[AT] Snow and the 620

[Bo Hinch]

To say that 2020 was unusual , I can say I have in all my 81 years never
seen so many problems in the World . We survived two HURRICANES back to
back and so for have outran the covid 19 virus . Then we start 2021 with
the same covid 19 and winter has sat in with a grudge , 14* in Sulphur
Louisiana and 4 to 5 inches of snow on the ground with everything frozen
yesterday morning and NO electricity and only a trickle of water . The only
difference from yesterday and today is we have electricity . When it is all
said and done , I thank the good Lord above for giving me the health and
energy in order to survive . My old daddy taught me many years ago to NEVER
GIVE UP as things will get better . We southerners are NOT used to or
equipped for freezing rain , sleat and snow but we just have to improvise
in order to survive and if we can make it for a few more days , well , who
knows what happens next . just bring it on and let`s see .

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 8:50 AM Mattias Kessén <davidbrown950 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Nice photos!
>
> Thank's for sharing.
>
> Med vänlig hälsning
>
> Mattias Kessén
>
> Hässelstad Solhöjden 2
> 594 93 Gamleby
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> 070-523 59 00
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>
> 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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