What did you do WITH your Gladiator today?

[trust]

Snow? What is this snow of which you speak? It's so dry here you can't muster enough spit to lick your fingers....

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[RudeJeepin]

Plowed snow AGAIN, what else.
Put the plow on it Friday, cleared the little bit we had gotten (a couple of inches), left it on and parked it, then plowed again today after yesterday's snow.
Getting hard to pile it up as the snow piles settle and get packed and hard to shove back for more snow

This is why I push the snow back as far as possible. Gotta think snow storage for future dumpings.
First year at our current house, I thought I had started far enough back. Ended up having to borrow my buddy's tractor and use the front end loader to move the piles back.

 

[RudeJeepin]

That's why I blow.

WOW, that didn't come out right.

I had to blow today.

That sounded even worse.

That's it, no more posts on this post.

Not even gonna go there.

 

[DiehardTory]

That's why I blow.

WOW, that didn't come out right.

I had to blow today.

That sounded even worse.

That's it, no more posts on this post.

Drove the Troy 28" Blower as the Mojave sat covered in 5" of Snow. Never had room to plow with 4 Jeeps and the company car in the driveway parking spots; the Troy gets it Dun.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Plowed snow AGAIN, what else.
Put the plow on it Friday, cleared the little bit we had gotten (a couple of inches), left it on and parked it, then plowed again today after yesterday's snow.
Getting hard to pile it up as the snow piles settle and get packed and hard to shove back for more snow

Plowed snow AGAIN, what else.
Put the plow on it Friday, cleared the little bit we had gotten (a couple of inches), left it on and parked it, then plowed again today after yesterday's snow.
Getting hard to pile it up as the snow piles settle and get packed and hard to shove back for more snow

I can’t believe you’ve gotten more storms than we have in the Rockies so far this year. One 10-12” storm. But that’s mostly melted and gone. Nothing since. The whole week was highs in the 50’s.

 

[WILDHOBO]

That's why I blow.

WOW, that didn't come out right.

I had to blow today.

That sounded even worse.

That's it, no more posts on this post.

I used to be able to blow 50 feet.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

This is why I push the snow back as far as possible. Gotta think snow storage for future dumpings.
First year at our current house, I thought I had started far enough back. Ended up having to borrow my buddy's tractor and use the front end loader to move the piles back.

I had it back farther than I normally do (in one case had to stop because the house was in the way) but we've gotten more than typical in multiple snows, it all added up. Making it worse, the freeze/thaw turned some of it into ICE.

Drove the Troy 28" Blower as the Mojave sat covered in 5" of Snow. Never had room to plow with 4 Jeeps and the company car in the driveway parking spots; the Troy gets it Dun.

I quite using the JD lawn tractor with the blade because it took forever and it's damned cold on that thing. Raynaud's got the better of me many times. It just became unbearable.
I sit in a very warm truck when plowing.
The typical pattern here is -
snow
wind
extreme cold
heating up again
rinse
repeat
Seldom is it ever warm after a snow, usually cold as hell and often windy. Last couple of times the wind came 2 or 3 days later (50 mph for over 12 hours straight)

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I can’t believe you’ve gotten more storms than we have in the Rockies so far this year. One 10-12” storm. But that’s mostly melted and gone. Nothing since. The whole week was highs in the 50’s.

It's one of the most snowy Decembers in quite a while.

From local KCCI weather site -

DES MOINES, Iowa —
Following another snowy Saturday, Des Moines now has 18.0 inches of snowfall so far this season.

That's more than the 14.3 inches that fell all of the 2024-2025 season.

By contrast, average annual snowfall in the metro area is 36.5 inches.


LOVING the Mojave for snow removal. Good traction, turns sharp as heck.
Just wish the plow didn't cause HVAC and heating issues.

 

[MT1]

Hauled a little over 620 lbs of concrete pavers and 210 lbs DIY shed parts, then used the bed and tailgate as the workbench.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Hauled a little over 620 lbs of concrete pavers and 210 lbs DIY shed parts, then used the bed and tailgate as the workbench.

Pictures of the shed?

 

[WILDHOBO]

Pictures of the shed?

We recently in the last couple of weeks got a small tractor. Thanks to @ChrisNLA for the sub compact recommendation and review. Trying to decide whether to cover it and all attachments, ir figure something out like an inexpensive enclosure for all of it. I actually like the idea of a shed without a floor. That way I don’t need to care about weight limits.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

We recently in the last couple of weeks got a small tractor. Thanks to @ChrisNLA for the sub compact recommendation and review. Trying to decide whether to cover it and all attachments, ir figure something out like an inexpensive enclosure for all of it. I actually like the idea of a shed without a floor. That way I don’t need to care about weight limits.

Here, they don't allow that.
Some areas require a structure to be bolted to a concrete slab, others require a concrete floor for any implement or vehicle that contains gas and oil. (farms excluded)
I was not able to use my shop until it had a concrete floor - wasn't even able to park my F20 in it.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Here, they don't allow that.
Some areas require a structure to be bolted to a concrete slab, others require a concrete floor for any implement or vehicle that contains gas and oil. (farms excluded)
I was not able to use my shop until it had a concrete floor - wasn't even able to park my F20 in it.

Interesting. I’ll look into that. I know I can build a shed up to 200 square feet without a permit here. But I didn’t know about the floor thing. Oh well. If I excavated a pad, it wouldn’t be that much more work to pour some concrete. But I wonder if gravel and a moisture barrier would be acceptable.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Interesting. I’ll look into that. I know I can build a shed up to 200 square feet without a permit here. But I didn’t know about the floor thing. Oh well. If I excavated a pad, it wouldn’t be that much more work to pour some concrete. But I wonder if gravel and a moisture barrier would be acceptable.

Check your loco authorities............. stuff varies a bit, but they get really sticky here.
The only reason I was allowed a 2 story shop building that is 27' from ground to top is because our property slopes so much, the top of my shop sits lower than the top of our ranch style house roof - otherwise, in residential areas, outbuildings cannot exceed the height of the primary residence.

In our case, I was lucky our ground has such a slope to it.

 

[ChrisNLA]

Here, they don't allow that.
Some areas require a structure to be bolted to a concrete slab, others require a concrete floor for any implement or vehicle that contains gas and oil. (farms excluded)
I was not able to use my shop until it had a concrete floor - wasn't even able to park my F20 in it.

Wonder what the local codes are here.

My buddy bought a house around five years ago on 3 acres, and he built a hodge podge roof with a gravel floor to keep some old projects out of the sun. It's like 32x60 feet 'Walled in' on three sides.

Hurricane Ida hit us pretty direct though and it stayed put - so I say it passed inspection

We're putting up some covered parking next year and I can tell you, it's getting a rock floor and a metal roof (no walls), with or without the parish's input.

When we add the shop on the other side of the house though, that'll be done 'correctly'. It's all about balance, lol.

Speaking of permits, back in 2016 approximately 146,000 houses were flood damaged in our area. I bet the amount of them that were repaired without permits is staggering. Guess that will be a sin everyone pays for at some point. After the flood I went to town hall (itself destroyed by flood) inquiring about what I needed to do before repairing and the response was basically 'get to work and leave a window uncovered so we can peek in'. I guess it's different times though when you can drive for literally miles in any direction and every house is just a mountain of debris in the front yard.

Edit: I'm not saying permits don't have a place. Just telling my experiences of how life has gone

@WILDHOBO anything with a gravel floor you'll want good ventilation anyway. At least one open wall or more. It'll end up a moisture trap and rust everything inside. Down here it would, anyway. May be different in the western mountains

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