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stresst


Location: The Village in the Middle of New York
Joined: Dec 11, 2010
Points: 213

Where is the snow??
Original Message   Feb 9, 2012 8:52 pm
I dont know if I am happy or mad that we havent had any snow storms?? We had one little covering topping out at 4" while last year I think they said we had nearly 60" by this time! Dont get me wrong I had to go to work late numerous times and missed 2 or 3 days last year, I definetely do not miss that but a little snow would be nice. With this kind of winter I am glad I didnt dump 800 on the SS I was contemplating........

Anyone think I am nuts wanting snow?

TORO 826OXE
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borat


Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692

Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #29   Feb 17, 2012 9:06 am
The winter that wasn't?
aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #30   Feb 17, 2012 11:12 am
It's currently 39F, going up to 49F later on.  Nice and sunny. The roads are clean, no salt and sand.  I'm okay with that.
aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #31   Feb 17, 2012 11:28 am
stresst wrote:
When you find out let me know, I have a bill for the 300lbs of calcium chloride I bought which is sitting collecting dust!

I don't know why you have that much calcium chloride.  I rarely put anything on my driveway, unless it's absolutely necessary.  So I rather have it sitting collecting dust than on the pavement, they say it's not damaging to concrete. 

Farmer's Almanac is incorrect this year, Old Man Winter is pounding some places locally, Mother Nature likes to be unpredictable and humorous.  50F in January is unusual.  I guess they didn't have their year meeting this year to discuss what the weather should be like. 
coasteray


El Toro! 1028 LXE
Tecumseh 358cc
10hp


Location: NE Washington State
Joined: Mar 3, 2008
Points: 142

Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #32   Feb 17, 2012 1:17 pm
royster wrote:
The Storm in Fredericton was only 15-20 cm, drifted some , but was about 8 inches in most of the driveway. then it turned  very cold this morning  -20 C

 The end of driveway was about 2 feet deep , the plow had gone by twice in the night, but with hydrostatic drive, my Husqvarna  , 27 inch, B&S   14.5.   went through it easily., not even changing engine speed or sound

throwing snow 50-60 feet high and with the wind , the snow was travelling   100 ft or more  in distance

Then I noticed my neighbour with his  new 26  inch Toro was having problems with his  joystick chute control, seemed frozen , couldn't move the stick.

So I did his driveway and parking lot before putting my blower  in the garage.


I'm not sure how to freeze up a Toro joystick.  The cable is only "exposed" under the dash like every other machine.  Topside, the cable goes straight into the chute gear cover, so it would be completely out of harm's way.  I agree with Steve that it was probably not adjusted properly.  I had to adjust mine when I first picked it up at the farm where I bought it.  It would sort of of grind gear teeth if I wasn't careful.  After a simple cable adjustment, it's been great.  I sure feel sorry for the guy, though.  Brand new and having a problem that he could have fixed before the snow came.  Sounds like he didn't check it out beforehand.  I wonder if he ever did.

  El Toro! 1028 LXE - Tecumseh 358cc 10hp   Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!
Paul7


Joined: Mar 12, 2007
Points: 452

Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #33   Feb 21, 2012 12:37 am
They're calling for it to be 62 degrees Wed and Thur this week in PA. My daffodils are up and getting close to blooming. Must be El Nino or La Nina at work.
aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #34   Feb 23, 2012 2:57 pm
Chicagoland - Expected 4-7 inches overnight.  Bring it on. 
alty


Joined: Nov 1, 2010
Points: 38

Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #35   Feb 23, 2012 3:46 pm
" Chicagoland - Expected 4-7 inches overnight.  Bring it on."

Yeah - not 2 inches like the last time!

aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #36   Feb 23, 2012 4:03 pm
alty wrote:
" Chicagoland - Expected 4-7 inches overnight.  Bring it on."

Yeah - not 2 inches like the last time!


I'm hoping all of this is coming down in the middle of the night, not during rush hours.  Just in time for the weekend.

Time to bring the snowblowers out of hibernation.  I just summerized them two weeks ago. 
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Dr_Woof


Don't blow into the wind, and don't eat yellow snow. WOOF!

Location: Saskatchewan
Joined: Dec 13, 2010
Points: 253

Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #37   Feb 24, 2012 11:06 am
It's comin here tomorrow!  Saskatchewan screamer!  15 cm snow plus 80 km/hr wind!!!!  First real job for the blower this winter!!!!!!!!!

aa335


Joined: Nov 29, 2008
Points: 2434

Re: Where is the snow??
Reply #38   Feb 24, 2012 11:25 am
Snow came through last night and still falling.  Woke up to 3.5 inches of wet heavy snow this morning.  Too heavy to shovel so I used the Toro 421QE single stage snowblower.  Not a problem using it on the driveway and sidewalk.  However, EOD left by the plow was 10 inches high.  This gave the Toro some challenge, snow came out of the chute were thick as concrete, discharge distance was reduced to 3-5 feet, but never clogged or stalled.  
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