Approx 4-5 inches and everyone is going crazy. All the local schools and many businesses are closed. Son said the two lanes were "pretty slick" and Grandson commented that they'd done considerable sliding on the way over to my place.
I was outside most of the day and it didn't seem all that cold even with wet hands and snow down my neck several times. Just before dark it did begin to seep through the layers as the evening chill rolled in.
Finally got the last step in winter prep completed--mounting the dozer blade on one of the big Deeres. I usually get that done on or about Thanksgiving but this year it didn't happen. Saturday was the next opportunity but "someone" had misplaced the bolts and brackets required for installation. I found the missing parts yesterday hidden under some other parts and started the install alone since the 800# frame was hindering Grouch Attack's access to her junk trailer and that's just NOT ACCEPTABLE. The first thing that happens is the mounting steps have to be removed which presents quite a challenge for a geezer working in slick, snowy conditions and requires the use of a step ladder to get in/out of the tractor while doing the final positioning. After that, it's just a matter of using a floor jack and prybars to get everything lined up to put bolts in.
It does get more difficult when every dropped bolt/nut/washer falls into 3" of wet snow. After a few of those incidents, I couldn't lay the prybars or wrenches down as they immediately froze to the wet gloves.
Air impact wrenches are a wonderful tool in instances like this and once I had all the nuts "started", it was zip, zip, zip and done. Son got there in time to do most of the more difficult part of actually attaching the dozer blade to the sub-frame and then we spent another hour constructing a new "goat hut". That was inside the carport so at least no snow down the neck
I was outside most of the day and it didn't seem all that cold even with wet hands and snow down my neck several times. Just before dark it did begin to seep through the layers as the evening chill rolled in.
Finally got the last step in winter prep completed--mounting the dozer blade on one of the big Deeres. I usually get that done on or about Thanksgiving but this year it didn't happen. Saturday was the next opportunity but "someone" had misplaced the bolts and brackets required for installation. I found the missing parts yesterday hidden under some other parts and started the install alone since the 800# frame was hindering Grouch Attack's access to her junk trailer and that's just NOT ACCEPTABLE. The first thing that happens is the mounting steps have to be removed which presents quite a challenge for a geezer working in slick, snowy conditions and requires the use of a step ladder to get in/out of the tractor while doing the final positioning. After that, it's just a matter of using a floor jack and prybars to get everything lined up to put bolts in.
It does get more difficult when every dropped bolt/nut/washer falls into 3" of wet snow. After a few of those incidents, I couldn't lay the prybars or wrenches down as they immediately froze to the wet gloves.
Air impact wrenches are a wonderful tool in instances like this and once I had all the nuts "started", it was zip, zip, zip and done. Son got there in time to do most of the more difficult part of actually attaching the dozer blade to the sub-frame and then we spent another hour constructing a new "goat hut". That was inside the carport so at least no snow down the neck
