When a broom just won't do , reach for a shovel

Bruce from Can. · Jan 21, 2016

Better yet , use a tractor! Had to go out with the flat
bed today, and it had not moved for a week or so.
And had 6-10 inches of hard snow and ice. Didn't
want it flying off on some little car, and my broom
wouldn't toch it. So I had a big shovel handy. And a
hour turned into the sun , clean as a pin. Don't
recomend this for de- icing the windshield.

JF in MI · Jan 21, 2016

Now that IS resourceful.

Married2Allis · Jan 21, 2016

Smart to think of other drivers like that. I've seen monster size sheets of snow and ice fly off. Been hit more than once.

Steve in VA · Jan 21, 2016

Yeah, kudos for thinking ahead. Some people got through life paying attention. Most people just go through life.

the tractor vet · Jan 21, 2016

NOW that is CHEATING , WHY didn't think of that do you know how many times i shovelled the RGN 's deck off and kept think how much i missed pulling a dump trailer where i kept the tarp on all the time .

notjustair · Jan 21, 2016

When I owned the bus company that was my nightmare. A sheet of ice slides off the roof and lands on some nice new car and dents the hood in. I had the drivers run their buses until they were hot inside and drive a route of turns and bumps to free it up. Luckily there isn't a ton of roof insulation and it got drippy underneath quick. I know of lots that have a rotating drum brush over the drive to knock the snow off the roof on the way out of the lot. To this day I won't drive near a bus or box truck.

oldtanker · Jan 21, 2016

I think you should have tied that load of snow down, then post pictures of that!

RIck

Frank41 · Jan 21, 2016

I have to leave my 41' hopper bottom sit out and some times I have to take a road trip to get the tarp cleaned off. It is not good when ice comes sliding off the roofs of the bins.

4520BW · Jan 21, 2016

Spray antifreeze on the bed before it snows or ices and it will dump right off. I have also used oil to do the same thing but leaves the floor real slick.

fixerupper · Jan 21, 2016

Last evening I borrowed a grain hopper from a neighbor and brought it home. It hasn't been used since fall harvest and had been sitting with the tarp closed but it doesn't wind up very tight so there was 50 pounds of ice between every tarp bow in between the straps. Had to crawl on top of the tarp the whole length of the trailer trying to get those chunks lifted up out the tarp and pushed over the side. They were thawed on the bottom which was a blessing but they were also slicker than snot and I couldn't get hold of them, they just spun around in the hole that was sagged out in the tarp. Finally got them out but had to go get dry gloves when I was done.

When a broom just won't do , reach for a shovel

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