Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[Hatchdog]

Daytime Dave, that’s a good looking snow blowing machine you got there.

The local weatherman told me that a big storm is on it’s way to Montana, Wyoming and the Dakota’s. Roper, brm and coop (maybe) are gonna get it. Sorry.

33 today with a high later of….33. Pretty boring weather right now. Small storm tomorrow with 1-3” of snow but probably will be rain. Oh well, at least it will clean up the air somewhat. We all live in valleys around here and can get inversions that trap the surface air causing some dirty air from wood stoves and just general life like cars. Occasionally we will have a burn ban in the middle of winter for those who don’t have certified stoves. Mine is a Quadra-Fire made 80 miles away in Colville WA. It has a four burn system that produces very little emissions.

Yesterday was a root canal procedure and today is an Ai-C test and a blood draw. I hate it when I act my age.

[JEBar]

its been a busy morning .... from 27 last night its alread up to 57 under a clear Carolina Blue sky .... with the forecast of another rain/ice/snow storm moving into our area sometime tomorrow, we decided today would be a good one to haul off our trash .... we figured it would be best to do so the earlier the better would .... we figured it right on it being a good day to do so .... the line backed up at the trash collection point it was clear that many others had the same idea .... after getting rid of the trash we headed to Walmart to pick up a few items we might need to get us through the pending storm .... when we got there it a packed parking lot and later some empty shelved made it abundantly evident that once again many others were thinking along the same line .... after getting back home I fired up our camper's generator for the first time since we were in Texas about a year ago while we were in Texas .... thankfully she fired up and ran smoothly ....

[220]

Ive mentioned a few times it has been a mild summer for us but 50 in the middle of January a hour after sunrise is cool.
Wife just made me another mocha before climbing back under a blanket on the lounge.

[fortyshooter]

Spent the day packing the Christmas stuff back in place in the garage...had it all sitting in sunroom. Changed the oil on wife's Edge and cranked up and ran the Kubota for a while. Thursday thru Saturday looks like a snow storm coming thru and will be cold. Went to the store to do the grocery shopping early and got the generator running to test it out. Might need it if we get icy stuff with the storm.

[markiver54]

Yup, wasn't even thinking about the weather. I just went to the local supermarket for 3 or 4 items and WOW!! looked like people were preparing for Armageddon. Long checkout lines and people fighting for parking spots, which are already limited because of the heavy snow we just had.
My mistake. I don't have much tolerance for that. If we can't go 2 or 3 days without going to the store, then something is wrong.

[dave77]

Funny thing dave, the dealership looked up the model and the fellow went to the parts bin, and came back with a small box. I had asked for a half dozen after he said each side took one and the auger took one. I figured that would hold me. In the truck, I took a look and they looked just like what you were given with the nylon coated nuts to keep them on. I hadn't looked at the manual yet to see where they went. They don't go through the rod like all the other blowers I've had. Interesting. When I broke the bolt, it was from the build up from the plow at the road. No rocks or sticks.

Is this the way your shear pins attach? My one at work attached through the rod but it was probably around 15 years ago that I got it. I wonder why they changed it? I do see that style has a grease zerk on the auger which is a good idea.

I can see the need for good shear pins, $438 for one side of the front auger.

I never had a rear impeller/auger shear pin break but broke quite a few of the front ones. Wet snow that's been plowed twice by the city's big plows is pretty dense.

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[BigAl52]

I dont have any shear pin issues down here at all. Dont even see any snow blowers at work. There is some blowers around but there just blowing the palm tree fronds into a nice little pile and keeping the spots clean. was 64 overnight here and 75 again today. Shot some skeet again today.

[Ozarkwoodswalker]

Someone has yo be the first one up and posting, ( as early as I hit the hay there is no way I will be the last one posting at night!)

Cold today and tomorrow..about 15° ( hey. That's cold to me, so that's my call and I'm sticking to it ) anyway... coffee is good...
I dont see the cows getting their hay feeding until it's closer to noon, and in the low 20s.. ( another one of my calls....) hope its acceptable weather today for the rest of you...have a good day where you be.....

[Oldbrass]

50 and raining, why am I awake at 3:48 am ? Won't be light for another 3 and a half hours.. might as well start coffee.. I have no plans today except change oil in my brothers motorcycle, it's stored here for the winter.

[Hatchdog]

33 heading to 38 with another gray day on tap. Had a decent rain/wet snow overnight that didn’t add any to the total on the ground. But I’m sure our mountains got piled on which is good news. Now for the next week we expect a more normal temperature range with lows in the mid 20’s and highs in the mid 30’s. And, maybe just maybe some sunshine which will be a nice break from gray.

Not much on tap today other than taking my wife’s car in for service and a roof rack recall. Our pup has developed a cough so we’re going to try and get him in to see the vet.