'm feeling some kind of fever, but it's not cabin fever.

I wonder if I should bring out the fertilizer spreader and wake up the grass from dormancy.

RedOctobyr

Location: Lowell area, MA
Joined: Nov 5, 2011
Points: 282

Re: Snow at last!
Reply #82 Jan 31, 2012 10:48 am

Heh, I just put my snow tires on over the weekend. I figured I'd better do it eventually, since the snow will get here at some point, and my stock tires are not good in the snow.

It's a good year to buy a blower, but if you already have a backlog of a machine(s) you need to sell before getting anything else, that blade cuts both ways

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