Thread: Winter Sucks!!

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Originally Posted by IC2

We have about 4-5 inches of fairly heavy snow - the blower went right trhough it but the drive shaft for it kept blowing off so retapped the set screw for a bigger one and the trouble has 'disappeared'. Took a while longer then normal, but really not very cold. At least it LOOKS like winter

Now that's a Kiwi trick!

If the fuse keeps blowing bung a 4" nail in it...that'll fix the bugger!



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Originally Posted by johnboy

Now that's a Kiwi trick!

If the fuse keeps blowing bung a 4" nail in it...that'll fix the bugger!



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Generally I just get a bigger hammer to use - but that didn't work

Had to run the snowblower yesterday before work. We got 12" or so.. Snowblower at work ( Honda HS 724 IIRC ) blew the differential, who knows when it will get fixed.

I'm very happy I do not live in a place that snows, I suppose I'm spoilt by living in Australia with very limited snow.

You are correct, Roger. Winter sucks.

We had a rare white Christmas in the Fort Worth area this year, and even that sucked.

Jim

We're on a storm watch... Weather guessers say anywhere up to 10 inches may fall on us! So I'm on my way out to make sure the tractors ready for plowing.

OH JOY!

Originally Posted by Big Tracks

You are correct, Roger. Winter sucks.
We had a rare white Christmas in the Fort Worth area this year, and even that sucked.
Jim

The DFW area is a good place to stay away from when it gets even a little bit slick from what I've seen. Too many folks just don't understand how to drive with lower traction, and not many opportunities to practice so they just play bumper cars with expensive hardware!

Originally Posted by 34_40

We're on a storm watch... Weather guessers say anywhere up to 10 inches may fall on us! So I'm on my way out to make sure the tractors ready for plowing.
OH JOY!

Yeah, we've got some more weather coming this way, too, so I'm going to need to get out in the barn and get the chains & blade on the little tractor today or tomorrow, too. Gotta go into town and sort out some house wiring polarity issues at a nephew's new-to-him place first. Says the guy who moved out had wired in a few plugs and ceiling fans, but didn't seem to understand black/hot, white/neutral and there's some problems now....

Originally Posted by echnidna

I'm very happy I do not live in a place that snows, I suppose I'm spoilt by living in Australia with very limited snow.

Yeah; but you've got heat. And flies. And snakes.

Give me snow any day!

If you're cold you can put some more clothes on, but if it's too hot...there's only so many garments you can remove before you start scaring the horses!



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Originally Posted by rspears

The DFW area is a good place to stay away from when it gets even a little bit slick from what I've seen. Too many folks just don't understand how to drive with lower traction, and not many opportunities to practice so they just play bumper cars with expensive hardware!.

Things have looked up a bit around here, Roger. It isn't (or wasn't) that people here were less gifted drivers than in other areas. The problem was that until recently there were NO plows and not much sand/salt equipment. I'm pleased to report that Fort Worth bought three plows just last month.

Evidently getting financing for such goodies has been a tough sell since the stuff is so rarely needed.

A few years back we had a terrible clear-ice storm that stayed with us for several days. Plenty of fenderbenders| I was doing a lot of work for a company in Dallas that did maintenance work on corporate jets. The shop manager was a guy from upstate New York who informed us daily that "people here just don't know how to drive on ice".

Well, he was right about that. NOBODY knows how to drive on clear ice!

A few days later somebody pinned up a newspaper article describing a disastrous ice storm in New york. It reported that emergency crews were responding to an estimated eleven thousand auto accidents in the state.

Ole Greg didn't comment on that.

Jim

Only needed this once last year and not at all this year

Originally Posted by Big Tracks

The shop manager was a guy from upstate New York who informed us daily that "people here just don't know how to drive on ice".
A few days later somebody pinned up a newspaper article describing a disastrous ice storm in New york. It reported that emergency crews were responding to an estimated eleven thousand auto accidents in the state.
Ole Greg didn't comment on that.

There ain't no driving on ice! You just kinda point it in the general direction and hope for the best. I remember that ice storm as my uncle who owns that red 48 F-1 in my shop worked on high lines all his working career. He spent many weeks running wire in New York after that storm. That particular storm added so much weight to the trees, poles and wires it just took gravity to do the rest.

Yep, I had heard that about DFW, but not that they had finally seen the light and bought some equipment. DFW is in that treacherous spot where moisture from the gulf can feed a freezing rain that covers everything with a sheet of ice, and in days past their storm plan was to pray for sunshine and a warming trend. Good to know that they're better prepared.

Ahhhhhh!!! Sweet winter This is from the road through the woods and about a quarter mile from my home and that infamous ice storm

Originally Posted by rspears

Gotta go into town and sort out some house wiring polarity issues at a nephew's new-to-him place first. Says the guy who moved out had wired in a few plugs and ceiling fans, but didn't seem to understand black/hot, white/neutral and there's some problems now....

So I spent a few hours at the nephew's new place. The ceiling fan kicked my butt for a while, but I finally sorted out the wiring and found that the PO had run a hot and neutral into the fan switch, instead of a hot and switched hot to the fan. Once I sorted out which bundle was hot, and which bundle went to the fan it was, "WTF was this guy thinking!!" Made two changes to his splices and SUCCESS!! Had the fan and light working as intended! Not bad for an old gear head...

That's good news Roger. Always a chore to figure out some mess left behind by someone with only a glimmer of a clue!