Buddy.. you can have all the snow.. we got 2 inches. that's enough..
What IS that white fluffy stuff?!?
Omigoodness, FINALLY some snow! Well, not just some...
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(that's the neighbour's driveway... They don't want me to snowblow it for them, 'cause they like the exercise! Good for them, I say!)
Got so excited I roared out at the crack of dawn today! Well, after some crescent rolls.... and two cups of coffee... and checking MTF... and playing a bit of WOW. Then 20 minutes of trying to remember how to strap on my snow blowing gear...
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Oh, and back in to get the green and yellow snowblowing scarf!
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Okay, ambled out at about 10 am... Snow on the way out to the garage was over my boots... Hmmmm... COULD it be too much for the plow? Well, lets try it anyway.... 45 minutes later, back in I came....Got to the icy patch at the bottom of the driveway, 2 feet of snow piled in front of LittleTractor and I lost traction... THEN I couldn't get up the hill into the garage, because under the snow in the alley was a sheet of ice (the only thing left of our LAST little snowstorm...). DESPITE the fact that at my annual physical last week, my doctor said I was getting heavier AND shorter (at this rate, I'll be square soon!), I STILL need loaded tires! Next year....
So, got a quick refresher on popping the blower on (its like riding a bicycle... except louder... and colder... and snowier), then backed'er out to take the blower off the blower dolly
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THEN couldn't get back up the hill again! :banghead3 Oh well, figured I might as well check and make sure it worked... For a change, I got the belt on the right way the FIRST TIME!! Yay!
So, then back in to eat lunch quicklike, and back out. Did the back alley, then got stuck on the ice getting OUT of the alley... Need more lard, I guess! Or windshield washer fluid (for the tires, NOT for me!). After a neighbour gave me a hand spinning the tractor around, off I went and did the sidewalks all the way up to NEARLY the overpass... Don't like going ALL the way up there, because its a fair hill, with LOTS of traffic, lots of snow and HARD to turn around on... So got up there and decided to back down... Which went okay until I spun out a bit and dropped a front tire off the curb... But for the FIRST time, I managed to get the front tire back up over the square curb! Without having other people help me lift (it was nice of the lady whose walk I'd just done to come up and check on me, but by then I'd backed Littletractor up onto the curb! Cleared a bit of a space, backed around and drove down the right way.... THEN onto my driveway... Was JUST ready to hit the back yard when the snow stopped shooting out... Uh oh. Belt's on, shaft is still turning, no auger movement.... Took a look, and sure enough, my shear bolt was toast. Didn't HIT anything, do these things sometimes just shear for the sheer heck of it?.... Of course, I THOUGHT I'd taken a shear bolt off the rack LAST year, so that I wouldn't have to rescue one off it out in the cold... Guess what I couldn't find...
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Good thing I have some spares... but DANG they're cold to take off in snowy weather!
sorry1: Ericstromberg, I'm feeling some guilt here!)
Finished about 4 o'clock, after having to still shovel the spots where I can't fit the tractor.... Feeling like I got some good seat time today, with lots of adventure! When I wonder tomorrow why my left shoulder is so sore, you all remind me why....
(that's the neighbour's driveway... They don't want me to snowblow it for them, 'cause they like the exercise! Good for them, I say!)
Got so excited I roared out at the crack of dawn today! Well, after some crescent rolls.... and two cups of coffee... and checking MTF... and playing a bit of WOW. Then 20 minutes of trying to remember how to strap on my snow blowing gear...
Oh, and back in to get the green and yellow snowblowing scarf!
Okay, ambled out at about 10 am... Snow on the way out to the garage was over my boots... Hmmmm... COULD it be too much for the plow? Well, lets try it anyway.... 45 minutes later, back in I came....Got to the icy patch at the bottom of the driveway, 2 feet of snow piled in front of LittleTractor and I lost traction... THEN I couldn't get up the hill into the garage, because under the snow in the alley was a sheet of ice (the only thing left of our LAST little snowstorm...). DESPITE the fact that at my annual physical last week, my doctor said I was getting heavier AND shorter (at this rate, I'll be square soon!), I STILL need loaded tires! Next year....
So, got a quick refresher on popping the blower on (its like riding a bicycle... except louder... and colder... and snowier), then backed'er out to take the blower off the blower dolly
THEN couldn't get back up the hill again! :banghead3 Oh well, figured I might as well check and make sure it worked... For a change, I got the belt on the right way the FIRST TIME!! Yay!
So, then back in to eat lunch quicklike, and back out. Did the back alley, then got stuck on the ice getting OUT of the alley... Need more lard, I guess! Or windshield washer fluid (for the tires, NOT for me!). After a neighbour gave me a hand spinning the tractor around, off I went and did the sidewalks all the way up to NEARLY the overpass... Don't like going ALL the way up there, because its a fair hill, with LOTS of traffic, lots of snow and HARD to turn around on... So got up there and decided to back down... Which went okay until I spun out a bit and dropped a front tire off the curb... But for the FIRST time, I managed to get the front tire back up over the square curb! Without having other people help me lift (it was nice of the lady whose walk I'd just done to come up and check on me, but by then I'd backed Littletractor up onto the curb! Cleared a bit of a space, backed around and drove down the right way.... THEN onto my driveway... Was JUST ready to hit the back yard when the snow stopped shooting out... Uh oh. Belt's on, shaft is still turning, no auger movement.... Took a look, and sure enough, my shear bolt was toast. Didn't HIT anything, do these things sometimes just shear for the sheer heck of it?.... Of course, I THOUGHT I'd taken a shear bolt off the rack LAST year, so that I wouldn't have to rescue one off it out in the cold... Guess what I couldn't find...
Good thing I have some spares... but DANG they're cold to take off in snowy weather!
sorry1: Ericstromberg, I'm feeling some guilt here!)Finished about 4 o'clock, after having to still shovel the spots where I can't fit the tractor.... Feeling like I got some good seat time today, with lots of adventure! When I wonder tomorrow why my left shoulder is so sore, you all remind me why....
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Oh my Look what happened last night,, In Seattle/Shoreline;
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I had to replace my truck's front brakes last night, -31
Yes, the truck was outside
Here ya go, Larry, something to make you feel better! I even converted it to "Foreignheet" for ya, so you'd get a really good feel for it!
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