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Death Storm 2.0

If one's company closes for the day due to a storm, it's a free day, right? They can't make employees use a vacation day?
 
NYC weather forecasts 12-18", and up to 24" closer to water (LI and east).
 
A guy I grew up with in Philadelphia owns a transmission shop. He told me all these pickup trucks with plows ramming into snow is great for his business.
 
I’m in Vermont and we at least to this point haven’t seen more than an inch or two of light snow. What’s happening in Connecticut?
 
Bored Bugs Bunny GIF by MOODMAN
 
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businesslawyer said:
I’m in Vermont and we at least to this point haven’t seen more than an inch or two of light snow. What’s happening in Connecticut?
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Snow total predictions lessened overnight. Some wind gusts up to 68mph.

1/4 mile visibility.

Snow falling through noon time.
 
uconnfan68 said:
Not mine. Can’t clear the chute.
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I’ve done a rubber paddle modification on three or four snowblowers (google it, they sell kits and there are hundreds of links). It scrapes the snow off of the inside of your barrel and throws it much better. Especially on my older Ariens, the improvement was amazing. My blower mows thru heavy wet snow like the 23/24 Huskies.
 
This is insane. I can't judge the depth here because I can't see out of any window. When I opened the sliding door a pile of snow fell in the house, so over a foot I think. Just measured, 12" exactly and not in a drift.

Meteorologist said if this was Hurricane Season, the Northeast Blizzard would be comparable to a Category 2 Hurricane in terms of pressure (967 mb by Monday). So a frozen Cat 2 hurricane.

Going to venture to the driveway and do a first pass with the snowblower at 9:30 or so. Still have power. I'm in the extreme impact area. in Mass.
 
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twiceahusky said:
I’ve done a rubber paddle modification on three or four snowblowers (google it, they sell kits and there are hundreds of links). It scrapes the snow off of the inside of your barrel and throws it much better. Especially on my older Ariens, the improvement was amazing. My blower mows thru heavy wet snow like the 23/24 Huskies.
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Damn. I need that. My Ariens died in the wet snow last year. Had to have the carburetor fixed this fall. It likes slightly sticky snow, but not super wet heavy snow.

Edit: It died again. Didn't move more than about 2 feet into the snow and the power to the wheels stopped. Maybe snapped an axle or something. I am utterly screwed. We have close to 14" already.
 
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I'm in Northeastish NJ. I've been trying to stay ahead of the storm. I have a 20 year old snow blower. Quality machine, but it's compact so it doesn't have the weight to sometimes get through the really bad stuff the plows throw on to our driveway/sidewalk.

Wen out last night at 11pm and again at 6:45am. I figure that's enough to just wait it out now. Snowblower is still working, but I think I damaged it on the annoying free paper they throw on our driveway during the last storm so it's very shaky. It deserves a good maintenance after this winter.
 
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twiceahusky said:
I’ve done a rubber paddle modification on three or four snowblowers (google it, they sell kits and there are hundreds of links). It scrapes the snow off of the inside of your barrel and throws it much better. Especially on my older Ariens, the improvement was amazing. My blower mows thru heavy wet snow like the 23/24 Huskies.
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Never heard of that. Brilliant
 
HuskyHawk said:
This is probably what happened to mine. How did you confirm that? I can't push it into the snow so the auger is useless without drive.
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Auger still works and throws snow. Drive doesn’t. My driveway is flat though so I can still just push manually. It just sucks a little more.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I wouldn't say this is just another snowstorm. It's probably the worst since 1978. Dumping 36" now in some places.
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Yep... but it totally depends where you live. For me in the Farmington valley this isn't even top three of the past decade.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
Auger still works and throws snow. Drive doesn’t. My driveway is flat though so I can still just push manually. It just sucks a little more.
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I have a hilly driveway, but downhill from my garage. Snow is deeper than the snowblower is high and I can't push it into the snow at all. It's hard to push even in the garage.
 
Just came in. 10-11 inches tops and not too heavy for the snowblower. This storm wasn't bad at all. The one a few weeks ago was much worse.
 
twiceahusky said:
I’ve done a rubber paddle modification on three or four snowblowers (google it, they sell kits and there are hundreds of links). It scrapes the snow off of the inside of your barrel and throws it much better. Especially on my older Ariens, the improvement was amazing. My blower mows thru heavy wet snow like the 23/24 Huskies.
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Just watched that video... now I need to find someone to do the work. Thanks!
 
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