Posted by the tractor vet on January 14, 2009 at 08:15:05 from (75.19.124.16):
In Reply to: Blizzard of '77 posted by geo in MI on January 14, 2009 at 07:25:26:
Where was i , Well two days before the BIG one hit we got hammered with a big snow storm that darn near shut everything down as i was hauling Coke from Youngstown Republic Steel coke works to the Warren plant 7 loads a day 7 days a week plus snow plowen . When that stom hit i was on my forth load for the day and had just pulled into the coke plant to load #5 and i had to pull into the waiting yard as there were three trucks down in the hole . Just set the parking brake when i see one of Tauro's trucks comming out and it is Tom he tells me that ya can hardly see with the snow and all the steam and to be careful going back in as it was real tight back in there It was snowing so hard that ya could not see more then 20-30 feet in front of ya . By the time i go loaded and pulled out there was a good 10 inches on the ground it was really coming down . Had to lock the power divider in and never dropped the air axle on the trailer to add more weight to the drive . Was having enought trouble getting out on to Poland ave. As i came up on the get on ramp for I 680 i heard on the CB that 680 was turning into a junk yard so i just kept going to Market st. and went dwon town and on out old 422 even on a bad day going this way it only took 20-25 min. to get to Niles Well after two and a half hours i was on 169 and coming up to the lite by the bosses house where we parked the trucks . And i had had enough and pulled up and blindsided her into her parking spot . Here comes the boss yelling and screaming as to why i am coming in loaded . That is when he found out that i had a true saxon temper Flat told him that my life or someone else's life was not worth a 115 dollar load of coke and i was going home . Then Bob pulls in with his truck empty and can not get backed in off the road . Endede up pulling him in with my pickup and he gets out and John starts on him as to why he did not go after another load . Then Bob comes unglued . I livede 37 miles from where we parked the trucks and it was just about all i could do with a 3/4 Ford 4X4 to get home with no weight in the bed and no chains on . And that was just the start of things to come . Walked into the house and th wife had a legal pad with people callen for snow plowing . Worked thru the night and into the morning when i took the ft rear end out .Caled all over the place to find parts and found then in Cleveland at Valley truck . Called a buddy and he and i made a wild ride up to Cleveland paid the 28 dollars and change for a spider gear repair pkg. and back home. Should have worked tru the nigh fixen it but i went home and ate supper and to bed figured that i could have it up and running in three or four hours in the morning and still meet the up and coming Blizzard . Next morningthe wife gets a call from Poland local schools to come in and sub . Ok i run her up the 28 miles and drop her off with the car and head back to Salem . and was going out to my buddys where the truck was . I was not fast enough i meet the Blizzard at State st. and South Ellsworth head on and tried to make it out Rt.9 . Made it as far as my buddys mom place and the Cougar would not go any feather . He came and got me and he and i went to work on the repairs and from the time we were done and the truck was up and running he and i spent the next 96 hours running rescue missions as believe it or not our two 3/4 Fords were the only ones that could get around as i had two sets of 12x16.5 chains and he had one set on his and a ton of weight with no plow and i had the other set and a ton plus the plow . That old Ford opened a lot of roads where the big plows could not get thru and even opened up Rt.9 we hauled food fuel coal one young girl to the hospital . Mike and i got into places that the national guard could not even had to go and retrieve the crew out of the tank retriever as they got hung up out on a back road. Yes i still remember the Blizzard or both 77 and 78 .
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