R U ready 4 Winter?

Gun guru · Nov 19, 2009

Lets see the check list.

Crawl Space vents are insulated, Check!

3 tons of wood pellets in the garage, Check!

I paid the propane bill and have 600 gallons in the tank, Check!

Rear blade is on the tractor, Check!

Got new tires on the car, and the wifes car too, Check! (dont have the money for a 4wd truck)

I think I am ready.

super99 · Nov 19, 2009

You forgot to add weight to the back of the pickup. I made a wooden frame to hold 4 MF combine rear axle weights, fits between the wheel wells and the tailgate. Haven't been stuck yet. Chris

John M · Nov 19, 2009

Dont have to do too much around here, just close the vents, winterize the tractors and thats pretty much all I do.

Traditional Farmer · Nov 19, 2009

Just made a trade with one of the local Woodchucks to bring me 15 large pickup loads of dried hardwood (Oak and Hickory)

Anonymous-0 · Nov 19, 2009

Bring it on,,,, after this wet summer Im ready. Snow tires are on wifes car, wood shed is full, tractor with loader is waiten and soon I"ll put the plow on my ATV. LOL J

Mathias NY · Nov 19, 2009

I have to say no, I'm not ready. Snow tires are still in the barn loft. Snowplow and tractor are in the garage, I just need to fabricate the frame that holds the 2 of them together.

On the bright side, I did just finish installing my new coal-stoker furnace, so I have heat in the house again.

carman870ky · Nov 19, 2009

Don't forget to make sure the generator will start and run.

4 bottem · Nov 19, 2009

Never, you do as much as you can and then live with it. Most stuff you don't get to will show show up in the spring. Its not my fault the great state of Maine put deer season so close to winter. ED

billonthefarm · Nov 19, 2009

Wells lets see....

Corn harvested, no
Fall tillage done, no
Fertilizer applied, no
Hay all moved home, no
Cows on corn stalks, no
Calves weaned, no
Manure hauled, no
Exctied about winter around the corner, no

This weather just continues to be like a big snow ball and it just keeps rolling along and its getting to be a bigger problem all the time.
bill

Bspauld · Nov 19, 2009

I plow snow with a WD AC ,I have chains but have never used them and here in this part of Michigan we sometimes get a lot of snow,My drive is flat but a couple of neighbors driveways go up hill and I dont have any problem,I do have new tires and chloride in the tires.When I moved to this neighbor hood I was the kid and did everybodys driveways,now I am the old man and still do.I am pretty much ready,have all my firewood cut and all tractors ready for winter.

John T · Nov 19, 2009

Heat lights in place with spare bulbs ready in the pump house,,,,,,,,New tires, oil changed and good batteries belts n hoses n tune ups in cars and trucks,,,,,,Sta Bil gas stabilizer in lawn mowers and Sta Bil plus low ash two cycle oil in the tractors gas tanks,,,,,,,,Oil changed and grease and dirt n grass off lawn mowers and under decks,,,,,,,RV ready for Florida with oil change, water system winterized, tires aired up to 2 lbs over, radiator flushed n re filled with new AFZ and wetting agent, super cool and anti rust and water pump lube,,,greased, furnace hot water heater and fridge all cleaned and blown out,,,,,,,,,new roof and gutters on house,,,,,LP gas tank full,,,,,,

Im gettin there but are we ever ready???

Ol John T in Indiana

Nancy Howell · Nov 19, 2009

No, but we don't have extremely cold winters and just had our first frost yesterday. We have some nights that will get into the 20's and on a rare occasion, we'll get into the teens. I've seen it down to single digits once in 20+ yrs, so we don't have to do a lot of winter prep.

This w/e at the farm, I will get the faucet covers on and the well covered. James has antifreeze in all the tractors. That's about all we do at the farm.

Since we've moved all my horses to the farm, next week I will drain the faucets at the barn in Dallas and get the two outside faucets at the house covered. Then we're ready for winter.

omahagreg · Nov 19, 2009

Leaves all picked up, generator starts, fresh gas w/stabil on site, snow blade on the WD, lawn mower put away. Bout all should be, has been. YEP. Greg

Animal · Nov 19, 2009

DITTO!!!!

Minnie Mo John 2 · Nov 19, 2009

At my house (our summer home)
Water lines drained and traps filled with antifreeze yup
Leaves taken care of yup
Tractors (3) under cover yup
Blower on the Kubota yup
Truck in the garage yup
Lawnmowers all put away yup
Mail forwarding card sent in yup
At the wife's house (winter home)
Leaves taken care of yup
Both cars ready for winter yup
Venison in the freezer yup
I'm ready
Have a good onr.
John

twomen · Nov 19, 2009

Ah, dug out some long pants and my company jacket to wear to work - not much else is needed here in "Big D".

john in la · Nov 19, 2009

Got my long sleeve shirt dug out the back of the closet... Check

Planted my strawberry plants... Check

Covered the pool... Check

Checked light in pump house... Got another month to do that.

Yes I am ready.
We had our once every 10 year snow last year so maybe we will be fine this year.
Our first frost is due anyday now.

the tractor vet · Nov 19, 2009

One simple word NOPE

Mike (WA) · Nov 19, 2009

Shorter checklist around here:

Umbrella operational?- Check

OK, I'm ready.

g mccool · Nov 19, 2009

Lawn mower put away, Check
Found extension cord to plug Explorer in, Check
2-1/2 years of wood under roof, Check
Pantry FULL, Check
Both freezers full of Moose Caribu & Fish, Check
Diesel fuel conditioner in the Pickup, Check

NY 986 · Nov 19, 2009

We have way more soybeans in the last couple years so we are still doing them when we would normally be into corn. Figure we got 3 more days on that (raining now) and a couple days on corn. Have had the break down bug 3 of the last 7 days which has not helped. At least we have gotten out at 110 dollars spent plus lots of time so it could be worse.
Wanted to set some drain tile and do some deep-till before the weather closes in. The roof needs some fixin on the pole shed (hope to start re-roofing next year. Maybe spread some potash.
Did a whole bunch of work last year on exterior of house so it is good to go. Fuel oil tank will last us into late January at this point. Previous 2 winters were pretty tough, we should be due for mild at least on the snow. Don't want to see any till Christmas Eve.

Gun guru · Nov 19, 2009

I put the tire chains on last week so thats a check off done. Those tire chains work nice in that ice.

Chris in SK · Nov 19, 2009

Chris, make sure those weights are chained down well....you don't want them joining you in the cab in a hard stop situation. I use bags of water softener salt, leave em in all winter then use them in my softener when i'm done with them.
Chris

Paul from MI · Nov 19, 2009

Soybeans finished, combine put away. All the lawn stuff is winterized, show tractors put away, chain saws tuned and ready, shrubs trimmed. Got enough wood cut for 3 years, just need to get the kids to haul it to the house so I can cut more.
Don't think you can ever be really ready for winter in Michigan, but I'm close.
Paul

Anonymous-0 · Nov 19, 2009

I wish winter would get here so it would be over with......
Getting things ready to bring the horses in (where they have access to a roof) until spring. Bought an army maintenance tent section to use as a pasture shelter for a couple horses and fenced about an acre to winter them on. Will start relocating tomorrow. Wish I could put the wife into hybernation until the clocks change again, but guess I'll just have to deal with it (bright lights are the key).Never ready because something ALWAYS happens.

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Nov 19, 2009

Recently saw a TV show an area of the Yukon.Lady lived there by herself in a little hut.. outside in the grass [abandoned] was a ww2 jeep.. could have been an interesting pickup for a collector.
beautiful scenery also..

Anonymous-0 · Nov 19, 2009

Have to get rid of summer first.. 43c [roughly 107f]in sun yesterday at 10am.not much better today.Grass very dry, one indiscretion [or idiot]and ..boom.

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