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Burned by the keys on a keyboard....

Could work.
I was looking at new trucks before I came down here.

I have to hit the factory for a bit on Monday, so head back after that. This place makes pipe for farm gates and posts. That's all they do.

I'd get out of there ASAP JKB. Sounds like an episode of the Twilight zone. Car is damaged and can't leave -- locals never get it fixed!


Deliverance theme song in the background….

We got a little bit of snow here so far. The weather folks say it should stop in another 6-7 hours.

This is Lynda's "kitchen garden" which is just outside the kitchen window.



So far, just 32 inches of snow.


I can't get out the kitchen door, but this is what it looks like out the front door.


My tractor is 4WD. The rear tires are loaded with liquid and I've got "X-chains" on the tires. I got it stuck trying to bring some gasoline down to the basement door for the snow thrower. That was about 8:30 this morning. I may not get it unstuck until May.

Only 32 inches? What a rip!

The fat lady has not yet sung!

I went upstairs just after I posted those photos, and we were up to 34 inches. They are still saying we can expect about another 6-8 hours of this.

The ground hog will be out before I will.

Man that's going to be rough on the deer!

Catmandoo, just use the loader to push yourself out! You can't get stuck in those little tractors when you have your loader on.

WOW Ken, sure am glad this steel mill ain't in your neck of the woods!! We got about half of that and quit snowing this morning. Been melting a bit from the ground heat. They're getting the town cleaned up to the city limits.

Poor gal was digging out her Blue Mazda, then the snow slid off the roof and buried her again.




Guy from Texas could have had a better or worse day... He caught my bumper exactly perfect!!!

Cecil -- "Man that's going to be rough on the deer!"

Yeah. Normally we take anywhere from 5-10 antlerless from my farm. None got taken this year because of some surgery/recovery I needed. The 160 acre apple farm/orchard next to me only took a 7 point and a 12 point buck this year, due to the death of the owner in early November.

Up until a week ago, we were regularly seeing anywhere from about 4 to 14 antlerless out of our windows. That is way too many for this time of year. If we get any more "regular" size snows, we will lose a lot of deer this winter.

NEDOC -- "Catmandoo, just use the loader to push yourself out! You can't get stuck in those little tractors when you have your loader on."

Where have you been?

Anyway, having been doing this crazy stuff for well over 50 years, I'm well acquainted with "crabbing" my way out of situations like this on dozers, loaders, trackhoes, tractors, etc. This one was another of those "special events" -- and, not the first time. I've gotten to watch a CAT 953 get airlifted out with a helicopter. (My incident isn't anywhere near that serious.)

I was trying to transport a fuel tank in the loader bucket. The snow built up, and got compacted under the tractor. I got to a point where I couldn't go forward or backward. The snow was above knee level at that point. The snow is now over the back tires.

Oh well. Spring is on its way.

JKB -- I spent enough time on Lake Superior, including a lot of time on the UP, to know that Michigan snow is not something to fool with. I really wanted to get an engineering degree from Michigan Tech in Houghton-Hancock. I visited friends and family there for Thanksgiving 1965 and Easter/Spring Break 1966. Both times I got stranded in storms worse than what we are presently experiencing.

Dam Canadian looking at these pictures thinking lucky guys. We are looking at the grass through what little snow we have. Would love to see 36"s.

We have a few sleds we would love to get out.

Picture of the monster with the new boss seat. Took the NOS off no big need for the extra 50hp. Pic of the rest of the heard.

Ken,
Just to fill you in, I am in Liberty, Kentucky right now.

I wish I was in MI

Probably over half of the locals here would not recognize a snowmobile. We have not had any more than a dusting this winter.

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wML2V6crNc0

I am ready!!! Picked this sucker up last week at an auction in Alabama of all places! Pretty sure I am the ONLY guy in Georgia with a snowcat in his yard! Gonna haul her out West with me and find her a new owner!

I am somewhat snowbound in Nashville waiting until they clear the roads. Hope to pass through Georgia tomorrow. Hope you have that Cat available. I may need rescuing.

When I say Somewhat Snowbound it means I am ready to drive but my wife thinks waiting makes sense.

"The ground hog will be out before I will."
GH day is just around the corner. Are you ready Bruce-O?

That guy from Texas just left Liberty and is on his way to Nashville.

They cleared snow pretty good south of here on 127, but northbound, they need to do a bit more work. I went about 7 miles north last night just to check it out.

They got all the cars dug out except that Blue Mazda. With it being 35 and sunny today, the rest of the snow on the roof's may come down.

What the heck were they doing with that in Alabama?

Why find it a new owner, couldn't you use it?

I have no idea how it wound up there!

I need a bigger machine that seats more people and I a different style machine will be better for where I am going.

Well then that is a good start to the correct machine fund!!

Cecil,
You got a relative down here named Chubby Baird?

LOL Not that I'm aware. The relatives I have down there have a different last name.

Although I was born there it was on a military base (Ft. Knox) because my dad was in the military at the time.

Well, Chubby Baird owns one of the vast majority of Farm Gate manufacturing companies down here, and they have acres of gates!

I don't understand the inventory process down here, but everyone has acres of gates!

Can there be that many farm gates in the US? Darn mind boggling!!!