[AT] Plowing snow

[Indiana Robinson]

I've kind of had this plowing snow thing whipped... Son Scott loves plowing
snow and keeps "something" around to do it. When I got to where I couldn't
he just started coming down and plowing the barn lot / driveway and a
series of paths from the house to the farm shop and back to the east barn
where the horses are sheltered. If it keeps snowing he plows before work
and again at night. Funny thing is that he prefers to plow with a large
quad instead of a bigger tractor. It does fit in tight spaces easier. He
does have a MF-175-D and I have an old county highway truck blade that will
fit on it facing backward. It isn't the most handy thing around but will
break through the big drifts well if on a larger tractor. Several years ago
we had a badly drifted section of road between his house and mine that the
county couldn't break through. They had one plow truck stuck at the south
end, another stuck at the north end and a third stuck trying to pull out
the one at the north end. These were regular dump trucks loaded with sand.
Scott went to the barn down the road and got my Deere 4020 which had that
blade on it and cleared the whole blocked section. The thing that allowed
it was that unlike the county trucks he could swing around and shove it off
into the fields instead of it just piling up. He was also able to get it
cleared around the county trucks and then cleared that after they left.
That old blade worked well on his 1755 Oliver too. We have never had it in
anything smaller and I don't know how it would do, its pretty heavy.
I think we have this winter mostly dealt with now even though it could
still get messy in a short burst or two. After what has seemed like forever
at zero temps the 10 day is now calling for the mid 40's today and
tomorrow. The rest of the 10 days are calling for mid 50's except for one
day at 60... I'm not sure that I remember how to walk on unfrozen bare
ground.
:-)
It isn't even supposed to drop below freezing at night...
The horses are going to be very happy as the grass gets uncovered, it's
actually pretty green under there.
I'm seeing some bud changes and the mix of birds at the feeders has been
changing over the last couple of weeks as some move north.
We have a herd of geese that stay here over the winter but this week we saw
several groups flying over. These are not the local guys commuting to work
and back, these were migratory geese in formation and up high. Excuse me
now while I go out and dance on the sidewalk.
:-)


On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 12:13 AM, Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net> wrote:

> On 3/6/2015 9:35 PM, George Crawford wrote:
> > I have to feel a bit sorry for you folks having to deal with the cold
> and snow. Being from the Pacific NorthwestI really do sympathize with those
> of you still snowed in and freezing.George
> Its not so bad when you have lived in those conditions of winter all
> your life. We learn how to dress, when to stay indoors, all that good
> stuff. If you can get into the new ATIS forum you can see a picture of
> me sitting out on the Cockshutt 40 and snow blower quite comfortable at
> +20 degrees.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
> >
>
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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
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