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

It's almost middle of January and less than inch of snow accumulation has fallen.   There's no snow forecast in sight.  The temperature is heading up to 50-60F this weekend.  I'm excited about upcoming the warm weather but really want to see some real snow to play with.

Just saying, that's all.  It's been quiet on this forum for the last 3 days.  Too quiet.  I'm going to shift over to collecting lawn mowers instead of snowblowers if this keeps up.  Anybody feels the same way?

Got some "precipitation" last night.  Still no snow.  I'm going to move south if this keeps up.  I'm not putting up with the cold if it doesnt reward me with some snow.  

Cleared my driveway a little while ago of about 6" of heavy, wet snow and it's still snowing (lightly). I really enjoy using the Honda HS621 Single Stage for these less than 12" snowfalls. I never got a good chance to use it last winter because of the lack of snow and the year before I only had the HS520 which is kind of anemic compared to the HS621 (JMO). This is my new "go to" machine for less than blizzard quantity snowfall amounts. I like that it is very easy to manuever, has more than adequate power/throwing distance and is just plain fun to use and operate. I used to kind of look down on SS machines as not quite being up to the task but my thinking has since changed - especially as I get older and the 2 stage becomes just a bit more unwieldy every year. I still love my 2 stage but it is now reserved for monster storms.

I hear what you're saying FrankMA.

Similarly, my goto machine is my $30.00 Murray SS.  It's first out 99% of the time.   Light, powerful, effective and fun.  What more could one ask for?

Got a bit of snow last night.  Maybe an inch and a half but the wind piled it up in some places.  Still not enough to use a machine.  Got some decent snow forecasted for the weekend apparently.  We'll see........... 

I had about 15" last week over 3 days, and today we got 6" of the stickiest snow I've ever seen.

This is the first time I have ever had the blower push snow because it was so packed it didn't go into the auger. Temp was exactly 32. I had to ram into an old snowbank (frozen solid) to push that stuff into the auger, then it got thrown OK. Really strange. I even stopped and checked to make sure the machine was OK when I first saw it happening. Finally got it all cleared down to blacktop, it'll be in single digits tomorrow so I had to get all of it because anything I didn't get today will be there for a while.

Ever had Snowrollers?  They come with conditions like you had and very strong winds.  Bit of snow starts rolling across the top of the snow and it just builds - like when you make a snowman except they are not round - more like a cinnamon bun on its edge.  We had em a few years back and some were over a foot in diameter.  Very strange.

Never heard of snowroller or seen one.  Sounds like tumbleweeds, but only made of snow.

Yep - like a tumblweed, except they don't roll around like a snowball.  Once they start they just roll alond on one axis.  The ones we had turned out to be about 12 inches in diameter ang maybe a foot or so wide too.  Just like cutting a strip of dough and then rolling it up.

Out there in Saskatchewan you've got about a thousand miles of fetch for the wind to pick up.  It'll peel your hide off on a bad day.

Dr_Woof wrote:
Looked it up on wikipedia.  Looks like a big roll of white cotton candy.