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?

Long Island, NY checking in. Finally some snow! Some areas received from 2 to 3 feet of snow especially northern and eastern areas. They were rescuing people off the LIE(495) with snowmobiles! In my area on the central south shore we got a foot to a foot and a half. I'm totally enamored with my toro 221. It got no use last year of course so this is the first time I've used it since the winter of 2010-11 which is when I bought it. I was impressed then and I'm still impressed. This machine rips through anything. EOD and the more compacted snow just means narrower passes. Had to let the snow sit for most of the day as I had to go to work early Saturday. I was worried but it handled it just fine. The bottom inch or so was very crusty and icy as we had had 2 inches of rain prior to the snow sticking. It was a little bumpy but it just tore through it or over it. No 2-stage remorse anymore. I'd buy it all over again. Happy snowblowing to you all!

Still no new snow for a while, BUT.....lotsa Old snow piling up cause it blew real hard all last night - got four foot drifts right down the driveway bout 200 feet of it!  So hard you can walk on em and not leave tracks.  Think I'm gonna call in the guy with the Bobcat cause I don't wanna try to tackle that stuff with the Honda.  Wind chill is -35 too!

I just found out where the missing snow is ... Phoenix!  They're freaking out down there right now.

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aa335 wrote:
I heard you guys might get some good amount of snow (+8") this week.   We are expecting 4-6" this Friday.

The forecast is for 2-5 inches Thursday night into Friday for Chicagoland.  There might be more snow further up north in Wisconsin.

Bill_H wrote:
Im sure they're freaking out to see snow, but that itty bitty 2 incher is not going to explain why my area is missing some much needed snow. 

aa335 wrote:

Maybe it was all 40 inches and the first 38 melted on the trip south? :D

Big storm forecast to be here around noon on Tuesday, bringing 6 inches of snow to Chicagoland area.  Hopefully it materializes and not a big weatherman hype.

The snow is coming down hard.  Wet and heavy with high winds blowing snow sideways.  It's a mini blizzard but it's the biggest storm of the winter so far.  

We had a blizzard here 2 weeks ago, and the 10" we got this weekend was like a dusting compared to that. I feel really sorry for anyone whose blower is out of commission for any reason. The plow guys made a bundle but lived on catnaps and coffee for 72 hours. I had to shovel about 10' of sidewalk that I can't get the blower to, just that was a job and a half.