Ice, Ice Baby!

[RandyO]

I have yet to see this thing clog. .

I bet you've never tried blowing slush on a 5° day either, what was happening is when the liquid water came in contact with the below freezing snowblower parts, it would freeze a layer, then more water, another layer, before you know it, the 5" diameter shoot only has a 2" diameter opening, also, the augers were building up with ice the same way reducing the effectiveness of the auger, they are snowblowers afterall, not slush suckers

I doubt you could get a wheeled snowblower to "float" on top of the slush layer, my track machine would "float" a few feet, then sink, and my track machine has probably 2 full square feet of surface compared to maybe a half a square ft of surface

[butcher bergs]

I gotta see this mess.

Does it help that it won't be 5* this weekend?

[Stoneman]

I gotta see this mess.

Does it help that it won't be 5* this weekend?

No, it'll be worse for snowblowers. As it is now, the soft slush just sucks wheeled machines in and stops 'em dead in their tracks. If it warms up like they say it will this weekend, that slush is gonna be even worse. Snowblowers are useless right now. Fuck, even plows are useless out there right now. I'm hearing the same thing about all the lakes around here right now. Shit, a lot of sleds are having a hard time right now just getting across the lakes...

The ice around here is so shitty right now, only about half the people I know with bobhouses have even bothered puttin' 'em out yet...

[SVRACER01]

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I've got a pair of skis we can attach to the wheels.

[R7]

Well, no ice riding this weekend and there will probably be 3' of snow in the woods near my house after tonight...I know what my weekend plans are...

[butcher bergs]

I've got a pair of skis we can attach to the wheels.

...and how do you plan on creating forward propulsion? Oars?

[Stoneman]

Well, no ice riding this weekend and there will probably be 3' of snow in the woods near my house after tonight...I know what my weekend plans are...

Lookin' for your input on the FB thread...

[R7]

Lookin' for your input on the FB thread...

let me check that...

[SVRACER01]

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I've got a pair of skis we can attach to the wheels.

...and how do you plan on creating forward propulsion? Oars?

You cant push a snowblower?

[butcher bergs]

No, as a matter of fact I can't. I'm limp-wristed.

[union]

Well, no ice riding this weekend and there will probably be 3' of snow in the woods near my house after tonight...I know what my weekend plans are...

I just got home from work. This is nasty snow. Good for snowballs and nothing else.

[Stoneman]

The track isn't in all that bad shape. We managed to get out there Friday to plow off the fresh stuff. The big sweeper was starting to freeze up finally, but the spot where the those dipshits were drilling to fish was still seeping a little water. We stayed off it all weekend & there was very little traffic out on the lake, so it SHOULD be coming along. Plus, we can hear the ice settling again, which is always a good sign...

However, with the white shit moving in over the next coupla days, it may end up buried again. They're saying anything between 10-20" widespread. With the snowbanks around the track as high as they are now, I'll never be able to get the new stuff over 'em to get it off the track. I'm HOPING the sleds stay off that area until I can get a chance to try to get the snowblower down to it to clean it up...

The ice was so sketchy this weekend, it was few & far between seeing any activity out there. On a typical January weekend, it's like a highway out there. This weekend we saw MAYBE 10 sleds total. Even on Winni, the only real activity was just in Alton Bay. And those dudes are fookin' nuts! Some of 'em had their bobhouses & trucks only about 30' from wide-fuckin-open water...

[union]

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The track isn't in all that bad shape. We managed to get out there Friday to plow off the fresh stuff. The big sweeper was starting to freeze up finally, but the spot where the those dipshits were drilling to fish was still seeping a little water. We stayed off it all weekend & there was very little traffic out on the lake, so it SHOULD be coming along. Plus, we can hear the ice settling again, which is always a good sign...

However, with the white shit moving in over the next coupla days, it may end up buried again. They're saying anything between 10-20" widespread. With the snowbanks around the track as high as they are now, I'll never be able to get the new stuff over 'em to get it off the track. I'm HOPING the sleds stay off that area until I can get a chance to try to get the snowblower down to it to clean it up...

The ice was so sketchy this weekend, it was few & far between seeing any activity out there. On a typical January weekend, it's like a highway out there. This weekend we saw MAYBE 10 sleds total. Even on Winni, the only real activity was just in Alton Bay. And those dudes are fookin' nuts! Some of 'em had their bobhouses & trucks only about 30' from wide-fuckin-open water...

Its been crazy this winter. PK is currently on the shop roof with a snowblower. We cant catch a break with this snow

["Dangerous" Dan K]

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Its been crazy this winter. PK is currently on the shop roof with a snowblower. We cant catch a break with this snow

That's awesome. I hope someone is taking pictures.

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Jay, ill come up Friday with bergs and we can get it done. Leave me access to the plow and bergs will bring the blower.

[butcher bergs]

Yep, no worries Jay. I didn't have plans to meet up with G21forme on Friday and since Oxx is doing my planning for me, I guess that means I'll be there!

[Stoneman]

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Jay, ill come up Friday with bergs and we can get it done. Leave me access to the plow...

Ummm...no. Like the snowblower, it's a vital component to my overall snow removal procedure. Neither gets used without me being present. Thanks for the offer, I DO appreciate it. Buuuutttt...

I may hafta work Friday this week. If not, I'll letchya know...

[Stoneman]

Yep, no worries Jay. I didn't have plans to meet up with G21forme on Friday and since Oxx is doing my planning for me, I guess that means I'll be there!

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Yep, no worries Jay. I didn't have plans to meet up with G21forme on Friday and since Oxx is doing my planning for me, I guess that means I'll be there!

[SVRACER01]

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Well if jays going to Puerto Rico maybe I can use his

[Awesome]

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Well if jays going to Puerto Rico maybe I can use his

I'm not going till march 2nd.

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You guys are all a bunch of buzzkills.

[Stoneman]

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You guys are all a bunch of buzzkills.

'...sorry dude, I don't know what happened. It's just kinda stopped...'

'...so I dragged it back and grabbed the 'Cat. I'm not sure why, but the winch isn't lifting the plow now. Sorry. Do you know what's wrong?'

[Sheppo]

'...sorry dude, I don't know what happened. It's just kinda stopped...'

'...so I dragged it back and grabbed the 'Cat. I'm not sure why, but the winch isn't lifting the plow now. Sorry. Do you know what's wrong?'

You twisted the cable when it was feeding in... unhook it put the winch in free spool mode and yank it out and rewind it CAREFULLY.. Sheesh don't you know anything..















and yes I knew you were kidding...

[R7]

Well it's been a costly ice season. First the set up of an ice toy, then the travel to use the ice toy for one weekend, and today while getting my snow shovel out of the shed, i slipped on some ice and fell and ripped open a huge hole in my new hoody sweatshirt as it got cought on the ice screws while falling down