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[ACecil]

You guys stay safe in the cold and snow!

[red56turbo]

Sorry to hear you guys got hit with snow and cold Jonathon. My parents live down near Peoria and only got 6-8 inches. I live north of the Quad Cities in Iowa and we only got a dusting of snow. Pretty sharp cutoff line. We did get down to an actual temp of -23* and wind chills of -50*. I heard at the same time the temp in Alaska was in the 20's. I bet having the cab on was sure nice. Can't wait to see some pics!

[J-Mech]

Well, we made it home last night. For some reason we haven't figured out yet, out furnace had not ran. It was on when we got there, but it was 43° in the house. We put like 5 blankets on the bed, and woke up to a 68° house, so it's warming back up. Don't know if the t-stat stuck, or the regulator froze. It has a standing pilot that never went out. We discovered this am our laundry room water is froze off, and when I tried to take a shower found out the drain on the tub is frozen. My house is over 100yrs old, and can't get under it. Don't know how were going to fix that. Guess I'll call the landlord and see what he wants to do!

Yeah, the blower is down for the count. Wore the worm gear out in the auger drive. Parts still available, so guess I'll order a new one. Gotta fix the impeller while I have it apart. It's been bent for a while (last few seasons) don't know how it happened, but I use this thing pretty heavily. Clearing parking lots and driveways in town. It ran from about 10 yesterday morning till 8 last night when it broke.

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Here's some pics of the snow clearing work yesterday. Enjoy!

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Well, back to work. Just got a call, girl stuck in a driveway!

[Cubcrazy]

Sorry to hear about the house Jonathan.
Nice snow moving pics!

[ACecil]

Sorry, your blower tore up. Enjoyed the snow removal pics!

[Sam Mac]

Man you can't catch a break.

Got a call from my daughter in Columbus SC, pipes froze and blew out. Happy Happy Happy

[drglinski]

I would not likely be doing it without some sort of windscreen/windbreaker etc if it weren't just my own driveway. I did take a break and come in and warm up. My cub was sitting in my cold garage wishing to come in.

[jimbob200521]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

Well, we made it home last night. For some reason we haven't figured out yet, out furnace had not ran. It was on when we got there, but it was 43° in the house. We put like 5 blankets on the bed, and woke up to a 68° house, so it's warming back up. Don't know if the t-stat stuck, or the regulator froze. It has a standing pilot that never went out. We discovered this am our laundry room water is froze off, and when I tried to take a shower found out the drain on the tub is frozen. My house is over 100yrs old, and can't get under it. Don't know how were going to fix that. Guess I'll call the landlord and see what he wants to do!

Yeah, the blower is down for the count. Wore the worm gear out in the auger drive. Parts still available, so guess I'll order a new one. Gotta fix the impeller while I have it apart. It's been bent for a while (last few seasons) don't know how it happened, but I use this thing pretty heavily. Clearing parking lots and driveways in town. It ran from about 10 yesterday morning till 8 last night when it broke.

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Here's some pics of the snow clearing work yesterday. Enjoy!

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Well, back to work. Just got a call, girl stuck in a driveway!

OUCH!! That looks pretty shredded to me. However, before it went, it looked like it was kicking some major snow butt!

Edit: One thing I will say about these Cub blowers is they aren't afraid of a hard days work. My QA42A on a 682 with a siezed pulley (always running, can't shut off and don't have time to fix it) has routinely run 3-4 hours each day we've gotten snow clearing out work, my place, and a couple neighbors' driveways. However, seeing how well yours works, I want a 2 stage now

[spudder]

Guys, I live about 25 miles north of Jonathan and work in the oilfields just north of his hometown. We had probably 3 to 4 inches more snow here with 20-30 MPH winds. Power was out Sunday afternoon until 3 PM yesterday. Gets pretty chilly in sub zero temperatures.
We've been out shutting down the oil leases every day since Sunday afternoon. They have been freezing up and causing problems. Finally decided just to shut things down until it warms up. Gonna be a real SOB thawing things out.
It was -14 yesterday morning when we left town. All roads were "closed" but we plowed through busting drifts and were able to make the 40+ mile round trip to the leases. We ran with two trucks in case we had a problem. The Chevy pickups did GOOD!
Through it all, it's been kinda fun. It's been an adventure for sure.
One thing I found out real quick......I need tire chains for the 2182.
Hope everyone is safe and warm.
Tim

[EricR]

Nice pics Jonathan, yeah sorry about the blower blues, good thing most of us can fix our own stuff. Don't worry I watch my steps as I can't have anymore problems than I already do,lol.