tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post351443347945225230..comments2024-03-27T12:30:52.619-04:00Comments on Lost in the Bozone: Snow Removal TheoryMRMacrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-47154185768004325312011-01-25T12:23:23.518-05:002011-01-25T12:23:23.518-05:00I own three snow scoops of varying sizes. I have ...I own three snow scoops of varying sizes. I have worn out more than a few of them over the years. Now I keep them only as back up if the snow blower is down.<br /><br />Contrary to what the ad claims, there is indeed sweating involved.MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-85998170701798939972011-01-25T09:46:23.604-05:002011-01-25T09:46:23.604-05:00Here's a way to remove snow that's easier ...Here's a way to remove snow that's easier than shoveling and doesn't use gas. It's a snow scoop by <a href="http://www.silverbear.biz" rel="nofollow">Silver Bear.</a> They even do a model with wheels. Someone I know in W.VA. ordered one last year and was very happy with it. He has a bad back and the scoop allowed him to clear his driveway without killing his back.Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-89634805684902915912011-01-25T07:31:28.012-05:002011-01-25T07:31:28.012-05:00Blog Fodder - I am not sure where this website got...Blog Fodder - I am not sure where this website got the 66" average from. Over the last ten years we have rec'd 831.5 inches - that averages out to 83 inches a year.<br /><br />It doens't really matter anyway as long as my snow blower is working.<br /><br />David Barber - Yeah watching the reports of the uncharacteristic heavy snows you had earlier and then looking outside onto bare ground here made me realize we will most likely never get a good handle on the weather.<br /><br />Kulkiri - The Upper Penninsula is certainly an odd land. Always beautiful though, no matter what Ma Nature is doing.<br /><br />BBC - Snow's more fun when I complain about it.<br /><br />jadedj - Yeah that about covers my enthusiasm index as well. 'Bout Feb 1 I begin hoping the Sun will do my work for me. It never does, the lazy bastard.<br /><br />muddleglum - Its always that initial slicking that catches the most folks off guard. Even up here.<br /><br />Tom Harper - The problem with snow here is once it comes it doesn't melt until April.<br /><br />susan - Yeah, I was 18 before I had the joy of using a snow blower instead of a shovel. Internal combustion engines do have their uses.MRMacrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414173517957120477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-13859016380703700442011-01-24T19:55:10.944-05:002011-01-24T19:55:10.944-05:00I grew up in southern Ontario and saw lots of snow...I grew up in southern Ontario and saw lots of snow. Happily for me it was my father and the local men who were always in charge of moving it from the long, shared driveway so everyone could get their cars out. Unhappily for them, it was a time before snow blowers.<br /><br />Take care of yourself out there.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-38474318459448871512011-01-24T16:55:42.248-05:002011-01-24T16:55:42.248-05:00That's very true about heavy snow areas being ...That's very true about heavy snow areas being more ready and able to deal with huge snowfalls. The Pacific Northwest is almost like the deep south in that category. We get tons of rain here but not much snow (except in the mountains), and it only takes a couple of inches to bring everything to a grinding halt; especially in Seattle.<br /><br />I'm from a snowier region originally (Pennsylvania, then Connecticut) but nothing like the heavy snows they talk about in northern New England and Upstate New York. I used to hear all these stories about places in that area getting two feet of snow overnight, and everyone just goes about their routine the next day like nothing happened.Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-92006545227418451022011-01-24T10:19:50.267-05:002011-01-24T10:19:50.267-05:00Hey, great post and, yeah, I lived it--somewhat.
...Hey, great post and, yeah, I lived it--somewhat.<br /><br />One correction, though. At least in the Houston, TX area, it isn't the coupla inches that are dangerous, but any trace that ends up slicking the roads. I learned to stay off the road then. Happily it was only a four mile bike ride and I could pull the thing off the road when the crazies went sliding by.muddleglumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394254712209466553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-88802297536678010752011-01-23T09:02:06.159-05:002011-01-23T09:02:06.159-05:00At the beginning of the season I am on the edge of...At the beginning of the season I am on the edge of anal about it, but by the end of January (now) I just do enough to get out of the drive. I hate the shit.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-83410326599832370182011-01-22T20:14:37.459-05:002011-01-22T20:14:37.459-05:00The single deepest snowfall overnight I've eve...The single deepest snowfall overnight I've ever had to deal with was a four foot drop one night in Montana.<br /><br />We just hung out in the house for a few days until they cleared the roads and then I found a man with a plow on his truck to plow out the circular driveway. <br /><br />Snow happens, I just deal with it.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-6207897071044049872011-01-22T11:39:21.359-05:002011-01-22T11:39:21.359-05:00Where my place is UP on the Tundra they get some s...Where my place is UP on the Tundra they get some snow every year, some years almost every month. The least snow in one year(Jul 1-Jun 30) was 145 inches, the most was over 350 somewhere in the neighborhood of 380 inches. Years past they were very good about snow removal, would start shortly after the storm started and continue until all the roads were cleared or the snowplow operator needed sleep and then would continue until done. Now due to budget cuts the roads get plowed much less, usually 2-3 times a week when it snows. The roads still get cleared, but it won't be done as quickly as it was before.<br /><br />Next winter we'll be back UP on the Tundra and I'll have to deal with snow. I'm fixing up a plow truck, a '79 Jeep with a Western plow. I also have an older Toro snowblower that needs some work. It doesn't move very fast anymore, so I think something is worn in the drive, maybe a belt, maybe something else.Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-83197035246792829812011-01-22T11:34:11.648-05:002011-01-22T11:34:11.648-05:00Good luck, Mike. We had our fair share over Novem...Good luck, Mike. We had our fair share over November and December but nothing like what you get. I bought a snow shovel the other day as we have been forecast more of the white stuff. (We'll probably not get any more now!) <br /><br />Take care, my friend.David Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006533626998905560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9728880.post-10613426596433473862011-01-22T09:15:06.028-05:002011-01-22T09:15:06.028-05:00My theory about snow was "the Lord giveth, th...My theory about snow was "the Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away". then city council passed a bylaw that said you had to keep your walks shoveled or else! Darn. <br />They have had lots of snow and cold in both Saskatchewan and Central Siberia. I have relatives in both places. Khkasia wins with two months of -30 weather this winter. Ukraine has had a coastal winter this year, mostly 0C stuff and snow comes and goes.<br />66" is a lot of snow. You sure do need a snow blower for that.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com