Wish Me Luck!!

[diesel4me]

Getting ready to go plow the driveway after our wonderful foot + of snow last night- -40 mph winds all night,snow drifts 3 ft deep!!--I hope the diesel starts,its 20 degrees out,luckily I had put it in the garage yesterday to unload and cut a truckfull of firewood(now I have a backache from that,and I have to shovel the walks and steps Grrrrr )--I hate winter!!--and I'm praying the truck or the plow doesnt give me any greif--I have plenty without this--and I get to drive my sister 70 miles home later today too,and I hear on the TV the roads are littered with jacknifed tractor trailers and cars spinning out--just what I wanted--a white christmas one day late..this sucks... .

I need more room in the garage--I had to leave the 79 C10 outside,now its bed is full of snow--when it melts in the shop it freezes up and makes tons of ice on the floor--not fun to lie on while you fix something...maybe if I didnt have 2 cords of wood,a huge 3 phase air compressor I cant wire up here,and a dozen other things in the way,both trucks would fit---

 

[stallion85]

Good Luck, I don't miss snow after hearing one of those stories

 

[86chevybanshee]

good luck, i got about a foot and a 1/2 here, i had to use the snowblower to clean off the drive way, and now i have to fix my frame around the steering box, put a new front clip on, put a new engine wiring harness in, and finish my flatbed,put in the 14bff i just rebuilt, put the disc brakes on it, all by the end of this week and this stupid white stuff everyone is excited about is pissing me off, and i dont have a garage

 

[R72K5]

if it doesnt start at 20 degrees out then its seriously got soemthing wrong with it

i dont know why ppl get excited over white crap either, no clue, its nothing but trouble


good luck

 

[laketex]

Good luck. We just had 5 inches here and below freezing for 4 days which is wierd! I do not miss that part of Chicago! However it'll get better. We've got a high of 65 today. Hope yours turns for the best too.

 

[84gmcjimmy]

We got 5" of snow in the last 2 days when I was down in Victoria. Not a good thing to come how with. I heard some where that shoveling gets your heart beating faster than running a few kilometers, maybe I will shovel my long driveway and burn off christmas goodies
I hate snow

 

[zeroz400]

Im pretty lucky right now, im just north of Chicago and we have no snow! Everyone else around got coveredpretty well tho. The way i see it, if its gonna be cold, there might as well be snow.


Later

 

[pvfjr]

Sounds like you all need some mountains. Head up the hill to play in the white stuff when need be, then leave it where it belongs and head home.

 

[86chevybanshee]

well i wouldnt mind it if my truck was driveable, snow wheeling is the best

 

[HarryH3]

I lived in Marlboro and Worcester for about 5 years and have nasty memories of the wet, heavy snow that you get around there! The snow there is usually just short of being wet concrete. I greatly prefer the light, fluffy powder that we get around here. My little 5HP, single stage snow blower works great here. In your part of the country a dual stage works MUCH better.

 

[diesel4me]

No problems!!!

I got the yard plowed,the truck started fine!!(smoked the garage out though! )--it was 6 degrees here last night with a good breeze blowing--not exactly nice weather!. I'd hate to breakdown in this kind of cold!...

Your right about the "wet cement" snow we get here--a few times we had snow 3 feet deep,right up to the doorknobs on my garage door!(blizzard of 78,96,99)--I barely got the truck out of the garage and one truck length away from it before I stopped dead--had to keep backing up and "batter ramming" it,slightly uphill to the top of the yard!--and was lucky I was able to move it--I had to beat the truck badly,had the rear wheels off the ground more than once,even with a few junk motors in the bed for weight!.(looking back,I guess I cant blame the TH350 for croaking in my 74 K20,after 15 winters of that!).snowblowers are useless 90% of the time here--they clog up instantly--and even if they dont,they blow the snow right in your face!--why put up with that when you can sit it a nice warm cab!!..(I would like one to do the walks and footpaths though--I just said screw it and used the truck to plow the walk to the front steps--F*** the lawn!!,I'll fix it in the spring!..

Now I have to bring my sister back home--didnt go yesterday,the highways were fine,but the side roads are atrocious--looks like the surface of the moon,ice 3 inches thick and full of craters--I am using my mothers caravan for that trip,and didnt want to get in trouble(my 82 K20 has rear brake troubles right now,not up to a long trip just yet,and I dont want to drive it 150 miles with the plow on it(might overheat,I havent driven it far on the highway(more than 5-10 miles) with it on....

I'm glad its not supposed to stay this frigid for long--I hate the cold and winter--its a waste of 6 months of your life(if you live thru it!)--I think its time for me to get a check up--after shoveling yesterday,I thought I was having a coronary--took 15 minites to get my heart rate back to normal(and several beers and a few shots to ease my aching back!)....