Tomorrow might be a good day to make some Chili in the slow cooker. I might have to add more beans to keep me warm under the covers that night.
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I know every bit helps, but take a 5 gallon bucket, fill it with snow, bring it in to melt and you'd be surprised how little water is in it comparatively. Best bet is to move the snow to a grade that will drain to the pond when it melts eventually if possible.
Yeah, i got home at 10pm last night. I wasnt about to plow through the snow with my car and drag all that into the garage, nor did I want to pack down the driveway snow under tires. So i knocked it out quick before pulling in. Can't say I feel bad about it at all.
What’s the official ruling one where to blow the snow? Do you intentionally blow it into the street for the plows to take away? Or do you try to keep it on your property?
I do my best not to blow it toward the street but if there’s wind from the north, I’m not having it blow back in my face for an hour just to save some plowing.
I do my best not to blow it toward the street but if there’s wind from the north, I’m not having it blow back in my face for an hour just to save some plowing.
I never realized people got so upset over snowblower noise. I guess maybe there is more space between houses in small towns, I never hear them. Two of my sons would have been born at home if my husband didn’t shovel the driveway late at night.
Whatever direction I can get it to go without the wind blowing it back onto me. If I have to go towards the street then I drop it into the area between the sidewalk and curb though. Fairly certain it's illegal to blow it into the street, and if you do it'll just end up back in the end of your driveway anyway when the plows come by.
I don't know about in the city, but rural says dispose of it on your own property. I've gotten chewed out a couple times for pushing it across the road into the adjacent ditch. I think the thought process is that most wont push it far enough in and it will melt onto the road. Also it gets hard enough after moving it that it's hard on their equipment when they try to "wing" it further off the shoulder with the maintainer.
I've never understood the issue with blowing snow late or early. It's not like mowing when people have windows open. Even if it's my direct neighbor, its just a quiet hum in the house and we live in a typical suburban neighborhood. I was out doing my drive and the neighbors drive from like 9-10 last night. I've been out as late as 11-12 to get it taken care of before morning.
We leave for the day at 6:30. We for sure have to go out and run the snowblower before 6 a.m. If that bothers my neighbors, then they can get over it. Not all of us get a two-hour delay, work from home, or don't work at all.
Usually try to keep it on my property but if a bit happens to make it's way into the street than opps. Helps if it's warmer out then stuff in the street will melt before a plow would need to come back.
I haven't seen anyone here 'so upset', more voicing that it can be a mild annoyance. I think we all understand that it has to be done, and sometimes it has to be done early or late. No big deal. MY gripe, is the neighbor who does it at 5 am, then goes back in to bed for 2 hours (on a day when there's no school & him/his wife are working from home). In those scenarios, it doesn't HAVE to be done at 5 am, so that's a little inconsiderate. Our houses are about 15-20 ft apart, so you can definitely hear the big 2 stagers inside.
What’s the outlook for Tuesday next week? I’m seeing another round. Iowa ins’t that flat, I’ve got mountains on each side of my driveway lol!!
We have a ditch on one side and husband always clears some of the snow because there is a pipe that runs under the street and empties water that drains from the intersection through the ditch. If that can’t flow, the intersection is a mess.
My driveway is the low spot on our cul de sac, so I have a massive 5 by 4 sewer drain at the end of my driveway. I shovel all the snow to the drain and push it in. Its almost full this morning and I would say its ~ an 8 foot deep drain basin, it works slick as snot.
Most cities it's illegal to blow it into street but when the wind is blowing 40 mph like last week no one is ever gonna know so I just tee it high and let it fly.
So my neighbor hired some idiots to plow their driveway and they basically decided to push it right into my yard. They tore up a big chunk of grass, some edging, and landscaping I did on the property line with their blade.
Any recourse i have with this other than to fix it myself in the spring?
Any recourse i have with this other than to fix it myself in the spring?
I have a rock driveway and if I pile the snow on the surrounding grass areas (especially after the first couple pushes when things might not be completely frozen) I have to deal with the inevitable gravel on the lawn after it melts. I always cheat at least the first couple pushes into the adjacent ditch so I don't have to deal with that problem. If I live long enough I will eventually have built a driveway into my neighbors field LOL
Probably not worth the hassle but either tell your neighbor or the company hired to knock that **** off or they’ll keep doing it. They probably do it because most people don’t say anything. Or because there was nowhere else to push it.
My neighbor worked on some of it themselves on their side so I can't imagine they are happy either.
