Snow, ice, freezing temperature
 

Snow, ice, freezing temperature. Welcome to winter in Michigan !! Yesterday we had a beautiful snow fall which started in the morning. It was in the mid 30's so the snow was wet and the roads turned to slush. Then the temps dropped and last night it turned to ice.

I went out in the snow yesterday morning in my van so it was pretty cleaned off. Last night I needed to go to the store and decided to take my car. I am really glad that I have a remote start on my car, cause I honestly don't think that I would have been able to get into it. 3-4 inches of slush that turned to ice by the time I went out. I let the car run for 10 minutes before I could get the door open, and it took another 10 minutes before I could get it cleared off enough to drive.

How much do you love the snow ?

I HATE it ,its snowing here at work now .Its cold and the wind cuts right to the bones .Todays high is going to be 30 with wind chills in the teens .The actual temp is in the low teens currently with 30 mph gusts .This is Georgia and were not used to this stuff .

My son and I shoveled the drive in the morning, about an inch of slush and an inch of snow. Wanted to get it off before it froze. Then we shoveled another inch of slush and 3 inches of snow. Too sloppy for the snow blower so we had to do it by hand. The drive is close to 100' long, 2 car wide and widens to about 30' for the last 30'. I'm too old for this shit.

Oh, that nice pad I made for the motorhome next to the drive, guess I didn't think it through. It's across from the garage doors so all the snow from that area has to pushed a long ways to get it off the drive.

I don't know what's out there right now. Have to get my boots to get the paper then we'll see. Hope it's stuff that will come off with the snow blower.

EDIT: Well I went and got the paper and it doesn't look too bad. I can see the blacktop in spots where the wind blew the snow away. A little drifting around the house, but baby it's cold out there, wind chills are around -20.

I think you are getting all the moisture we have been having. We are 8" above normal for rain and more is on the way.

Ray

I spent 6 hours yesterday moving my snow... I hate it. :(

I spent a couple hours this morning cleaning off what was left. Think I need to get new rubber paddles for the snowblower, it's leaving 1/2" of snow, use to clean to the pavement. Actually I think I need a plow, to hell with the snowblower.

No shoveling for Grandsport this year,the wife has a Jeep.:)

I miss the snow. Alpine and nordic skiing, snowmobiling, snowball fights, snowshoeing, hunting, all of it.

Send some MY way!!! :D

Jake, come shovel my driveway a few times then let me know what you think of snow.

I've shoveled plenty a driveways. I figured you'd have a gas powered snow removal device of some sort for such a task, man.

I do, as I mentioned above I have to get new rubber impellers, it's not cleaning down to the pavement. Yesterday was a couple of inches of wet sloppy stuff. The snow blower won't work on that stuff. That's okay, I need the exercise.

Our snow has hopefully ended but now the wind is even more brutal than before .Im such a wuss when it comes to cold weather ,I hate it . If I could hibernate all winter I would .

My knee-high snowblower doesn't work very good in waist-high snow. :(

This post just reminded me. I must get the snow shovel out of storage for Maureen.

Carhartt insulated bibs, Carhartt jacket with artic lining and hood, that's all you need. I was sweating pushing the snow around and it was only about 10 degrees outside.

I mowed the grass today and took a swim in the pond...............then I woke up. I really spent about 3 hours on the tractor plowing all this junk. Wind chill was -14. My ass got cold!!!! Kathy got the sidewalks and the deck shoveled pretty good. The ice build-up under the snow is rough on her old bones though.

I thought the SS option on those tractors included an electric heated seat.

Maybe you should have let her sit on the tractor while you shoveled.

[QUOTE=Hank70SS;19700]I thought the SS option on those tractors included an electric heated seat.

Leather heated seats are nice, thats what my Ford had.

Hank, Hank, Hank....That's just crazy talk right there!!!!

How do you get away with it Tony? Lynda stuck her head out the door yesterday to make sure I was still alive. Other than that she hasn't been outside since Saturday.

[QUOTE=shadowgray396;19712]Tony has a Ford tractor, with SS stickers on it.

Well Hank, it just so happens that I have 1 opening left for the Winter semester at "Big T's wife obedience school". Would you be interested in filling out an application? Be sure to send the hundred dollar fee, non-refundable of course.

OK...I gotta get back to work on the 34.