snow plowing pics

[River19]

Yesterday's snow clearing at -5F was about the coldest I have been out there as it is rare to get a meaningful dumping of snow with temps that cold. While we have a few mornings in the -20 to -35F each year I am not choosing to be outside longer than a few mins.

I was actually pretty toasty for the 2 hours I was out there. Long johns, Carhartt bibs, good socks, toe warmers and Muck boots. Wool base layer, electric heated vest, Carhartt hoodie and waterproof shell. Even though I was covered in some snow here and there I was toasty.

I adjust my rear blade a bunch during a clearing run, and I adjust my box blade a bunch in the non-winter months, I want nothing to do with dealing with a cab door each time I get on and off. If I were spending hours upon hours in a field in the summer etc. a cab might make sense but not for my use case......

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

...THEN I noticed the icicles hanging from the ROPs of pigdots OPEN STATION … and thought….” Now THAT Guy has BALLS. …they may have ICICLES on them…. but HE HAS THEM!

…AND THEN IT HIT ME…. WHY ONE REASON I live down in Texas... is..I may now be OLD….but, for Warmth… THIS STILL WORKS FOR ME!

Living in an Arctic Blast zone I can always put more clothes on, but in Texas I could only take so many off.

Nobody should have to see my

 

[GBJeffOH]

Got it done this morning. Racked up 1.5 hrs total for one pass last night and another today. We got 13" total, the last inch was sleet. That's THIRTY inches for January - a LOT for this area:
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That seven-foot blade is plenty for the L2500, but I'm VERY pleased with the traction from the new, fluid-filled rear tires. Very little slippage. I can clear 8" of snow off the drive in one pass (down and back up). With the blade at an angle, I have to countersteer (to the L in this pic) to counteract the torque from the blade. You can just see the house through the trees to the R of the tractor, which gives some perspective of the slope I'm dealing with.

It was in the single digits all day yesterday. Was 20F when I started the tractor this morning. Cranked over about 4 revs before it fired. Battery is 7 years old. I find that, if I turn the key back off after it starts, it will charge up enough while it's running to crank OK a week later.

-Paul

NE Ohio 2015