Another Storm?

[dynamike]

Anyone hearing anything about another snow this weekend 12-13 thru 12-14?

[Pelican]

Tonight's news says it will be mostly rain changing to light snow with no accumulation. We'll have to watch the temps between now and then.

[BWhite]

everything around here is melting nicely . I am ready for another weekend storm .

[BRL]

Well all of the 6:00 TV guys are going for the rain forecast, but the NWS & Gary Gray are biting so far, so that is good news indeed! Looks like another real difficult forecast to pin down with too much warm air around. NWS Mt Holly even put out a Winter Weather Outlook statement, so that is promising for some of this area. Keep those fingers crossed!! :confused:

[W-n-K Landscaping]

I have been hearing rumors about another storm, but tonight when I went on the web to start checking the forecast after a long rainy and windy day- I found that they are predicting 4-10" of white gold for us!! It is of course lake effect, but the winds are coming directly off of the lake and the maps so far have the band forming directly over me- and we are located just the right distance to get that 10". This will be interesting!! I will pist pics if we get snow- and of course come back and Rant if we don't! LOL!!

Bill:D

[jt5019]

Channel 30 news in conn said mainly snow for us starting sunday possible mixing with or changing to rain south and east of I 84 sunday night.He said it will probably be plowable snow.

[snowplowjay]

Originally posted by jt5019
Channel 30 news in conn said mainly snow for us starting sunday possible mixing with or changing to rain south and east of I 84 sunday night.He said it will probably be plowable snow.

Brad Field is pretty accurate usually so Ill go with that forecast for now :)



Jay

[Dockboy]

Gary Gray has already put up some predictions:D

12/13 - 12/16 predicted totals (http://www.millenniumweather.com/winter/snowmap.html)

[BRL]

Ya beat me to it! But since I went through the resizing already, I'm still posting it LOL. Looks like a bunch of us will get to work again this weekend too. Keep those fingers crossed!

[Adams Plowing]

he's got us listed for another 2 to 4 that we probaly wont get... hope we do though...

[W-n-K Landscaping]

Gee Seth- I'm sorry! We're in the 4-8 range, with an additional 6-10" of lake effect called for between tonight and tmo night!

Looks like if this storm hits I'll have a long weekend ahead of me!!!

Not that I'm complaining!

But I jsut had to pick on my buddy Seth- Kick!

LOL!!


Bill:burnout :cash :burnout

[Adams Plowing]

Ouch! Take the steel toes off next time that hurt bill... :eek: Yup i think we go shafted again they were calling for up to 3" last night... bairly got a dusting, probaly going to be the same all through the weekend... :headwall :headwall :headwall :headwall :headwall :headwall Im really curious wtf is going on with the weather around here usually we have gotten atleast a handfull of plowable events by now... guess ill just have to wait longer...

[W-n-K Landscaping]

Patience oh great one- patience. It will come to you- I just happen to live in an area where there is only two seasons-

Winter

and

Road Construction!

LOL!

I just ran out and checked in on my commercial accounts- we've got 2" at my house and comeing down pretty hard right now, got down to my accounts(about 3 miles south of me) and just had a dusting with some wind. Oh well- we'll be getting hammered soon enough!!

Bill

[W-n-K Landscaping]

Just checked the wether sites- this was posted around 4am


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
349 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2003

NYZ006>008-131600-
JEFFERSON-LEWIS-OSWEGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LOWVILLE...OSWEGO AND WATERTOWN
349 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2003

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM
EST SATURDAY...

LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BECOME MORE STEADY THIS MORNING AND ACCUMULATE
1 TO 4 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND
ACCUMULATE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES...RESULTING IN TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOST PERSISTENT LAKE SNOW
AREAS ACROSS NORTHERN CAYUGA AND WESTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN WAYNE
COUNTY.

.SYNOPSIS...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOWS TO CONTINUE EAST OF LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO
TODAY AND TONIGHT...


Here we go again!

Bill

[Adams Plowing]

:argue had to brag about having fun again didnt ya bill! im gonna have to come up there and Steal all your snow if we dont get some soon... lol :burnout

[Prosno]

Seth your wondering what happened to the weather? Me and Snowplowjay did the snow dance and all the snows down this way LOL

[Adams Plowing]

Originally posted by Prosno
Seth your wondering what happened to the weather? Me and Snowplowjay did the snow dance and all the snows down this way LOL


ahhh i wondered what happened... lol you 2 need to stop danceing and share the snow with the rest of us :D :burnout

[snowjoker]

Originally posted by Adams Plowing
he's got us listed for another 2 to 4 that we probaly wont get... hope we do though...

Im hoping with ya I'm in the 2-4 Also

[BWAMX]

Bill you and Jay better dance a little, 4+ inches would be nice !

I hate when it's right on 3" which is the trigger for the drives,
wouldn't want anybody upset!

But the sanders will probably get a work out , as it'll be a wet sloppy mess then freeze solid!

Looks like a wait and see weekend. And stay off the SOFT ground!

Bob

[jt5019]

Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ- KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY- NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT- NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY- NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-QUEENS NY- RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-ROCKLAND NY-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- UNION NJ-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ- 1036 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2003
ALONG THE COAST... MILDER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN ALOFT BY EARLY AFTERNOON SUNDAY... AND THIS SHOULD MIX THE SNOW WITH SLEET AND RAIN. AS INCREASINGLY MILDER AIR MOVES IN FROM OFF THE OCEAN... A CHANGE TO ALL RAIN SEEMS LIKELY BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. THIS RAIN SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY FORM OF PRECIPITATION SUNDAY NIGHT BUT MAY TURN BACK TO ALL SNOW MONDAY BEFORE ENDING AS COLDER AIR RETURNS. FURTHER INLAND... MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS SNOW THROUGH MOST OF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY THEN MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY EVENING AS MILDER AIR WORKS IN. A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN... POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES... IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE A CHANGE TO JUST SNOW OCCURS MONDAY.


This is gonna be one of those storms where the forecasts are all over the place

:rolleyes:

[jt5019]

Cancel that one...Winter Storm Watch now in effect 6+ inches possibe then ice :eek:



Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...BERGEN NJ-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-ROCKLAND NY- WESTERN PASSAIC NJ- 217 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2003
... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY MORNING...

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT AT THE START AND THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. BY 600 PM 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED... MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS. DURING SUNDAY EVENING THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL RAIN. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN....
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT TO SUNDAY MORNING????...
They rushed the alert out so fast they should have pre read it :rolleyes:

[BWAMX]

Sounds like a typical NE Snow Storm Snow then rain to make it heavy , then maybe some more snow.

Looks like we'll have to take it easy on the trannys!:eek:


Jay, dance on your head to get only SNOW.:D

[dynamike]

Now they are saying, Sat. night & Sunday anywhere from 3 to 6 inches. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. (Thats for my area, north of Pittsburgh)

[WoofsPlow]

This time last week they said we were going to get about 4" ended up with 24"! I'll let you know Monday. All I want is 4":)

[hbrady]

24" would be nice! Anything would be better than that freakin wind driven rain we got yesterday!

[snowjoker]

Already been out today more lake effect coming tonight up to 7 more inches

[snowjoker]

Another

[snowplowjay]

IM DANCING IM DANCING (and after todays Thermo final I feel like im dancing on my head :()


Looks like 4 to 8" with sleet and ice later




Jay

[snowplowjay]

Ok heres the 4:55am update for Meriden, CT by the NWS

Sunday. Snow developing in the morning. Becoming heavy at times in the afternoon. Snow will mix with sleet. And possibly rain toward evening. Snow accumulation of 3 to 6 inches possible. Highs in the mid 30s. East winds 15 to 20 mph. With gusts to 30 mph.

Sunday night. Windy with snow. Sleet. And rain. Additional snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds 20 to 25 mph. With gusts to 40 mph possible.

Monday. Windy with snow. Sleet. And rain. Changing back to all snow in the morning. Then tapering off and ending in the afternoon. Total snow and sleet accumulations of 5 to 10 inches possible. Highs in the mid 30s. North winds around 25 mph. Gusting to 40 mph



Looks like another major snowfall for us.


And what do ya know its A WEEKEND STORM :)


Jay

[Prosno]

See what happens when we dance sweetie! let it snow baby let it snow! YOWWWW!!!!!! bring it on! YA! Snow baby snow!:cash

[Prosno]

Not excited am I???? YOWIE!

[Prosno]

Did someone mention snow? LOL

[snowplowjay]

Hmmmmmmmmm 3 consecutive posts in the same thread................Do ya think he is a little bit excited.


DOWN BOY:burnout


Jay

[Prosno]

I just looked out the window, no snow yet
:mad:

[Dockboy]

LMAO @ Prosnow:grinz :grinz

[BRL]

Here's a little secret Pro - its only Saturday. Try to keep yourself under control for the next 24 hours OK? We want to make sure you are actually still functioning when its time to push. :D Best of luck with the storm to you & everyone else.

We are now under a Watch for 5"-8" then change to sleet\ice\rain, then back to snow. Nice!!! :cash

[atgreene]

Looks like all snow for us up here in the snow belt! Glad I added the double $ for over 12" storms for this year. Another 2 would be nice!

[snowjoker]

We got about 7 inches last night! Here is what I woke up to this morning at 4:30

[snowjoker]

Gotta love the GOOD O'L LAKE EFFECT

[snowjoker]

Just a baby pile but will grow Sunday

[snowjoker]

Another pile

[Prosno]

looked out window no snow yet, aaarrggggggggggg! okay I'll be patient. Let me go look out the window again,.....

[BORDAINE]

Billy sit down snow will be here so
And stop drooling on the window
Steve:

[JohnnyU]

It's still in Illinois Bill!!!

It's on it's way over there, I'll send the winds your direction, lol

[BWhite]

They are saying 5 -10 here . I sure do waste a lot of time waiting during the first couple of storms each season :o

[wyldman]

It was supposed to miss us,or just be a little rain.Now looks like 2-4" into sunday night.

[Snoworks]

When I saw Snowybowtie's pic. I paniced. There was no snow forcased for our area last nite. I looked out the window and sure enough it was snowing out. Accuweather is calling for 1 to 3" for our area, but I dont think we will get any accumulation.

Time will tell.

Good luck to you guys(gals) out east!

Chuck B.

[pro property]

Finally, It might actuallly snow in sarnia... of course I;m supposed to be going out for the 12 bars of chrismas tonight.
:burnout :canada

[wyldman]

I don't think it's even gonna start until tommorow Mike,so you should be OK for tonight. :D

[seasonscape]

Originally posted by BWhite
everything around here is melting nicely . I am ready for another weekend storm .

It's like another 1st snowstorm! DARN! I like when the snow doesn't melt until the spring and I can see where I carefully pushed everything to the first time so it's easier the rest of the year!

Tim

[snowplowjay]

I am going to run over to ProSno's house and make sure hes ok.


He is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to giddy.



Jay

[JohnnyU]

Chuck-
We were, and by some accounts still are, forcasted for less than 1" of accumulation. Right now I'm guessing 3-4" by late tonight.

It's pretty powdery, but still wet enough to stack really well, I'll have to post some stacking pictures with the wings!

Here's the link, If you check it soon after 4:55 CT, they may not have changed their story yet.....
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/forecasts/ILZ029.php?warncounty=ILC143&city=Peoria

[W-n-K Landscaping]

Well guys- just got home from a long day- was out til 1:30 am yesterday with lake effect snows, then went out at 5:30am to clean my residentials ( didn't think they would like the rumble of my truck at 1am- LOL! ) and after I was done with that I had to go drive Santa around town in a fire truck. Unfortunately it was in a truck with no heat!!! LOL- it's our brush truck- an old army jeep. It stopped by my house before I was driving, but my wife got pics, so as soon as they get developed I will post them. After the Santa ride- noticed my power steering making some noise- went to check and found a bolt had sheared off the bracket holding my pump for the plow on! Did not have the right tools to remove the bolt- no time to go over to my dad's garage and get my brothers car out of the way and my truck in and still be able to get some sleep- so a friend of mine helped me mount another bracket(something laying around the fire station from work done on another truck) and tighten everything up. Going to go put some mechanics wire on it to keep things tight through the storm so that I can get it in the shop next week , or weekend depending on whether or not the second storm comes in/forms this week. Started to review the weather to see what time to set the alarm for and found this map from the local weather man who is usually very accurate- was right on the money at 8" of lake effect yesterday- and found this interesting map.

[W-n-K Landscaping]

So needless to say- I feel just like Pro sno right now!!! I'm all excited at the prospect of all that snow- especially since I might get two new commercial accounts from guys who are ignoring them completely- possibly a third if he doesn't keep the contract he has up- he's been letting things slide and that will work in my favor!!

So on that note- I need to catch up with everything that has happened on the site in the last 24 hrs and try to calm down and sleep- Hmmmmmmm..... Maybe a little brandy?

Bill:D

[Adams Plowing]

there calling for 4 to 6 for us here... hopefully that 6 to 12 carries down into pa so we can have a good time moving some snow...

[Pelican]

Bill, give that "Snowplow" a try, maybe that will soothe your nerves, posted in Off Topic.

[BRL]

I never saw Gary do this before, but he posted a precip type map along with the snow fall total map. I think the snowfall map is already in this thread somewhere, and here's his precip predictions FYI:

[Prosno]

just looked out window, nothing yet DAMN! okay back to sleep:headwall

[snowplowjay]

Originally posted by Prosno
just looked out window, nothing yet DAMN! okay back to sleep:headwall



I just got in from checking on Bill. Hes ok.............but will someone tell him to stop looking out the window hoping for snow until he gets his arse in gear to put his damn plow on his truck. His truck was NAKED so to speak when I was at his house.



Jay

[Snoworks]

A whopping 1/4" of snow for us here in Chi-town from this storm.

Chuck B.

[BWAMX]

Jay,
Does this mean we'll see Bill hauling the tracktor to the site in the snow in the AM???? :rolleyes:

Or will he wait till its snowing SO HARD that we won't see it behind the truck:D :D

I'm all set just need Fuel AGAIN , I think the new gas tanks i put in have HOLES !

Have Fun gonna be a wet heavy one!

[Prosno]

Guess what I just seen on the radar???? Snow baby! its coming:burnout

[CraftyBigDog]

Yeah guys its 0615 here and it just started coming down good but for me it wont last long then to rain, be safe!

[snowjoker]

I has started here already 4-8 today and another 3-6 tonight!!! :cash

[W-n-K Landscaping]

Despite how tired I was, I woke up just about every to hours- I think Bill is contagious!!!

Finally decided to just stay up- started to check the radar(after looking out the window and seing nothing but clouds!! LOL!) and saw that it is only about a half hour from us So now I'm getting up and heading out to check the truck's fluids, plow, and fuel up. Then it's off to breakfast to wait for the snow!! The way it's coming in I will be out plowing if not by the end of breakfast, then shorty after it. I will hae my camera this time, so I will get some pics for all you guys who missed out on this round, as well as clean up pics- everyone is forecasting a minimum of 12" up to 24" plus!! Add to that some lake effect snow, a little wind, and I'm looking at a two to three day run!!!

YAY!! I think...........



Oh well, despite a rough night tossing and turning I got some rest, feel better and I'm ready to hook up the caffiene IV, stock up the first aid kit(for the truck), crank up the heat and hit the road!!!

BRING IT ON BABY!!!!!!!:D

Good luck to all being effected b this storm- may it be prosperous and may you weather it wth no significant break downs.

Now I'm with Bill= WHERE"S THE SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
plowing! plowing! plowing!

[W-n-K Landscaping]

Despite how tired I was, I woke up just about every to hours- I think Bill is contagious!!!

Finally decided to just stay up- started to check the radar(after looking out the window and seing nothing but clouds!! LOL!) and saw that it is only about a half hour from us So now I'm getting up and heading out to check the truck's fluids, plow, and fuel up. Then it's off to breakfast to wait for the snow!! The way it's coming in I will be out plowing if not by the end of breakfast, then shorty after it. I will hae my camera this time, so I will get some pics for all you guys who missed out on this round, as well as clean up pics- everyone is forecasting a minimum of 12" up to 24" plus!! Add to that some lake effect snow, a little wind, and I'm looking at a two to three day run!!!

YAY!! I think...........



Oh well, despite a rough night tossing and turning I got some rest, feel better and I'm ready to hook up the caffiene IV, stock up the first aid kit(for the truck), crank up the heat and hit the road!!!

BRING IT ON BABY!!!!!!!:D

Good luck to all being effected b this storm- may it be prosperous and may you weather it wth no significant break downs.

Now I'm with Bill= WHERE"S THE SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
plowing! plowing! plowing!

[nsmilligan]

We're supposed to get a real mess, starts off with snow and 10 degrees. snow amount about 4-6, then change to rain , 1- 1.5 "and the temps go up to 45, back down to 32, and it's supposed to start about 6 am on a Monday morning:headwall

Bill

[Adams Plowing]

WOOHOO! finally got some plowing to do... went out and opened some stuff and the white gold is still falling time to get some food and get ready to go back out and play....

[Dockboy]

Snowed 1" and already turned to rain:rolleyes: :wah :geez

Time to go back to bed:mad:

[snowplowjay]

First flakes have just started falling within the past 10 minutes here.



************LET IT SNOW**********



Jay

[Prosno]

I think our little snow dance worked Jay:rockonn

[snowplowjay]

All this dancing im starting to feel like JOHN TRAVOLTA :)


But hey Bill it works so we gotta do it. They are all depending on us :rockon


Jay

[Prosno]

What will we tell them when they see us?

[pro property]

just checked the dolpar. The snow is pretty much at the end here. Got a whole inch.... whoooooo

and my brand new plow broke, serivce rep on his way. I was only plowing my own driveway , just for fun.

Plow wont angle left or right.
but thats another post at a differant thread.
chow:burnout :canada

[Pelican]

We've got about 4" down right now, a little sleet has entered the mix. Looks like it's about half over for me, here's what I've got to look forward to. I'm located at the yellow dot in NY.

[JCurtis]

I went out at about 3:00 today with approximately 4" on the grounds, did all my sites and just got back in ( 7:00 pm ) It was just changing over to a steady, somewhat heavy rain in my neck of the woods.

Looks like its over for me already. But at least I got all the stops done.

Its a good day after all .:D :burnout

:usa

[snowjoker]

Got about 6 inches today!! Had alot of calls but only signed 3 more contracts:cool: Tomorrow i will post some picks.

[atgreene]

Been snowing for 3 + hours now, 5 or so inches on the ground. No change-over for us according to the weatherman. Looks like another 18" to 2'. Tried out thew topkick as the storm started and sliced my finger on the wiper arm. Going to be a long night shifting with a bandaged hand. Going to get some rest, should have some action shots tomorrow.

[jt5019]

We had about 4 or 5 inches here before it turned to rain AND packed down.plowed everyone once so im happy.

[snowjoker]

Everr seen Polish Snow?? I'm sure Jay has!!

[snowjoker]

Side view

[snowjoker]

I would say the blade is pretty full:D

[snowjoker]

Following the town plow. Jay this is that Autocar. Ya know it is pretty hard to take picks while driving lol.

[snowplowjay]

Yea Walt. Ya gotta love that Polish snow. It sorta looks like cookies and cream ice cream :)


Jay

[BRL]

We got 4" and then it changed to rain around 2:00 - 3:00 PM, and rained hard a few times. Precip stopped around midnight, temp was 37 degrees. By 4:00 AM it was 33 & an hour later it was below freezing. Got down to 28 before starting to rise again. The rain almost, but not quite, washed away all of the snow on paved surfaces. We pushed everything & I'm glad we did. Anybody that didn't had an inch of the leftover snow (clear snow actually, so basically ice), that was frozen solid like an ice rink for the morning rush hour. Got a complete salt run in this morning to, so another good December storm, albeit strange for this area to be doing all of this work now. Time for bed now.

[wyldman]

We just got finished up plowing another 4".Perfect snow for plowing,and no problems.Had all routes and salting done in just over 8 hours.

[pro property]

Damn chris you got another 4"
We didnt even get and inch of snow here.
Did more salting, that was it...

Played with the plow, just to say I tried it.
But nothing really worth plowing.

[hbrady]

14" so far here in Maine :grinz

-Henri

[Pelican]

We got 5 to 6", then it got compacted with sleet. Through the night it poured for about 1/2 hour, but it didn't foul things up too much. I had everything done by 6:00 am and then hit the hay. I went around this afternoon, everything was in good shape.

we've got winds here that must be gusting to 50 mph, if it weren't for the crust on the snow, there would be a big drifting problem.

[hbrady]

The winds are crazy! Driving home it was right in my face, felt like I was pushing a big bank the whole way home :burnout

[W-n-K Landscaping]

ANOTHER ONE ALREADY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I need some time to do repairs!!!!!
Made lots of $$$$ in this last one- but it snowed for 21 hours straight! It tapered off at the end and slowed down to about an inch every 2 hours, but in th heat of the storm we were getting 3-4" and hour! I tried to plow with the storm, stoped plowing some of my accounts that were closed/nobody home for a while to get the others cleaned up and when I went back I had one lot that had 14+" in it- that came down in about 4 hours time. I have some pics- I will post them soon, but before then I need to get some repairs done. Here is what broke/happened during the last storm-

Sheared the bolts off on my power steering pump- which also helps to keep tension on my plow pump belt- got that temporarily fixed into place to keep going, then...
On the way back into town to finish up the route was drving down the road, and was just about to open my mouth and say something about all of the deer tracks and that hey finally decided to venture out when one jumped out in front of me!!! Wouldn't have been so bad except instead of running to one side or the other so I could avoid it- it decides to run riht down the road in front of me!! Normally I would have been able to stop- but with 6-8"of snow in the road I wasn't going to nail the brakes hard- so I simply lined up the blade and nailed it! Caught it dead center, rolled it up and then under the truck- got out and looked at the blade for damage- none !!, but looked back and saw the poor deer in the road, so I backed up and dropped the balde a little to move it to the side of the road and into the bank. Should have looked at the rest of the truck then.
Went up to my northern most account- a driveway that they were just riding out the storm and said to get there when I could- plowed out the 2 ft they had and was on my way back to do cleanup at my commercial accounts. As I was coming down the road, a town plow was heading my way, and of course since they knew me they were having some fun and staying over the yellow line- so I moved over to give them room, no big deal but....
When I went to move back over heard this loud bang and the front of the truck dropped. By this time I had been up for 20 hours or so, so I didn't get too excited- figured I'd popped a tire and I'd need to get my spare out- WRONG!! I got out and looked behind the truck only to see my TIRE in the snow bank about 125ft behind me- turns out that I had sheared off all six studs and the tire fell off!!!! So I walked back and got it, called AAA- they are not supposed to tow vehicles with plows, but he's a friend of mine, so he got the truck a few miles down the road to the fire station and dropped it off for me. I had called a couple of friends while waiting and had a ride to go get my back up truck. So I made it back to town to wait. After 2 hours with no sign of him I went over to my accounts and did some shoveling so they could do business, and shovel off the gas pad so that the station I plow could get their delivery. I had called CNY Joe earlier to see how his luck was going( he clipped a curb and blew a tire in the beginning of the storm) and was offered a hand if I needed it. I told him I had a truck coming- or so I thought- but thanked him for the offer. Needless to say I ended up calling him to beg for help and e was limping home due to a blown hydraulic line! I was standing in my local NAPA and they advised me they could make one up for him. So Joe came out to get a hydraulic line and rescue me! THANK YOU JOE!!! I installed te hydraulic line for him, we hit my commerial accounts and then he dropped me off at the fire station so I could start to fix my truck. At this time we had both been up for 28 hours straight, so he headed home, and I found a quiet spot at the station and dropped off for an hour. Woke up, fixed the Beast and hit the road again. Plowed til about 11pm, went home and crashed for 11 hours. I'm just getting ready to get moving and go fix the truck and check in on my accounts to see who needs cleanup before the next storm. Might have to get the tractor out tonight and move some banks back at a couple of places. I stopped in here to see what was happening, and also to see if Joe had posted the pics of my hobbled truck yet. I don;t see them, but I know they are coming!!
Oh well- all in a days work.

Sorry so long guys!!! Thanks for reading though- hope you all got a kick out of it!! I decided it was better to laugh than to scream and holler- it's working so far!!!

LOL!

Bill:headwall :D :headwall :D :burnout

[CNY Joe]

Bill, Glad I could help out, and Thanks for the help with the hydraulic line. Sorry but here are the pics of your truck

[CNY Joe]

Even being tired Bill manage to smile...:D

[pro property]

Bummer. Hope the repairs go well.

Hey whats that white stuff you have there....lol...

:canada

[CNY Joe]

Here is a early season pile for you guys. We got 22" Sun thru Mon.

[CNY Joe]

here is another

[CNY Joe]

ooops

[CNY Joe]

Ok since you asked here is one more. Sorry its so dark

[CNY Joe]

Vip Nimo...Utility Co.

[snowplowjay]

DDDDDDDDDDDAYUM

those piles are getting pretty large already..........and its only December 16th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Great night shots.



Jay