[AT] Got Woodchuck Pills? Snow

[Greg Whittaker]

Dad and I bought a 7' 3pt hitch snowblower from an E-bay auction that was in 
Greensburg In and picked it up a week ago.  The owner's uncle had bought it 
new after the storm in 1978 and from the appearance of the machine it had 
been used once maybe twice.  There was still paint in side the chute and on 
the sprocket teeth.  We've used it more the past week than the P.O. ever 
thought of.  The best part is we got it for less than half what a comparable 
and much more used machine would have cost up here even after figuring in 
our fuel costs.  I'm sure he wishes he still had it if not to use to sell 
locally after the storm that just went through.  He told is that after the 
78 storm everybody bought blades, buckets and blowers and it never snowed to 
that extent again.

Greg Whittaker
Wolverine Mi.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotsly at loganrec.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [AT] Got Woodchuck Pills? Snow


>    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"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> 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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