Here's a rear cam vid of me clearing driveway. (Plow on rear hitch.) Got hung up in the ridge from the state plow, put it in 4 low and hit it again. Then headed over to the neighbor. Not very deep, but that's almost all sleet.
Here in central Va. we had some decent melting even though the ambient temp barely made the low 30's. The direct sun helped a lot. Tomorrow supposedly will bring slightly warmer temps and more sunshine, so hopefully some more melting. My driveway is mostly clear, another day of sunshine would...
Just finished my fourth and hopefully final plow run. I gotta say that ice/sleet was nasty. I would much rather had all snow. I also learned a lot about driving Oppie in serious bad conditions. 4 low and Diff lock got me out of some serious trouble. Not to mention embarrassing if I had to ask my...
Well the snow prediction for Saturday was about right, then the sleet came starting early this morning. Plowed the three driveways (mine and my two neighbors) last night around midnight, then I got up at 5am and plowed again, sleet had started. Then I waited way too long to plow a third time...
Yeah, I love our location. This view is looking east, looking to the west is the Blue Ridge Mtns. Pretty much 360 gorgeous views. That's my closest neighbor's property with the sheds. There's a small creek at the bottom. Otherwise fairly private. Hills, mountains, cow pastures. But lots of...
We have a large outside propane tank that only supplies our gas logs, that we hardly ever use. So that and the woodstove, we're fine. I could also use my tailgating grill that runs off those little propane cans. Could cook on it, but it also makes a great little space heater.