Board Member Comment by John Jarosz on November 19, 2014 at 2:04pm

Larry...thanks for the offer but we got most of the driveway cleared.  The way things are going, the ban might be here awhile.  I have to agree with Miller.  Should have tried to keep up with it.  It's so high that the snow on the bottom is compressed almost to ice & the blower can't get traction.  We had to shovel snow into the blower to make any progress. 

Comment by Kurt Milligan on November 19, 2014 at 2:19pm

Hope you all are safe and sound over the river.

Comment by Capt. Larry D. Jones on November 19, 2014 at 2:33pm

John,I had the same traction problem with my snow blower until I let some air our of the tires an bought chains for the tires! Now it crawls through any snow level, I think I never tried 60"!

Board Member Comment by John Jarosz on November 19, 2014 at 4:08pm

Larry...yeah, that sure sounds like it would work.  When we can finally drive, I'll have to pick up a set of chains, but I'm not holding my breath.

Also, when it first snowed, I noticed there was a lot of slush forming on the ground.  probably because the gnd was warm.  I wonder if that's the frozen slush that we're seieng & maybe not so much from it being compacted.  the ground never had a chance to freeze.

Comment by Joe Dolan on November 19, 2014 at 5:51pm

Larry - Don't fill your truck with wood...find a way to fill it with gas!  You would have the weight you need and could have a nice winter side-business for all of us that cannot find a gas station with gas!!!

Comment by Capt. Larry D. Jones on November 19, 2014 at 5:57pm

Joe, I sold the 120 gallon gas tank I had in the truck box.I could help John out and fill it with snow from is driveway!

Board Member Comment by John Jarosz on November 19, 2014 at 7:30pm

well then, Larry, you'll need a bigger truck with all the snow down here, but there are people worse off than we are.  At least the whole neighborhood is OK.  Hopefully, everyone else will be safe.

I'm also looking forward to increased stream flows to draw some more steelies in.  There's a silver lining somewhere in there!

Comment by Capt. Larry D. Jones on November 20, 2014 at 11:45am

My friend that lives off Clinton Street in the snow belt has 5 1/2 ft of snow and had to also crawl out a window to clear a door to get it open.He said there was a path as wide as a snow blower down Clinton Street, he walked down to a local grocery store where the shelves were nearly empty.He grabbed rice, instant potatoes, flour to go with a freezer full of walleye & perch and all the candy bars for snacks.

Board Member Comment by John Jarosz on November 20, 2014 at 12:33pm

I took some drifts off my roof this morning with my smelt dipping net.  Good thing I put an extension on it last spring so I could dip at the sanddocks.  Didn't get any smelt at the docks but the long handle sure is handy now!

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