How Much Snow?

by schrowang on 12/19/2009, 5:44 am

OK all you East Coasters, its bragging rights time. Looks like this massive storm dumped some extraordinary amounts from western NC/eastern TN to most of MA. They're calling it the storm of the century in the western mountains of NC.

Ring in with where you are and how many inches you got. PIX will help!

by oldelmer1 on 12/19/2009, 9:30 am

this is as of 3PM EST, the top of my snow blower is 19 inches from the ground. I'd say we have a good 12 to 15 so far.

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by shooter on 12/19/2009, 10:47 am

16" and still snowing...I don't like it and I don't have a snow blower...

by Stanford on 12/19/2009, 1:05 pm

Just remembered why we retired in the North Georgia Mountains. We only get a dusting of the White Stuff from time to time. Enjoy your SNOW. Had more than my share thru the Years. Merry Christmas. Jim

by RichGeorge on 12/19/2009, 2:08 pm

We're sitting this one out. Our turn was last week, we had about 16".

by cummins2500hd on 12/19/2009, 3:06 pm

Id say in Southern PA we got about 16" or so

by Pedy6Pak on 12/19/2009, 4:14 pm

only about an inch here in Hampton. We only got rain until 3 hours or so ago. We got 1.5 inches of rain from about 3 yesterday afternoon until it started snowing this evening.

by Admin on 12/19/2009, 4:29 pm

thats pretty cool tom, well looking at it from here anyways. lol!

by jetskier on 12/19/2009, 4:36 pm

We had blue skies and 47° today. I call it T-shirt weather. We got the storm two weeks ago. Snow is still on the ground here. Lows of about 20°.

I love having my tractor.....

by gkeager on 12/20/2009, 2:15 am

Wow! Merry Christmas.

We have white flakes here too, but they're on the rim of my margarita glass as I sit by the pool. "Been there, done that, still have the tee shirt". Sorry, but that's why I live here now..

by Scruffy and Tater on 12/20/2009, 4:22 am

Tom's snow reminds Scruffy and me of winters past. We left Chicago in 1984 and headed to Gulfport, MS. We were glad to be leaving the snow and cold temps. Here in D/FW we get snow and freezing rain, but it goes away quickly - usually. It's pretty if you don't have to drive anywhere.

Tater

by oldelmer1 on 12/20/2009, 6:42 am

shooter wrote:16" and still snowing...I don't like it and I don't have a snow blower...

Mike,

My snowblower broke!!!!!! Augers wont go around anymore, but the driveshaft is still turning. Guess I broke a pin somewhere.

Anyone ever work on a Gravey snowblower before?

by schrowang on 12/20/2009, 7:10 am

oldelmer1 wrote:
shooter wrote:16" and still snowing...I don't like it and I don't have a snow blower...

Mike,

My snowblower broke!!!!!! Augers wont go around anymore, but the driveshaft is still turning. Guess I broke a pin somewhere.

Anyone ever work on a Gravey snowblower before?

Tom,

You broke a shear pin. There made that way so that when something gets jammed in the auger, it won't damage the engine. Sometimes the auger is split into two halves and there are two shear pins; one for each side. Sounds like you have one auger. The hardware store should have the shear pins you need.

by oldelmer1 on 12/20/2009, 7:38 am

Thanks Mike,

Thats what I was thinking too, but I cant find the shear pin location. I did see on each end of the augers there is a bolt with a cotter pin going through it. But they seem to be OK.

I'll have to look a little close after the snow all melts off of it.

by RichGeorge on 12/20/2009, 4:05 pm

gkeager, you have the right idea. Hope to join you in the years to come, at least for the winters.

by schrowang on 12/20/2009, 6:52 pm

oldelmer1 wrote:Thanks Mike,

Thats what I was thinking too, but I cant find the shear pin location. I did see on each end of the augers there is a bolt with a cotter pin going through it. But they seem to be OK.

I'll have to look a little close after the snow all melts off of it.

Tom,

I hope you didn't shear one of the gears in the differential that transfers power from the drive shaft to the auger shaft.

YIKES

by oldelmer1 on 12/21/2009, 5:44 am

Mike,
I can see the axle inside the augers turning, but I cant find a shear pin anywhere.

So, I took it to the Gravely dealer today. Its never been worked on, probably since it was made back in 1968, so I guess its time for an overhaul.

by Maxtor on 12/21/2009, 7:19 am

oldelmer1 wrote:Mike,
I can see the axle inside the augers turning, but I cant find a shear pin anywhere.

So, I took it to the Gravely dealer today. Its never been worked on, probably since it was made back in 1968, so I guess its time for an overhaul.

What is a snow blower?????

by Frank on 12/21/2009, 11:26 am

1" in Southeastern Va
1" in Cleveland,Ohio
Up to 18" to 20" in between the two locations yesterday.
Routes traveled US58. VA35, I-95, I-295 US17, I-66, I-81, I-70
Penn. Turnpike and Ohio Turnpike.
The only problem was:
I took us 2 hours to go from mile marker 98 to mile marker 105 on
I-95 north because of snow on highway. All of the others was ok

by schrowang on 12/21/2009, 1:29 pm

I started this thread, so I'll chime in with our totals here in New England.

The air was very, very dry over NH. In Windham we barely received 5" of snow, and with the snow so dry, in many places the NW wind swept some areas completely bare, while others had 12" dirfts.

Not so just 30 miles to our south. Boston clocked in with 12" and places along Long Island Sound (CT, RI and MA) got hit with 15"+.

This was really a weird storm for us, but the DW and I are glad that we received so little. It'll be easier to pull the Cat out of her storage area alongside the house.

Glad you all seemed to survive this last blast of winter for 2009.

by bsmall2800 on 12/21/2009, 2:21 pm

Maxtor wrote:
oldelmer1 wrote:Mike,
I can see the axle inside the augers turning, but I cant find a shear pin anywhere.

So, I took it to the Gravely dealer today. Its never been worked on, probably since it was made back in 1968, so I guess its time for an overhaul.

What is a snow blower?????

Oh now thats funny, I just have leaves to worry about this time of year. lol!

by Eric on 12/23/2009, 12:00 pm

26" here on Long Island

by schrowang on 12/23/2009, 12:14 pm

Eric wrote:26" here on Long Island

Eric,

Sounds like that's the record for the postings on our site. WOW! You guys really got hit.

Well, at least Santa will have some easy gliding in most of the Northeast.

On Dasher, on Dancer, on Donner, on Blitzen .........

Ho, Ho, Ho and a Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night

by Scruffy and Tater on 12/25/2009, 4:10 am

The D/FW area is having it's first white christmas in 83 years. Our lawn was pretty much covered when we got home from our daughter and son-in-law's near Arlington, but most of it blew away during the night. Our air-blown Santa tried to fly away, and when it warms up a bit we'll see if he's okay, we're hoping there aren't any holes and that the fan still works.

There was a lot more snow in Arlington than where we live - we're farther south.

Roads were icy when we drove home last night, but temps in our area will get warm enough to clear the highways.

We didn't get enough to bother with taking a picture.

by jamesb on 12/25/2009, 2:23 pm

Dumped 22 inches here in the mountains. Today is a different story. All ICE. 30,000 without power and tree's down every where. A good Christmas just to be with family and fireplaces. LOL. Can't wait to see Wildcat season arrive. Merry Christmas to everyone.

by Eric on 12/27/2009, 4:26 am

In one week 26" of snow turned into o.o". Not a trace left

by Admin on 12/27/2009, 5:39 am

global warming melted it pretty fast ......

by Timflood on 12/27/2009, 3:20 pm

I wish I could help, The only time I ever get to see a snow blower is at the movies hehehe

by shooter on 12/27/2009, 11:53 pm

Admin wrote:global warming melted it pretty fast ......

.....it's called "Climate Change" now...

by Frank on 12/28/2009, 2:55 pm

oldelmer1:
have you found out what happen to the snowblower?

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