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Moving snow at my parents home.

Well, at least you were sitting in a nice warm cab whilst doing the work. :)
 
Two years ago I was pushing snow every 2 to 3 days. Luckily they have an all wheel drive car, sometimes I can't always be there on time.
 
Duke, your selfie reminded me of ploughing in NZ when I left school in the mid 60's, no cab on the tractor and fingers frozen to the steering wheel. Came to Western Australia in 1969.............the tractors have cabs and the sand-gropers rarely see snow.
 
Some day I will put a cab on my Kubota tractor, I should have a long time ago. Now they cost a minimum $ 10,000.
Would relish the warmth in the winter and AC for the summer.
 
duke said:
Luckily they have an all wheel drive car
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One of our cars is a 4WD. The other is a RWD (BMW). We don't have any snow-related problem with either despite living 3 KM down a forest road dead end. We get regular snow for long periods but I think it is rarely as deep as you have to deal with. The roads are well cleared and we have good studded tyres, so all is fine.

I envy you having a tractor - I would like one but really can't justify it just for clearing snow on 50m of driveway. Besides, the guy who clears the road we live on will also clear our driveway for a small consideration, and that is a lot easier than doing it myself. I just have to clear a walkway from the cars to the front door, which is only 15 or 20 metres. Easily done with a snow shovel, unless it is cold and the snow is knee deep. That is when it gets tedious.

For me the worst is the spring time when temperatures regularly get above freezing then drop again. Just getting from the house to the car is like trying to cross a wet ice rink. Even standing up without moving can be difficult. Driving is a lot easier than walking in those conditions.
 
Just4fun said:
One of our cars is a 4WD. The other is a RWD (BMW). We don't have any snow-related problem with either despite living 3 KM down a forest road dead end. We get regular snow for long periods but I think it is rarely as deep as you have to deal with. The roads are well cleared and we have good studded tyres, so all is fine.

I envy you having a tractor - I would like one but really can't justify it just for clearing snow on 50m of driveway. Besides, the guy who clears the road we live on will also clear our driveway for a small consideration, and that is a lot easier than doing it myself. I just have to clear a walkway from the cars to the front door, which is only 15 or 20 metres. Easily done with a snow shovel, unless it is cold and the snow is knee deep. That is when it gets tedious.

For me the worst is the spring time when temperatures regularly get above freezing then drop again. Just getting from the house to the car is like trying to cross a wet ice rink. Even standing up without moving can be difficult. Driving is a lot easier than walking in those conditions.
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Do you not have those elasticated web things with spikes on that go over your boots?
 
SamQ aka Ah! Q! said:
Those are bloomin' dangerous Roger. Go studded boots (like fishermans') or full-on crampons. Articulated ones are cheap and can be adjusted to fit most boots.
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Why's that, Sam ? They've always worked fine for me on the hill.
 
Just4fun said:
One of our cars is a 4WD. The other is a RWD (BMW). We don't have any snow-related problem with either despite living 3 KM down a forest road dead end. We get regular snow for long periods but I think it is rarely as deep as you have to deal with. The roads are well cleared and we have good studded tyres, so all is fine.

I envy you having a tractor - I would like one but really can't justify it just for clearing snow on 50m of driveway. Besides, the guy who clears the road we live on will also clear our driveway for a small consideration, and that is a lot easier than doing it myself. I just have to clear a walkway from the cars to the front door, which is only 15 or 20 metres. Easily done with a snow shovel, unless it is cold and the snow is knee deep. That is when it gets tedious.

For me the worst is the spring time when temperatures regularly get above freezing then drop again. Just getting from the house to the car is like trying to cross a wet ice rink. Even standing up without moving can be difficult. Driving is a lot easier than walking in those conditions.
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As you say when the driveway becomes ice it is hard to walk on.
 
Roger and Duke: the original 'instep' devices were poorly secured, prone to moving under the foot, not staying in place, and causing users to slip and fall. Some were just coarse wire, no spikes. Very flaky.
Proper spiked, articulated, crampons (NOT the climbing ones) extend to the whole sole, and are firmly secured by straps that can be 'laced' in such a way that, if the buckle comes undone, the straps stays in place, firmly locating the crampon and locomotion is safe.
I've never seen ones like the ones in Duke's photos, they look like old-fashioned galoshes, with attitude. I'd speculate that, rough sole is good for grip, and the 'whole shoe' design would be more secure than the 'instep only' version.
Can't see any spikes though.
 
RogerS said:
Do you not have those elasticated web things with spikes on that go over your boots?
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No, I have always thought it would be too much faffing about to keep putting them on & taking them off. Put them on the get to the car, take them off to drive, put them on again to get into wherever I am going, take them off because you can't wear them indoors - and what do you do with them whilst wandering around a shop or whatever. So no, I have never even tried them.
 
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