still winter in Atlantic Canada

Ron in NS · Feb 7, 2009

Today I plowed snow for about 3 hours, and the darn stuff is still drifting in the driveway, but it's twice as wide as it was before, and the snowbanks are twice as high. I know it's spring for some folks but old man winter has a lot of life left in him yet around this part of the continent.
Here's a few pictures for those who want to cool themselves off in the warmer climes....... LOL

Hoss In ME · Feb 7, 2009

Ron,looks like that could be our place here in the western Maine mountains! Hoss

Hoss In ME · Feb 7, 2009

Ron,looks like that could be our place here in the western Maine mountains! Hoss

g mccool · Feb 7, 2009

Ron I know what you mean. I just threw in some more wood. When this is gone I will have burnt 5 1/2 cords so far. It is snowing now & I just measured 19" on the ground. But the sun is getting higher on the horizon. Spring is coming. I'm in Faro Yukon Canada. Gerald

buickddeere · Feb 7, 2009

Rose from 0F to 45F here over the past two days. It's a chance to get a few outside jobs done, firewood brought in etc.
East coast of Lake Huron.
I gave up on pushing show. Using the blower takes much less time and the snow doesn't drift in again as quickly.

Ron in NS · Feb 7, 2009

I would love to have a blower, but the little TEA isn"t really suited to use a blower, no live PTO. Maybe if I get the TEA all painted and restored this summer I'll be able to afford a MF135 and hook a blower onto that.

phillipd · Feb 7, 2009

Pretty much the same here in PEI,not quite as much snow so far as last winter,but lots of it,hopefully be good on the alfalfa,but april and may can kill that stuff too.Nice pictures Ron,great looking tractor there too.pd.

tractorsam · Feb 7, 2009

Substitute an MF-35 Diesel and that'd be me a couple of days ago. Today though was cutting wood which I got done but I got dragged off to fix something before I could get any of it hauled home. Round my way (Musquodoboit valley) they snows got a bit of a crust to it so at least it's not blowing around. Where abouts are you at? Sam

Ron in NS · Feb 7, 2009

I am just outside of Amherst, on Rt6, 10 km from town.

Fawteen · Feb 8, 2009

Rod, live PTO is certainly the best way to go, but it CAN be done without. You just need to plan ahead a little.

I have a 5' Pronovost on the back of my JD 750 which does not have live PTO. I get by just fine with it. I blow in low reverse which 90% of the time is fine. If I get into a real pile and start luggin' the ol' gal down, I either raise the blower to lessen the load, or clutch it and slip it in neutral for a bit. Just be REAL careful letting the clutch out or you'll snap a shear pin.

Of course, you don't get away with stopping and restarting a full blower in the wet stuff, it plugs in a heartbeat.

As I say, not ideal, but beats the heck out of a shovel.

And I'm with B&D, blowing is WAY better than plowing. Cleaner finish, no dubbing around pushing the banks back, less problems with blocked view when pulling out of the drive due to piled up corners, and you have the option of blowing in any direction. Blowing downwind cuts down on drifting, not to mention getting snow blown down the neck of yer Carhartts...

Hugh MacKay · Feb 8, 2009

Ron: You and Philip are in the wind capital of the Maritimes. No question, I never saw continuous wind like it can blow across the istmus or PEI. Once you cross those Cobequid Mountains, Sam's in the banna belt. You can plow snow in southern half of NS, because you always get that crust, thus it stays where you put it.

I see buickanddeere in on this, he thinks the wind blows quite decent up on that Lake Huron shore, and he's right but wind in Huron CO.ON doesn't hold a candle to Tantramar winds.

495man · Feb 8, 2009

Yes we had a lot of it, and yes the wind blows good. You can have the snow plowed, next day it's drifted back in even if no more new snow fell!

Bill Shafer · Feb 8, 2009

But that can't be snow.Al Gore said so.

still winter in Atlantic Canada

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