What a miserable job-yuck! More of a workout than I care for. Been procrastinating to long. Average depth must of been 18-24 inches deep on the house. Used a roof rake on first 6 feet but then got up there and shoveled the rest off. Going to do the garage tomorrow. Don"t want to, but afraid of what might/could happen if we keep getting snow the way we have been. SHON
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Zachary Hoyt
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I haven't had to yet this year and I didn't last year, but prior to that it was every year since we moved out here to NY in 2001. Here is a picture of 2007 when we had 6' of packed snow in places on the pole barn roof. My sister helped shovel it.
Zach
Zach
fixerupper
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I've only done it once on a fairly small roof and I was surprised at how much was up there. On the part of the roof I was shoveling the snow was deeper than I was tall. It was at the buisness where Marilyn worked. She was the only farm girl there and not afraid to grab a shovel so she was up there shoveling too.
Last winter we had a record amount of roofs go down. First it was snow, then rain, then snow again. Didn't matter if the building was old or new, big or small, but most of them were pole buildings. A lot of hogs and turkeys had the roof come down on them. A good friend had the roof come down on his Oliver tractor collection. Irreplaceable fenders, steering wheels, and steering wheel supports were crushed. Jim
Last winter we had a record amount of roofs go down. First it was snow, then rain, then snow again. Didn't matter if the building was old or new, big or small, but most of them were pole buildings. A lot of hogs and turkeys had the roof come down on them. A good friend had the roof come down on his Oliver tractor collection. Irreplaceable fenders, steering wheels, and steering wheel supports were crushed. Jim
Zachary Hoyt
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I'm in Oswego county, 6 miles east of Pulaski.
Zach
Zach
Janicholson
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Electric snow thrower and near flat roof on 300 sq ft. 12/12 and 13/12 pitch on the house. we have had 25" on the flat here in St. Cloud. Jim
Anonymous-0
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This looks like an accident waiting to happen- as with an avalanche.
Ok I just look at my map, your not too far from Kennedy tractor in Williamstown? My father in law bought a tractor from him a couple years ago. I think it was Feb 07, they had 100" of snow in a town called Mexico, and all over up there, we had to wait a few days to get up there because of all the snow.
TomH in PA
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Zachary Hoyt
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We're about 16 miles from Kennedy. I've never dealt with them, but have never heard anything bad about them either. They advertise in the local papers. That was the year, yes, Several local towns had to have help to get the intersections cleared well enough.
Zach
Zach
Anonymous-0
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Somehow we've never had to do that up here. To me that sounds almost like raking leaves out of the trees.
Glenn F. (NE WI)
Glenn F. (NE WI)
Zachary Hoyt
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Well, the snow didn't avalanche but we both fell off a few times. The snow stuck harder to the roof than we did. The good part was we had 6' or more of snow to fall into, so it was fairly comfortable. It was hard to get back to the ladder, though. That was the only time we ever shoveled that roof. We normally do the house, the attached greenhouse on the barn and the entry, but the main barn that we live in has an arched roof that you couldn't shovel if you tried, so we don't.
Zach
Zach
I have to think those barn builders from 200 years ago knew what they were doing. My barn is 230 years old. I doubt if the roof has ever been shoveled. For one thing, there is a 26 foot drop off of one of the eaves.
We get most of our heavy snow in MA from Nor'easters. The wind direction starts from the northeast and ends from the northwest. The ridge runs north/south. Consequently, most of the snow is swept off the original parts of the roof as it falls. Most of the other barns that I can recall in this area (long since gone) also had the same orientation.
Don't ask me why the adjoining house has an east/west ridge. All I can think of is that it is nowhere near as large (less load) plus I think they wanted to take advantage of the solar radiation in the front rooms (nine windows facing south and six facing north). Both buildings use 8x8 rafters and 4x4 oak purlins.
I have seen alot of other antique farmsteads set up this way. The builders were more in tune with the environment than we will ever be despite all the "green" initiatives.
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We get most of our heavy snow in MA from Nor'easters. The wind direction starts from the northeast and ends from the northwest. The ridge runs north/south. Consequently, most of the snow is swept off the original parts of the roof as it falls. Most of the other barns that I can recall in this area (long since gone) also had the same orientation.
Don't ask me why the adjoining house has an east/west ridge. All I can think of is that it is nowhere near as large (less load) plus I think they wanted to take advantage of the solar radiation in the front rooms (nine windows facing south and six facing north). Both buildings use 8x8 rafters and 4x4 oak purlins.
I have seen alot of other antique farmsteads set up this way. The builders were more in tune with the environment than we will ever be despite all the "green" initiatives.
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A few weeks ago my neighbor saw me pulling snow off my roof with a regular roof rake. He loaned me his "Roof Razor" and it was a real time and shoulder saver.
It looks like a two foot wide by eight inch high cheese slicer with a wheel on each side and a 10 foot long slick plastic tarp attached to the cutter bar. You push the razor through the snow and the loose snow slides down the tarp. After a bit you learn the timing to roll it back as the snow slides down the tarp until the bottom end of the tarp reaches the edge of the roof so the snow will drop off the roof without having to drag the snow to the roof edge.
While the razor is low you reposition it for the next cut and you push it up into the snow again to take the next slice. It was a lot easier than hoisting my long wooden pole roof rake up over the top of the snow and then pulling the snow down to the edge of the roof.
I haven't bought one yet but here's the information that was on the lable:
Roof Razor
www.MinnSNOWta.com
(218) 365-6000.
The website shows a video of one being used.
There are different sizes and they are not cheap at over $100. The neighbor bought his a couple of years ago on ebay. Amazon.com also sells them now for less than the manufacturer's online price.
It looks like a two foot wide by eight inch high cheese slicer with a wheel on each side and a 10 foot long slick plastic tarp attached to the cutter bar. You push the razor through the snow and the loose snow slides down the tarp. After a bit you learn the timing to roll it back as the snow slides down the tarp until the bottom end of the tarp reaches the edge of the roof so the snow will drop off the roof without having to drag the snow to the roof edge.
While the razor is low you reposition it for the next cut and you push it up into the snow again to take the next slice. It was a lot easier than hoisting my long wooden pole roof rake up over the top of the snow and then pulling the snow down to the edge of the roof.
I haven't bought one yet but here's the information that was on the lable:
Roof Razor
www.MinnSNOWta.com
(218) 365-6000.
The website shows a video of one being used.
There are different sizes and they are not cheap at over $100. The neighbor bought his a couple of years ago on ebay. Amazon.com also sells them now for less than the manufacturer's online price.
A few weeks ago my neighbor saw me pulling snow off my roof with a regular roof rake. He loaned me his "Roof Razor" and it was a real time and shoulder saver.
It looks like a two foot wide by eight inch high cheese slicer with a wheel on each side and a 10 foot long slick plastic tarp attached to the cutter bar. You push the razor through the snow and the loose snow slides down the tarp. After a bit you learn the timing to roll it back as the snow slides down the tarp until the bottom end of the tarp reaches the edge of the roof so the snow will drop off the roof without having to drag the snow to the roof edge.
While the razor is low you reposition it for the next cut and you push it up into the snow again to take the next slice. It was a lot easier than hoisting my long wooden pole roof rake up over the top of the snow and then pulling the snow down to the edge of the roof.
I haven't bought one yet but here's the information that was on the lable:
Roof Razor
www.MinnSNOWta.com
(218) 365-6000.
The website shows a video of one being used.
There are different sizes and they are not cheap at over $100. The neighbor bought his a couple of years ago on ebay. Amazon.com also sells them now for less than the manufacturer's online price.
It looks like a two foot wide by eight inch high cheese slicer with a wheel on each side and a 10 foot long slick plastic tarp attached to the cutter bar. You push the razor through the snow and the loose snow slides down the tarp. After a bit you learn the timing to roll it back as the snow slides down the tarp until the bottom end of the tarp reaches the edge of the roof so the snow will drop off the roof without having to drag the snow to the roof edge.
While the razor is low you reposition it for the next cut and you push it up into the snow again to take the next slice. It was a lot easier than hoisting my long wooden pole roof rake up over the top of the snow and then pulling the snow down to the edge of the roof.
I haven't bought one yet but here's the information that was on the lable:
Roof Razor
www.MinnSNOWta.com
(218) 365-6000.
The website shows a video of one being used.
There are different sizes and they are not cheap at over $100. The neighbor bought his a couple of years ago on ebay. Amazon.com also sells them now for less than the manufacturer's online price.
Anonymous-0
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I took off about 3 ft. up from the eaves on the garage. I stood on the skid steer and just used a regular rake udside down. I wanted to give the eavestrough a chance to thaw out instead of being frozen and having a big frozen waterfall over the side. Some of the snow was drifted 3 ft. deep. We're expected temps above freezing for the next week and don't need the roof collapsing from all the ice that's going to form. I'd be really surprised if some of the other units where I live don't at laest have their eavestroughs ripped off. Dave
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