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The winter team... awaiting winter

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ggsteve
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Nothing in the forecast, but I'm ready if and when:

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Diz Jr.
Lookin good ggsteve :thThumbsU
Same here, got both of mine ready but so far haven't got to use them.
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D-Dogg
Yeah, I would say you're ready to rumble!
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APinNY
You're ready to go, but no snow. Fear not, it will come. It always does. :)
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Did you read today that the EPA has awarded some type of award to Massachusetts for decreasing some type of gas emission into the atmosphere. Ha! They must have been testing on a day that the snow machines/garden tractors weren't working.
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PA318Guy
ggsteve, only had one snow where I could even think of running the blower, did a little just to exercise it, the snow was pretty much gone in 2 days!
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jas11964
PA318Guy said:
ggsteve, only had one snow where I could even think of running the blower, did a little just to exercise it, the snow was pretty much gone in 2 days!
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You had that much? We got a ground cover a little after Christmas but the only thing the snow plow tractor has been doing is shuttling firewood to the house. Loader is down for now so I'm in no hurry for a big snow. I would like to give the plow some exercise though.

That arsenal that ggsteve has is pretty impressive.
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slkpk
So how do you like that shed? slkpk
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ggsteve
slkpk said:
So how do you like that shed? slkpk
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It's not bad for the money. As you can see I've made a couple of modifications.

First and foremost, if anyone gets one of these temp shelters the first thing I would do is get a sacrificial tarp to go over the roof. I bolted two 12x16 tarps together and they take the brunt of the weather and sun, protecting the expensive roof on this thing. Left by itself I bet the roof wouldn't last more than a couple years. I saw mine weakening after one year and put the tarps over it. It's been two more years and the roof is holding up.

The second thing I did was replace the little ball and elastic stretchers that keep the roof taught with 4 foot bungie cords anchored to the feet. Works much better and they don't fail nearly as easily.

Last you can see I added strips of corrugated roofing at the bottom sides. This is new so I don't know how well it is going to work, but when I push the snow off the roof, which I do after (or during) every snow storm, it had been pushing the sides of the tent in. I hope this stops most of that.
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AmandaRae
Snow & slush on Thursday :)
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Ready to go, I have Lilies and Tulips coming out of the ground and just saw a honey bee buzzing past my head. If this is global warming, I'm all in!:thThumbsU
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ezliving4ume
1-3 here in Indiana over the next 48 hours. Man its been like 50 deg.'s what in the world is going on?
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GT_80
AmandaRae said:
Snow & slush on Thursday :)
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I can't wait! I got 4 snow moving machines ready to go!! I always make 25 bucks for cleaning my neighbors driveway, so that helps support my habit :D
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Waterbug
Bring it !!!! My other GT-18 with the plow was late for the photo shoot. :)

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Awww yeah! 4-6"
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ezliving4ume
This winter stinks
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Screw it! There's no snow forcast for the coast so I'm gonna go where there is some. Tomorrow, my son and I are driving to Pittsburg, NH to go snowmobiling with some friends. They are forcasting 6-12" today in that area, should benefit the trails.
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AmandaRae
Pokey said:
Screw it! There's no snow forcast for the coast so I'm gonna go where there is some. Tomorrow, my son and I are driving to Pittsburg, NH to go snowmobiling with some friends. They are forcasting 6-12" today in that area, should benefit the trails.
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Well that sounds like fun...:)



Im from boylston, originally from lancaster, ive been to fitchburg before.
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JayC
ggsteve said:
Nothing in the forecast, but I'm ready if and when:
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'Kay, but where's the 990?

JayC
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D-Dogg
JayC said:
'Kay, but where's the 990?

JayC
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Yeah, you're not going to leave the 990 out of the winter games are you?
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