Just sitting watching the Detroit news which had a story on the Farmers Almanac who is predicting a "shivery", "shovelly" upcoming winter for 3/4 of the country east of the rockies? Supposed to be colder and snowier than last winter. Any takers?....................
Gonna be harder to sell carbon credits if THIS keeps up... Every winter, here in Maine, I'm just grateful when we don't get what I call the hot water rains of Feb. Gawd I really hate it when it rains, flooding everything between snowbanks... then freezes solid that night... Bring on cold (got wood) and snow (got plow)... then we go play...
Come back and ask that about the first of February and we can better answer the question. Actually, it's been my observation that whenever we get some extreme weather, the following year almost everyone is predicting it to be worse! Case in point, look what has happened since the big hurricane down New Orleans way. Year after year the weather forecasters have said each year was supposed to be bad since then. How many have hit this year? How many have hit since the NO big one? Yet, they keep on predicting it. Only time will tell.
Any advice on where to get a good price on a plow? Of course we want hydraulics but we will likely end up with crank height. Used ones on craigslist here are few and far between and not worth the travel. Have a favorite brand?
Yep... 60 years in Rockland, Maine. I've owned 3 over the years. I now have the itty bitty plastic blade rig for the Jeep. Very light weight, so no issue at all hanging off the front. I didn't know how well it would do... last year, it was awesome. Perfect match for a light 4x4. You could put this thing on a Subaru. Unreal. Oh boy... look at all that white stuff...
I don't get too caught up in predictions......but one can HOPE for a snowy winter!! And I LOVE snowy winters!!!
Winters come in sets, like waves. Rolling in in sets, calm, and a rogue one every now and then. If you have "Google translate" app, record the animals chitchat, especially the squirrels, "it's gonna be a bad one!"
Happens a lot. What a mess to try to get out of the yard. I have tried plowing the slush, I have left the slush for the next day, I have tried using the snow blower on it . Big thing is to get out the salt and spread liberally. That way the bottom of the ice block won't stick to the driveway and a blow might be able to break it up and push it out.
you are right, but not always able to take care of it. It might storm right into the night, then turning to artic air in the early Am. Not uncommon at all around here. I have seen it snow, then turn to rain. Then freeze. There is a crust on top of the snow. Clean up from this one is fairly easy. If the snow is saturated and turns to slush to the bottom, it is disaster.
I was just talking to a patient. He pointed out that the robins are already gone from his neighborhood, the flock of geese that is ALWAYS at the local lake are already gone, some trees are already dropping leaves, and this is just the end of August. He's leaving for Key West on his Harley next week. I told him to mount studded tires for the trip back to PA in September.
"it is disaster"... YES... yes it is... You've described one of the worst winter scenarios in Maine, and any other northern state. Bring on pure white dry snow anytime!
Hmmmmm……. , sounds like were going back to winters I remember as a kid in the 60's … We had some years here where you could run around in your underware outside at Christmas, and others you needed every jacket you had to stay warm
Then it would be a "Fishah". It will be hard to beat last winter with the snow we got. Cold was not too bad around here. I don't lay to much faith in the winter predictions.
