Starting a big snow clearing project tomorrow...

Anonymous-0

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I want to clear my motocross track and parking lot for winter riding with studded tires and also so it dries up faster in the spring. We've had over 70 centimeters of snow(27.55") in January and the weather has been all over the place. -30C one week to +7C a week later to -25C and back up to +5C this week with rain. It's heavy wet snow that a snowblower wouldn't do a thing in. The Cat track loader will push it no problem but it's real slow so I'm taking the skid steer out. I need to make an angle blade for the skid steer this summer. The track is a mile long and averages about 20ft. wide. It has several big jumps and other obstacles I have to clear off as well. I think it's going to take about 2 1/2 or 3 days to get all the snow cleared and pushed back so it drains off the track. Clearing the track last year made a huge difference in the spring. I was open at least 3 weeks before any other track. After the winter everyone is itching to go riding, which translates into $$$. Being the only track open nobody complains either! Dave
 
I started off good last year.:sigh: Then with the fire and the mess they made putting out hot spots and the clean up and then all the rain a week after the fire (that never stopped), etc., etc. It has to be better this year, doesn't it? It can't get any worse. Dave
 
Drainage tile would help when it's melting to drain the water but wouldn't help when it's still frozen. To put drainage tile in would also cost a fortune. Clearing the snow off lets the sun hit the black dirt which greatly speeds up the drying time. Dave
 

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