Posted by John Eickhof on Saturday, February 07, 2004 at 10:36PM :
In Reply to: Hey Chris - Got snow ?? where is Mrs. PIGGY ? posted by OTM mike (in Idaho) on Saturday, February 07, 2004 at 11:12AM :
Fired up the 67 W200 to plow today...the drifts were 4-5ft high in my 1/10th mile driveway, I started out 2nd gear high...hit the second big drift, swund the old PW around pretty good! I hit the earlier windrow of snow under the fresh snow on the drivers side of the road...oh s$&t!! The hydraulic swing rams didnot giveway fast enough! Put a nice 6-7" bend in the 3/8 thick x 2 x 2 angle iren A frame on the plow! (Meyers) I managed to finish getting a single pass on the drive, then returned to the shop to effect repairs!
It took a bottle of Acetylene, 2 hydraulic jacks, and a 10 lb. sledge hammer to re-straighten the A frame! Then I blew out a hose on the swing cylinder! boy what a day!
I started at 6:30 am...I just finished plowing about an hour ago. The winds were from the east at about 15 mph all nite! Now they say 35-40 mph winds from the WEST tonite!! Its gonna blow all that snow right back here!! Oh well....The block heater is plugged in and the W200 is ready to roll in the morning!! Once again I was alone..so no time for pictures!!!