Come on Spring

cuttin edge · Feb 22, 2019

Just got in from plowing snow all night. Gotta get rid of all this snow and ice, and get some gravel moving. I'm on here more than the wife is on Facebook. I was dropping my box blade and getting ready to park my loader, and I caught a peek at my grader parked beside the 980M. All I could see was the top of the bag over the exhaust, and the top 2 feet of the cab. She's not moving for a while I guess. Come on May

ianjoub · Feb 22, 2019

Screw that. I just put a new starter in my boat an hour ago. I was sweating my ass off. It is already 85 here with a 'real feel' of 92.

cuttin edge · Feb 22, 2019

It was -13F here this morning, Glad it's starting to warm up.

funwithfuel · Feb 22, 2019

How come we have a "like" but no "dislike" no "hate with a passion " or the ever popular, "I'm so goddamn jealous, you suck!"

Ronsii · Feb 22, 2019

ianjoub said:
Screw that. I just put a new starter in my boat an hour ago. I was sweating my ass off. It is already 85 here with a 'real feel' of 92.

I truly feel for ya' it must be awful to have to put up with weather like that...

thepumpguysc · Feb 22, 2019

I have to "put up" w/ warm weather AND RAIN.. cant get out & enjoy the nice warm weather..
& the friggin roller coaster weather.. 70* then 50* over & over..
My electric bill was less than 100.00.. I don't know how THAT happened?? I have to turn the a/c on during the day & the heat on at night..

Pixie · Feb 22, 2019

We've had snow on the ground since November 1. It looks like the town has given up on having 2 full lanes of road and anyone with any kind of loader is in demand.

I used my excavator to move snow at the neighbor's house but the steel tracks on the thick, glare ice was just too exciting to do it again !

cuttin edge · Feb 22, 2019

It's this funky weather 2 feet of snow, then above freezing and rain right away then down into the deep freeze again. They bid for 14 storms, and we've been out 16 times. On the plus side, it's great for snowmobiling.

Ct Farmer · Feb 22, 2019

cuttin edge said:
?...On the plus side, it's great for snowmobiling.

Haven't had enough snow here to even get a sled out this year. Plenty of cold weather just no white stuff.

Time to get a place up north.

AzIron · Feb 22, 2019

we just had 2 inches of snowfall In Phoenix plus a couple inches of rain

It's been raining off and on for the last three months and right now its dang cold for this desert boy I am ready for summer

Old Doug · Feb 22, 2019

We had 2 days were it almost melted off then it snowed agin.Its raining now so tomorrow could be more ice. I think spring is a long ways off.

funwithfuel · Feb 22, 2019

Allegedly, it's just around the corner. I don't believe it. It'll warm enough to take your jacket off, then its sniffles and coughs.

Bumpsteer · Feb 22, 2019

Splitting wood tomorrow, 1/2" of rain on the way.....wtf? Guess I'll float the firewood out.

Ed

Mother Deuce · Feb 23, 2019

cuttin edge said:
Just got in from plowing snow all night. Gotta get rid of all this snow and ice, and get some gravel moving. I'm on here more than the wife is on Facebook. I was dropping my box blade and getting ready to park my loader, and I caught a peek at my grader parked beside the 980M. All I could see was the top of the bag over the exhaust, and the top 2 feet of the cab. She's not moving for a while I guess. Come on May

I am going back in Monday... thankfully. I was about start eating the plasterboard off the wall out of frustration.

cuttin edge · Feb 23, 2019

Mother Deuce said:
I am going back in Monday... thankfully. I was about start eating the plasterboard off the wall out of frustration.

Besides the plowing snow, the hauling snow, the shoveling snow, watching snow, and some snow shoeing, I won't get back untill the spring weight restrictions lift around the middle of May.

RZucker · Feb 23, 2019

18 deg here with 9deg wind chill, after spending the week in the shop with mid 40 outside temps I wanted to get out and piddle with the new to us motorhome. But, that's not happening right now.

funwithfuel · Feb 23, 2019

I have so much to do around the house, I don't wanna do any of it. To hell with all this cold damp wet garbage.
I know some of you plow guys are making terrific money, and that's great. I'm just through with all this.

GregsHD · Feb 23, 2019

Feels like spring is coming up here, it's been a pretty mild winter for us, had one week of -30c but below normal snow fall, about 3ft total, last year we had over 8ft! It's sunny and -5c today, tee shirt weather!

Last year's snow was a bit much, I had to use the 790 a dozen times to widen the driveway and pile, this year we also have 3" of ice under the snow. It's a special kinda feeling when your skating 50000lbs downhill and have the cleanup bucket on!

walkerv · Feb 23, 2019

thepumpguysc said:
I have to "put up" w/ warm weather AND RAIN.. cant get out & enjoy the nice warm weather..
& the friggin roller coaster weather.. 70* then 50* over & over..
My electric bill was less than 100.00.. I don't know how THAT happened?? I have to turn the a/c on during the day & the heat on at night..

Same here in the charlotte nc area only problem is it isnt exactly warm , and the last 5 months of rain is getting old , i stay busy being the truck mechanic but when the grading crews get to actually work they are working early till as late as they are allowed just to try and make a dent in lost time , truck are working earlier and later then normal also which makes it difficult to get there write ups fixxed

RZucker · Feb 23, 2019

Got out to the motorhome and fired the heaters, puttered a bit inside familiarizing myself with things, now its upper 30's and sunny. Back out to check out outside stuff. Woohoo.

Come on Spring

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