[AT] Snow and the 620

[Mark Johnson]

Dean & all:

This brings back memories of my youth - during one of the big blizzards 
in the late 1970s (not sure if it was 77, 78, or 79) my dad set out, 
after the snow stopped, with a similar setup with a 6' blade to plow out 
our driveway (attached to either a 620 or to a Farmall 300) - which was 
the better part of a quarter mile from the state highway that fronts the 
farm. However, while the snow had stopped, there was a strong west wind 
blowing across the north-south driveway...Pop had started down at the 
road and was working his way back toward the house; he had plowed out 
about halfway up the driveway when he looked back at where he had 
started - and saw that it had already drifted in to a point where he 
couldn't tell he'd done anything.

My dad, being the smart guy that he was (and boy, do I miss him, even 
after 5 years) just picked up the blade and drove the tractor back to 
the shed. He waited until the wind died down before trying again - which 
was the next morning. Fortunately for the folks, they didn't need to 
leave the farm for anything, just keep the cattle fed.

I think this might have been the same winter that Pop had to plow roads 
across the fields in order to be able to haul hay (big bales) to the 
herd. The snow was so deep that the cows used his roads instead of 
walking through what was hip-deep to them! Smart animals, too.

Stay warm, all! Snowing again here in Missouri.

Mark J

Columbia, MO

On 2/16/2021 4:39 PM, Dean Vinson wrote:
>
> About 8” of new snow last night and this morning, so this afternoon I 
> got the 620 out to clear the driveway.   That was way more fun than 
> shoveling the steps.
>
> Dean Vinson
>
> Saint Paris, Ohio
>
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