[AT] Plowing snow

[DDSS]

Just crazy. Yesterday it hit -2. Today, it was 63.  Nebraska... frostbite to 
sunburn in 24 hours.

Dick Day


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From: Mike
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2015 7:18 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Plowing snow

Greg, I know what you mean,  I believe I'm a bit south of you in
Hartland, MI, and you are right, the cold just won't let up. I heat with
wood, and am a slave to the stove to keep it warm in the house. One
night got so cold -22 that I kept water running in the utility room just
as insurance. The cold overpowered the block heater in my tractor, and I
had to drag the torpedo heater down to the barn and have it blow hot air
on the block before I got it to start. I'm done!!

Mike M

On 3/6/2015 7:24 PM, Greg Hass wrote:
> I'm really getting tired of winter. As has been pointed out I still have
> better weather than Ralph, but still I guess it's all relevant. We have
> not had a thaw since before Christmas. About 10 days before Christmas I
> put some machinery in the shed that I hadn't gotten to. Well, all the
> ice and snow that was on them is still there, hasn't melted a bit. This
> is the longest spell in my lifetime that we have gone this long without
> a thaw of any kind. All I have to move my snow with is a small skid
> steer with a 23 hp. Honda engine. I have a 60 inch bucket on it and use
> that to move snow. I have 2 over 100 horse tractors but nothing on them
> to move snow. I have an old 5 foot back blade but it is light and our 2
> to 3 foot drifts are just too much and the loader is just easier and
> faster. Most nights for the last 2 months have been near or below zero;
> the last 2 nights have both been below zero, our lowest being -23
> degrees. Very rare in our part of Michigan and over the last month many
> all time cold records have been broken. It is supposed to warm up the
> end of next week but the weatherman has been saying that for two months
> now. For heat for the house I have been burning corn. This year I got 5
> and a half ton and it will be gone  Sunday or Monday.  I have done this
> for 6 or 7 years. I run it from thanksgiving until the  middle of March.
> The rest of the time I use oil as I can't keep the corn burning in warm
> weather. Just the same I save about $2000 a year doing this.
>                  Greg Hass
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