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  1. HDRock

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    I don't know, I take what I get, March can be cold snowy or motorcycle riding weather.
    I don't trust March I think it's unpredictable
     
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  2. thewoodlands

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    We had 23 this morning but the sun is strong, a small load of beech went into the Liberty earlier this morning.

    The temp should hit around 48 today.
     
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  3. thewoodlands

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    We had planned to start felling some trees today in the area the garage will go but we're getting some wind gust so we'll plan on tomorrow for that.

    I did get 10 chains sharpened (for the 16 & 18 inch bars) and then cleaned the back of the rhino out,checked the oil and filled it up with gas.

    After I did that it was time to sweep some sand up off the garage floor, done.

    We did hit 49 today so we're losing a bunch of ice off the trails.
     
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    Wind picked up here today too
    Sunny and 59 °F, 38 °F over night.
    Good plan on the tree felling
     
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    It sounds like we'll get your weather tomorrow, they say we'll hit 51.

    I think we'll hit 35 for a low tonight so we'll burn a few chunks of beech.
     
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    We had 36 this morning so I'm letting the coals burn down and then take the ashes out. We'll go without a fire today with the temps getting close to 50.
     
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    59 today
    Thursday Night
    Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 7pm, Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around 3 inches.
     
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    nudder nice day here.
     
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    We had 34 this morning with more of the same going in the Liberty. We might hit 42 today with the snowfall for tomorrow only around 2-4 with some possible wind gust over 40.
     
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    35 here , snowing , 3 to 6 inches expected
    Low tonight 27
     
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    We had 28 this morning so after not having a fire overnight, the Liberty is loaded up with beech. We did get around an inch of snow overnight but I'm thinking if the snowfall rate stays the same all day, we might get another two inches...........maybe.

    Not much for wind this morning.
     
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    It's still 28 tonight so we'll go with another load of beech with a few splits of maple in the liberty.

    We might've received around two inches of snow with some winds but no wind gust of 40 from this system.
     
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    It was 28 this morning with a high of 42 today and the low for tomorrow morning should be around 28 again.
     
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    32°F light snow Low: 28 °F
    30s for days , 20s nights for rest of week
     
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    The overnight fire is going in the Liberty, we should see a low of around 27 tonight.

    We still have some Oak left so we'll burn that next week when we get some lows around 15-16 at night.
     
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    Yup, Winter is not gone yet
     
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    Not by a long shot!
     
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    We had 31 this morning but the colder weather has moved in........we're already down to 29 tonight! :whistle:
     
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    Well Dave, I have to say this Snow Joe worked good on the snow I have out here right now, 29 degrees, the 6" compacted down to about 5, I guess.
    Cleaned the whole deck off real nice, I made a trail out to the wood stacks, then a trail acrossed the back and around the side to the front of the house, clear it out around the truck and front porch and had battery power left.
    The handle is really long and holding the on trigger for my short azz puts my arm in awkward position, so I put a zip tie on just tight enough where I can slip it onto the switch and let it run, so I can grab a hold of the handle in a better position.
    If you tip the handle too low it will leave a layer of snow, won't get it all
    It gets a little hard to push sometimes but the best thing is you do not have to lift and throw the snow because it throws it a long ways, it did throw snow 25 feet too, up against the side of the pole barn.
    It throws all the snow straight out the front so you have to strategize so you don't have to go over an area again.
    I like it :) it's not something you want to do your whole driveway with, but you could if that was all you had.
    I paid $154 then I saw 2 days later it went up, still a better price than any place else.
     
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