The big winter storm a comin!

[cooperhawk]

I have a Kubota 3710 with loader, blade, and a 50 inch front mounted snow blower. It has a cab with AC and heat.
It gets so warm in the cab that I turn the heat down and take off my jacket even at 0 temps.
I have not mounted the blower and might not. I also have my old 1983 Bronco with a blade that runs good.
I plow our drive, .3 mile long, along with two neighbors with similar drives, and a half mile service road.

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[cooperhawk]

Behind the 3710 you can see the 8N Ford with a Superior loader. I moved snow with that for many years
before my Wife decided I was just too old, (85), to use that thing in the cold.
Good woman.

[clovishound]

Well, I made it over to Magnolia. Took me about 10 minutes to scrape the thick layer of ice off the windows of the car. No ice on the roads. It wasn't that bad at Magnolia. The only issue I had was my hands were cold, despite the gloves. Some really neat looking fog over the river for the entire morning. Almost no ice, as Magnolia is closer to the ocean. Supposed to rain this evening, but the temps will remain well above freezing til it's past.

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[Sir Henry]

Behind the 3710 you can see the 8N Ford with a Superior loader. I moved snow with that for many years
before my Wife decided I was just too old, (85), to use that thing in the cold.
Good woman.

That 8N is a classic.

[fortyshooter]

Well our local weather dudes blew this storm up like a huge weather ballon and when it finally made it here we got like 3 inch of snow...more sleet than snow for same total amount and very little freezing rain. Started out in the Advisory all week as 14+ inch of snow and heavy ice...no power for weeks! All the big box stores and grocery stores made a fortune but as of today no power out anyplace around me and my Generac DID fire up for its routine 10 minute Monday test run which is about all it gets to do in its 3 years of use so far. Facebook Marketplace around here will be full of generators for sale soon and folks around here will enjoy French Toast until Summer!

I did get to enjoy clearing out my drive way of the 3 inch of snow sleet mix with the Kubota yesterday!

[cooperhawk]

That 8N is a classic.,

I had it for a long time. 42 years. I sold it to a retired cop who loves it.

[daytime dave]

It's 9 F outside. I would say we got at least 12 inches of snow since yesterday. When I took Copper out for his morning routine, he was thrilled. He loves running and bounding through the deep snow. Pretty good for a Texas rescue dog from SanAntonio who had never seen snow before. He took me right to the dog park to do just that. The Snow was almost over my knee high boots in places. It's snowing gently now. I'm in no hurry to go out and snow blow the driveway, so I'll wait until after noon. Most everything is closed in the greater area. Like Forty said, you'd have thought Russian Missles were bringing the bad weather the way it was hyped up.
I hope everyone stays warm and dry today.

[Hatchdog]

Well our local weather dudes blew this storm up like a huge weather ballon and when it finally made it here we got like 3 inch of snow...more sleet than snow for same total amount and very little freezing rain. Started out in the Advisory all week as 14+ inch of snow and heavy ice...no power for weeks! All the big box stores and grocery stores made a fortune but as of today no power out anyplace around me and my Generac DID fire up for its routine 10 minute Monday test run which is about all it gets to do in its 3 years of use so far. Facebook Marketplace around here will be full of generators for sale soon and folks around here will enjoy French Toast until Summer!

I did get to enjoy clearing out my drive way of the 3 inch of snow sleet mix with the Kubota yesterday!

Yep, what we locals call the “snowmegeddon” forecast. We get these from time to time and 90% of the time we may see 2-3”

[Vaquero]

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[Sir Henry]

Now that the storm is over I turned the heat off upstairs and turned it down downstairs to 68 from 70. The odds of loosing power is lower and the temperature is higher. Lows will be minus single digits and highs will be positive single digits.