Big Snow, maybe

[00tec]

Looks like I might have snow day tomorrow and I'm not the one snowed in.

I spent 2 hours on the tractor making sure I have a good chance of getting out in morning.

I could have been playing on the quads. At least til I got em stuck.

Can I borrow the tractor? Haha

I have an appointment to take my RZR to TFOGGER tomorrow, but I just looked and there is a waist high drift on each side of my trailer and the RZR is full of snow to the top of the doors. This should be fun.

[DFBrews]

Side streets are garage be safe out there anyone commuting

[ray1970]

I?m going to take the day off and deal with the snow some more.

Besides, I haven?t even tried to dig the company truck out yet.

[fj605]

The office closed today so I don't have to take the day off. My body is pretty damn sore today. I shoveled a half dozen times yesterday. Figured I'd rather shovel three inches of snow a bunch of times rather than a bunch of snow once. Had to clear a path from the backdoor to the yard so the dog could do her business.

[OctopusHighball]

I finally realized yesterday that I have the most expensive snow blower in the world... The kind that was given to me "free".

I've been struggling with this thing for about 10 years now because I had zero initial investment in it. I don't know how much money and time I've put into it, but it's more than care to tally up. Tuneups, both amateur (me) and professional ($$$), broken parts replaced, shear pins left and right, etc. So middle of last week, I get it out, make sure it starts and runs, I figure I'm all set. I briefly considered just biting the bullet and getting a new snow blower, but the cheapskate in me is like "naw, I got this".

So yesterday, I'm almost excited to get my "free" snowblower in action! It's at about a foot or maybe 18" as I make my first pass down the driveway and out along the sidewalk... And then it dies. Refuses to come back to life. Of course, it will start up after 10 pulls and run for 30 seconds, giving me false hope everytime, but I can't get it to stay running. I'm sure it's something little, and I'm sure it can be fixed for $5 in parts and $50 in know-how, but that was the last damn straw for me.

So in the middle of snowmegedon 2021, I'm driving to Lowes to pick up their second to last snow blower, which needs to be partially disassembled to fit into the back of the Jeep, because I figured it's cheaper than the heart attack I would incur shoveling.

Anyone want a free snow blower?

[Erni]

I finally realized yesterday that I have the most expensive snow blower in the world... The kind that was given to me "free".

I've been struggling with this thing for about 10 years now because I had zero initial investment in it. I don't know how much money and time I've put into it, but it's more than care to tally up. Tuneups, both amateur (me) and professional ($$$), broken parts replaced, shear pins left and right, etc. So middle of last week, I get it out, make sure it starts and runs, I figure I'm all set. I briefly considered just biting the bullet and getting a new snow blower, but the cheapskate in me is like "naw, I got this".

So yesterday, I'm almost excited to get my "free" snowblower in action! It's at about a foot or maybe 18" as I make my first pass down the driveway and out along the sidewalk... And then it dies. Refuses to come back to life. Of course, it will start up after 10 pulls and run for 30 seconds, giving me false hope everytime, but I can't get it to stay running. I'm sure it's something little, and I'm sure it can be fixed for $5 in parts and $50 in know-how, but that was the last damn straw for me.

So in the middle of snowmegedon 2021, I'm driving to Lowes to pick up their second to last snow blower, which needs to be partially disassembled to fit into the back of the Jeep, because I figured it's cheaper than the heart attack I would incur shoveling.

Anyone want a free snow blower?

Smart man.
Give the free one to your most disliked neighbors

[Martinjmpr]

Our house faces South, and after our first Winter here in 2017 I sold the snow blower because the snow never stayed around long enough for me to need it.

This storm is the only time since then that I've really regretted selling the snow blower. When we lived in Englewood we had a big driveway that was partially shaded so I used it a lot (I had to, if I didn't, the snow would turn to ice and then it would be there for literally months.)

What's worst is that we're on a corner, so I get to shovel TWO sidewalks.

Final measurement was about 18" here in Columbine.

[ray1970]

Ugh. Right elbow is killing me from shoveling last night. Can?t hardly lift my coffee mug this morning without pain.

Note to all of you young guys- don?t ever get old.

[Hummer]

I finally realized yesterday that I have the most expensive snow blower in the world... The kind that was given to me "free".

I've been struggling with this thing for about 10 years now because I had zero initial investment in it. I don't know how much money and time I've put into it, but it's more than care to tally up. Tuneups, both amateur (me) and professional ($$$), broken parts replaced, shear pins left and right, etc. So middle of last week, I get it out, make sure it starts and runs, I figure I'm all set. I briefly considered just biting the bullet and getting a new snow blower, but the cheapskate in me is like "naw, I got this".

So yesterday, I'm almost excited to get my "free" snowblower in action! It's at about a foot or maybe 18" as I make my first pass down the driveway and out along the sidewalk... And then it dies. Refuses to come back to life. Of course, it will start up after 10 pulls and run for 30 seconds, giving me false hope everytime, but I can't get it to stay running. I'm sure it's something little, and I'm sure it can be fixed for $5 in parts and $50 in know-how, but that was the last damn straw for me.

So in the middle of snowmegedon 2021, I'm driving to Lowes to pick up their second to last snow blower, which needs to be partially disassembled to fit into the back of the Jeep, because I figured it's cheaper than the heart attack I would incur shoveling.

Anyone want a free snow blower?

Ha ha, I sympathize, messing with finicky small engines is one of my least favorite things. But, I'll bet Irving would dig into it....

[00tec]

Ugh. Right elbow is killing me from shoveling last night. Can?t hardly lift my coffee mug this morning without pain.

Note to all of you young guys- don?t ever get old.

"Shoveling"