Update Update

tubaguy9 · Post by **tubaguy9** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:10 pm

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:16 pm

Update:

My $1500 Troy-Bilt Storm Tracker Mother of All Snowblowers will average about 1 foot per minute in making headway against 30 inches of snow across a 10-foot-wide driveway.

That includes the time required to replace the tracks when they derail, which I had to do about 6 or 8 times.

Sub-Update: The above instances proved that Craftsman ratchet handles will still work when encrusted with snow.

Meta-Update: The above average was determined over 1200 feet of driveway.

Rick "you have been updated" Denney

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:06 am

bloke wrote: http://memphis.craigslist.org/zip/1591143391.html

Craigslist wrote:This posting has been flagged for removal

Rick "sometimes, you get what you pay for" Denney

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:06 am

Rick Denney wrote:Update:

Meta-Update: The above average was determined over 1200 feet of driveway.

Rick "you have been updated" Denney

Square or linear?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:21 pm

bloke wrote:Someone in suburban Memphis was offering to give away snow off their driveway in the "free" forum.

Could have led to some interesting "trade" offers...

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:59 pm

tbn.al wrote:
Rick Denney wrote:Update:

Meta-Update: The above average was determined over 1200 feet of driveway.

Rick "you have been updated" Denney
Square or linear?

Linear. I think I moved about 1200 cubic yards of snow. Uncompressed, that's 60 large dump trucks. Of course, it is compressed when plowed, but then it becomes ice and is even harder (so to speak) to handle.

Rick "thinking the snow blower is going to need some servicing after this year" Denney

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:30 pm

bloke wrote:Things work a bit differently in "the south".

(Though 1500 feet off the highway) hearing the weird scraping noise of the retrofitted snow plow truck about a mile or two away, one rushes down to the road though the (here - only about a foot deep) snow, flags down the driver, hands him $20, and has him make a slight "detour" in his plowing route (while riding "shotgun" next to him back up to the house).

With 30" of snow, the only trucks that can make headway are the 12-yard dump trucks with two rear axles and the sort of plow that throws the snow up over the edge. On my gravel driveway? No, thanks, even assuming I could find somebody thus equipped available to plow my driveway.

And if you try to run in 30 inches of snow, I hope you are agile.

Rick "expecting another foot tonight" Denney

emcallaway · Post by **emcallaway** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:16 pm

I just learned that I won an applied music scholarship.

You have been updated...

The Jackson · Post by **The Jackson** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:22 pm

I just came back from a lovely concert put on by my college's jazz band and Mr. Jesse Jones Jr. and all I can say is

WOW!!

bort · Post by **bort** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:48 pm

the elephant wrote:UPDATE:

The Internet is filled with much opinion and little fact.

You have been updated.

Oh yeah? That's what you think!

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:58 pm

emcallaway wrote:I just learned that I won an applied music scholarship.
You have been updated...

Congratulations! What institution has made this offer? Do you plan to accept?

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:23 pm

bort wrote:
the elephant wrote:UPDATE:

The Internet is filled with much opinion and little fact.

You have been updated.
Oh yeah? That's what you think!

I drink, therefore I.

emcallaway · Post by **emcallaway** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 6:43 pm

TubaRay wrote:
emcallaway wrote:I just learned that I won an applied music scholarship.
You have been updated...
Congratulations! What institution has made this offer? Do you plan to accept?

I'm a sophomore at William and Mary. Basically an applied music scholarship pays for music lessons, so I'm definitely going to accept!

Evan "it sounds more exciting than it is I suppose" Callaway

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:14 pm

emcallaway wrote:Evan "it sounds more exciting than it is I suppose" Callaway

Update:

A scholarship is a scholarship, don't knock it!

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 7:20 pm

emcallaway wrote:
TubaRay wrote:
emcallaway wrote:I just learned that I won an applied music scholarship.
You have been updated...
Congratulations! What institution has made this offer? Do you plan to accept?
I'm a sophomore at William and Mary. Basically an applied music scholarship pays for music lessons, so I'm definitely going to accept!

Evan "it sounds more exciting than it is I suppose" Callaway

Money is money!

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:52 pm

bloke wrote:
the elephant wrote:UPDATE:

I just ate a nice burger at 5 Guys. It was very good.

You have been updated. Carry on...
Is that the place that offers roasted peanuts while you're waiting for your order?

Yup. Completely competent greasy fast-foot burger at Five Guys. I hope their current rapid expansion doesn't ruin them.

Rick "who can't eat there very often" Denney

scottw · Post by **scottw** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:39 pm

bloke wrote:
the elephant wrote:UPDATE:

I just ate a nice burger at 5 Guys. It was very good.

You have been updated. Carry on...
Is that the place that offers roasted peanuts while you're waiting for your order?

Yep---great peanuts, very over-priced hamburgers. They're good, but not better than I get at the local diner, and cheaper by a lot.

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:06 pm

the elephant wrote:UPDATE:

I just ate a nice burger at 5 Guys. It was very good.

You have been updated. Carry on...

Did you get enough french fries?

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:29 pm

Rick Denney wrote:
tbn.al wrote:
Rick Denney wrote:Update:

Meta-Update: The above average was determined over 1200 feet of driveway.

Rick "you have been updated" Denney
Square or linear?
Linear. I think I moved about 1200 cubic yards of snow. Uncompressed, that's 60 large dump trucks. Of course, it is compressed when plowed, but then it becomes ice and is even harder (so to speak) to handle.

Rick "thinking the snow blower is going to need some servicing after this year" Denney

I am impressed! That is a &#!! load of snow. I am going to have a similar delima tonight. WE are supposed to get at least 2 inches.

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 7:48 pm

tbn.al wrote:I am impressed! That is a &#!! load of snow. I am going to have a similar delima tonight. WE are supposed to get at least 2 inches.

Today, I steered the Mother of All Snowblowers out into the fresh 12-15" we got in yesterday's blizzard. It made it about 200 feet in a single pass (it takes six passes to clear the driveway when the snow is low enough to do it that way), and then the drive transmission shot craps. I knew it was bad when I removed the lower panel and one of the spider gears on the left differential fell out. The differential frame was pretzeled.

So, we hand-shoveled about 400 feet of driveway today, the Redhead and I. Our neighbor came to our rescue this time, and used his front-end loader to take care of the other 800 feet or so out to the road.

So, we moved 185 cubic yards of heavy, wet snow the old-fashioned way: with snow shovels.

Was that harder than moving 1200 cy of snow with a blower? You betcha.

But I will be at work tomorrow: My last day.

You have been updated.

Rick "who can feel separate and distinct pain in about 175 different muscles" Denney

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