This Winter Sucks!

[fasteddie]

We need this for the winter 

 

[landtracdeerhunter]

With all this cold weather and snow, Maple producers are hoping for a good, extended  maple  run season. Maybe.

Temperature now need to get up in the 30S with below freezing nights.

[fasteddie]

I am ready for the snow 

 

[Cory]

I just came from Jamestown area and holy crap they have a ton of snow. Most of the back roads have 10’ embankments.

[airedale]

This winter has easily produced the most snow in the 40 years I have lived in my current location, I would say it rivals and may surpass the blizzard of 1966, ungodly snow falls.

Al

[landtracdeerhunter]

20 hours ago, airedale said:

This winter has easily produced the most snow in the 40 years I have lived in my current location, I would say it rivals and may surpass the blizzard of 1966, ungodly snow falls.

Al

You must be in that 100 inch zone I read about yesterday in New York.  1963, 1966, 1977 were all bad storms in our area. 

We had bad flooding in their aftermath.

[Doc]

42 minutes ago, landtracdeerhunter said:

We had bad flooding in their aftermath.

That is what I am worried about. We don't have a lot of snow here south-east of Rochester, but we do have a creek that loves to flood out our driveway. We have some warmer weather coming up this next week. One other thing that is worrisome is the ice that cover my 1000' driveway. Right now it is covered by packed snow, but when the warmer weather hits, I am certain that it will become a skating rink of glare-ice. It's going to get very interesting.

[wolc123]

We’ve got the most snow that we’ve had in many years, at this point of the season north of Buffalo, right now.   I just brought a grease gun and an extra tube of grease in from the barn, to warm up by the woodstove, for a few hours. 
 

The snowbanks are gettting built up well over 7 ft high at the ends of the driveways such that visibility is severely restricted when pulling our vehicles out onto the road. 
 

Im going to spend the afternoon making some “Wolcottsburg alps” on the front yard with my loader tractor.  I do most of my plowing with a 3-point hitch back blade and normally don’t use the loader much in the winter.  This will be a big job for it, taking care of our two driveways and my aunt’s next door.  A good “warm” greasing before and after will do it a lot of good.  
 

[First-light]

46 minutes ago, Doc said:

That is what I am worried about. We don't have a lot of snow here south-east of Rochester, but we do have a creek that loves to flood out our driveway. We have some warmer weather coming up this next week. One other thing that is worrisome is the ice that cover my 1000' driveway. Right now it is covered by packed snow, but when the warmer weather hits, I am certain that it will become a skating rink of glare-ice. It's going to get very interesting.

So I took out my tractor and scraped as much snow off down to the ice. I bought Mortons pool salt and tried that on a few spots a couple of days ago. It will not freeze up again. Got it at Lowes hope it does the job. 

[Doc]

5 hours ago, First-light said:

So I took out my tractor and scraped as much snow off down to the ice. I bought Mortons pool salt and tried that on a few spots a couple of days ago. It will not freeze up again. Got it at Lowes hope it does the job. 

But I think on a 1000' driveway, that might run me broke. But Who knows. I may have to break down and do something like that if things get the way I am guessing they will.

[landtracdeerhunter]

On 2/18/2025 at 1:05 PM, airedale said:

At it again today, been getting at least a foot every day for several days in a row, The TYM Tractor is sure earning her keep this winter.

 

Al

I had a chance to sell the TYM brand back in 2004. I went with another brand, instead. Great South Korean tractor,

[airedale]

On 2/24/2025 at 6:43 AM, landtracdeerhunter said:

I had a chance to sell the TYM brand back in 2004. I went with another brand, instead. Great South Korean tractor,

TYM has been coming on strong and have become a major player in the tractor world., I have owned several Tractors and this TYM has been the best of the lot, she has done a lot of hard work for me.

Al

[landtracdeerhunter]

20 hours ago, airedale said:

TYM has been coming on strong and have become a major player in the tractor world., I have owned several Tractors and this TYM has been the best of the lot, she has done a lot of hard work for me.

Al

In 2004, these tractor manufactures were knocking on potential dealerships doors to gain name recognition, increase dealer support, etc.. I had a better offer from another company that I ran with. I would have liked to represent them, if I didn't already have another brand that fit the same bill as T.Y.M., at the time.