ovrszd - I hear ya on the frozen ground. We had a blast of cold temps the first part of November that drove the frost down about 6". I still had a couple roads I was hoping to smooth out before that happened - just didn't work out with all the rain we got in late fall - but part of me was happy that everything would be solid for plowing. Then we got a week of mild temps and everything thawed again. Got those last couple roads graded but then the ground was fairly warm for that first round of snow we got this week. Now we're getting a weekend long snow storm. Was out for about 6 hours today clearing the busier roads as best I could with the truck. Still trying to decide what time we will head in tomorrow. Sounds like this snow will run through about noon - 8 more inches possible on top of the 4 we got so far today. If that's the case I don't suppose there's much sense getting out too early.