The wind was furious today. My overnight efforts kept the hole open well as the wind subsided overnight. Problem was that it picked up heavy during the day. Came home from workin about 6 pm and managed to squeeze the plow through. Had to fire up snowball. Temp is 3 degrees out ..25 mph winds and temps falling.
BTW..Northern Minnesota
2000 watt circ heater for 1/2 hour got it to fire. Clutch held long enough to blow the heck out that glacier. I will not complain any more about going in reverse to blow snow. The 4020 and 686 blower moves 3 1/2 to 4 foot compressed snow. Huge amount of snow..took maybe an hour to do the blowshuts and blow things back. it is a life line and is an awsome machine.
Was listening to phenology on KAXE.org. They discuss plant, animal, weather changes etc..seasonal and historical on tues nights. Last year this time we had chipmunks out and apparently a butterfly. Last year was very odd in that we ended up with quite a bit of snow late in season then it got to 60-65 for almost two weeks. Snow went away and no real mud season...no endless drip off the roof and freezing sidewalks.
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Today's Featured Article - Oil Bath Air Filters - by Chris Pratt. Some of us grew up thinking that an air filter was a paper thing that allowed air to pass while trapping dirt particles of a particles of a certain size. What a surprise to open up your first old tractor's air filter case and find a can that appears to be filled with the scrap metal swept from around a machine shop metal lathe. To top that off, you have a cup with oil in it ("why would you want to lubricate your carburetor?"). On closer examination (and some reading in a AC D-14 service manual), I found out that this is a pretty ingenious method of cleaning the air in the tractor's intake tract.
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