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I purchased a 12000w Dual Fuel for my house. Having access to propane is clutch. The other thing I would mention is that gas does go bad over time. Don’t quote me but I’m pretty sure during my research before I bought my generator it’s the ethanol that will eventually evaporate over time. In our cars it’s not a big deal because they are constantly being run and the fuel dwindles and then we gas up again. But sitting in a canister over time it will go bad. Try and find an ethanol free fuel station. There are resources online to help you find them in your area. There are a few in my area not too far (within 25 miles) and I’ll make a trip out and stock up every now and again
the reason people rake the snow off the roof is to avoid an even bigger problem of all the weight collapsing the roof, and your worried about foundation and basement flooding when you're whole house is at immediate risk of crushing to the ground with you and your family inside it!
I don't live in a snowy area so, I don't know if this is true, but I've heard after starting your tractor you should pull it outside and let it sit for a bit so the plow and/or snow blower can get as cold as the snow is before you start moving any snow. It supposedly helps with sticking and clogging. Again, don't have any experience with that kind of snow, but may be worth a shot to see if it helps your situation or not.
I really appreciate the nice words, glad they have been helpful. I have so many projects coming this Spring now that I am a bit more settled here. Its a nice place but very neglected!
Pro tip: use self tapping screws and cut a strip of thick rubber and screw it to the impeller blades of the snow blower - taking up the gap between the impeller and the housing. This will prevent it from clogging with wet snow!
I'm not far from your area. We saw the same snowfall. Just got power back on 20 minutes ago. Currently, I just have a cheap B&S 6k generator. Worked great, but I just ran my Critical load panel for the necessities as the house is way to big to run everythingon that size. You should look into Winco Generators they have a 14k model with a fuel injected 800cc Honda motor. I have one on order now, but unfortunately, It wasn't ready for this storm. When I did my wiring I set it up for a 50 amp generator at the front of the house. When the winco gets here I'm running a 60 amp plug to the garage to match the generator 60 amp output.
We heat and cook with propane so we have a 1,000 gallon tank. Our generator also runs on propane so the latest 24 inches of snow and an all day power outage was a non issue. But the most important feature for a generator is an AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH. You can never be sure that you will be home (or able to get home) when it hits the fan. So, propane, a big tank and an ATS are the answer.
Watch your YT from Northern Maine. 👋. We always have Wood for heat, light and cooking. Lots of solar power lights, chargers for phones, solar batteries. Always keep my propane piggies topped off! Lots of board games. Our dogs are Saint Bernards so they’re prepared too. Our grand kiddos live and ski up at Mt Sunapee. They were thrilled with all the snow. ☃️
We run a similar setup except with a Kubota skid steer and a 6 foot blower and a 12 foot blade when necessary. Even the big blower we have clogs up with the wet stuff! Cheers from AB.
Having propane to run a backup generator is great. No having to go out and fuel the generator or worry about hauling fuel. You might want to see about a conversation kit for the predator (would make good content). You could plumb the tank to your grill too. Just get it filled in fall and no more fuel worries.
@@anthonybullis6941 yeah but the convenience in case of a storm is well worth it. The whole reason I purchased a 12000w Dual Fuel for my house. The other thing I would mention to Silver Cimbal is that gas does go bad. Don’t quote me but I’m pretty sure during my research before I bought my generator it’s the ethanol that will eventually evaporate over time. In our cars it’s not a big deal because they are constantly being run and the fuel dwindles and then we gas up again. But sitting in a canister over time it will go bad. Try and find an ethanol free fuel station. There are resources online to help you find them in your area. There are a few in my area not too far (within 25 miles) and I’ll make a trip out and stock up every now and again
I have a whole house Generac that runs off my 500 gallon propane tank. It automatically kicks on when the electric goes out. Everything is convenient and works great except that the generator burns up the propane. More than I can afford. If I had the money I’d go solar and have a bunch of battery backup. But for now my Generac has saved me a bunch as I live in the WV country.
10% loss in output converting to propane but the luxury of plumbing into your big tank and never having to worry about the carburetor gumming up or stale gasoline is worth it.
Beautiful. You need a 500 gallon buried propane tank from which to run your generator. You can convert the predator with a kit they sell that replaces the carb gasket. It will allow it to run 24/7 for a week straight. Worth the investment. Plus you can add a gas cooktop indoors instead of electric.
3:30, lol....me in the foothiils of the addirondaks clearing 4-14" of snow 2-3 times a week thanks to lake erie and lake ontario. 18' snow pile 3rd week into june in mid new york state.
I live in a hurricane zone so I keep up to 55 gallons of non ethanol marine gas for hurricane season. That’s the only gas I use on chainsaws, mowers etc. lessons learned. If power is out, fuel pumps don’t work. So keep all vehicles fully fueled before hand. Actually, it’s best to keep all fuel tank’s topped off to prevent condensation.
42” in some parts of southern Vermont. I use electric heated mats on my front porch and outside my sliding doors. I makes it so I don’t get snowed into the house and can at least get outside and have an area I can start clearing snow from. Also have a whole house standby generator powered by propane so no worries about gasoline storage.
Two of my three Honda generators are set up to run on gas or propane. I always have plenty of gas on hand to run at least a week but have 1000 gallons of propane on standby just in case. I have had to run a generator for 29 days straight before, Stopping only to change oil.
The snow has completely bypassed my area (SE Pennsylvania) this year. Am so disappointed. So unusual. Was looking forward to a few nice storms. But, wow! You got slammed. Good thing you’re well prepared.
I'm in New Hampshire, 26" of snow in 24 hours. Power out. No generator. Fridge/Freezer items in coolers on the back deck. Gas fireplace keeping the house at 67 degrees.
I couldnt believe how quickly it fell here. Seemed like it would never stop. What was very scary was a line was down on the road so it was not cleared until just now. I didnt expect that
I'm in Southern Worcester County. It snowed heavily here for about 15 hours. We ended up only getting about 1 inch on grassy surfaces. The pavement was just wet. I go 20 miles north or west and they got buried. It was crazy. I need to grab a generator. We didn't lose power this time, but we have in the past and it's not fun, especially in the winter. I have a nice 28" Ariens Pro blower. Best money I ever spent. It starts the first pull every time and just glides through this stuff. Of course this year it hasn't been needed at all.
Look at the old paintings. This is more normal for earth than what we've recently had going on. Fantastic efforts taking care of the situation. More people should prepare for these storms.
There's something sort of fun about being snowed in, being prepared, and spending the day clearing the driveway and such. Some hot coco at the end puts a nice cap to it all.
I always enjoy your videos and have taken a lot of your advice to prepare our home for storms and the resulting outages. Keep up the great work. Thanks 😊
Where does your sump pump direct the water to? Back in your yard somewhere? I imagine out there that you may not have anywhere good to put it where you won't just be pumping it again once it makes it's way down once that all melts
Yeah, that's because the "Alta" area gets some of the most snow in the country, where as Southern N.H. doesn't get anywhere near that amount of yearly snow, so
@Jason Yes, but even then it's alot for them. Most of Utah's mountains are close to or over 200% of the average snowfall. We're hoping for a long cool spring.
This storm reminds me of the blizzard of 78. So glad that where I am in MA we got mostly rain. A snow day for the kids where there was no snow left the next day. Good preparation can make something like this a fun adventure instead of traumatic.
A suggestion is to get one of the ecoflow generators to keep your Batteries topped up. Maybe yours works fine it is just manual. Hopefully you were able to keep the generator off at night, keep the house heated with the ecoflows. Our house doesn't usually lose power, but we lost it 3 times in the last month this winter. I've got Natural gas. So I run my generator off that with the option to do unleaded or propane if needed. I cycle it through my much smaller battery at night to just keep the furnace and fridges going through the night.
I'm in southern NH, and we got hit with about 20" of snow with this storm. Thanks for sharing some great tips to prepare for storms. We have a backup generator for the same reason - we just can't rely on NHEC. However, amazingly, in this storm we only lost power for a short time. I really want to get a solar system and battery backup system that can handle our household needs to not have to rely on the intermittent power in our area. This was also the first time we lost signal on our Starlink system - the heated dish kept up with the 2" per hour of snow, but there must have been too much moisture in the atmosphere to connect with the satellites. Did your Starlink service drop out? Also, one other trick we do is to have some stuff in the freezer that we can cook on the grill - if the power is out, our generator isn't powerful enough to run the stovetop, so cooking is on the grill or a single inductive hotplate. Plan to replace the stovetop with all inductive at some point.
That is great that you didn;t lose power long. We just got a notice it might come back on today but they have missed the window so I am pretty sure it will be tomorrow at the earliest. I think this may be the first time I ever recorded the whole video while on generator too!
Looks like my yard!!!! It was a tough one - still running on generator. The Calvary is at the end of our road about a mile away - we counted 31 trucks 🛻 on that mile. -hopefully they will get to us tonight. My tips are County Stores Hardware and Chappel Tractor in Milford and Country 3 Corners Hardware in Weare -all well stocked if need be! Take care!
@@KatyInNH County Stores and C3 are amazing hardware stores. They both have things that you just won't find in the big box stores. C3's lunch counter is pretty darned good too.
I saw that on the news. RI is a lot of fun, I worked there for years. Walts Roast Beef, Dels, all great places to eat. I am loving New Hampshire but I miss some of those spots at times.
We installed a standby generator. We did a lot of the leg work to cut on costs, like building the pad and placing the generator in place. I am so happy we did so. As for heavy storms like this, I do the same. I tackle the driveway every few hours with my 24 inch briggs and stratton snow blower. I also clean my back patio by the pool behind my garage and my deck because if I did not, in an emergency, if we had to evacuate the house out the back door, we would be doing so in the snow. I also have to clean around my standby generator to make sure the airflow is maintained and I also have a clearstream septic system, so I also have to clean around the pump housing to maintain the airflow.
As always nice video! Do you have some sort of quick connect for the generator, how do you tie it in to the house? I have a tractor as well. I had a blower and bucket and then found a used quick attach plow for use in those wet and slushy conditions you described. Good luck, love the New Hampshire property!
Where you are, all that gasoline is necessary for your survival! Here on the East Bay of Rhode Island, in the 18 years we've lived here, the longest we ever lost power was 36 hours during a blizzard about 10 years ago. The usual duration for an outage has been no more than 6 hours, and we get perhaps one outage a year. We are in the process of having a GENERAC solar system installed, with battery backup for the key systems in the home. At this time, we feel that will be sufficient to maintain our home. As for snow... this year, one measurable snow storm (3 inches). Blizzards in past years have dumped no more than 18 inches in one storm. I have an old Toro snowblower that I keep maintained just for those instances. I love you videos! Great information and advice!
Ventrac makes an awesome machine for large properties, they are expensive and the implements can be as well. But I use a spinning wheel brush and the snow blower that can throw it 90 feet. You can sweep/snow blow and sand at the same time. Again the only thing is cost and storage for the other accessories.
I find the same problem with the snowblower getting jammed on a much larger John Deere tractor. The issue is that the chute is almost the same size as a walk behind snowblower but there's significantly more snow being thrown through it so if it's wet at all it jams up. I use a propane heater to thaw the chute out whenever that happens but it takes some time.
Reminds me of the winter of '94-95. I was in Fort Erie Ontario at the time, and was stuck in the house for more than 48 hours. We received more than four feet in less than two days. I cooked on a Coleman stove, and had plenty of beverages! Also had HAM radio for entertainment, when I wasn't outside picking away at the snowdrifts. Funny thing was, I could actually *SEE* the shop where I worked, but there was no way of getting there! LOL Glad you're okay and able to cope. Best wishes!
If this is the type of snowstorm you may expect in the future. A large flow French drain around the house should help prevent flooding in the basement. As well as having a permanent generator that can run off diesel, propane, and/or natural gas. That was a lot of snow. Any snow fort buildig in the future?
I think I will need to do some sort of a drain here, we get a lot of summer rain too and could use it. The house also has NO gutters which has cause many issues. NH is funny, about 40% of the houses dont have them for ice/snow reasons but you really have to manage where the water goes.
@@SilverCymbal dam, but yeah seen many times when the snow sheds off the roof it will take the gutters with it and do quite a bit of damage to the sophet and the fascia boards. Also less concerns over ice dams with no gutters too
It snowed well above average this season up here in North Idaho too, luckily I have both a plow / tractor and only needed the generator once this year, great video SC thanks!
I've never seen snow in person and to see how you're tackling it is fascinating. Please keep us updated on how you're trying to stay ahead of the game.
From the look of the view in your backyard, I live just down the street from you. This was the most snow I’ve ever seen in New Hampshire and I’ve lived here my entire life. Glad you made it through OK
Thank you, I am glad to hear you say that. My friend was laughing, saying I told you this was going to happen and I kept saying I dont think they get 4 feet of snow in 2 days all the time.
Our old home we used a Honda generator, had a hookup much like yours, and it worked well. But we ended up putting a Generac whole house in, which worked very well. We've relocated, somewhat newer home, underground lines etc. so we don't have the problems we used to have so back to the Honda if needed. Oh and by the way, when our power was out, we had the whole house lit up just like you do.
Great video! We prep the same as you. I always have twenty gallons of gas on hand; I only store the gas for about two months, then dump them into the cars' gas tanks and get new. This will keep the snowblowers and generators running.
Lots of people swear that adding a snowblower impeller mod drastically improves performance in slushy wet snow. Have you looked into anything like that for your kubota setup? It’s not perfect but should help reduce the clogging.
Make sure you change that generator oil every 50 hours. It seems like too often, but 50 hours is equivalent to 3,000 miles on a car averaging 60mph. And those generators do not have oil filters.
Have you thought about San Diego, Phoenix, San Antonio?😃😆Looks like you've done a great job preparing for blizzards 👍👍👍At first I wasn't sure if that was your dog or an arctic fox. All seriously, well done.
Phoenix? That heat can kill you if you don't have Air Conditioning or as we desert dwellers call it, "Life Support". Seems to be easier to keep warm than to keep cool without power.
Hi Silver Cymbal, I was wondering if you had selected a gas generator over a propane one for a technical reason. Trying to decide myself but storage of fuel seems easier with propane.
Propane is really great but it has one drawback. You need a lot of it to run for 3-5 days which is what I try to prepare for. Now if you have a huge tank thats fine but I had neighbors that bought a whole house generator and they ran out during a terrible week long storm and went from full power to no options. But for shorter term expectations propane is wonderful for the no fuel maintence, etc.
@@SilverCymbal I recommend dual fuel, Run on the propane until it's gone then hit the gasoline. People don't realize that a whole house genset is going to really suffer fuel burn. A smaller genset forces you to think more efficiently so we can go further with less. Great video too. Enjoyed living vicariously through your camera lens. 👍
we got 1-2” from that storm, South of Boston. The next day it was all gone, I never even got a chance to try out my JD318 with the snow cab, and 47” 2-stage blower 😌 It was well above freezing for most of that day, and it was a lot of rain, before it cooled off overnight
That's a lot of snow. I live in Winnipeg - aka "Winterpeg" - and 12" is near apocalyptic for us. Last year I think we set a winter season record at ... wait for it... 60" inches. 60" inches in 4-5 months. You got over 1/2 that in 48 hours. Yikes!
Wow that is a lot of snow, I’m guessing you must live in the western part of the state. I live in concord area got about 12”. More than enough for me. I enjoy your videos as they are very helpful for me in trying do things around my house. Welcome to NH!!!
Very interesting video! I appreciate your time on these. Although not entirely a pleasant experience, you got to see in real time how your preparations performed.
At least you know the flame thrower is not the way to melt the snow 😉 And that snow will melt and go to... the pond! 🤣 Thanks for the video. Stay safe up there buddy!
Based on the amount of snow you got, I'm guessing you live in the same region as I do (Monadnock). I measured 31" in my driveway this morning, but I think it's deeper in the back yard. This is my 2nd winter in NH (also from MA). We've lost power a few times this winter (typically less then 24hrs), so have been looking into backup solutions. Was curious how much of a load you were pulling on the Ecoflows for them to get that low in 6hrs? Do you need to disconnect them from the house in order to recharge them with a generator?
Awesome you stated why you’re using the Predator over the Honda. Not to mention another half dozen things in merely the first quarter of this video. Wise information. Rare, too.
Hi! You have a pretty substantial array of Ecoflow products. You remarked that you ran these units for 6 hours at which time they were down to 30% remaining power. At which point you switched over to your gas generator. Did you have any thoughts about this aspect of your storm preparedness planning afterwards? I don't mean to single out Ecoflow - I mean rather do you have any post storm thoughts about the utility of these battery storage units for responding to a multi-day power outage?
🤣 Yeah Central NJ we were right on the border and waved it by. Aside from the winds and periods of flurries we didn't get that mess. Still getting the winds but diminished a few miles per hour every 4 hours. We are sitting at 30 mph right now. What a storm. It would've been our first snow which I probably wouldn't have mind since spring is a couple weeks away.
Right before Christmas we had a wicked cold front blow through. High winds and ice. Trees down everywhere and major power outages. We typically keep 20 gallons of gas around. I learned the hard lesson after 5 days without power that isn't near enough fuel to run our gens. Ordered up some more jugs and now keep 80 gallons of ethanol free fuel treated with Stabil and just rotate them through our ATV's and lawn equipment to keep them fresh.
Living where you do now , the only thing you can do is be prepared for the worst. Have you thought about having a big fuel tank on your property in the future ? Or even having a dedicated 4x4 pickup with a large tank in the bed of the truck for situations like this one ? It's good to see you were prepared for the snowstorm, and it's good to see the kiddos outside having fun in it as well .
Funny thing is, I've lived in Colorado for over 35 years now, and I've never seen that much snow. I live on the Front Range. The mountains can get that but that's a lot of snow out of one storm even for them! This year has been as annoying as years past, in that I mean we keep getting one puny storm after another. I think the biggest storm we've had so far this winter is *maybe* 7 inches. Most though are 1-2 inch storms which are just awful. My snowblower doesn't do good with such small snow so what ends up happening is the ice starts building up.
Looks like you and the Family are making the best of the situation. Like I stated in your other video in Central Mass we "only" got 24" but with it being so heavy I lost one tree but we never lost power. I travel to your new Home State of New Hampshire to purchase Ethanol Free gas at the pump and store several gas cans for emergency's.
Thank you, yes so far so good. I was hitting a breaking point last night as it was coming so fast. I was so happy to hear it ended at 1am. I was snowblowing at 11pm, I didnt want a repeat of getting stuck
If that snowblower has the formed wire finger guard in the chute, you need to remove it to deal with slushy snow. Try it, you'll be amazed at how much better it will throw the wet stuff.
What you need to get is either solar with battery backup or even just an inverter/battery backup. This way, you can run the home off the battery and then charge it with the generator. Doing this makes the most out of the gasoline generator… allowing you to recharge the battery within 2 hours and then run off the battery for 16-20 hours for a 10,000-15,000 kWh battery. AND, it’s instantaneous power when the grid goes out if you have an automatic transfer switch.
Snowblower definitely better than plowing; it gets the snow away from the site. As you point out, for plowing you first need to make a space to accept the plowed material. With the depths you have, a bucket loader is necessary and is a real nuisance. Wet snow is problematic for snowblower so must go out early when it has crystallized. Be sure to clear the auger and chute when stopping. I don't do clearing while it's snowing. If it's windy it just fills back. If you plowed and have mounds, the back fill if windy is even worse.
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I purchased a 12000w Dual Fuel for my house. Having access to propane is clutch. The other thing I would mention is that gas does go bad over time. Don’t quote me but I’m pretty sure during my research before I bought my generator it’s the ethanol that will eventually evaporate over time. In our cars it’s not a big deal because they are constantly being run and the fuel dwindles and then we gas up again. But sitting in a canister over time it will go bad. Try and find an ethanol free fuel station. There are resources online to help you find them in your area. There are a few in my area not too far (within 25 miles) and I’ll make a trip out and stock up every now and again
I prep for hurricanes and that is about it. fairly simple to do.
the reason people rake the snow off the roof is to avoid an even bigger problem of all the weight collapsing the roof, and your worried about foundation and basement flooding when you're whole house is at immediate risk of crushing to the ground with you and your family inside it!
I don't live in a snowy area so, I don't know if this is true, but I've heard after starting your tractor you should pull it outside and let it sit for a bit so the plow and/or snow blower can get as cold as the snow is before you start moving any snow. It supposedly helps with sticking and clogging. Again, don't have any experience with that kind of snow, but may be worth a shot to see if it helps your situation or not.
You do a great job with these videos. They've taught me a lot about how to improve my home and yard.
I really appreciate the nice words, glad they have been helpful. I have so many projects coming this Spring now that I am a bit more settled here. Its a nice place but very neglected!
You have a nice setup. There is no better feeling than knowing your family is protected during a storm!
Pro tip: use self tapping screws and cut a strip of thick rubber and screw it to the impeller blades of the snow blower - taking up the gap between the impeller and the housing. This will prevent it from clogging with wet snow!
Albany NY here 10"..North Adams MA..34". Crazy
I'm not far from your area. We saw the same snowfall. Just got power back on 20 minutes ago. Currently, I just have a cheap B&S 6k generator. Worked great, but I just ran my Critical load panel for the necessities as the house is way to big to run everythingon that size. You should look into Winco Generators they have a 14k model with a fuel injected 800cc Honda motor. I have one on order now, but unfortunately, It wasn't ready for this storm. When I did my wiring I set it up for a 50 amp generator at the front of the house. When the winco gets here I'm running a 60 amp plug to the garage to match the generator 60 amp output.
Always look forward to your Videos. Stay Warm.
We heat and cook with propane so we have a 1,000 gallon tank. Our generator also runs on propane so the latest 24 inches of snow and an all day power outage was a non issue. But the most important feature for a generator is an AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH. You can never be sure that you will be home (or able to get home) when it hits the fan. So, propane, a big tank and an ATS are the answer.
Watch your YT from Northern Maine. 👋. We always have Wood for heat, light and cooking. Lots of solar power lights, chargers for phones, solar batteries. Always keep my propane piggies topped off! Lots of board games. Our dogs are Saint Bernards so they’re prepared too. Our grand kiddos live and ski up at Mt Sunapee. They were thrilled with all the snow. ☃️
We run a similar setup except with a Kubota skid steer and a 6 foot blower and a 12 foot blade when necessary. Even the big blower we have clogs up with the wet stuff! Cheers from AB.
Having propane to run a backup generator is great. No having to go out and fuel the generator or worry about hauling fuel. You might want to see about a conversation kit for the predator (would make good content). You could plumb the tank to your grill too. Just get it filled in fall and no more fuel worries.
Less output with propane
@@anthonybullis6941 yeah but the convenience in case of a storm is well worth it. The whole reason I purchased a 12000w Dual Fuel for my house. The other thing I would mention to Silver Cimbal is that gas does go bad. Don’t quote me but I’m pretty sure during my research before I bought my generator it’s the ethanol that will eventually evaporate over time. In our cars it’s not a big deal because they are constantly being run and the fuel dwindles and then we gas up again. But sitting in a canister over time it will go bad. Try and find an ethanol free fuel station. There are resources online to help you find them in your area. There are a few in my area not too far (within 25 miles) and I’ll make a trip out and stock up every now and again
Since you mention Predator, there’s rumor that before the end of the year they should have a dual fuel portable generator FYI
I have a whole house Generac that runs off my 500 gallon propane tank. It automatically kicks on when the electric goes out. Everything is convenient and works great except that the generator burns up the propane. More than I can afford. If I had the money I’d go solar and have a bunch of battery backup.
But for now my Generac has saved me a bunch as I live in the WV country.
10% loss in output converting to propane but the luxury of plumbing into your big tank and never having to worry about the carburetor gumming up or stale gasoline is worth it.
Beautiful. You need a 500 gallon buried propane tank from which to run your generator. You can convert the predator with a kit they sell that replaces the carb gasket. It will allow it to run 24/7 for a week straight. Worth the investment. Plus you can add a gas cooktop indoors instead of electric.
3:30, lol....me in the foothiils of the addirondaks clearing 4-14" of snow 2-3 times a week thanks to lake erie and lake ontario. 18' snow pile 3rd week into june in mid new york state.
Whoooooaa..... Dude. 😱 🤯 🤓🤭😅
That's crazy accumulation - hope you stay safe and keep up the great content!
Wow, that's crazy. I live in Phoenix this snow is like from another planet for me. Be careful out there.
I'm glad I didn't get that much in Northern New Hampshire maybe four inches or so. You must be in the south west part but in a higher elevation part.
I live in a hurricane zone so I keep up to 55 gallons of non ethanol marine gas for hurricane season. That’s the only gas I use on chainsaws, mowers etc. lessons learned.
If power is out, fuel pumps don’t work. So keep all vehicles fully fueled before hand. Actually, it’s best to keep all fuel tank’s topped off to prevent condensation.
42” in some parts of southern Vermont. I use electric heated mats on my front porch and outside my sliding doors. I makes it so I don’t get snowed into the house and can at least get outside and have an area I can start clearing snow from.
Also have a whole house standby generator powered by propane so no worries about gasoline storage.
Two of my three Honda generators are set up to run on gas or propane. I always have plenty of gas on hand to run at least a week but have 1000 gallons of propane on standby just in case. I have had to run a generator for 29 days straight before, Stopping only to change oil.
The snow has completely bypassed my area (SE Pennsylvania) this year. Am so disappointed. So unusual. Was looking forward to a few nice storms. But, wow! You got slammed. Good thing you’re well prepared.
I'm in New Hampshire, 26" of snow in 24 hours. Power out. No generator. Fridge/Freezer items in coolers on the back deck. Gas fireplace keeping the house at 67 degrees.
I couldnt believe how quickly it fell here. Seemed like it would never stop. What was very scary was a line was down on the road so it was not cleared until just now. I didnt expect that
I'm in Southern Worcester County. It snowed heavily here for about 15 hours. We ended up only getting about 1 inch on grassy surfaces. The pavement was just wet. I go 20 miles north or west and they got buried. It was crazy. I need to grab a generator. We didn't lose power this time, but we have in the past and it's not fun, especially in the winter. I have a nice 28" Ariens Pro blower. Best money I ever spent. It starts the first pull every time and just glides through this stuff. Of course this year it hasn't been needed at all.
Look at the old paintings. This is more normal for earth than what we've recently had going on. Fantastic efforts taking care of the situation. More people should prepare for these storms.
There's something sort of fun about being snowed in, being prepared, and spending the day clearing the driveway and such. Some hot coco at the end puts a nice cap to it all.
Thanks for sharing! Love the channel. I bought some Super Lube for my door hinges
Thank you, I appreciate that. I love the superlube.
I always enjoy your videos and have taken a lot of your advice to prepare our home for storms and the resulting outages. Keep up the great work. Thanks 😊
Thank you, I really appreciate the nice words!
Love the video. Thanks for making it. Great tips on gas generators vs battery generators. Both are needed.
Where does your sump pump direct the water to? Back in your yard somewhere? I imagine out there that you may not have anywhere good to put it where you won't just be pumping it again once it makes it's way down once that all melts
Here in SLC Utah Alta Ski resort has had 680 inches of snow this winter, and currently has a base of 186 inches!
Yeah, that's because the "Alta" area gets some of the most snow in the country, where as Southern N.H. doesn't get anywhere near that amount of yearly snow, so
@Jason Yes, but even then it's alot for them. Most of Utah's mountains are close to or over 200% of the average snowfall. We're hoping for a long cool spring.
This storm reminds me of the blizzard of 78. So glad that where I am in MA we got mostly rain. A snow day for the kids where there was no snow left the next day. Good preparation can make something like this a fun adventure instead of traumatic.
I remember that storm!
Great advise.
Thanks for sharing
Glad it was helpful!
I absolutely love my LX2610 with the cab!
Bought mine for the same reasons that you expressed.
A suggestion is to get one of the ecoflow generators to keep your Batteries topped up. Maybe yours works fine it is just manual. Hopefully you were able to keep the generator off at night, keep the house heated with the ecoflows. Our house doesn't usually lose power, but we lost it 3 times in the last month this winter. I've got Natural gas. So I run my generator off that with the option to do unleaded or propane if needed. I cycle it through my much smaller battery at night to just keep the furnace and fridges going through the night.
I'm in southern NH, and we got hit with about 20" of snow with this storm. Thanks for sharing some great tips to prepare for storms. We have a backup generator for the same reason - we just can't rely on NHEC. However, amazingly, in this storm we only lost power for a short time. I really want to get a solar system and battery backup system that can handle our household needs to not have to rely on the intermittent power in our area. This was also the first time we lost signal on our Starlink system - the heated dish kept up with the 2" per hour of snow, but there must have been too much moisture in the atmosphere to connect with the satellites. Did your Starlink service drop out?
Also, one other trick we do is to have some stuff in the freezer that we can cook on the grill - if the power is out, our generator isn't powerful enough to run the stovetop, so cooking is on the grill or a single inductive hotplate. Plan to replace the stovetop with all inductive at some point.
That is great that you didn;t lose power long. We just got a notice it might come back on today but they have missed the window so I am pretty sure it will be tomorrow at the earliest. I think this may be the first time I ever recorded the whole video while on generator too!
Looks like my yard!!!! It was a tough one - still running on generator. The Calvary is at the end of our road about a mile away - we counted 31 trucks 🛻 on that mile. -hopefully they will get to us tonight.
My tips are County Stores Hardware and Chappel Tractor in Milford and Country 3 Corners Hardware in Weare -all well stocked if need be!
Take care!
@@KatyInNH County Stores and C3 are amazing hardware stores. They both have things that you just won't find in the big box stores. C3's lunch counter is pretty darned good too.
Your property and home look straight out of a magazine. You must be proud 👏
In southern NH just north of Keene, We got over 26" it was heavy wet snow because it was so warm
How did the Starlink fare? Did the built in heater keep up? Do you run that when you are on auxiliary power?
I’m in Rhode Island, we got nothing but rain and a tiny amount of snow, nothing stuck though.
I saw that on the news. RI is a lot of fun, I worked there for years. Walts Roast Beef, Dels, all great places to eat. I am loving New Hampshire but I miss some of those spots at times.
Must be close to my town, we got about the same amount of very similar snow! Here’s hoping the melt doesn’t wash out this end of the state!
We installed a standby generator. We did a lot of the leg work to cut on costs, like building the pad and placing the generator in place. I am so happy we did so.
As for heavy storms like this, I do the same. I tackle the driveway every few hours with my 24 inch briggs and stratton snow blower. I also clean my back patio by the pool behind my garage and my deck because if I did not, in an emergency, if we had to evacuate the house out the back door, we would be doing so in the snow. I also have to clean around my standby generator to make sure the airflow is maintained and I also have a clearstream septic system, so I also have to clean around the pump housing to maintain the airflow.
As always nice video! Do you have some sort of quick connect for the generator, how do you tie it in to the house? I have a tractor as well. I had a blower and bucket and then found a used quick attach plow for use in those wet and slushy conditions you described. Good luck, love the New Hampshire property!
Yes I have an outside inlet with an interlock. I show more of the setup here: ruclips.net/video/yNBXE3BszEM/видео.html
@@SilverCymbal Yep, I knew that!! I should have looked through your other video's first! Thanks!
Where you are, all that gasoline is necessary for your survival! Here on the East Bay of Rhode Island, in the 18 years we've lived here, the longest we ever lost power was 36 hours during a blizzard about 10 years ago. The usual duration for an outage has been no more than 6 hours, and we get perhaps one outage a year. We are in the process of having a GENERAC solar system installed, with battery backup for the key systems in the home. At this time, we feel that will be sufficient to maintain our home.
As for snow... this year, one measurable snow storm (3 inches). Blizzards in past years have dumped no more than 18 inches in one storm. I have an old Toro snowblower that I keep maintained just for those instances.
I love you videos! Great information and advice!
Ventrac makes an awesome machine for large properties, they are expensive and the implements can be as well. But I use a spinning wheel brush and the snow blower that can throw it 90 feet. You can sweep/snow blow and sand at the same time. Again the only thing is cost and storage for the other accessories.
I find the same problem with the snowblower getting jammed on a much larger John Deere tractor. The issue is that the chute is almost the same size as a walk behind snowblower but there's significantly more snow being thrown through it so if it's wet at all it jams up. I use a propane heater to thaw the chute out whenever that happens but it takes some time.
Reminds me of the winter of '94-95. I was in Fort Erie Ontario at the time, and was stuck in the house for more than 48 hours. We received more than four feet in less than two days. I cooked on a Coleman stove, and had plenty of beverages! Also had HAM radio for entertainment, when I wasn't outside picking away at the snowdrifts. Funny thing was, I could actually *SEE* the shop where I worked, but there was no way of getting there! LOL Glad you're okay and able to cope. Best wishes!
Here in CNY we got 12-14 inches of snow over the last two days. I know that's not near what you got. You definitely need to be prepared. Stay safe.
You live in a beautiful place! I know the snow is a hassle, but you sure are prepared for it!
That snow is gorgeous! I envy you living in an area that gets snow like that. Looks like a winter paradise.
After you deal with it multiple times in a month it would stat to suck
God bless want to get out of snow belt
If this is the type of snowstorm you may expect in the future. A large flow French drain around the house should help prevent flooding in the basement. As well as having a permanent generator that can run off diesel, propane, and/or natural gas.
That was a lot of snow. Any snow fort buildig in the future?
I think I will need to do some sort of a drain here, we get a lot of summer rain too and could use it. The house also has NO gutters which has cause many issues. NH is funny, about 40% of the houses dont have them for ice/snow reasons but you really have to manage where the water goes.
Love the snow fort idea!
@@SilverCymbal dam, but yeah seen many times when the snow sheds off the roof it will take the gutters with it and do quite a bit of damage to the sophet and the fascia boards. Also less concerns over ice dams with no gutters too
Makes me that much more appreciative of the fact that we have had essentially no snow in the Philly area this winter.
thats insane amount of snow...we got like 3 inches in NJ
Back in Mass 4-6 inches seemed like so much. This was scary, felt like it would never stop.
It snowed well above average this season up here in North Idaho too, luckily I have both a plow / tractor and only needed the generator once this year, great video SC thanks!
That’s a lot of snow ever thought of getting a F150 Lightning for the home back up ? Always enjoy you content!
I've never seen snow in person and to see how you're tackling it is fascinating. Please keep us updated on how you're trying to stay ahead of the game.
Thank you. Stay warm!
Out of curiousity, did you ceramic/graphene coat the snowblower on the Kubota?
From the look of the view in your backyard, I live just down the street from you. This was the most snow I’ve ever seen in New Hampshire and I’ve lived here my entire life. Glad you made it through OK
Thank you, I am glad to hear you say that. My friend was laughing, saying I told you this was going to happen and I kept saying I dont think they get 4 feet of snow in 2 days all the time.
Our old home we used a Honda generator, had a hookup much like yours, and it worked well. But we ended up putting a Generac whole house in, which worked very well. We've relocated, somewhat newer home, underground lines etc. so we don't have the problems we used to have so back to the Honda if needed. Oh and by the way, when our power was out, we had the whole house lit up just like you do.
Great video! We prep the same as you. I always have twenty gallons of gas on hand; I only store the gas for about two months, then dump them into the cars' gas tanks and get new. This will keep the snowblowers and generators running.
Lots of people swear that adding a snowblower impeller mod drastically improves performance in slushy wet snow. Have you looked into anything like that for your kubota setup? It’s not perfect but should help reduce the clogging.
Enjoy your videos. Watching this from sunny southern CA. Stay safe
Is there a way to connect your HondaEU7000 to your Harbor Freight to double the power to the house?
Make sure you change that generator oil every 50 hours. It seems like too often, but 50 hours is equivalent to 3,000 miles on a car averaging 60mph. And those generators do not have oil filters.
I've lived in Delaware for almost 50 years, in a few months I will be moving to Florida. I will not miss snow.
Beautiful spot. Where is this?
Thank you New Hampshire
Have you thought about San Diego, Phoenix, San Antonio?😃😆Looks like you've done a great job preparing for blizzards 👍👍👍At first I wasn't sure if that was your dog or an arctic fox. All seriously, well done.
Phoenix? That heat can kill you if you don't have Air Conditioning or as we desert dwellers call it, "Life Support". Seems to be easier to keep warm than to keep cool without power.
Stay safe out there Silver!
Finally the east coast is getting what the west coast has been getting. Great video.
Hi Silver Cymbal, I was wondering if you had selected a gas generator over a propane one for a technical reason. Trying to decide myself but storage of fuel seems easier with propane.
Propane is really great but it has one drawback. You need a lot of it to run for 3-5 days which is what I try to prepare for. Now if you have a huge tank thats fine but I had neighbors that bought a whole house generator and they ran out during a terrible week long storm and went from full power to no options. But for shorter term expectations propane is wonderful for the no fuel maintence, etc.
@@SilverCymbal Thank you for that insight. Greatly appreciated.
@@SilverCymbal I recommend dual fuel, Run on the propane until it's gone then hit the gasoline. People don't realize that a whole house genset is going to really suffer fuel burn. A smaller genset forces you to think more efficiently so we can go further with less. Great video too. Enjoyed living vicariously through your camera lens. 👍
we got 1-2” from that storm, South of Boston. The next day it was all gone, I never even got a chance to try out my JD318 with the snow cab, and 47” 2-stage blower 😌 It was well above freezing for most of that day, and it was a lot of rain, before it cooled off overnight
Have you ever thought about getting a generac? Out here they use natural gas and will automatically start up when you lose power
We just had a few days of snow and a few nights of -10 to -20 Celsius 😅 and that’s it
That's a lot of snow. I live in Winnipeg - aka "Winterpeg" - and 12" is near apocalyptic for us. Last year I think we set a winter season record at ... wait for it...
60" inches.
60" inches in 4-5 months.
You got over 1/2 that in 48 hours.
Yikes!
Your videos are great! Can you do one about how you organize your garden tools?
I have a 3500 that's about 20 years old and still works well
Wow that is a lot of snow, I’m guessing you must live in the western part of the state.
I live in concord area got about 12”. More than enough for me.
I enjoy your videos as they are very helpful for me in trying do things around my house.
Welcome to NH!!!
*Thank you for the update.*
On the air base we would use a fighter jet engine mounted on a truck to clean the tarmak from ice and snow😅
Very interesting video! I appreciate your time on these. Although not entirely a pleasant experience, you got to see in real time how your preparations performed.
At least you know the flame thrower is not the way to melt the snow 😉 And that snow will melt and go to... the pond! 🤣 Thanks for the video. Stay safe up there buddy!
Based on the amount of snow you got, I'm guessing you live in the same region as I do (Monadnock). I measured 31" in my driveway this morning, but I think it's deeper in the back yard. This is my 2nd winter in NH (also from MA). We've lost power a few times this winter (typically less then 24hrs), so have been looking into backup solutions. Was curious how much of a load you were pulling on the Ecoflows for them to get that low in 6hrs? Do you need to disconnect them from the house in order to recharge them with a generator?
Just what the Granite State needs: another Masshole.
Man I wish we got a lot more of that storm up here in Maine. Big disappointment after a lot of big talk
Awesome you stated why you’re using the Predator over the Honda. Not to mention another half dozen things in merely the first quarter of this video.
Wise information. Rare, too.
I really appreciate that, yes I tried to answer a lot of the questions I get from a few of my other videos. Thank you for watching
Hi! You have a pretty substantial array of Ecoflow products. You remarked that you ran these units for 6 hours at which time they were down to 30% remaining power. At which point you switched over to your gas generator. Did you have any thoughts about this aspect of your storm preparedness planning afterwards? I don't mean to single out Ecoflow - I mean rather do you have any post storm thoughts about the utility of these battery storage units for responding to a multi-day power outage?
🤣 Yeah Central NJ we were right on the border and waved it by. Aside from the winds and periods of flurries we didn't get that mess. Still getting the winds but diminished a few miles per hour every 4 hours. We are sitting at 30 mph right now. What a storm. It would've been our first snow which I probably wouldn't have mind since spring is a couple weeks away.
Right before Christmas we had a wicked cold front blow through. High winds and ice. Trees down everywhere and major power outages. We typically keep 20 gallons of gas around. I learned the hard lesson after 5 days without power that isn't near enough fuel to run our gens. Ordered up some more jugs and now keep 80 gallons of ethanol free fuel treated with Stabil and just rotate them through our ATV's and lawn equipment to keep them fresh.
Living where you do now , the only thing you can do is be prepared for the worst. Have you thought about having a big fuel tank on your property in the future ? Or even having a dedicated 4x4 pickup with a large tank in the bed of the truck for situations like this one ? It's good to see you were prepared for the snowstorm, and it's good to see the kiddos outside having fun in it as well .
I got about 18" in Rockingham County. We didn't lose power, but the cleanup was a few hours.
Funny thing is, I've lived in Colorado for over 35 years now, and I've never seen that much snow. I live on the Front Range. The mountains can get that but that's a lot of snow out of one storm even for them! This year has been as annoying as years past, in that I mean we keep getting one puny storm after another. I think the biggest storm we've had so far this winter is *maybe* 7 inches. Most though are 1-2 inch storms which are just awful. My snowblower doesn't do good with such small snow so what ends up happening is the ice starts building up.
We are 100% solar, run a big Honda to charge batteries on cloudy days.
I have a grader come and do my driveway.
While I'm sorry you had this snow removal hardship, I really liked watching the video.
Don't miss the snow. Wish you all the best fighting global warming. Be safe.
Looks like you and the Family are making the best of the situation. Like I stated in your other video in Central Mass we "only" got 24" but with it being so heavy I lost one tree but we never lost power.
I travel to your new Home State of New Hampshire to purchase Ethanol Free gas at the pump and store several gas cans for emergency's.
Thank you, yes so far so good. I was hitting a breaking point last night as it was coming so fast. I was so happy to hear it ended at 1am. I was snowblowing at 11pm, I didnt want a repeat of getting stuck
Kittitas County, Washington got six feet from one storm last winter. Lot of garages collapsed and the old hardware store collapsed too.
I survived the blizzard of 2006 in New Jersey,that’s why I live in AZ now!
If that snowblower has the formed wire finger guard in the chute, you need to remove it to deal with slushy snow. Try it, you'll be amazed at how much better it will throw the wet stuff.
Gorgeous property? My uncle had a place in Ware, MA but lots of maintenance required
What you need to get is either solar with battery backup or even just an inverter/battery backup. This way, you can run the home off the battery and then charge it with the generator. Doing this makes the most out of the gasoline generator… allowing you to recharge the battery within 2 hours and then run off the battery for 16-20 hours for a 10,000-15,000 kWh battery. AND, it’s instantaneous power when the grid goes out if you have an automatic transfer switch.
Snowblower definitely better than plowing; it gets the snow away from the site. As you point out, for plowing you first need to make a space to accept the plowed material. With the depths you have, a bucket loader is necessary and is a real nuisance. Wet snow is problematic for snowblower so must go out early when it has crystallized. Be sure to clear the auger and chute when stopping. I don't do clearing while it's snowing. If it's windy it just fills back. If you plowed and have mounds, the back fill if windy is even worse.
Having lived in Maine for over 2 decades, the best storm prep I can suggest is moving down south. We've had no troubles this year in Alabama. :O