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Winter Storm Fern Thread January 2026

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  1. Backwoods Savage

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    Wood piles need love too...........:thumbs:
     
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    My tractor is 2 wheel drive. It just spins when I try to back it out of the shed.
     
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    Do you have front end loader ? Give it a gentle nudge.. on ice chains arr everything
     
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    No chains. It does have a loader but I have forks on it. My driveway is a lot steeper than the slope at the tractor shed so if it wont go up it, I dont see it going up the driveway. I know it does better going forward than backward but I'm afraid of ending up in the ditch
     
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    Well a old piece of chain link fence and a grinder I mean redneck that thing:whistle:


    At Well Seasoned GTG Us northern guy trying to convince southern guy that chains were mandatory here… Some Maine (iacs) helped
     
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    Or 1/4 inch screws into treads and stud the tires.. I understand that ice is not something you have a lot of experience with
     
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    Not 3 inch thick ice like this, never seen anything like it. Now we have 5" of snow on top of it and still coming.
     
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    Unfortunately I do; IMG_2739.jpeg IMG_2742.jpeg IMG_2743.jpeg
    Uphills both ways and a good 6’ drop off in the flat spot over the swamp

    How you getting out? I plow or blow end of driveway so that when bad things happen you can leave vehicle at the both ends
     
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    Only been out a couple times. Just go as slow as possible, like 0 mph and lighty tap brakes a few times until I get to the bottom. Slid into the highway once, thankfully nothing was coming.
     
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    Always thought that some northern folks co
    Wouldn't it be easier to just get a snowcat!?!?
     
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    A snow cat? Got Kubota, 4
    Wheeler, snowmobile and snow shoes. We can get out.. that’s only half to get to house and barn. It’s flat out to wood processing area :BrianK:
     
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    How did ya'll fare? Friend of ours, not to far from you, Mulberry, north of Wilkesboro, had over 5" yesterday morning and it was still snowing... Screenshot_20260201_055208_Gallery.jpg
     
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    Hey, that looks good....:thumbs:



    At somebody else's house...:cool::cool::rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol:
     
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    But I also notice industrial tires are on tractors there. Ag tires here and no chains.
     
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    Its 6 degrees this morning and looks to be about 7" of snow.
     
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    Farms all run Ag tires, us regular guys that drive over their lawn, probably cause we keep tractor in a shed, choose the industrial because less damage to yard in mud season
     
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