Incoming storm
- Randy in Maine
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Incoming storm
Looks like it could be a good one about Friday here in Maine. Depending on how the low pressure areas line up we could see 2-3' of snow and a good 50 mph breeze coming off the Gulf Of Maine.
On a side note, I would like to point out how much I am enjoying the heated hand grips on my Troybuilt snowblower. I though it was a bunch of hoohaw, but it really works well.
On a side note, I would like to point out how much I am enjoying the heated hand grips on my Troybuilt snowblower. I though it was a bunch of hoohaw, but it really works well.
79 VW Bus
- sped372
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Re: Incoming storm
I am just plain enjoying having a snowblower. We went a few years without one before I picked one up over this past summer. I still shovel if there's only a couple inches, but man is it nice for clearing that snowcrete at the end of the driveway from the plows.
It's an 80's vintage John Deere (actually a Simplicity they painted green and yellow) but it's been starting on the first pull every time and I'm really happy with it. I wanted a 2-stage, but something a little smaller to fit into our petite garage. It even has an actual 3-speed transmission, no friction wheel thingy.
Heated handles? Maybe I'll try grabbing the muffler.
It's an 80's vintage John Deere (actually a Simplicity they painted green and yellow) but it's been starting on the first pull every time and I'm really happy with it. I wanted a 2-stage, but something a little smaller to fit into our petite garage. It even has an actual 3-speed transmission, no friction wheel thingy.
Heated handles? Maybe I'll try grabbing the muffler.
1971 Karmann Ghia - 1600 DP
1984 Westfalia - 1.9 WBX
1984 Westfalia - 1.9 WBX
- Westy78
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The handle makes bacon? Awesome! Kind of late in the season for a noreaster no? Stay warm!Randy in Maine wrote:
Chorizo, it's what's for breakfast.
- vwbuff
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And Randy,
We really thank you for sending it our way .......
Wayne
We really thank you for sending it our way .......
Wayne
Nova Scotia
77 Riviera 2.0L FI Boston Bob
71 Ghia
vintage vdubbers
77 Riviera 2.0L FI Boston Bob
71 Ghia
vintage vdubbers
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Hand warmers nothin' that snowblower sits on crawlers!
- Randy in Maine
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It actually blows snow pretty well right down to the pavement. It will kick a good foot of snow about 30 feet into the woods or a even little further. It doesn't like rocks though, and makes me wish I had finished putting down the pavers that are still stacked up in the back yard. Rarely clogs up. $1100 well spent four years ago.
It also has "power steering" (removes power from either track) that lets you get in pretty close to whatever you are aiming for or trying to avoid, like my neighbors Buick. I snowblow for me and 3 of my elderly neighbors and it can take a couple of hours depending on the quality/quantity of snow.
They are still saying from 20-30 inches from Friday morning until Saturday afternoon with 50 mph winds for white out conditons. The ocean is still 41º. I am pretty well set up here though with a nice warm tight house and garage. This radiant floor heat is really working well for me and I still think I can heat the whole house/garage for $1500 a year. Not too bad.
It also has "power steering" (removes power from either track) that lets you get in pretty close to whatever you are aiming for or trying to avoid, like my neighbors Buick. I snowblow for me and 3 of my elderly neighbors and it can take a couple of hours depending on the quality/quantity of snow.
They are still saying from 20-30 inches from Friday morning until Saturday afternoon with 50 mph winds for white out conditons. The ocean is still 41º. I am pretty well set up here though with a nice warm tight house and garage. This radiant floor heat is really working well for me and I still think I can heat the whole house/garage for $1500 a year. Not too bad.
79 VW Bus
- Bleyseng
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Wow good luck with all that snow ! It was only 85f today and sunny.
Geoff
77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
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77 Sage Green Westy- CS 2.0L-160,000 miles
70 Ghia vert, black, stock 1600SP,- 139,000 miles,
76 914 2.1L-Nepal Orange- 160,000+ miles
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- Sylvester
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Good grief ya'll be careful up there! Today it is 65F in Afghanistan, we have it made right now.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue, I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod, The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
- sped372
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Good luck out East. We only ended up getting about 5" but it was HEAVY sloppy soup.
1971 Karmann Ghia - 1600 DP
1984 Westfalia - 1.9 WBX
1984 Westfalia - 1.9 WBX
- Amskeptic
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A little slippy-slidy up from the local market, these roads are twisty and hilly in the Catskills. We're hunkered in with fresh stacked wood and provisions. My back says "enough". Good luck folks in the northeast.sped372 wrote:Good luck out East. We only ended up getting about 5" but it was HEAVY sloppy soup.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Randy in Maine
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Re: Incoming storm
So far we have about 6-8" of a very powdery light snow likely due to the fact that it has finally warmed up to all of 18º. It turns out that this snow we have seen is just the "pre-curser" to the actual storm. Starting to get a little windy and they have raised the predicted wind gusts to 70 mph from the NE.
Randy is out in his woodshop building a new table saw stand. It will looks something like this when finished....
Randy is out in his woodshop building a new table saw stand. It will looks something like this when finished....
79 VW Bus
- Westy78
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Ooh I like. Central vac system?Randy in Maine wrote:
Randy is out in his woodshop building a new table saw stand. It will looks something like this when finished....
Chorizo, it's what's for breakfast.
- Randy in Maine
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I am building this new stand to improve the saw dust control measure. Always fighting saw dust.
I just have a little 1.5 HP Delta dust collector that I mounted on the wall with a bunch of 4" PVC that goes around the room to all of the machines.
I just have a little 1.5 HP Delta dust collector that I mounted on the wall with a bunch of 4" PVC that goes around the room to all of the machines.
79 VW Bus
- Westy78
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- Amskeptic
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On my third shovelling lap, doing it every three inches or so. People will think we have some snow blower because I have been using a broom to blast it off the walks, no recognizable build-up of set-aside snow.
"Yeah, I have a cat-track heated-handle three cylinder turbo-boost hydraulic drive RandyInMainebilt® with headlamp and automatic soup dispenser, this baby makes short work."
Colin
"Yeah, I have a cat-track heated-handle three cylinder turbo-boost hydraulic drive RandyInMainebilt® with headlamp and automatic soup dispenser, this baby makes short work."
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles