Stability of the grid here was a good part of the reason we didn’t get a dedicated standby. Rarely need it, but when we do we do. That and lack of gas lines meant whatever we got had to have a dedicated fuel tank, not the “endless” supply of a gas line. Not right for everyone but a good fit for our needs and a lot of kW/$.
Do the same thing. Our 24Kw Generac has not had any issues starting in cold weather.
I like the "hat" your tractor has.The chaos ensued last night on my neighbor's driveway around 9pm. They rent the bottom floor of their house to a nice couple who moved here from WA state a couple of years ago. The tenant's daughter drove over from Idaho yesterday for Christmas, and because my Californian neighbors don't have any way to deal with snow (they've only been here for four or five years!) the daughter got stuck on the hill, and eventually slid off into a ditch next to the fence. The owners pay a snow removal contractor when necessary but seem to try to get away with paying as little as possible.
I watched for quite a while as her dad tried to get her out but to no avail. I called him and offered my help but his phone was up at the house. I sent him a text and told him I could help if necessary. Since the car was partially blocking the driveway, and there's 2ft or more of snow on the ground, no one could get past and up the hill. A couple of cars spent the night at the bend in my driveway where I keep a decent sized area clear.
Late last night the tenant responded to my text in which I offered to get the car out using the M6060. He was going to call a tow company who based on last year's fee for getting his wife out would have charged $400 minimum to come up. He asked me if I could help. Seriously, it took longer to warm up the tractor and drive down the hill than it did to get the car out. The dad hooked up a strap to the rear wheel nearest the driveway looping it around the loader arm. I raised the bucket, backed up and the car was out of the ditch and back on the driveway.
They sure did a number in my field with the numerous attempts to get her free last night. I've done my good deed for Christmas. The car is now parked at my house since my driveway is easy to get up.
I'm not looking for praise here since I enjoy using my tractors, and this was fun for me and not even remotely like work. I'm just sharing my Christmas morning experience after I'd cleared my driveway. These photos were taken after we got the car out of the ditch.
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State law here is you have to remove snow from vehicles...I don't think it applies to tractors (yet).
Dealer said they'd find one.next week! I was surprised. I'll believe it when I see it.
That's some serious snow. It's been quite a few years since I had even 2ft on the ground in one event. Are you able to see where the driveway is? I would recommend hydraulic chute rotation and deflection, but certainly rotation for your snow blower. Since you have a cab it would almost be a necessity, but it's just a really good feature to have. I'm constantly adjusting the chute so that I can put the snow where I want it.
A hat of shame!
It sucks not having a shop or barn to store the tractors in over the winter, and more importantly the summer. As soon as the weather improves, probably late March or early April, I'm going to start building a couple of "sheds" for the tractors and the boat. I've been gathering materials and will most likely rent an excavator for a few days.
I think we've only gotten about 24" of snow the past couple weeks. It was the blizzard wind that picked up the snow and dropped in on my driveway because the driveway has either trees on the sides in the forest... Or an open farm field on both sides once outside the forest where my driveway has ridges on both sides.
I have the 3rd function set up already for my grapple. I've never had a front snow blower, but I assume that the loader stick controls raising and lowering the blower and the shute rotation. The 3rd function will control the shute throw height. ?? I'm just guessing.
Awesome! I would connect chute rotation to the 3rd function, and chute deflection to bucket tilt, but that's because I rotate the chute way more often than adjust the deflector angle, and typically it's easier (less gross movement) to depress the 3rd function buttons than it is to move the joystick.
Count your blessings!!! My area averages 24" to 36" of snow, a winter season a year. But, In two weeks we got about 24", and then the blizzard changed everything.
