Home for days off. I barely managed to get in the drive way with my 3/4 ton 4x4 pickup. Boy we sure have gotten a lot of snow it is no wonder my wife has been so concerned. I found a flyer for a gentleman who charges $55 an hour to plow driveways. So after 3 hours of plowing with his skid steer the driveway and parking spots are free of snow. Off tractor shopping! We are going to look at Case, New Holland, Kubota, and John Deere. We did get a recommendation for Mahindra but as they do not have a dealer near us we ruled them it out. I do like to shop local when ever I can. After comparing features, H.P. and price we decided to go with John Deere Green. It is a 1025R has a front end loader, mid mount pto driven mower, and a 3 point hitch with rear pto. The tractor has 25 H.P so it should be big enough to do everything we need it to do. We are adding a rear blade for plowing snow, chains, and a soft cab. The salesman took my wife into the parking lot and let her drive a model that was close to the one we were getting. We take delivery of it next week.
With all of the snow we have gotten the wood pile is getting to be very difficult to get at as the tarps are weighed down to the point it is very hard to fold back. We managed to get a 12 X 20 portable garage from Canadian Tire on sale for almost 60% off. After getting the tarps off and restacking some of the wood, we were able to erect the shelter around the wood pile fairly easy. Now it is just a matter of making sure the snow doesn't pile up to much on top of it and collapse it.
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