mader656 Posted March 2, 2019 Author Posted March 2, 2019 Well nice sunny morning snow in trees was pretty. shoveled up the driveway yard. They do call them tractor shovels. And now, My 5 hours of snow plowing is being undone. Quote
mader656 Posted March 2, 2019 Author Posted March 2, 2019 5 hours ago, Wes806 said: Hopefully ya get a break soon. Hah. I barely got that typed. When neighbor called stuck up on the road no big deal right, I put my v plow on and went to the rescue 3 adult in a short cab... Got headed out the other neighbor was stuck just behind them.... Got out ok got the first one moved went in to unstuck the other and got stuck, called another neighbor but was unable to help so somehow by God's grace i got unstuck. Got her free and the other neighbor was going to try like heck to get home and his tractor. Got 49 feet. Got around him and started to plow my way home hit a cattle guard and obliterated my v plow... Got him home got his tractor going amd went back for round 2 much less eventful. A second tractor sure is comforting when it's a ground blizzard. With 200 foot visabilty. Home now and fire is stoked. 1 Quote
mader656 Posted March 2, 2019 Author Posted March 2, 2019 6 hours and begin of hypothermia but I'm home and good 1 Quote
Sledgehammer Posted March 2, 2019 Posted March 2, 2019 Why dont you take the rest of the night off? ? Glad you made it back safe. Quote
mader656 Posted March 2, 2019 Author Posted March 2, 2019 11 minutes ago, Sledgehammer said: Why dont you take the rest of the night off? ? Glad you made it back safe. -40 wind chill too gonna stay up and feed fire. Quote
Wes806 Posted March 2, 2019 Posted March 2, 2019 Glad you made it home at -40 wind chill I'd stay up and feed fire too/ Take care out there. Quote
Sledgehammer Posted March 2, 2019 Posted March 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, Wes806 said: Glad you made it home at -40 wind chill I'd stay up and feed fire too/ Take care out there. X2 Quote
metamora farmall Posted March 2, 2019 Posted March 2, 2019 13 minutes ago, Wes806 said: Glad you made it home at -40 wind chill I'd stay up and feed fire too/ Take care out there. X3 Quote
AKwelder Posted March 2, 2019 Posted March 2, 2019 Glad your safe, and home. Hope everything stays running the way it should Quote
Rainman Posted March 2, 2019 Posted March 2, 2019 On 2/28/2019 at 9:07 PM, mader656 said: Yup fortunately I don't have livestock so throwing more wood on the fire is my first choice. Did tell him to call if needs help. What are neighbors for.... Got charged by his bull when I got out. To shut the gate... Can't run real fast in boots and carharts... All bluff I think. Distracted him with a hay bale so I could get back to my tractor.... He's go up the road if he was mine.. I've always heard the saying that "He's going Down the road".... Quote
mader656 Posted March 4, 2019 Author Posted March 4, 2019 Road is other side of the pile... Under the drift. Drifts are hard fronts a foot of the ground. New phone coming so pictures will improve. Quote
mader656 Posted March 5, 2019 Author Posted March 5, 2019 So the county decided not to plow the last half mile of road ugh...only large 5 foot drifts... Called county...we never plowed that uh yes for the last 5 year's... Quote
hagan Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 How do you get that tractor to start of a morning Mader? In the winter of 72-73 i had 2,000 head of Navajo feeder lambs and it never got above freezing for 3 weeks. We had the 560 with a loader and it had a heat houser on it and we just let it run about 1200 RPM for 2 weeks straight. it took a tank of fuel every 2 days but i credit the warm air from heat houser for no fuel problems. Fuel was 40 cents per gallon and after the first morning of -25 i didn't want to try that again so it just ran That next fall i decided to sell All of my crops and never fed feeder lambs again Quote
mader656 Posted March 5, 2019 Author Posted March 5, 2019 52 minutes ago, hagan said: How do you get that tractor to start of a morning Mader? In the winter of 72-73 i had 2,000 head of Navajo feeder lambs and it never got above freezing for 3 weeks. We had the 560 with a loader and it had a heat houser on it and we just let it run about 1200 RPM for 2 weeks straight. it took a tank of fuel every 2 days but i credit the warm air from heat houser for no fuel problems. Fuel was 40 cents per gallon and after the first morning of -25 i didn't want to try that again so it just ran That next fall i decided to sell All of my crops and never fed feeder lambs again 2000 watt block heater and a generator or just wait till its above 10 2 group 31s. Big cables and 00 jumper cables as needed. Quote
mader656 Posted March 6, 2019 Author Posted March 6, 2019 Got my new phone so better pics for a while. Opening up roads much colder but much faster than the 656. About a 1/4 mile 3 feet deep drift dug out took about 2.5 hours. Quote
mader656 Posted March 6, 2019 Author Posted March 6, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, rjpont said: That's gotta be cold !!!!? Carhart extreme overalls and coat long Johns. Mickey mouse boots, heavy fleece lined jacket and ear muffs wasn't bad when motor was up wind fridegd when motor down wind. 15 degrees f outside. 6 mile wind. Cold but 7x faster than a tractor, chains would have shaved off another half hour. Edited March 6, 2019 by mader656 Add temp Quote
12_Guy Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 Looks like the Michigan/ Detroit is working out nicely for you. Do you have the "smash thumb to be good and mad" procedure figured out? Quote
mader656 Posted March 6, 2019 Author Posted March 6, 2019 1 minute ago, 12_Guy said: Looks like the Michigan/ Detroit is working out nicely for you. Do you have the "smash thumb to be good and mad" procedure figured out? Worked pretty good once it got new battery and cables. So I must have down. Or im just to cold. Quote
yellowrosefarm Posted March 6, 2019 Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, mader656 said: Carhart extreme overalls and coat long Johns. Mickey mouse boots, heavy fleece lined jacket and ear muffs wasn't bad when motor was up wind fridegd when motor down wind. 15 degrees f outside. 6 mile wind. Cold but 7x faster than a tractor, chains would have shaved off another half hour. Do those Carhartt extremes live up to the hype. I've been tempted to buy a pair when tractor supply has them on sale, but even then they are expensive. Have you ever tried one of those cordless battery heated jackets? Glad the loader is working well. It's hard to have too big a piece of equipment when dealing with blizzard type snow. Quote
bitty Posted March 7, 2019 Posted March 7, 2019 Add a full face helmet to your attire it will keep you warmer Quote
mader656 Posted March 7, 2019 Author Posted March 7, 2019 4 hours ago, yellowrosefarm said: Do those Carhartt extremes live up to the hype. I've been tempted to buy a pair when tractor supply has them on sale, but even then they are expensive. Have you ever tried one of those cordless battery heated jackets? Glad the loader is working well. It's hard to have too big a piece of equipment when dealing with blizzard type snow. I'd say so they are stiff till broken in.. Heated jacket would be nice but a heated inner layer would be better. I dress in lots of layer. Quote
mader656 Posted March 7, 2019 Author Posted March 7, 2019 For reference the play shed is 7 foot 10 tall. Yes im stacking it all in one place from the driveway barnyard... 1 Quote
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