Last winter made only 1 complete round, this winter made 3 rounds already.
Last winter I made one complete round,,,, this winter NO complete rounds.
Geez guys, I made 3 rounds last year and none this year. Some years I could make 3 rounds in a week. You both need some work on how to milk the job!!
Well i was out for 5 hrs today glad I put the v plow on had several spots where snow was 4 to 5 ft deep I got them all open for now my ditches are full so the next snow storm could be some big time drift busting.
Haven't been out at all this winter.Snow is not far away but not a problem here.Got a nice 2 inch shot last evening.Starting to get like last year I never did do a complete round
Had 3.0" week ago which is all gone. Now talking 7.0" to 11.0" for Thursday the 20th. See what happens
Made 1 round so far this year.
talking 2 inches today but still nothing to get reved about.got nice snowmobile covering not like regina sk where they have a foot
Was out again today had 5 inches of snow that fell no wind with this snow so didn't have any drifts on the roads just lot of snow on them got a good 10 hr day in today.
had 10 inches of wet snow got 15 1/2 hrs today. had a great day down some hills backwards
Have not been out since late November, did three days of plowing snow. At least two of those were on the weekend!
It's been kind of calm here lately, no snow plowing. We have 7 straight days of Hoar Frost so far.
looks like fun, just had first snow of season or should say ice ,v plowed all cars to ditch oops.
got to do some more snow plowing today no real big drifts yet
Rain that's what we get. Doesn't seem right. We need moisture but what the heck, it's. January .
have had 5-6 inches christmas to now been out a little every day mostly cause everyone is spoiled and haven't had to deal with winter here for 2 years.Don't get me wrong its our job 2 keep the roads open but do we need every road open.Hardly any country folks any more,only a handful of school age stops in the whole rm,do the busses need every short cut.No matter the weather everyone still seems to make it to town to whine in the coffee shop.
Love the coffee shop trips, when I have to clean snow all the farmers go to the coffee shop and complain about the roads. Soo funny, I tell them stop knocking my signs down with there combines and Ill see if I can find their road.
That seems to happen a lot around here as well. Nobody ever knows but the field just got harvested 1/2 mile up the road.
I just tell the ones who complain about the roads that since your complaing I'm doing your road last works pretty good
Looks like we will be geting alot of rain this June with all the Hoar frost!(if you believe in that!) I sure do!
Weird weather patterns this winter, still no snow past a day in wichita 50s all this week
Seems to be getting back to normal patterns around here... Highs for tommorrow 17 below zero... the low's I don't even wanna talk about.
Oh!!! Hope no wind
Condolence's and Prayers to the family of the Grader Operator that was killed in a Grader Train accident on Jan 24, 2013 in Northwestern Saskatchewan.
Sad news, prayers to his family and friends
Sad news indeed Prayers for him and family
Sad news indeed. here is link to a newspaper article describing what happened. http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/01/20130124-141149.html
That sucks. Trains hit stuff every day, pretty regular occurence.
Can't believe this weather, 70s here today
16M Feeding the Blower at 30 below 0 and with the windchill it's was pushing -60, but we try to keep the road open. The things we do to find more oil?
Omg!!!
Hey Randy Krieg you on the haul road? I just quit after 10 years with Thompson Pass / Valdez DOT. Kind of looks like pulling and blowing we did with a 160 m sloper and Oshkosh "H" series blower (Cat C-15 blower motor).I will try to posts pictures but am having trouble with mine posting (I have Apple)
Randy, I hope that new 16M Cat gave you to play with is better than the POS we've got. Right now I have 2 out of 4 down with transmission failures .......
Failures? Wow! Whats letting go? How many hours?
Clutch failure. Usually either forward, reverse or 2nd speed. Average transmission life to failure is 4000 hours. I think on our 4 we've changed about 8-10 transmissions so far. Also there are major issues with tandem seals leaking, plus steering problems. As far as I'm aware all of these problems are being experienced world-wide.
Looks like a long weekend shaping up in the east, you guys be safe and warm.
Could be looking at 2 feet here in central CT. We have some light snow and a couple inches at the moment but its gonna be interesting tonight.
Those two storms meeting up over tonight and tomorrow could be very difficult ,
Yep its ***king mayhem. I think the town might have to take the onamental V-plow off the front lawn of the Highway dept and put it on a truck!
chuckle
I'm in southern Maine, about 15 miles from the ocean. At 6:00 AM the local news reported that the town next to mine was reporting 30 1/2 inches of snow, with 6 or so more hours to go. Boy I hope they measured wrong. George
Holy cow!!! You guys work safe.
Yes 30 plus here had fun until 8.30 pm .then the motor went sparks ,flames out the exhaust then seized 20 plus miles from town .had a great day planed for today but no machine it was a Champion 720 VHP may rest it in piece.
Hows all the snow work, looks pretty nasty back east. Work safe
Well ben out for the second day here in South Dakota no real big drifts about 5 ft was biggest I've ben through all year.
Turbo went took bottom end of engine with it
Yeah at my house in Scarborough we ended up with right around 34" +/- a little bit.
well this was 2 weeks ago but did find a few fairly deep snow drifts here in SE South Dakota
Change in Wind Direction Cat 140M AWD The wind is coming out of the south now so I think we're plowing and blowing the snow you had 2 weeks ago.... While plowing a parking lot in Deadhorse after the last storm I spotted this; it's the State of Alaska DOT's 16M which they left parked outside at the Deadhorse Airport. Glad I don't have to try and restart that one. The wind will change directions here again in another day and all this snow will be headed back your way :scool Regards, Randy
Hey Randy,,, I'll trade snow with you. I've plowed here for 52 years now.... need to look at different snow here as it all seems the same anymore. This is a tree nursery we spent a week with two loaders cleaning out between. http://i864.photobucket.com/albums/ab208/parkrapids/0130131215.jpg
Lol Randy I wouldn't doubt it you guys can have the white stuff I'm ready to take the wing and v plow off and go back to blading roads again. I wouldn't want to be the lucky person who gets to try to start that M again looks little frosty there
This is what I had to deal with last week in my 163H. The townships wanted some big drifts busted but the rest of the roads were just slop.
Looks familiar, been washing equipment off so I can see again
D&G I've ben there before hate that slopy mess looks like it's going to warm up hoping to get out and do some blading next couple of days
I cut roads today, had 2" rain over weekend finished melting out snow in southern kansas still bad nort h of us they had more snow over weekend. I was surprised at how well my roads drained off and worked
Last winter we had plowed 4 full rounds already, this year we have hardly any snow and no plowing yet. No pictures yet. I'm sure it will come soon enough this winter. - 30 these last couple of days.
I've ben out twice so far this yr used the v plow more in these last 2 times then I did all last yr going to be a long winter for me.
Well down here they cut more plows they parked my grader guess its not going to snow this winter here
Is this the view when you're working in Antarctica?
Yup, but if you drink enough of that crappy Kiwi beer it don't matter much.