Put that snow shovel down.

[w2amr]

Kath and I just bought one of these to clear the steps, front walk, and make me a path to the birdhouse. We have the craftsman 24" gas machine to do the sidewalks and driveway.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030BG1KE/ref=asc_df_B0030BG1KE1333168?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=nextagus0019645-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395093&creativeASIN=B0030BG1KE
Bring it on baby! :rock:

[NQ6U]

I do not recognize this piece of equipment. Is it some sort of alien artifact?

[w2amr]

I do not recognize this piece of equipment. Is it some sort of alien artifact?
It's an earth quake detector.

[NQ6U]

It's an earth quake detector.

Okay, cool! I'll take two, please...

[w2amr]

Okay, cool! I'll take two, please... With two you also get a free mud slide meter.

[n2ize]

We have a 6 Hp self propelled gasser to bail out the driveway and sidewalk. With a little forward speed and a tilt at the right moment it climbs the one step onto the patio and we can clear the patio and cut a path through the back yard to the shed and bird feeder.

Before that we had an old 3.5 hp Craftsman single stage model with chains on the wheels and a single impeller on the front. I remember the muffler./flame arrester rotted away and I just screwed a piece of pipe into the exhaust port. The great part was that at night you could see the thing shooting fire out the pipe. I was the only person in the house who knew how to run it as it required frequent carbuerator adjustments to keep it running. Nonetheless, I did clean out some pretty big snows with it.

The "new" machine (now itself about 10 years old) is much nicer. It's multistage and more power. It's got multispeeds, forward, reverse , etc. Plus my Dad can run it himself.. One pull on the cord and it starts right up and keeps running till the jobs done.

[w2amr]

We have a 6 Hp self propelled gasser to bail out the driveway and sidewalk. With a little forward speed and a tilt at the right moment it climbs the one step onto the patio and we can clear the patio and cut a path through the back yard to the shed and bird feeder.

Before that we had an old 3.5 hp Craftsman single stage model with chains on the wheels and a single impeller on the front. I remember the muffler./flame arrester rotted away and I just screwed a piece of pipe into the exhaust port. The great part was that at night you could see the thing shooting fire out the pipe. I was the only person in the house who knew how to run it as it required frequent carbuerator adjustments to keep it running. Nonetheless, I did clean out some pretty big snows with it.

The "new" machine (now itself about 10 years old) is much nicer. It's multistage and more power. It's got multispeeds, forward, reverse , etc. Plus my Dad can run it himself.. One pull on the cord and it starts right up and keeps running till the jobs done.
We just bought this last month. 6 speeds forward 2 reverse, with electric start.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_07188957000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1

I was hoping if we bought all of this stuff it wouldn't snow. I was wrong.

[W3MIV]

What the hell is "electric snow?"

[n2ize]

We just bought this last month. 6 speeds forward 2 reverse, with electric start.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_07188957000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1

I was hoping if we bought all of this stuff it wouldn't snow. I was wrong.

George, thats pretty much the exact same snow thrower we have except that ours doesn't have the electric start. Thus far it's been a pretty good machine, very reliable,

[PA5COR]

What 250 pounds road salt can't melt, i'm not going to attack with a shovel.

[W5GA]

We just bought this last month. 6 speeds forward 2 reverse, with electric start.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_07188957000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1

I was hoping if we bought all of this stuff it wouldn't snow. I was wrong.
I spent 9 hours non-stop except for gas refills behind one of those when I lived in Truckee, CA one Sunday. We got 5' of snow in 2 days.

[w2amr]

George, thats pretty much the exact same snow thrower we have except that ours doesn't have the electric start. Thus far it's been a pretty good machine, very reliable,Anything BY Sears is usually pretty good, including their lawn mowers.

[W3WN]

Anything BY Sears is usually pretty good, including their lawn mowers.

Depends on whose products they pick to OEM.

[kd8dey]

Kath and I just bought one of these to clear the steps, front walk, and make me a path to the birdhouse. We have the craftsman 24" gas machine to do the sidewalks and driveway.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030BG1KE/ref=asc_df_B0030BG1KE1333168?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=nextagus0019645-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395093&creativeASIN=B0030BG1KE
Bring it on baby! :rock:

Does this mean that you are volunteering to do everybody's driveways :)

[W3MIV]

Got a silly widdle inch and a-half here on the g now. Very fine, cold powder. PITA. I plan to use the electric blower on it -- it ain't heavy enough for a snow-blower to handle and I don't do shovels anymore. Period.

As I said, PITA.

[NQ6U]

What the hell is "electric snow?"

What the hell is "snow?"

[ki4itv]

What the hell is "electric snow?"

The stuff that falls accompanied by lightening. It requires more ground support to dissipate.

[NQ6U]

I spent 9 hours non-stop except for gas refills behind one of those when I lived in Truckee, CA one Sunday. We got 5' of snow in 2 days.

Oy, yeah, that'll happen in Truckee. Remember the story of The City of San Francisco (http://ctr.trains.com/en/Railroad%20Reference/Operations/2002/01/Stranded%20streamliner.aspx)? And I've been stuck waiting for Donner Pass to open more than once.

[w2amr]

Does this mean that you are volunteering to do everybody's driveways :)Everybody but you.:mrgreen:

[w2amr]

Got a silly widdle inch and a-half here on the g now. Very fine, cold powder. PITA. I plan to use the electric blower on it -- it ain't heavy enough for a snow-blower to handle and I don't do shovels anymore. Period.

As I said, PITA.
Only Half way through Dec, it's 20 degrees during the day, and the snow is starting already. We in a heap o trouble.

[W5GA]

Oy, yeah, that'll happen in Truckee. Remember the story of The City of San Francisco (http://ctr.trains.com/en/Railroad%20Reference/Operations/2002/01/Stranded%20streamliner.aspx)? And I've been stuck waiting for Donner Pass to open more than once.
I used to commute from Roseville to Truckee after moving but before getting a job at lower elevations. More than once I had to get home via Hwy. 20 through Grass Valley because I-80 was closed further down the hill.

[n2ize]

Anything BY Sears is usually pretty good, including their lawn mowers.

Quite true. Even our old 3.5 Hp single stage machine was a Craftsman and despite it's shortcomings in later years it was still dependable right up until we got the new one.

[kd8dey]

Everybody but you.:mrgreen:

??!!??
Not even if is said
PrettyPlease? :)

[W3MIV]

You can say that again. I just had to use the damned shovel; stuff won't blow worth a damn, though it did foof off the missus's Pacifica. Damn near come t'killin' me, but I scuffed off the worst of it. I think that 'lectric shovel is a great idea, Geo. You're a lot smarter'n you look.

[KA5PIU]

Does this mean that you are volunteering to do everybody's driveways :)

Hello.

In San Antonio it snows about every 50 years.
We got a foot+ a few years ago, so I fire up the loader and clear the 3 drives and enough of the road to be able to get going.
I park it and get one of the work trucks out and was closing the gate when this really POed old lady comes up and says that HER driveway needs clearing.
I drive off.
2 hours later I hear that there is an issue at the shop and return.
Little miss PO fell flat on her face and tried to say I had something to do with it, a quick review of video cleared that up.
The deal here is that this operation has been here for 80 years.
Some developer bought all the farm land and created a gated community and had planned on cutting us off the main drive, except that, although it is indeed private, it was not a part of the purchase.
In fact, most of where the golf course is belongs to us.
So there is a running battle.
Once the economy improves they will simply buy us out.

[n2ize]

Do those snow throwers have an APU ??

[NQ6U]

The last measurable snowfall in San Diego proper was in 1968 but it snows in other parts of the county at the higher elevations every winter. There are mountains here with elevations over 6000 feet (that's 1829 meters for you, Cor).

[N7RJD]

What the hell is "electric snow?"

That's the stuff you don't want to step in, and I'm not talking what the dog so proudly leaves you in the backyard.

[N7RJD]

Kath and I just bought one of these to clear the steps, front walk, and make me a path to the birdhouse. We have the craftsman 24" gas machine to do the sidewalks and driveway.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030BG1KE/ref=asc_df_B0030BG1KE1333168?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=nextagus0019645-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395093&creativeASIN=B0030BG1KE
Bring it on baby! :rock:

Shovels and blowers? Sounds too much like work. I have a firm belief that God put it down, let him pick it up.
Then again ours usually blows away soon enough. They say it only snows once a year in Wyoming and just blows
back and forth the rest of the year.

[n2ize]

Shovels and blowers? Sounds too much like work. I have a firm belief that God put it down, let him pick it up.
Then again ours usually blows away soon enough. They say it only snows once a year in Wyoming and just blows
back and forth the rest of the year.

Hah... I love that philosophy... Works good for me...

[N7RJD]

Hah... I love that philosophy... Works good for me...

I remember one time N2RJ had complained about people who didn't brush the snow off
the top of their vehicle being lazy. I tried to explain that there's nothing lazy about it.
It took a lot of work shoveling it all up there just so it could slide and blow off in front of
him at the intersection.

[w2amr]

??!!??
Not even if is said
PrettyPlease? :)Well Ok, I'll put you on the bottom of the list.

[w2amr]

Do those snow throwers have an APU ??HA!

[n2ize]

Only Half way through Dec, it's 20 degrees during the day, and the snow is starting already. We in a heap o trouble.

This will go one of two ways. Either it will stay cold right thru till spring. Or, we'll get a sudden thaw around New Years and then very mild weather right on up through spring. So far its starting off colder than last year.

I'm calling my bet on a thaw and warm weather. By New years temperatures will be up in the Fowties.... gunna melt that snow and ahce.

[w2amr]

This will go one of two ways. Either it will stay cold right thru till spring. Or, we'll get a sudden thaw around New Years and then very mild weather right on up through spring. So far its starting off colder than last year.

I'm calling my bet on a thaw and warm weather. By New years temperatures will be up in the Fowties.... gunna melt that snow and ahce.I hope you're right. This is putting a serious dent in my motorcycle riding enjoyment.

[n2ize]

I hope you're right. This is putting a serious dent in my motorcycle riding enjoyment.

Well, if it stays cold you can buy yourself a snowmobile. Then you can catch up on some snowmobile riding enjoyment. :lol::lol::lol: