OT. Scooping Snow

Mammoth mountain has gotten 381" in the last two and a half months, the groomed base is just under 200".

I would have guessed more in that area. When I lived in CT most years we got at least one 12 to 18" snowfall creating a minor inconvenience. After a few years I bought a snow blower making it very easy. Town and state kept the roads drive-able. We average about double your annual amount.

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It was more than two feet several years ago and an aching back that got me buying a snow thrower.

I bookmarked your source. My brother lives in a town full of rich people by my standards. He has an email to read tomorrow.

We had three feet a week aago and server more inches since.

My aching back asked me to ask you what snow thrower you purchased and if you are happy with it?

See , that's what I love about Rusty , my JD 317 yard tractor (built in 1982). He mows the yard (can't call it grass ...) in the summer then plows the snow in the winter . In between he hauls firewood out of the woods , moves dirt , and keeps my driveway smooth and weed free .

Never heard of "Scooping snow".

I thought it might be some new LGBTQ sex term, but turns out it is used by rural Nebraskans who have been out of the loop for a hundred years.

Yeah, I've shoveled a lot of snow in my life but I ain't never scooped none.

It is a Troy-Bilt from Lowes and I am happy with it. Only problem I had in first couple of years was leaving stabilized gas in it off season and I had to have it serviced when it did not start. Now I just run it dry at end of season. This was years ago and the problem was ethanol in the gasoline and maybe they are built to account for widespread usage of this crap.

This is a scoop shovel in my world. Scooping corn is a common phrase.

The fully vac-scam-ated should buy a snowblower and probably avoid exercise. Even kids are dropping from that poisonous shot.

Consumer Reports' Ratings of 3 stage snowblowers: Troy-Bilt Vortex 2610. $1,500-1,850. Score 84 Cub Cadet 3X 30" HD. $2,000 Score 83 Cub Cadet 3X 26" TRAC. $2,100-2,300. Score 82 I can look up some of the 2 stage blowers if you want. They're rated higher for some reason.

I am penta-vaxed with no problem. So is my daughter in law and she is on her third bout of Covid.

We had more snow than usual one year and my shovel broke about halfway through. There wasn't a snow shovel left in town but I found a grain scoop at the ranch supply. It sucked for shoveling snow but it got me through.

Fresh air and exercise can be good, but shoveling snow can be hazardous to your health.

The not a real vaccine vaccine tricks your RNA in to creating a protein that sticks to one of the spikes on the virus. Your body then aggressively attacks the protein and kills anything attached to it. For those unlucky individuals that the protein attaches to other things in your body, you are in real trouble. Fortunately, your body clears out the protein in about two months. This is why the fully not a real vaccine vaccinated get covid as bad as everyone else. And why all the blood clots, lungs bleeding out, etc..

And sometimes worse due to a mechanism called "Antibody dependent enhancement" which interferes with your body creating real antibodies against the virus targeted by the not a real vaccine vaccine.

And lately, "sudden unexplained deaths" are plaguing the not a real vaccine vaccinated, so you be really, really careful my (e)friend. I want you around for many, many more years.

And the back of your head when you fall on your ass!

My wife got me this for walking on the snow/ice. They work really well, but are slippery on dry pavement:

Did not show but expect to see those cleats that slip over shoes or boots. I have a few pair. Boots OK in snow but cleats needed for ice. Son needed shoulder surgery after falling on ice going to his mail box.

amazon.com/EnergeticSky-Upgraded-Traction-Stainless-Mountian/dp/B078C7BY2J

Kahtoola MICROspikes were the first but they are $75. The knockoffs are around $20 and are just as good. I've got a pair of boots that I leave them on. The trails here are snow packed and icy and these really dig in. If you walk across solid ice you hear the crunching and if you look back you can see the chips taken out of the surface. They aren't great on dry surfaces.

amazon.com/Yaktrax-Snow-Trax-Large-Extra/dp/B07XNKW85C

I've got a similar Yaktrax style on an old pair of sneakers for walking around the yard and to get the mail. They work well and aren't as awkward on dry pavement. The spikes can come out. Yaktrax has changed the way they're molded in over the years so the latest generation might be better.

I used the Yaktrax with the coils for years and usually got one season before the neoprene webbing would break. They weren't as good as the SnowTrax on ice nor were they as good as the microspikes in the woods particularly if you go off-trail.