[AT] Got Woodchuck Pills? Snow

[Gene Dotson]

    Yes, the 23 inches of snow we got yesterday was a one day
record for this part of Ohio. The 10 degree temperature and 30
MPH winds assured that it drifted constantly all night and
today. I had 6 foot drifts between the house and barn that I
leveled with the Case Dozer before I could even get the
snowblower tractor out.
    Snow removal equipment is like any other machinery purchase.
You have what you normally need. The exceptional circumstances
you just use what you have and do the best you can. I am sure
some of the folks in Colorado laugh at a 30 inch snowstorm in
New York. It is all relative to your local area.
    After our blizzard in January, 1978, A fellow from
Marysville bought a 5 ton military truck with a 300 HP mounted
snowblower, Just sure he would make a lot of money with it every
year. The thing sat in his barnyard for the next ten years and
was never used.
    I could put a 9 foot blade on one of my tractors and spend
an hour clearing out all of the snow in the nighborhood then
park it in the barn till the next big event, maybe next week or
next generation, but that does not make economical sense. Better
to miss a day or 2 of work than to invest in something seldom
used.

                    Gene


----- Original Message -----
From: "carl gogol" <cgogol at twcny.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills? Snow


: I, and all the other list members from the Central New York
area are truly
: amazed that a 15" snow fall can be an area record!  Gosh if we
had to spend
: 5 hours every time it snowed 10 or 15" in a winter, we
wouldn't have time to
: sleep, eat or tell tall stories from December  through April!
: Bottom line, invest in some real snow removal equipment, the
world doesn't
: have to stop just because it snowed 20 or 30 inches overnight!
:-)
: We are off to Ohio (Akron / Wadsworth) early tomorrow morning.
I hope they
: can handle a few inches of snow better than Roanoke VA could
a couple of
: years ago.  I got such of kick out of their Big DOT trucks
running around in
: packs of 5 - 8 vehicles, using plows that we would have on
full size pickup
: trucks,  its an image I will have for the rest of my life
: Merry Christmas and Peace to the whole list.
:  Carl Gogol
: Manlius, NY
: (2) AC D-14, AC 914H
: Simplicity 3112 & 7116
: Kubota F-2400 - I can't wait to try it on a foot or more snow
with the blade
: I got on ebay.
:
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