Loring Winter and so it begins

[DavidC]

Cozy . Time for Hot Chocolate

Dave

 

[mwilson]

Heated Steering Wheel......Engaged!!

 

[mwilson]

We are getting some cold temps here in Central Oregon but no moisture at all, should have decent snow in the mountains and some rain in town if not snow but dry as can be still. Going to be a looooong fire season if that doesnt change soon.

No fire danger here, ground is saturated...people are worried about water lines freezing. Wet ground will freeze deeper.

If ground is coated with snow before it drops off super cold it’s not so bad. Snow insulates the ground to a certain degree..

 

[mwilson]

The view in Houlton Maine today...not looking forward to the trip back home..

 

[mwilson]

Picture in the post above from an hour ago...

Here’s a fresh one..

 

[DavidC]

From what I have seen a lot of people on the Eastern end have all been nailed. I think they reported like 26 weather related crashes in Conneticut alone. I grew up on the East coast and also spent the time at loring and it still amazes me with the people that cannot drive in that weather. When I spent the time in Vermont there were always dozens of vehicles in the median between North and South lanes, of course I was usually poking along between 5 and 25mph depending on conditions. Those were long drives but I always made it to where I was going without waiting for a wrecker.

Dave

 

[DavidC]

Did you get that snow blower for the new toy yet ?.

Active Weather Alerts
Winter Storm Warning
Issued: 11:55 AM Nov. 16, 2018 – National Weather Service
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Snow occurring. Additional snow accumulations of 4 to 6
inches are expected.

* WHERE...Northeast Aroostook County.

* WHEN...Until 2 AM EST Saturday. Heaviest snow rates up to 2
inches per hour 2 to 4 PM.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Plan on difficult travel conditions,
including during the evening commute. Expect significant
reductions in visibility at times.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Winter Storm Warning for snow means severe winter weather
conditions will make travel very hazardous or impossible. If you
must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food and water in your
vehicle in case of an emergency. The latest road conditions for
Maine can be obtained by going to newengland511.org.

 

[mwilson]

Yes, new Honda is in a warm garage full of fuel waiting for it's first taste of snow...

Kubota snowblower search has been pushed to the back burner. Missed the used one in Vermont by a day...

 

[DavidC]

Correction: 230 crashes

Dave

 

[JR]

Yes, new Honda is in a warm garage full of fuel waiting for it's first taste of snow...

Kubota snowblower search has been pushed to the back burner. Missed the used one in Vermont by a day...

Have you looked into the UTV snow blowers? Canned ham style of course

I'm not sure what you have for a Kubota but unless it's an L series the front mounts are few and far between and are big $$$$. They do make mid ship mounts for the B/BX series but they are big bucks as im sure you have found out. Plus theres an issue of gpm on the pumps which the front mounts require more of, and the B series is generally short of for the topic at hand. I suppose it's personal preference but I hate the rear mount jobs. It's just so completely uncomfortable and unnatural I'd rather do anything but if the job is over 10 minutes...but then again I've had ruptured discs in my neck well over 10 years. That may be a tad influential on my part
Just personal preference of course, but when you get up into that price range a UTV snowblower becomes an option. You've already got the machine

 

[jhenderson]

View attachment 109647 Picture in the post above from an hour ago...

Here’s a fresh one..

Tell the truth. How many days a month does it Not Snow at least a little in Houlton?

 

[mwilson]

Tell the truth. How many days a month does it Not Snow at least a little in Houlton?

Good point!! I do know every time I go up there in the winter it either snows on my way up, snows on the way back or todays double bonus round....snowed both ways!!!

 

[mwilson]

Hoopty Deux is just a capable as its predecessor in the snow....I was sure hoping it was going to be...
Haven’t got any snow Tires on it, just some half worn Continental all seasons that came on it. Would slide sideways on occasion on sections with a high crown but remained under control.. worst thing was the weasel snot calcium slurry on the centerline of the road....far more dangerous than plain old cold snow..

 

[DHayden]

Tell the truth. How many days a month does it Not Snow at least a little in Houlton?

I'm originally from Butte MT, I've seen it snow more than once on the 4th of July.

 

[fest3er]

Good thing it was downhill both ways, Mike.

 

[fest3er]

I'm originally from Butte MT, I've seen it snow more than once on the 4th of July.

Even Taos, NM, gets snow in July.

 

[jhenderson]

Even Taos, NM, gets snow in July.

Yes, but there’s a 5000+ ft difference in elevation with Butte and 6500ft difference in Taos. My point is it snows at least a little most winter days in northern Aroostook county. The cold seems to wring the moisture out of a clear sky some days.

 

[Jim W]

Will I might be speaking to soon but it might be a snowy year here in the Midwest. It is snowing right now and they are forecasting 1 to 3 inches today. We already have two inches of snow on the ground, the grass is covered. This makes it the first time in a very long time that we have had three different snow days this early in Nov.

 

[mwilson]

Temp was 28° last night, everything half soaking wet. Cold front came through, was pushing a snow storm in front of it.. dropped 2” of wet snow. Then temp started dropping on my way home. 4° this morning and everything flash froze. Wife can’t even get the bird feeders open....Woo Hoo....

 

[DavidC]

20mph winds, 7 degrees feels like -10 BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

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