I got caught up watching other Youtube videos after watching Ray's. This snow plow one has me wondering. Wouldn't it just be easier and quicker for someone with a backhoe or a bulldozer to remove the snow? Their rocket powered play toy is neat but it doesn't seem to be that efficient.
(After I originally posted this, I went back and read some of the comments. It seems others have the same thoughts about it's inefficiency.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eWFBETPOew (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eWFBETPOew)
It definitely is inefficient (he could've stopped between 35 and 45 minutes, that last chunk of snow was on the ground). But I bet cooler than heck to operate!
"The only difference between a man and boy is the size (or price) of his toys."
Most of the comments are from people that have never lived in that climate.
It's Lake Louise, Alberta......a bit southwest of where I am here in Edmonton. Looks like a pretty normal way of doing the job here in the north.
We have been using heat to thaw things out forever. They use the same truck to thaw switches. The jet beats using a Tiger Torch.
BTW.....that snow that's packed on the front of that plow.........you aren't going to break that up easily. It is as solid as concrete. Heat is the best way to remove that without damaging the underlying structure.
Sid
I defer to someone who has lived the life of cold hard snow. :) It doesn't get that bad down here.
Snow? What's that? 😂. Never saw it till I was 10, then it was 1" that melted by 3 o'clock. It may have snowed here at most 4 or 5 times since , all the same 1" deal. Accordingly I have no snow plows on my railroad.
Now, AUGUST down here. THAT'S a different story!🔥🔥☄️💥😱😨😮😵😅
Yeah, but they don't get hurricanes or tornadoes in Alberta.
Of course not. I've been through many hurricanes.
Here's the way I see it. In extreme heat you can slow down or lay down. Extreme cold can kill you. I've been marooned in extreme cold. I never want to be cold again.
A cold winter day down here is a cloudy windy damp 40. That's more than Enough.
Quote from: Maletrain on September 18, 2018, 09:29:58 AM
Yeah, but they don't get hurricanes or tornadoes in Alberta.
Not trying to be a smart ass or nothing, but here we go again with comments from people that know nothing about the big wide world.
In Alberta, in late fall and early winter, it is common to get windstorms in the Crowsnest Pass area with sustained speeds of 60-70 MPH. Stories like this are written every year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-storm-wind-speeds-damage-1.4700400 (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-storm-wind-speeds-damage-1.4700400)
And as for tornadoes .......well.....if they don't happen in Alberta, then Edmonton here experienced one heck of a dust devil back in 87...........
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_tornado (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_tornado)
Sid
Not trying to be a smart ass. But, there is a huge difference between a wind storm with winds of 122 mph and a hurricane with higher winds plus storm surge from the ocean and torrential rains, both together in one event that can drown you in more than one way. Yes, I know that torrential rains can also occur in other places for other reasons, too.
My point was really that most every place has its potential natural disasters, and we get to choose which ones we want to live with. But, I can't think of any place that is immune to all natural disasters.
For instance, Trainman203 is comfortable with extreme heat, but not with extreme cold. He says that he can "slow down or lay down" and endure in heat, but thinks that "extreme cold can kill." Actually either can kill. In extreme cold, you need more clothes, more shelter, more fuel and more food. In extreme heat, you need shelter and continued cooling like A/C.
My comment was made to respond to a guy who thinks he is going to a safer place by getting away from the cold, while he is actually going to a place that simply has other potentially deadly natural hazards.
I know all about hurricanes.
I lost " everything " in Katrina's flood and wind. And a following fire that finished the job. And never did fully recover, my repaired house "sucks" compared to before. Sid has probably had losses from weather too. I've not been through true arctic weather but I believe what he says.
But . On the positive. Without all the furniture I used to have , I now have room for a decent layout.
Like the songs go...
You've got ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive... (Bing Crosby)
Always look on the bright side of life... (Monty Python)
Quote from: Trainman203 on September 18, 2018, 08:03:14 AM
Snow? What's that? 😂. Never saw it till I was 10, then it was 1" that melted by 3 o'clock. It may have snowed here at most 4 or 5 times since , all the same 1" deal. Accordingly I have no snow plows on my railroad.
Now, AUGUST down here. THAT'S a different story!🔥🔥☄️💥😱😨😮😵😅
I feel sorry for you. Once in my area somewhere between 6 to 8 years ago we got like 3 feet of snow... At my age, the only thing sticking out was my face lol
Here, take a look. It was just my luck I ended up in MD, which as far as I know got the most snow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_5%E2%80%936,_2010_North_American_blizzard#United_States
No need to feel sorry for us down here! While you are shoveling your way out the door, check the temperature in Gulfport, Mobile, or anywhere on our beautiful coast!
Well... Can you ski down your neighborhood streets?
Who would want to?😂😂😂. We can wear short pants probably half the time in "winter". Typical January day is sunny 😎 with a high of 60 and a low of 40. I can't imagine who'd rather deal with snow than go out walking on a day like that wearing shorts.
To be truthful though, when it "does" snow an inch or so every ten years it absolutely paralyzes everything. No one knows how to drive in it. Schools close. Public agencies, including the one that I'm employed at, close.
To each his own though. If you want to ski down the street, have fun! ☃️❄️ We'll be down here doing this 🏊♂️🏌️♀️🏄♀️🚴♀️!!!!! 🤪😂
You can gloat now that you are out of hurricane season. Here in Maryland, we can get both. Rather have the snow.
You've got both. Maryland used to not get many hurricanes in the past,it seems. My friend outside Frederick never did say anything about them. But lately, yes, the east Coast has regularly taken a whipping. I've had mine so I know what it's like.
Nice RR country up there.
This is reminding me a getting assigned to what I though was warm and sunny Japan from a very wet and cold location in Turkey. Imagine my surprise when the first thing I heard as I was coming off the plane at my new base was, "Hope you brought your long underwear. We get 200+ inches of snow every winter."
Len
lol we get like 20 inches on average up here in md
LOLOL. I think it's cute when you southerners talk like you know about winter. ;D
Seriously, though......I grew up in Yellowknife and a bit in Inuvik. Look those places up, then come talk snow and cold. ;)
Sid
Haha Sid, you are correct, we definitely don't know about winter! And even more, we don't want to!😂😂😂
What's an August day like way up there? Summer is our model railroad season when we stay inside in the AC. Winter is when we get our outdoor type work done. It's going all the way down to 40 at night now!❄️❄️☃️☃️😂😂😂. Just finished some work in the yard in a bracing 60 degrees!
We had some Canadians come through Gulfport one April a few years ago. It was around 70 outside with maybe 75% humidity. Man we were about to have to call 911 for those guys! They were crying and about to pass out!😂😂😂
August here is our warmest month usually. We get into the 80s and low 90s. Not a nice time of year.....lol.
The 60 degrees is more to our liking. That sounds like Tshirt weather and a nice day at the track.
Wife and I lived in Tidewater Virginia for almost 10 years. That was too much heat for us to handle. Was really glad to move home.
Sid.
For me, the preferred temperature is around 65.
Y'all make me glad I live where I do. 20-30s in the winter, mostly 80s in the summer. Too hilly for tornadoes, sheltered by mountains from the big storms off the Atlantic, too far from the lake for lake effect snow, too wet for forest fires. All I gotta worry about are landslides and breathing problems from the steel mill down the street.
I looked up Inuvik weather. Looks like you don't need a kitchen refrigerator most of the year. Or a freezer!
You get acculturated to the climate you grew up in. I spent two years working in the northeast US, and never got used to the extended (relative) cold and low sun angle too much of the year.
Back to topic! I don't need a snowplow on my railroad. But I never knew about snow getting packed hard on the plow blade. The closest place I ever saw snowplows of any kind was northern Arkansas a few weeks ago, they were starting to appear on county trucks.
In my 86 years I have found out that there are nice things and bad things where ever you are. So lets just let it go and enjoy our railroads.
lol
Quote from: Trainman203 on November 18, 2018, 11:12:01 AM
... You get acculturated to the climate you grew up in. ...
I guess I was lucky to grow up in piedmont Maryland, where the range of temperature and humidity is large, and I spent a lot of time out-of-doors or at least with open windows. I notice that I rather quickly acclimate to whatever the weather is giving me. While in Florida, I was out in the sun in August doing things while the "natives" were standing in the shade talking about getting back into the A/C. While in Idaho in -20°F scraping my windshield, a coworker offered me a spare hat. (Yeah, I took it, because my ears were cold.) Of course, you do need to dress (or undress) for the conditions to be comfortable.
Come to Missouri. We have whatever climate you want. It just depends on what day it is.
Quote from: RAM on November 18, 2018, 09:22:59 PM
In my 86 years I have found out that there are nice things and bad things where ever you are. So lets just let it go and enjoy our railroads.
I like how we just keep going immediately after... xD
Montreal. Where two feet of snow overnight is no excuse for being late for work in the morning.
Where the morning temperature can be around -40C (About the same in F) and when you drive away, your tires have flat spots until the tires warm up.
Toronto. Six inches of snow and they all go home home from work because of the "heavy" snow fall. :-)
Victoria. Where two inches of snow shuts the city down. :-)
It's all relative.
Cheers
Roger T.
They always say that the drivers in the south don"t know how to drive in the snow. I see on tv, when they have a snow up north, they have cars and trucks all over the place.
Florida, where falling white stuff from the sky signals the Apocalypse.
Louisiana, where we are dreaming of a hot Christmas 😮😂 wearing short pants and sandals mowing the grass 😂😂.
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