cygnusx1 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) Tomorrow morning wil be the eighth time I go out to fire up the snowblower and bust out the shovels this season. We aren't even half way through...We probably had about 60-70+ inches of snow so far this year with almost no breaks. That patio table is 4' x 6'. Can you find my wheel barrow? I left it face down in the yard. Edited January 27, 2011 by cygnusx1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 When I checked about 2 hours ago, it looked like we only had 6" where I am in S. NJ. My friend about 30 minutes north apparently got 1-1.5' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19762802+2 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) Send the snow colorado's way, We need some at least down here in southern colorado. We haven't even got a foot its probably snowed once or twice. It sucks when your job depends on snow during the winter, No one buys snow tires if there is no snow. Edited January 27, 2011 by 19762802+2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 What is all that stuff? You mean you get to stop driving your car for 6 months and just WORK on it? No WONDER you guys back east have such nice looking cars. Man, all we can do here in SoCal is drive drive drive drive. You gotta have like four cars before you can take one out of circulation to work on it. Then you have to decide which drive to skip, which car show to skip, which race to skip to make the time to work on it! Man it's brutal! You guys look like you got a great deal, that white stuff comes and lets you turn off the sprinklers so nobody complains about not having a green lawn, you don't have to mow it every week, and it's nice an white. I bet you can shoot Kodachrome 25 outside with all that reflectivity! (But they've taken my Kodachrome away...) You indeed, live in a land of what looks like Milk, at least! All that time to work on the cars. Lucky bastards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) The only work I can do to the Z cars right now, is shovel off the solar cells on the shed roof. Â Otherwise the batteries will be pissed at me. I can't even open the doors to look at them. Edited January 27, 2011 by cygnusx1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsun723 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 The only work I can do to the Z cars right now, is shovel off the solar cells on the shed roof. Â Otherwise the batteries will be pissed at me. I can't even open the doors to look at them. Do you have heat coils for the roof? I'd be worried about all that weight on the shed's roof with the Z parked in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) Knock on wood, but the building codes here figure snow loads into the calculations. We have strong roofs and thick walls. The roofs are also tied to the walls with steel straps called hurricane ties. They even check to see that the proper number of nails were used in the construction. BTW that is my main garage which is built to residential code. My storage shed for the Z cars is up my property on the hill behind my house. That is not really built to any particular code other than what I thought would hold up enough weight. It should be plenty strong. The worse case is when we have 1-2 feet of snow on the roof with ice dams at the eaves, and then we get a warm spell with a rain storm. That causes serious trouble! I will not be getting inside that shed to see my Z's anytime soon. 19762802+2, send me four snow tires for my 330xi and I will send you snow! Edited January 27, 2011 by cygnusx1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoximuu Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 After living in Hawaii for a while I'm kind of missing weather like that. I'd be up on that roof with a sled and a death wish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19762802+2 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 19762802+2, send me four snow tires for my 330xi and I will send you snow! Once I get some hours where I could talk to them about it I would Do I get the snow in payments or bulk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B00STDZ Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 After living in Hawaii for a while I'm kind of missing weather like that. I'd be up on that roof with a sled and a death wish Trust me, your not missing ANYTHING. This **** sucks. Excuse my french... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG58 Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Trust me, your not missing ANYTHING. This **** sucks. Excuse my french... Agreed. Central Indiana is on snowpocalypse 5, iirc. And 6 is on it's way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh817 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I love snow! I like shoveling it too....... You think I'm joking but I'm not. The first thing I would do if I was your son and told to shovel a path is make a maze in the snow so it takes you an hour to figure out how to get 6 feet to the car. Where you live looks nice, especially with the snow! Got that wood stove fired up? I bet its real nice. Picturesque to me, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddmanout84 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 (edited) I'm PISSED. Here on the cape, we've barely gotten any of the monster snow that you guys have been getting in "mainland" New England. I have a massive snowblower from last year (bought after the only huge snowstorm we got last year) and its barely seen any use. I did use it once this year just for justification of its purpose, but only on about 3" of snow... Edited January 30, 2011 by Oddmanout84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoov100 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 65* and sunny with a light breeze here in palm springs! I miss snow, rain and a thing called seasons. All it does is get cold for a few months and maybe an inch or two or rain and it's right back into 120* dry heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSM Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Wow, that is a lot of snow. It's strange, I've been in shorts and t-shirt all day. Absolutely beautiful today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 We can control the weather. I don't buy snow tires this year and get hammered. You buy a large snowblower and get nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 (edited) funny, we normally get all the snow up here but have missed the last 2 dumpings you have received downstate. we have about 2' on the ground now, roads are clear... z's tucked away for winter hibernation. global warming my arse! Edited January 31, 2011 by 1 tuff z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh817 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Make bets to see how high the snow can accumulate on the patio railing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 That totally depends on the moisture content of the snow, the wind, the air temp, relative humidity...etc. Not that it wouldn't be a good thing to bet on. Nothing better to do anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh817 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 The wind better not screw up our results damnit. Put a tarp around it as a wind barrier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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