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  On 2/14/2014 at 4:24 PM, moneypitmike said:

Mine's got a flat tire that won't inflate.  The damn thing nearly comes off the wheel and it won't turn left.  Still managed to get through things this morning, though.

 

I've heard changing the auger belt on an old machine will make it throw snow like new.  We'll see.

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  On 2/14/2014 at 4:27 PM, coldfront said:

Yeah, They get stretched and worn over time and will slip some

 

My brother in law just bought an Ariens. After using that once, it made me realize how pathetically weak my Craftsman is. I'll change my belt and run it until it dies. After that I'm going to an Ariens.

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  On 2/14/2014 at 4:34 PM, amarshall said:

My brother in law just bought an Ariens. After using that once, it made me realize how pathetically weak my Craftsman is. I'll change my belt and run it until it dies. After that I'm going to an Ariens.

I like my Crapsman but have envy of my late FILs Airens. Beast
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  On 2/14/2014 at 4:34 PM, amarshall said:

My brother in law just bought an Ariens. After using that once, it made me realize how pathetically weak my Craftsman is. I'll change my belt and run it until it dies. After that I'm going to an Ariens.

Had an Airens since 1998 when living in Stoughton.  So far so good with that bad boy.

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  On 2/14/2014 at 4:48 PM, Whiteminster said:

I have a 45" wide troy bolt I bought off Wawa brewery, it moves a ton of snow but the quality is lacking. I suspect the largest ariens would move just as much, they're awesome

Jeez 45"? How big is the driveway? I had a Troy Built before the Sears. It was terrible
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  On 2/14/2014 at 4:24 PM, moneypitmike said:

Mine's got a flat tire that won't inflate.  The damn thing nearly comes off the wheel and it won't turn left.  Still managed to get through things this morning, though.

 

Both of the tires on my blower did that. I went to Sullivan Tire and got 2 tubes. They have held air ever since.

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  On 2/14/2014 at 3:42 PM, free_man said:

Hands off, don't touch my storm.

 

No it's mainly poking some fun at how "centric" this forum is to a few areas.  Even the most recent threads aren't about the snow that we can most likely expect to fall the heaviest...it's about whether or not we can get it further west or how the GFS may be right.

 

It's human nature I get it, but it's also human nature to pull a Mike Barnicle and point out the whimsical nature of the postings.  It's never enough that someone is getting a storm, if this ends up confined to Marshfield to EWB...nobody will really care because it's not ITBY.

 

By and large the majority of posters S&E from Bob/Scott down this way and through the Cape/Phil....don't really care where a storm goes and we enjoy tracking it either way. 

 

Do I think I'll see the heaviest snow I've ever seen in my life Saturday?  I feel like the Cape has gotten the shaft on that this year as everyone else has apparently had a turn at their heaviest snow ever.  Not a bad thing to want that to happen.

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  On 2/14/2014 at 4:34 PM, amarshall said:

My brother in law just bought an Ariens. After using that once, it made me realize how pathetically weak my Craftsman is. I'll change my belt and run it until it dies. After that I'm going to an Ariens.

 

Try tightening the adjustment before springing for a new belt.  And if the new one is needed, be sure to check the adjustment before running the replacement.  I failed to do that and the belt was so tight it nearly stalled my old 8-hp Craftsman and probably took 1/3 the life from the belt during 10 seconds of squealing, smoking friction before I shut things down.  (That Craftsman was on tracks, and though snlow-moving would chew thru hardened plowpiles.  Unfortunately, some parts on the aparatus transfering engine power to the clutchplate wore out, such that the machine would not move when in forward gears, and I discovered that those parts were no longer available.)

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  On 2/14/2014 at 5:30 PM, PolarVortex said:

No it's mainly poking some fun at how "centric" this forum is to a few areas.  Even the most recent threads aren't about the snow that we can most likely expect to fall the heaviest...it's about whether or not we can get it further west or how the GFS may be right.

 

It's human nature I get it, but it's also human nature to pull a Mike Barnicle and point out the whimsical nature of the postings.  It's never enough that someone is getting a storm, if this ends up confined to Marshfield to EWB...nobody will really care because it's not ITBY.

 

By and large the majority of posters S&E from Bob/Scott down this way and through the Cape/Phil....don't really care where a storm goes and we enjoy tracking it either way. 

 

Do I think I'll see the heaviest snow I've ever seen in my life Saturday?  I feel like the Cape has gotten the shaft on that this year as everyone else has apparently had a turn at their heaviest snow ever.  Not a bad thing to want that to happen.

I certainly don't care where a particular storm tracks.  I have no control over it.  My comment was tongue-in-cheek.

Personally I'd like to see some of this S+++++ that people say they are getting.  Not sure how one gets that many +'s.  Does it make visibility negative?

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Why is BOX including this in the forecast? Makes no sense. We don't live on a mtn. Sounds like a grid feature output when you put in "heavy snow," but just isn't realistic.

 

SATURDAY...CLOUDY...SNOW...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. PATCHY FOG
AND DENSE FREEZING FOG IN THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY ONE QUARTER
MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO
3 INCHES. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...
INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT.
 

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  On 2/14/2014 at 5:32 PM, tamarack said:

Try tightening the adjustment before springing for a new belt.  And if the new one is needed, be sure to check the adjustment before running the replacement.  I failed to do that and the belt was so tight it nearly stalled my old 8-hp Craftsman and probably took 1/3 the life from the belt during 10 seconds of squealing, smoking friction before I shut things down.  (That Craftsman was on tracks, and though snlow-moving would chew thru hardened plowpiles.  Unfortunately, some parts on the aparatus transfering engine power to the clutchplate wore out, such that the machine would not move when in forward gears, and I discovered that those parts were no longer available.)

awesome advice thanks

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  On 2/14/2014 at 5:38 PM, Baroclinic Zone said:

I certainly don't care where a particular storm tracks. I have no control over it. My comment was tongue-in-cheek.

Personally I'd like to see some of this S+++++ that people say they are getting. Not sure how one gets that many +'s. Does it make visibility negative?

S+++++ is the equivalent to a mile thick glacier sliding by
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  On 2/14/2014 at 5:38 PM, Baroclinic Zone said:

I certainly don't care where a particular storm tracks.  I have no control over it.  My comment was tongue-in-cheek.

Personally I'd like to see some of this S+++++ that people say they are getting.  Not sure how one gets that many +'s.  Does it make visibility negative?

 

It could be all about climate change, maybe every storm on average is worse than those that preceded it. 

 

I like pictures.

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  On 2/14/2014 at 5:50 PM, PolarVortex said:

It could be all about climate change, maybe every storm on average is worse than those that preceded it.

I like pictures.

I did post a pic of the near whiteout yesterday in the obs thread. Much of that was wind caused but it was just dumping for 2 hours plus

Could not see the end of my driveway

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  On 2/14/2014 at 5:55 PM, HoarfrostHubb said:

I did post a pic of the near whiteout yesterday in the obs thread. Much of that was wind caused but it was just dumping for 2 hours plus

Could not see the end of my driveway

 

You always post photos.  I wasn't questioning anyone.  I'm just saying it seems like every storm is extreme.

There's no denying what happened in NJ yesterday and NYC..yikes!

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