Wimpy Winter
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Topic: Wimpy Winter
Posted By: steigerbro24
Subject: Wimpy Winter
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 7:26pm
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I don't know about anyone else but up here in Wisconsin, it has been way too warm. Very little snow and temperatures way above normal. If it is like this tomorrow I may start my tractor tomorrow and try out the rebuilt generator. Anyone else bringing their old iron out early. ------------- 5 Steigers, 7 John Deeres, 8 Internationals, 4 Case tractors and combines and 1 Oliver ........... Oh wait they're all 1/64.......and a real '44 B |
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Posted By: Gary in da UP
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 7:35pm
| I have lived in the UP for well over 20 years, Usually we have 3' of snow on the ground this time of year, right now maybe a foot of snow where I live. A lot of local small business depends on it, tough sledding this year, hurts the bars, resturants, motels . I 500 snowmobile race this weekend in the Soo. Hard to build a good track , might not run the whole 500 miles. |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 7:57pm
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I know somebody that went up for the I 500 Gary. Suprised I am not seeing more sleds around here for sale! LOL I think ice fishing is over too! ------------- Galatians 5:22-24 "I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
Posted By: baverwolf
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 8:03pm
| Been warm up here in Montana also. We've had about 6 inches of snow and thats it. Yesterday I used my D14 and blade to work on my road. |
Posted By: wheatbreeder
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 8:07pm
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March could make up for the warm weather that we have had ------------- Farm stuff 8050,6690,175,F2,5050,WD |
Posted By: Auntwayne
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 8:09pm
| You guys do realize that what you have said will probably come back to haunt you. Winter has missed us here also (so far). I have a funny feeling something "BIG" is going to happen. Its only february 1st. We have only had a few "cold" days all winter, 2 during one deer hunt, and, 2 days last week. Plus, we have had only 1" of snow this entire season. La Nina is holding steady. Next year we will probably be crying at this time. |
Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 8:13pm
| Yeah guys winter aint over till it's over; but yeah I plan on flushing the D19 cooling system tomorrow. |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 8:15pm
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I'm starting to wonder if this summer is going to be HOT and DRY! You are all right this is not normal!!! ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: Josh Day
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 8:35pm
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Dipstick In wrote:Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 8:41pm
I hope it will be hot and dry out here.....I have the water to irrigate, just need lots of hot weather to get things to mature. The last two years have been too cold! ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 9:38pm
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So far winter this year has not been much in the way of cold or snow, the early snow disappeared and the ground stayed brown until after Christmas. one snow since and that has just about all melted away. Going to be a lack of ground moisture if this keeps up this spring but a lot can change shortly. remember a few years back with real cold and no snow and lot of septic systems freezing up from lack of cover, pump systems as well as shallow pipes from house where people had high efficiency furnaces where the condensate would just trickle down the pipe and freeze. ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 10:35pm
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We've had over 5' pf snow here just east to the mountains. Started in Oct through Dec. Only 3" in January, supposed to get up to 10" tomorrow. Could have been out chiseling today if I hadn't had other things to do. The mountains are only at about 60 - 70% of normal. Hope March is normal with lots of snow up there.
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Posted By: TexasTrevor
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2012 at 11:03pm
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We've only had a couple of cold days here in northeast Texas. It's been in the 70s for the past week. ------------- This aint no rag it's a flag, and it stands for the USA |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 9:12am
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Been mid-high 50's low 40's all Winter here in New Joisey and I'm lovin' it!! One snow of about 6" but it disappeared in a couple days due to the ground still being warm. Had the 716H with plow out in that and had a little fun, but that was it. The older I git' the more of a "wee-wee" I've been with the cold. Hands ache and won't work in the bitter cold anymore. Heck when I was 25-30 years of age, the cold never bothered me much. Was nothin' to lay under a truck in the snow and bench press a big ole' Delco starter motor in a Cummin's or Cat. Those days are loooong gone! Now I whine bout' it. LOL! It can stay like this till May. That snow storm we had at Halloween put a hurtin' on us, but we got through it. Leaves were still on the tree's yet when Mother Nature came in with 14" of wet heavy snow and took everything down. I posted a couple pics of that mess a month or so ago...
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Posted By: Tony.Or
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 9:21am
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Gettin real close to mowing the yard here. Tony ------------- http://www.tonystractors.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.tonystractors.com |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 9:23am
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I'm not sayin nothin'. Just a sure way to jinx myself and end up with 2" of ice or something... |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2012 at 9:32am
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Dad back in 67' or 68' plowed in March and it was a dust storm. Old neighbor told him it looked like it might be the 30's drought all over again. But when it started raining that spring, Dad said it just wouldn't stop. Rained all summer he said. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: TedBuiskerN.IL.
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 8:28am
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LOL at Lonn, it rained a lot where I was too that year, SE Asia. ------------- Most problems can be solved with the proper application of high explosives. |
Posted By: Austin(WI)
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 11:39am
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I am enjoying it. :) I like not having to walk to class in blustery weather. ------------- "Better By Design" |
Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 12:16pm
------------- 210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers! |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 12:16pm
| last 3 days here, been in high 60's and dry....but today is starting to rain (WooHoo) and tonight sposed to start getting snow....they're saying maybe 10-14 inches!! PFFFT! |
Posted By: 79fordblake
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 1:00pm
| Been doing lots of outside work last couple weeks. Looking like its about to run out though till spring. |
Posted By: Clay T. Souerdike
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 3:21pm
| Oh ya eh it has been way to warm here in Indiana. Last year we had so many days below zero I just could not believe how warm it has been. I hate the heat or warmth and I LOVE the cold. |
Posted By: Clay T. Souerdike
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 3:24pm
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Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 3:56pm
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Be careful what you wish for! It ain't over yet baby! ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 5:37pm
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I live in SE MI and except for a couple slaps, winter is over here. The skunks are out and about, a sure sign spring is here! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: RickUP
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 7:04pm
| I have to go to Sault ste. marie tomorrow and move some of my daughters furniture home from college. Gary, thanks for the heads up on the I-500. Now I will know why all the traffic. We only have about 4" of snow left on the ground. None in the forcast. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2012 at 11:59pm
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Well the weather guessers were wrong, we got over a foot of snow, 7 miles west in Boulder they got 18", 14 miles west at Jamestown they got 40". It was warm, 34 at 10 am, so it did melt a little but most of it slid off my roof in front of the front door so there was a 4' pile in front of the door. Plowed out my neighbors, got a bunch of fresh eggs, good trade!
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