Re: (ET) Darn

[Charlie <medievalist gmail com>]

We had 13 inches of dry powder and single digit temperatures this
morning.  I still haven't got the blade mounted on the I-5 yet so the
shovel got a workout...

--Charlie

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Max Hall <mhall maxmatic com> wrote:
> Quite a storm... for some! They were calling for 5-10" just west of
> Boston... but we got *maybe* an inch! 30 miles away, though, a foot!
>
> Sympathetic about the clogging... snow like you described is the 
> toughest.
>
> And, yeah: Throw those chains on!
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 9:55 PM, CZ Unit <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:
>>
>> Went to blow the snow here in MD today. Wet, heavy, and the temps are 
>> now
>> in the teens.
>>
>> Anyway I managed to do the driveway during the day, the plan is simple
>> without chains: Start at the bottom, go up the hill, and DO NOT STOP.
>> Because the ground underneath will be wet and will turn to ice if you 
>> don't
>> make it to the top. Once you have the top you can go down the hill, 
>> double
>> up the lane, and you will be ok to go up again.
>>
>> So up I went, and I watched as the chute pushed out less and less snow.
>> DAMN, it clogged. Tried to keep going up got a good way but you can't 
>> plow
>> snow uphill forever. So I had to stop, back off, and go down the hill.
>>
>> Cleared it in 5 minutes, but too late, driveway is iced. So I did the
>> bottom half, went up the hill, when it lost traction I would slide 
>> backwards
>> *FAST* till the tires could catch.
>>
>> Life without the chains on. I didn't want to put them on this winter
>> unless necessary. Tomorrow morning might define *necessary*; with the 
>> chains
>> on I can go straight up an ice wall.
>>
>> However this is a wicked snow. Wet and heavy plus 10 degree temps equals
>> snow that will clog the chute even at full speed and a chute lined with
>> POR15. Wow.
>>
>> C
>>
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