CMNT does another thing

[CMNTMXR57]

Yea, not fun. I went through a blade on the Sawzall. Turned them down to little nubs.

And NO, keep that white stuff. We were supposed to get something over the weekend, which is why I was in such a rush to get it done. But then nothing fell. it was all rain. So I told the Wife "If this is what I gotta do to keep the snow away... I'll do it!"

[dougtoth]

Same thing here in Muskego,Wisconsin (10 miles west of Mitchel Field)
Not a single amount of snow fell.
Got about 1-1/2" of rain.
Weird to have the sump pump running in December.
That would have been 10-15" of snow.
About 25 miles west of here they got 4-6".
So glad it missed us.
I'm to the point of my life where I will take the cold over the snow.
I just hate what the salt does to my vehicles.
I will cut grass every day of the week compared to snow blowing.

[CMNTMXR57]

Yup, anti-salt here. Snow and salt creates such a mess. I'll take the cold.

[Sirius]

I agree about the wretched salt. I wish they'd quit using it ( maybe I can start an environmental campaign!). Just plow the snow and call it good. If you can't drive on the slick roads, work from home like COVID. I like the snow. I like driving in it and I have a snowblower so I don't mind moving it.

I also agree that owning a plow or a snowblower is great insurance and a deterrent to the snow gods. They think they're pulling a fast one when they think "He's got a new plow-truck/snowblower! Let's eff with him and not make any snow this year.". Ha! The joke's on you, snow gods, we don't care either way.

[CMNTMXR57]

I got the two snow blowers ready too.

[dougtoth]

I also have a 8HP Toro snowblower with the Tecumseh engine.
Great engine but no longer made.
Would not hurt my feelings if it sat in the garage all winter and never used.
Like I said numerous times I would rather cut grass every day of the week than use my snowblower.
My hands have never got cold cutting the grass.
I said when I retired I would like to move to a warmer climate.
We now have 2 Grandsons (11 & 8) who my wife adores.
So that will never happen.
One more week and the days start getting longer!!!!!

[CMNTMXR57]

The Tecumseh snow king is a beast.

But yea, I'd rather mow than snow blow.

[Sirius]

I know all about that grandkid thing. I wanted to build up in the mountains, but my kids and their spawn all live in the valley so that's where granny decided we need to be - near them. We're within 3 miles of 7 of the 9 grandkids, so granny's happy. I reckon I am too.

I like the change of seasons, but I don't like the shortened daylight hours in winter so, yeah, the 21st can't come soon enough. Oddly it seems the temperature lags behind the daylight length. By that I mean that in January the days get longer, but the average temperature is coldest in January. I guess it takes time for the Earth to feel the cooling effects of shorter days, and warming effects of longer days.

I have an old, like 1984, Honda 2-stage that's still chugging along. It provides some great mosquito abatement when it first starts up (one pull, 2 after resting all summer). Too bad mosquitoes aren't around in winter to experience it. The neighbors are, though.

[CMNTMXR57]

I was just gonna say, not many mosquitos this time of year.

I'm just tired of winter in general. I love living here in this metro area, but I tire of snow (I know, i've been saying it for years), but I just can't up and move the family. We have too much of a support network, and lets face it, all our lives are rooted here.

[dougtoth]

That is one thing I do like about winter,
NO BUGS!!!!
The only good thing.
What I hate about this time of the year is lack of daylight.
Sunrise is 7:17AM and sunset is 4:18 PM. (only 9 hours)
I wish we would stay on daylight savings time year round.
One good thing is the days will start getting longer on December 22nd.

[Sirius]

I wish we would stay on daylight savings time year round.

This.

As simple as it sounds, unfortunately there is a lot more involved with making the change than a State deciding to do so. And, as is always the case there will be supporters for staying on DST, supporters for staying on Standard Time, and supporters of the status quo. Personally I agree with staying on DST, but it may not happen in my lifetime.

https://landline.media/nine-states-have ... ving-time/

As for just loadin' up the truck and movin' to Beverly. Hills, that is. Swimmin' pools, movie stars...Well, for most of us that just ain't gonna happen once you're established in an area. While I have family in MI, my offspring are here and most of my wife's family are too. I like it here, but I do miss the water and greenery in MI (I don't miss the mosquitoes that could rival a pterodactyl). Like you, Lane, I'm not going anywhere.

[dougtoth]

The reason I have heard why they do it here in Wisconsin is for the kids at the bus stops in the early morning.
I do realize that makes sense.
I also will be staying here for the rest of my life.
I do love the weather from May through October.

[Sirius]

I've heard the bus stop argument here as well. The answer is, simply, start school an hour later. The kids will love that because they get to sleep in an extra hour. Might tax parents that need to get to work, though. But they're dealing with whacky school schedules right now due to COVID, so I think they could make hour-later school work.

[dougtoth]

I agree about starting school later.
The problem here is that they use the same buses for the elementary school and then for the junior high and high school.
Don't know how the schedule would work with the later start time.

[CMNTMXR57]

Official Wiki;

Industrialized societies usually follow a clock-based schedule for daily activities that do not change throughout the course of the year. The time of day that individuals begin and end work or school, and the coordination of mass transit, for example, usually remain constant year-round. In contrast, an agrarian society's daily routines for work and personal conduct are more likely governed by the length of daylight hours[1][2] and by solar time, which change seasonally because of the Earth's axial tilt. North and south of the tropics daylight lasts longer in summer and shorter in winter, with the effect becoming greater the further one moves away from the tropics.

By synchronously resetting all clocks in a region to one hour ahead of standard time, individuals who follow such a year-round schedule will wake an hour earlier than they would have otherwise; they will begin and complete daily work routines an hour earlier, and they will have available to them an extra hour of daylight after their workday activities.[3][4] However, they will have one less hour of daylight at the start of each day, making the policy less practical during winter.[5][6]

While the times of sunrise and sunset change at roughly equal rates as the seasons change, proponents of daylight saving time argue that most people prefer a greater increase in daylight hours after the typical "nine to five" workday.[7][8] Supporters have also argued that DST decreases energy consumption by reducing the need for lighting and heating, but the actual effect on overall energy use is heavily disputed.

The manipulation of time at higher latitudes (for example Iceland, Nunavut, Scandinavia or Alaska) has little impact on daily life, because the length of day and night changes more extremely throughout the seasons (in comparison to other latitudes), and thus sunrise and sunset times are significantly out of phase with standard working hours regardless of manipulations of the clock.[9] DST is also of little use for locations near the equator, because these regions see only a small variation in daylight in the course of the year.[10] The effect also varies according to how far east or west the location is within its time zone, with locations farther east inside the time zone benefiting more from DST than locations farther west in the same time zone.[11]

TBH, while I knew some of that, I thought it may have also had something to do with the world wars of the early century.

[Sirius]

TBH, while I knew some of that, I thought it may have also had something to do with the world wars of the early century.

Yeah, I heard that as well, and it sounds plausible. But then I was also told that storing a battery on concrete will drain it, and if you moved the shifter on your multi-speed bicycle while it was stationary you'd "strip the gears". Both those are a farce.

[CMNTMXR57]

So gotta keep this updated too.

Just before we had a couple of weeks of non-stop snow, nearly 4ft of it, I broke down and got new tires for it. Splurged and got BFG A/T's. I had originally been looking at bigger wheels overall to give me more tire size (and subsequently additional "free" lift) options which is an issue with the HD's PYO wheel as it's a 16.5" rim. The biggest size you can go (which I have) is 265/75/16. Hence why I was looking for bigger wheels. The next issue is that GM OEM wheels were a very limited selection on HD trucks up until 2010. So it was the PYO wheel or one or two other GMC versions which NEVER materialize on CL or anywhere else. In 2011, GM changed the *dang* bolt pattern from 8x165.1 (mine) to 8x180. Which means in order to mount them, you then need a massive billet adaptor. The thing is, sooo many good looking HD wheels are out there in the 8x180 bolt pattern...

So here she sits on the stock PYO wheels with new rubber;


HOWEVER, one version of the 8x165.1 GM OEM wheels that I never, ever thought about that look REALLY good with the HD wheels hubcap is... Hummer H2 wheels... Here is a pic of a 3/4 ton Suburban (not mine), with the Hummer H2 wheels and the OEM HD PYO center caps;


With that said, a member of TCG has a set (one has a cracked lip), that he said I could have, so I will pick those up this weekend. When I wear out the BFG's, I will swap (fixing the one wheel of course).

Other than that, I've sealed my oil cooler lines, will be doing rear diff, front diff and transfer case fluid changes. I found one of the ride height sensors in back was busted, so that part should be here shortly.

[CMNTMXR57]

Also a gratuitous picture of it doing snow things, clearing the court from that aformentioned snow.

[Sirius]

I think I used the snowblower once this winter. It's back in the shed until next winter now.

I like the look of those Hummer wheels! What is the diameter? I wouldn't mind putting a set on my Silverado. I'm OK with the PYO wheels, but a change might be nice.

[CMNTMXR57]

17 x 8.5 and as mentioned the 8 x 165.1 bolt pattern. What year is yours again? If it's 2011+ this won't work. Also, keep in mind, depending on tire size, you may have to do a body lift for clearance. That Suburban I posted I believe had a lift.

We went from 0 - 60 in 3 weeks. We were just shy of 4ft.