Spring Change Over

[Ed Kennell 38,687]

Bright sun and 73F today.      So off came the blade, front weight, and rubber chains.

 

I still have the 520 just in case.   That blade and cab stay on year round.

 

Tiller time.

[rjg854 11,494]

I'll hold off stripping machines down for a little longer. A week from this coming Saturday is only going to be a high of 18°. So I'm not in to big of a hurry, after all this is upstate New York.

[Ed Kennell 38,687]

6 minutes ago, rjg854 said:

I'll hold off stripping machines

I would also Randy, if I didn't have a good back up.      I won't move the 520 snow plow machine to winter storage for another month.

[AMC RULES 37,134]

  Meh!

Already been there...

done that.  

Was just over seeding here today too.    

16:00, 75°

 

[squonk 41,365]

Kids never learn! 

[ebinmaine 68,444]

@Ed Kennell and @AMC RULES

Big snow storm comes beeboppin up towards the Maine mountains I'm blaming you boyz. 

 

😀

[AMC RULES 37,134]

Good thing all you "Northerners" love the snow then.   

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,972]

Took my blade off the C 105 today as well… love snow, but ready for summer…

 

 

 

[8ntruck 7,099]

4 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Took my blade off the C 105 today as well… love snow, but ready for summer…

 

 

 

Really?  I grew up in Lansing.  I remember shoveling 8 or 10 inches off of the walks during spring break when I was in junior high,  

 

Seems like you should know better.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,972]

5 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

Really?  I grew up in Lansing.  I remember shoveling 8 or 10 inches off of the walks during spring break when I was in junior high,  

 

Seems like you should know better.

The older I get the more I like working on and using the ‘s… Best of both worlds if I need to put the blade back on… 

[ebinmaine 68,444]

11 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Took my blade off the C 105 today as well

Blamin' you too.  

[953 nut 55,837]

7 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

Really?  I grew up in Lansing.  I remember shoveling 8 or 10 inches off of the walks during spring break when I was in junior high,  

 

Seems like you should know better.

Western North Carolina seldom gets a lot of snow, but in March of 1993 we had a blizzard that dropped two feet of wet heavy snow. March and early April can be rather unpredictable so the tire chains and snow plows stay on the 1055 and 418-C.         Truth be told I'm too lazy to take them off until I need to mount somethin else.   

[ebinmaine 68,444]

6 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

Truth be told I'm too lazy

Now you just hold on there a minute Mister.  

 

It isn't laziness. 

 

It's called efficient. 

 

[Ed Kennell 38,687]

56 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

  Truth be told I'm too lazy to take them off until I need to mount somethin else. 

Me too.  The 312H is the only one that  goes from a 48" snow plow in the winter, to tiller in the spring, to a 42" mower in the summer, to tiller in the fall.

The 520H is a 54" plow year round and the 417H is a 48" mower year round.    So I always have a spare plow and a spare mower.

[tunahead72 2,437]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

Now you just hold on there a minute Mister.  

 

It isn't laziness. 

 

It's called efficient. 

 

 

Nope...  Energy Conservation. 

 

[pfrederi 17,887]

Just about all my WHs are dedicated.  Spring (and fall) changeover just means moving them to and from long term storage shed....

[Lee1977 6,804]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

Western North Carolina seldom gets a lot of snow, but in March of 1993 we had a blizzard that dropped two feet of wet heavy snow. March and early April can be rather unpredictable so the tire chains and snow plows stay on the 1055 and 418-C.         Truth be told I'm too lazy to take them off until I need to mount somethin else.   

You should have been up there in March 1960 the mountains were snow in. Don't have any ideal how much they got.. It snow here every Wednesday in March never got over 20 degrees the total of the four snows 30".

[ebinmaine 68,444]

52 minutes ago, tunahead72 said:

 

Nope...  Energy Conservation. 

 

I'll allow this phrasing as well.  

 

 

24 minutes ago, pfrederi said:

WHs are dedicated

This is what I'd like to do for the most part. 

Leave the snow/dirt dozer on one tractor all year.  

One for pulling heavy stuff.

One for the Mckissick chipper. 

Generator. 

Grader. 

Who knows ... 

[Ed Kennell 38,687]

PeeAaa in march 1960. School was closed for two weeks.