[AT] OT: Weather ramble

[Rob Gray]

Here in NE PA the high yesterday was about 5 degrees and it snowed most 
all day. We ended up with around 10 inches or more with a lot of 
drifting overnight. As usual the 8N plowed everything great, but darn it 
was cold plowing with strong winds and zero temps with no cab.. ;) . 
Plowing with a blade behind the tractor takes a little practice to make 
it work right but once you get your method down it works great.I had 
originally planned to get a snow plow mounted on my F150 but I've come 
to the conclusion that I can plow all but maybe the very rare 
multiple-foot snows with the 8N setup I have.....

Go Eagles!

Rob
Northampton County, PA


charlie hill wrote:

> Hi David,  we got lucky down here on the NC coast.  It rained last 
> night at about 3 am.  It was 36 deg at the time.  By 5:00 it was below 
> freezing and little quarter sized puddles of water on the car and 
> truck are now solid ice.  The temp is still falling.  It is 24 now (10 
> am) with a 6 deg wind chill.  Luckily the sun is out.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
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> Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Weather ramble
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>
>> Here (NW NC) it's about 32 F at 12:45 AM with a mixture of sleet and 
>> freezing rain on the ground.  Our total accumulation is about 1/4 
>> inch so other than some ice on roads it shouldn't be much of a 
>> problem. Since it's ice rather than snow there isn't much reason to 
>> go outside and try to mow any (snow clearing is very uncommon around 
>> here - the county does the roads when we have enough accumulation - 
>> maybe two or three times a year).
>> As for The Kittery Trading Post, I had a chance to visit the store on 
>> a business trip several years ago.  Man, I thought I was in heaven!  
>> Being that I was flying and already had very full bags for the travel 
>> I had a good excuse to not buy anything.  Nice place to visit for sure!
>>
>> David
>>
>> HaliganBar at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> New England winter weather.....so far this year it's been defined as 
>>> everything from temps in the upper 50's with torrential rains to 
>>> subzero temperatures but, remarkably little snow. Finally, the snow 
>>> has arrived..with a vengeance. The weather Ouija boards are telling 
>>> the weather wizards that we are due for 12-24" here in western 
>>> Massachusetts.
>>>
>>> They started predicting this event on Wednesday so naturally I did 
>>> what any red-blooded male would do...I grabbed my wife and took off 
>>> to Maine on Friday night. We made the required visits to L.L. Bean 
>>> and the Kittery Trading Post. For those of you not familiar with The 
>>> Kittery Trading Post it is one of the greatest stores for 
>>> outdoorsman activities. Hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, canoeing, 
>>> et al. are all well represented. My personal favorite is the gun 
>>> area where there hundreds of rifles and shotguns, new and used, 
>>> displayed on open racks where you are allowed to handle and examine 
>>> them at your leisure. It was very hard to leave without buying that 
>>> really nice stainless bolt-action 22 mag. Ruger. Oh the restraint I 
>>> had to employ! I did find a nice pair of warm socks and a balaclava 
>>> to keep me warm while moving snow with the MF202 (requisite tractor 
>>> reference).
>>>
>>> My wife and I drove home in the snow today and made good time 
>>> despite the snow. So, here I sit with the thermometer reading 6 
>>> degrees and the snow falling pretty good (they are predicting 
>>> periods of snowfall up to 3" per hour). The tractor and snowblower 
>>> are fueled, my feet, head, and neck will be warm..now all I need is 
>>> a little daylight.  I'm looking forward to pushing some snow around.
>>>
>>> I hope the other list members affected by this storm made out all 
>>> right.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Karl
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