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Unimog – Yesterday on our way to get the mail we saw this truck being loaded with snow by the City of Gaylord’s Unimog snowblower machine. It is not a very big machine as you can see compared to the truck it is loading but it is a real workhorse.
I remember about 20 years ago when they bought it they paid around $30,000.00 dollars for it and it only had about 50 hours on it. It came with a front broom and the snowblower and a mower. It looked like brand new and i thought that seemed like a aweful lot of money for such a small machine. But let me tell you that 20 years later I have changed my my mind about spending that money. This little machine works about 40 hours a week blowing back the hard snowbanks all over Gaylord. I would be curious how many hours it has on it now . It is still going strong and has to be one of the City of Gaylords best investments. It can load a full sized dump truck in less than five minutes compared to a front end loader that would be much slower.
More snow today , I was woke up this morning by the rumble of the city snowplow again for the fifth day in a row of snow. Out of the last 23 days of Feb. it has snowed 17 of those days. Even though I have tractors I still hand shovel around the walks, back deck , to the back shed and i hand shovel the short driveway to the back shed everytime it snows. It takes me around one hour . So it is great excercise and I know the fun part is yet to come when i get to climb on one of the tractors and then just play (:>)
Next Friday is March 1st and that is a sure sign spring is just around the corner regardless of the tall snowbanks everywhere you look.
Shoveling snow is very relaxing to me and I just go slow and don’t overdo it. It is also very peaceful and it reminds me of when i was a little boy in Breckenridge , Mich shoveling snow making a dollar or two from the little old lady next door. Funny how things trigger memories like that.
Well I got the shoveling done and it is Sat. so i think I will take Deb out for lunch and enjoy the afternoon with her.
Have a great Sat.
