Re: worst winter stom

Posted by The tractor vet on January 31, 2019 at 09:22:37 from (104.179.81.68):

In Reply to: worst winter stom posted by jerry he on January 31, 2019 at 06:00:52:

In my years on this rock i have seen a lot of tough winters , only missed two while i was in the service . Winter of 63 was bad and my first to battle . I worked at a large construction co. back then and i was the only employee that lived close to the shop . It was my first year when i would go to school till lunch time then go to work in the afternoon , it started snowing around third period and it was coming down hard and when i got out at lunch time there was already 6-8 inches on the ground . I drove home to change and grab a bite to eat and told my mom that i was going to leave the car home and just walk the mile and a half . When i got to work my boss told me to get the Ford tractor and start cleaning the parking lot , It had a loader and a rear blade and the battle began by the time i made it to the hyway what i had just cleared was already covered and by the time i made it back to the door on the big shop the lot out to the road was covered once again . MY boss came out and told me i was fighting a loosen battle and to put the ford back into the carpenter shop and then give him a hand and get the one D 6 going and the big Gallion grader going and we would put them inside for the night JUST INCASE . Once everything was inside andJhon and i were the last two there he said i don't think your going to have school in the morning and i laughed and said we always have school . He said i'll run ya home and we closed up but left the heat on and set at 70 something we never did as we always turned the heat down to 50 at night . then John said why don't you take your truck home tonight as earlier that year the owner bought me my own company truck and i said nah it's fine just where it is tucked back in the carpenter shop , so he ran me home in his Jeep pick up . still snowing like all get out . had supper late due to dad getting home late due to the weather and after supper my one friend and walked to the bowling alley , we weren't wossys back then . Lived on a main US hyway and the old semi's were all sporting chains and some having trouble making the hill out on the east side of town . Jack and i bowled three games and we headed home and on the way home i saw my first lighting and thunder in a snow storm . Got home took a shower and went to bed . At 1:30 A M i heard the phone ring and my dad getting up cussen while he walked to the phone in the dinning room then my bedroom door opens and he said get up it's for you it's your boss . I answer the phone and John say you don't have school in the morning and COME and get me i am stuck in my drive , WHAT you have the Jeep with four wheel drive and your stuck , Yep i am stuck and we have been called out by the state to open roads , Get the D 6 and come and get me . John lived about seven miles from the shop . So i got dressed and went to fgind my car , well it was buried and i ended up usen and old set of ski's and poled my way to the shop . i had to find the shovel that we kept outside the walkin door to dig down to get my key in the lock to open. got the lights on and left the walkin door open while i started the 6 and let it warm up along with the exhaust fan running . It was still snowing hard and i thought ya know i really don't want to set on this dozer with out the heat houser so i got the heat houser out of the parts room and tied it on made sure the lights were all working and opend the big door and pushed my way out of the shop and did a little lot clearing closed the doors but did not lock them angled the blade to the right and headed east down the hyway wiggling my way around stuck semi's and the few cars stuck along with a couple state trucks . got over to John's house and sure enough he was stuck , high centered in his drive . Gave him a quick tug and we were off back to the shop as fast as i could make the 6 go , sometimes i could run in forth sometimes down into second , stopped long enough to give the two state trucks a tug , by the time we made it back to the shop it was starting to get light and a couple other guys had made it in and we started getting other dozers and graders up and running . we even got my dozer up and running and i was the lucky one i had the cab with heat and the guy from the state came down and started giving us our routes to open I had from the shop west to the county line then two north south roads to the county line and then one east west road to the south and the one state U S hyway back to the shop . Ya can move lots of snow with a D9 G and one V W that was NOt found till spring .

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