It was windy and warm this past weekend and much of the snow has melted. It warmed up so quickly and stayed above freezing overnight so we didn't get the awful freeze and slick ice. It's supposed to be 50F and sunny this weekend so I might be running the land leveler on the gravel driveway if this keeps up. Crazy weather for sure.
You don't have a mud season out there ?? Just curious how other places are. Where we are, the frost goes down deep during the winter. Where the ground is exposed all winter like a road it will go down 4' or more, Then when the surface thaws in the spring it becomes a slurry of saturated mud because there is no drainage with everything below still frozen. It is worse with a quick warm up like you are having.
The reason I asked was that my cat runs (as in runs) when I start my Mini Kubota. Problem here is that she is blind, so I have to make sure every time I start the tractor that she is well away or in the house.
We sure have it over here…from past few days just a bit of snow left and maybe the top half inch is thawed…what a mess and it’s just starting…and not only that it’s still only February. I do t believe I will be running my tiller or playing in the woods anytime soon. But it is sap collecting season, so there is that. We started a few weeks ago collecting but then we froze up again. Will see what happens this week. I hope to be boiling this weekend.
Yesterday was the first day that got above freezing (35*) since the end of December so our mud season is probably a long way off unless something drastic happens. For us it is usually mid April.We sure have it over here…from past few days just a bit of snow left and maybe the top half inch is thawed…what a mess and it’s just starting…and not only that it’s still only February. I do t believe I will be running my tiller or playing in the woods anytime soon. But it is sap collecting season, so there is that. We started a few weeks ago collecting but then we froze up again. Will see what happens this week. I hope to be boiling this weekend.
Nope no spring break up issues here:
Not really. The ground is dry up here, there's no clay to hold water, and I'm situated on a lot of bedrock. My friend on the river has never mentioned mud being an issue but again, I think that's down to good drainage and the fact that we don't get a lot of rain here.
50s and sunny here today. I looked the B but it was just too muddy to get her out. The other Bees were carrying out the dead bodies and stacking em like cordwood. Excellent day here for mud and muck boots…collecting sap (average day…north face of the hill is just starting to run) was a real slip and slide…the pups had a big time and earned a bath, and we had a real nice sunset just now. The feathers on the fresh batch just starting…4days old). Tractor will not be in the woods for a while based on what we slopped through.
Dirt is paintable. I have quite a collection of multi-colored dirt that I chipped off when I need to weld something that the dirt won’t hold anymore.
No heat other than a little propane salamander thing and an even smaller oil bath heater (1500W). . I want to put in a wood burning stove that I fed as a teenager, but chimney material is stoopid expensive. If the local building inspector sees it and I can’t prove it was done by a ‘professional contractor’ (i.e. someone likely related to him), he can and will likely condemn my 4 year old shop. I had enough BS because I plumbed a water line to it. The missus doesn’t want me to put in heat because she says she already feels like a workshop widow for about 10 months every year until it’s just too cold to stay out there. We have fairly mild winter weather, but I think this has been the worst winter in a long time. We had snow twice this year and a lot more sub freezing weather than normal. The Canucks must have left the back door open.
I know your new to the tractor game.
I'm gentle. I haven't had any time with the bucket so this was good practice for me. I think using the snowplow helped get a little better. It was nothing but a sheet of ice. I actually tried to go much faster but tractor wasn't having it.I know your new to the tractor game.
But...
My moving snow removal looks more like a nascar race, compared to your grandma going to church method of snow removal.
I custom saw whatever dimensions that my customers request. Here is the lumber on the job that I will finish tomorrow:
What's the longest you can handle?
Haven’t read all the replies yet, but that receiver hitch is gonna fill up with dirt if you put it in the blade like that. I thought about that same idea but talked myself out of it. I am working on a design that I can hang on the blade and lock in place, but easy to remove so I don’t have to constantly clean the dirt/mud out of the receiver. The box blade holds enough dirt (which it kindly deposits on my shop floor). Don’t need more cleaning. The quick hitch is the cat’s pajamas and I modified my towing adapter to fit the QH, so it’s a quick change out. If I think I’ll need the tow bar again, I just lay it on top of the box blade to keep it handy. I’m a little leary about putting any holes in the frame of the box blade but something that I could quickly pin on and just as easily stow would be the bees knees.
That looks like my drive. Top 4” of soup and ice below. Water just stands there and Amazon thinks they should drive 80 mph up and down. Half tempted to dig more holes just to slow them down.
