Three inches of snow in Georgia!

[inspectorudy]

I know for you Mid West and Northern guys three inches is not much but here in GA it is an avalanche!. I sold my 54 inch blade last year to a guy from up North, because I had owned it for two years and never needed it, and had to use my Sears Johnny bucket to push the snow off of my driveway. It worked pretty well but not nearly as good as a blade. I have hydraulic raise/lower and manual bucket unlock and tilt. I even had a set of chains that without them I could not have gotten up my drive. I cannot imagine having to do this over and over again! I have a lot of respect for those of you who do. One other thing that I discovered is that the tire chains that I fitted to the wheels last summer no longer fit. Can the cold weather have made that much of a difference in the length? I had to use a bendable link to hook them all together.

[Gaden]

My ex-daughter in law lives down there (I'm in MO), and told of all the wrecks, school closings, etc. I said "For three inches?" I guess if you don't have theexperience, you don't know how to react, but three inches?

[red56turbo]

Now to give ya the full experience, I'm gonna send you our temps of -20* actual temp with wind chills of -40*. Wouldn't wanna leave you out of the fun.
Bout tired of frozen pipes and frozen feet. Glad to hear the Johnny bucket worked for you. You'll have to send that snow towards Allen.

[Cubcrazy]

3 inches for GA is pretty good! Glad to hear you got it cleaned off.

[kostendorf]

Originally Posted by Gaden

My ex-daughter in law lives down there (I'm in MO), and told of all the wrecks, school closings, etc. I said "For three inches?" I guess if you don't have theexperience, you don't know how to react, but three inches?

The problem down here is freeze and thaw. The snow is ok until it starts to melt in the sun then freezes at night and all the roads turn to black ice. Then there is people that never learn that front wheel drive and 4wheel drive do fine stepping on the gas but stopping don't work so good. Experience is key. Here in Missouri if the sign says 70mph most are going 90 in any weather. I'm retired so I just stay home. Normally the roads are fine in a couple days.

[DoubleO7]

We (extreme NW Florida) got a minor ice storm between 2pm yesterday and this morning.
Maybe 1/4 to 3/8 inch coating.
41,000 without power.
I-10 is closed for 100 miles.
All major bridges are closed.
Schools and local government closed yesterday and today.

Our road department's fleet of snow/ice fighting equipment consists of a few towable farm fertilizer slingers filled with beach sand.
Oh and pickups with front mounted brooms.

Traffic is down to about 10%.

[1811woody]

For me breaking out the cub to plow fresh snow is fun for maybe 5 times at about 1.5 hours each after that it becomes a chore. It does depend on the frequency of the storms if you haven't had snow for a little while (few weeks) I helps to put a little fun factor back into it. This year the fun factor was extended slightly due to the addition of the super with the hydraulic blade but even that has worn off. I'm ready for spring now.

[ACecil]

Great action shots! I also had some fun on the 782 today!

[IH Cub Cadet]

We rairly have enough snow for the blower an can go years without using it, but I've got a blower, a backup blower and they are ready to go. When the snow does come, its a spectial going up the street throwing snow!

[Cubby guy]

Lotsa folks up here in the frozen tundra of Northeast Ohio don't know how to drive on this stuff, either.

A few years back, we had a late snow...after Saint Patricks day. I'm creeping along I-90 at barely 30mph, (ODOT was NOT ready for the late snow). Some joker passes me in an SUV, so fast I am nearly sideways, sliding around in 3 of 4 lanes.

About 2 miles later, I see that SUV nose-first into the concrete median barrier. When I go past it, that car is a brand new Lexus, still with the 30-day paper temporary tag.

Folks do not realize that 4-wheel drive does NOT equal 4-wheel stop.