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I called my friend. As I suspected, a shoot is off. Snow equals cold equals tain't going out, much. So I asked about a movie or two. That was fine. Then I asked about time, hoping for a little more time to tinker. Nope, 15:00 was way out. Sooner? Well, I suggested, that he let me see how fast I can get the snow off the drive and front walk, no promises, I'll call when I start on my way in into town. What else can I ever promise though, for sure?
Okay, rather than waking a little more I just headed out to grab a shovel and get to it. Hrm... No shovel. Ah, right, I never did end up buying a grain scoop (my preferred show shovel). But I do have one of those huge shop brooms. Yeah, well, it's worth a shot. It worked pretty darned well. It was a lot of work though. It pretty much took everything I had and then some. But it is done. The broom doesn't get right down to the nitty gritty though. Then again, with a rough asphalt drive, even shovels don't do much better. Aye, but I have ice salt, I thinks to myself. A bit of that on the areas that like to stay ice packed, after a little breather from shoveling, and I am fit as a fiddle, driveway-wise.
To town! In a minute, Lucile. I do need a bit of a breather and to clean up a bit. I am impressed with myself though. That was a goodly little bit of road crew work, for me anywhile. And, really, I think it would be a bit of work for most men. A 25 to 30 yard drive and a couple of inches of rather wet snow add up to a good bit of work. I do think the snow blower would have been more effort. There needs to be three or more inches of snow for that to pan out. I even remembered to hit the little bit on the sidewalk to my front door. I did that extemporaneously, regardless of how fortuitously. It will, as I think on it, tend to keep the food delivery people happy, and deliverymen of all sorts.
Ugh, now to catch my breath. Crashing... Give me a minute.
Hmh. In my Minnesota years, I'd be inclined to ignore a couple of inches. Just drive over it. We had a neighbor with a plow on his truck that would hit the driveway for anything over about six inches. He charged us in the spring for his winter's work.
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ReplyDeleteI could probably get away with that, using the snowmeister to bust up deeper snow. Though when snow freezes, the snow blower isn't all that good at removal. And I don't have a scoop. Could get one for my rig, but it would be overkill for what I need and quite a spendy proposition.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is, the tire tracks ice up, all on their own, even if the rest of the snow doesn't. And, yes, I have salt. But if there are frozen channels, melting that ice will leave it nowhere to go, and possibly make the situation much worse. I just don't know. I may end up getting to try that, as keeping up with the snow is no easier than keeping up with mowing for me, when it arrives too frequently.
Gah! While I do love the snow, I really don't like ice. And salt isn't great for grass or crop that I might want in the run-off zones. I'm... thinking.