[Oneacer]

First day of Spring .... looking forward in the forecast, seeing the Robins pulling the worms from the greening yards, and the daffodils and tulips starting to bloom .... pretty safe to say here in CT that winter is behind us ....guess I will start dusting off the dust from the blowers, fire them up and give them all a dry run around the yard and some more wax ....

 

[KJSeller]

I'm looking forward to getting the snow to melt. Will probably take another week or more.

 

[rwh963]

you've jinxed us! now we are going to get a blizzard!!

 

[JJG723]

April 1st 1997, Boston, 25.4" 😁🙏🙏🙏

 

[crazzywolfie]

you've jinxed us! now we are going to get a blizzard!!

i don't know about that. we almost always get snow in April like an April fools joke so i doubt much will change this year.
here is a picture from april 17 2018. we got hit with some pretty hard stuff. i think i only did about 7 driveways that day but ended up with blisters with how i was having to handle the machine to get through the snow.

and here is what the roads looked like the day before. pretty much undrivable without 4x4

 

[tabora]

April 1st 1997, Boston, 25.4"

In 1982, a blizzard impacted the northeast U.S. on April 6 and 7, dumping 1-2 ft of snow. This storm remains the record holder for storm total snowfall in April at Portland with 15.9 inches. There was more like 2+ feet at my house in Cape Elizabeth.

My eldest son was born late evening on April 5th. I was unable to leave the hospital on April 6th due to the blizzard conditions. I had gone to the hospital in a T-shirt, shorts & Docksiders with no socks (it was warm on the 5th). On the 7th, I went out and hopped around on one foot while I dug the 4 feet of plowed snow away from the drivers door with my left shoe. When I got to the end of my street, there was a 3 foot plow berm and I couldn't break through it. I ended up wading down to my house in thigh-deep snow, then used my ancient Craftsman model 18 to make a path back up the street to my car after I changed into more appropriate clothes.

 

[aldfam4]

First day of Spring .... looking forward in the forecast, seeing the Robins pulling the worms from the greening yards, and the daffodils and tulips starting to bloom .... pretty safe to say here in CT that winter is behind us ....guess I will start dusting off the dust from the blowers, fire them up and give them all a dry run around the yard and some more wax ....

Yup, we got 3 50 plus degree days coming next week here Buffalo area of Western New York. I've got some garage clutter to clean up!!

 

[rwh963]

Ancient is an understatement!

 

[guzzijohn]

Below zero w.c. last night 30s & 40s next week. Still be a month before blowers replace mowers in shed.

 

[JJG723]

In 1982, a blizzard impacted the northeast U.S. on April 6 and 7, dumping 1-2 ft of snow. This storm remains the record holder for storm total snowfall in April at Portland with 15.9 inches. There was more like 2+ feet at my house in Cape Elizabeth.

My eldest son was born late evening on April 5th. I was unable to leave the hospital on April 6th due to the blizzard conditions. I had gone to the hospital in a T-shirt, shorts & Docksiders with no socks (it was warm on the 5th). On the 7th, I went out and hopped around on one foot while I dug the 4 feet of plowed snow away from the drivers door with my left shoe. When I got to the end of my street, there was a 3 foot plow berm and I couldn't break through it. I ended up wading down to my house in thigh-deep snow, then used my ancient Craftsman model 18 to make a path back up the street to my car after I changed into more appropriate clothes.
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See, never leave the house without socks! 🤣. I don't remember that one. But then, I was only 8½ months old.

How was that old craftsman to run? Did it perform better than your Honda? Probably, because ya know, they don't make 'em like they used to... Thank God! 😁😂🤣.

I saw a "newer" version one time so I snapped a pic. Rotating chute, rubber tires, talk about being spoiled!

 

[tabora]

How was that old craftsman to run?

It worked surprisingly well; it was a freebie and lasted until 1987, when I replaced it with a new Honda HS80K1TAS. That Honda then lasted until 2017 when I replaced it with the HSS1332AATD. Each device was a quantum improvement over the prior one, with the biggest improvement being the Model 18 vs my old aluminum shovel (which I still have)...

Here's my Dad demonstrating said shovel back in the 1960s:

 

[JJG723]

It worked surprisingly well; it was a freebie and lasted until 1987, when I replaced it with a new Honda HS80K1TAS. That Honda then lasted until 2017 when I replaced it with the HSS1332AATD. Each device was a quantum improvement over the prior one, with the biggest improvement being the Model 18 vs my old aluminum shovel (which I still have)...

Here's my Dad demonstrating said shovel back in the 1960s:

The things that shovel has seen... 👍

 

[Honda1132]

Mostly bare lawn here. The Honda is moved to the back of the garage but still ready to go in the event of a late March or April storm (I.e. the smelt storm). I'll probably change the oil in May. I have to give the mower a couple of coats of wax though.

The extra daylight when we leave the office at 6 in the evening is nice.

 

[badbmwbrad]

Here is the same machine for sale on FB Marketplace for the last few years. No takers...

Link

used my ancient Craftsman model 18 to make a path back up the street to my car a

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[rwh963]

It worked surprisingly well; it was a freebie and lasted until 1987, when I replaced it with a new Honda HS80K1TAS. That Honda then lasted until 2017 when I replaced it with the HSS1332AATD. Each device was a quantum improvement over the prior one, with the biggest improvement being the Model 18 vs my old aluminum shovel (which I still have)...

Here's my Dad demonstrating said shovel back in the 1960s:

looks like he's dressed for sunday mass!

 

[tabora]

looks like he's dressed for sunday mass!

He was on his way to work at Oakhurst Dairy in Portland (Executive VP).

 

[JJG723]

He was on his way to work at Oakhurst Dairy in Portland (Executive VP).

Best chocolate milk in the game, 😋

 

[deezlfan]

Based on the old wifes tale that says Spring will come when it snows on the robin's tail 3 times, we have a long ways to go here in Southern Tier NY. Haven't even seen a robin yet.

 

[Cummins Fan]

What snow????? We haven't had a decent snowstorm yet this season. I believe the most snow we have had on one day was a little under 3" and it melted into days.

I made sure it would not snow this season by buying a new snowblower in the late fall.

 

[tabora]

Best chocolate milk in the game

Sometimes on holidays, my siblings and I would go to the dairy with him (he usually volunteered to pull holiday duty to allow employees the day off). We could hang out in the President's office and watch cartoons or the Macy's parade on the COLOR TV, or go into the route drivers' tallying room, which had many large mechanical adding machines to play with, as well as a fresh milk dispenser with white, chocolate and eggnog as options (and others). We could mix flavors to try to achieve the "perfect" flavor milk.