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My backup snow vehicle is buried by about 3+ feet of snow (99' Suburban)... so I dragged out the backup for the backup (Porsche Arova 212 Skibob)...! It's crappy on compact snow/ice, but good in about 4" of powder. I've skied it a few times, unfortunately I don't have the little ski's that you should have on your feet (they are back in Seattle office for some reason).
Side note that we shoveled almost 3 feet of wet heavy snow off the pole bldg 2 days ago, and then got another foot that night. Very unusual snow year, this is the most we've had during a 45 day window in quite a few years, and it's heavy when it's usually quite dry. We had a similar situation last spring when we had 38 inchs in one day, and shoveled 4 feet of wet snow (there was over a foot on the barn prior). The pole barn was built before we bought this property (it's about 30 years old) but the builder is still in business. Current snow load is 120lbs. per sq ft. You can see in the bottom pic that I "lost" an enclosed trailer to snow load about 10 years ago. Current enclosed trailers are stored elsewhere so that this is no longer an issue.
Had a great day skiing our local mountain, and we'll be here through Monday.
Happy New Year!
E
Side note that we shoveled almost 3 feet of wet heavy snow off the pole bldg 2 days ago, and then got another foot that night. Very unusual snow year, this is the most we've had during a 45 day window in quite a few years, and it's heavy when it's usually quite dry. We had a similar situation last spring when we had 38 inchs in one day, and shoveled 4 feet of wet snow (there was over a foot on the barn prior). The pole barn was built before we bought this property (it's about 30 years old) but the builder is still in business. Current snow load is 120lbs. per sq ft. You can see in the bottom pic that I "lost" an enclosed trailer to snow load about 10 years ago. Current enclosed trailers are stored elsewhere so that this is no longer an issue.
Had a great day skiing our local mountain, and we'll be here through Monday.
Happy New Year!
E
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