[AT] Snow and the 620

[Mattias Kessén]

Nice photos!

Thank's for sharing.

Med vänlig hälsning

Mattias Kessén

Hässelstad Solhöjden 2
594 93 Gamleby

070-523 59 00


Den ons 17 feb. 2021 kl 15:15 skrev Mark Johnson <
markjohnson100 at centurylink.net>:

> 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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