Damn, was hoping in being able to get back to Western Iowa to get the snowmobiles out and actually enjoy the snow.
2/22-24 Winter Weather Thread
- Thread starter Trice
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I have a Craftsman 26" I think. It's been very reliable for 5 years now. Electric start if I choose to use it, which usually is just the first start of the year. The brake steering is awesome. I can churn through snow over the intake like nothing.
That being said, I friggin love my Toro personal-pace mower. Hit the base bolt on my basketball hoop and cracked the motor. I loved it so much I went and bought a used one that was slightly older and it still runs like new. Probably 15-20 years old.
I can't imagine. I have been helping a buddy using his truck. He has paid me over $1,300 this year. We had 10 dump trucks hauling snow from the DSM US Bank locations for 14 hours yesterday alone.
I wouldn't worry too much about gas/oil ratios that close together and just use one mixture for both machines. Or you could make a gallon of each and mix those together in one container to be really safe.
Dang! That sucks! I got my MTD two stage and Toro CCR2500 off Facebook MarketPlace for $0. New front scraper, skids, fuel line with shutoff and carb for the two stager around $35. New plug and primer bulb for the Toro. Both look brand new. Hard to beat deals like that!
Came for the latest weather updates. Not staying for the snowblower geek thread. 
Oh geez that's terrible. I'll get a second drink at the beach bar for ya later in the week. If I really feel bad I'll get some fried lobster.
These weather threads are out pacing my brain. Hard to keep up as this one is happening before tonight's snow. Talk of others for next week. Feels like the Matrix for snow.
The models are showing quite the storm a week from today as well...
http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/~ckarsten/bufkit/image_loader.phtml?site=kdsm
http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/~ckarsten/bufkit/image_loader.phtml?site=kdsm
Looks like my efforts to clear snow a couple feet beyond the edge of my driveway and a few inches off the edges of the sidewalks will have been wise...and not nearly adequate.
Yeah. Right now I'm wondering where the garbage and recycling bins are going to go when it's time to set them out this week. Balanced precipitously on a heap of snow, I guess.
What do you do for a living if you can do this all day and where do I sign up?
Yes and WCCO just said 6-10 inches downtown MPLS tomorrow then snow Friday/Saturday/Sunday and then Tuesday and Thursday next week. We are gonna destroy that Feb record.
I could have just shoveled this morning and it would've been OK but I brought out the blower anyway. I like it. You're right; it does throw the snow a long way. Came in handy with the height of the drifts and piles already accumulating around my driveway. The joystick chute control is a nice feature. It runs noticeably quieter than my Craftsman. We'll see about durability and reliability but it made a pretty good first impression.
That's stupid. I was going to come down to Ames from Waterloo to enjoy a birthday song and Hickory Park. Doesn't look like that's happening now.
