I love the snow. Apparently, my tractor doesn't.
It seems the battery was dead; so I went out this morning, in all that snow and replaced it. I had to go visit a local company anyway, so it was convenient to stop at Tractor Supply. They comped the battery, since it was only about a year old.
I replaced the battery and the beast fired right up. I started plowing and got stuck right away, since, as I mentioned earlier, I hadn't put the bloody chains on. So I installed those in the snow.
Good Times!
Then the tensioner pulley came loose, so I crawled around under the tractor and got that put back on.
Then, now having tension upon it, the thrower drive belt snapped. Can you imagine my joy?
I said... well, you know what I said, got changed, and drove in to the store, where I'm sure we'll make... well, nothing. Who is crazy enough to drive out in this for ink?
The good news, and yes there is good news, is that I may have secured a support contract with the business I visited this morning. Sweet!
Update! Whaddayaknow? There were people who really, really needed printing supplies on a day like this. So, all in all, it was worthwhile to go in.
I have to mention that I'm not real impressed with the complete lack of attention to the streets. And it will only get worse - did you read how services will suffer as municipal revenues decrease due to reduced real estate valuations?
Well, at least the power is on.
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