On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:38:49 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> brooklyn1 > wrote:
>
>> >I'm surprised you don't at least have a tent cover over it. Must be a
>> >bear to dig all the snow off of it before you can drive it?
>>
>> Maybe you never lived in snow country.
>
>I have.
>
>> A tent would be a disaster,
>> snow is *heavy*...
>
>Yes, but with a sufficiently pointy roof, most of it slides off. Does
>not build up to significant weight. But, your point is well taken none
>the less. ;-)
>
>> many car ports around here collapse from snow...
>> what do you think happens to the vehicle??? I thought about building
>> another utility shed but one large enough would be pricey. And those
>> plastic quansets are short lived and for what they are they're pricey
>> too, and any kind of shed right next to the house is ugly. Takes me
>> no more than five minutes with a soft broom to sweep the snow off the
>> tractor... snow is all cleaned off long before the tractor warms up...
>> has to idle like 15 minutes before the motor and all the hydraulics
>> are warmed... while I wait I go back inside for one last pee before I
>> plow. LOL
>
>Sounds like you keep at it. No 3 ft. of snow builds up on top of the
>tractor! <g>

I don't need to brush off any more snow than so I can see, really just
the glass and the motor cowl. .. once the cab warms with the
defrosters on all the snow melts off anyway. Any snow on the tires
rolls off soon as I start to move, and I don't care about what snow is
on the roof... soon as the cab heats up all I gotta do is go in
reverse and make a hard stop, it all slides off behind me. Most of
the work is to shovel off the driveway pavement from the garage doors
to the length of the tractor... the whole idea of being parked up
close before it snows is so I don't roll over the snow and compact it,
then I can't shovel it very easily and the only place I'd be able to
plow it is into the garage. And right now I have the oil pan heater
plugged in, so like in five minutes I'll be starting up the tractor,
let it warm, and move it off the driveway back along side the house so
I can get my car out. I have this all figured out.