More snow on the way 2015....

[Cal_Gary]

Strong storm headed my way Tuesday evening-60 MPH winds along with 6-12 inches of snow here in the Wasatch Mountains. We can sure use it as we didn't get enough snow this winter.
More to follow (with pictures) if I get to go out and play....
Gary

[T. Highway]

Gary,

Sounds good as long as ALL OF THE SNOW stays out of our area. I'm so sick of snow this year.

Bert

[Cal_Gary]

So we got a foot or so but the wind is blowing so hard it's cleared most of the roads and stacked up 3-foot drifts here and there. I might be able to get out into it later today.
Gary

[T. Highway]

Don't forget the camera.

Bert

[Jess]

You guys keep getting hammered. Out here, on the west coast, we are at may maybe 20% of seasonal average snowpack in the mountains. It looks like its going to be a bad year with little fall runoff and hard on the salmon runs. Last year the river up the street was reduced to puddles in late summer and it did impact fish. A few weeks later, we got it all as rain and washed out whatever fish spawn was left. We are on community wells and will be on water restrictions again just to maintain the domestic needs. I turned off my lawn sprinklers years ago and just let it brown out until it rains in the fall. There are areas that really need water, especially south of us, so you could send some of your extra snow to them. I'm going out to mow the lawn again later this morning...

Jess

[F18hornetm]

Im sick of snow too.. 75 and sunny here today... sorry cal_gary...... I love summer

[Cal_Gary]

Well the roads are clear so I decided to drive it to work tonight-big hit for my team, most of whom have never seen it before, and I took some for a lap around the campus. Since I work Graves it is dark when I left for work and it showed my "Marty Feldman" headlights-all cock-eyed so I'll need to adjust them before my next night trip....
Gary

[Carter]

....Since I work Graves it as dark when I left for work and it showed my "Marty Feldman" headlights-all cock-eyed....Gary

[Cal_Gary]

Thanks for the Smiley, Carter-I got the buckets aligned tonight, both high and low beams. Tip for anyone needing to do this (dusk or full night is easier): park your truck next to another vehicle in front of a wall (or garage door in my case)-turn on the other vehicle's lights, then your M's then align your M's beam height to match the other vehicle. Do this for high beam then low beam and you should be in good shape.

I also snugged up the squealing fan belt-seemed tight enough yesterday but needed some more tension by the time I got home. Finally, I checked fluid levels in all my gear boxes too-do not skimp on PMCS my friends or you'll regret it...
Gary

[Carter]

PMCS, doing that yesterday Gary, also dropped the oil pan (because the gaskets had been leaking) and oil pick-up screen to clean all the sludge accumulated during the past 20 years of driving. The engine was running well but needed some attention. Checked all gear cases and got out the old grease gun and went to work.
You have to take care if what takes care of you.

[Cal_Gary]

Yeah I need to bust out my grease gun too! I recall the guy at the Jiffy Lube telling me that my right-front trunion cap zerk wasn't allowing any grease in. Thanks for the reminder!
Gary

[Carter]

You are welcome Gary. I also found 2 that were allowing no grease, one at the front spring and the other at rear of the short drive shaft but I had the correct zerks to replace the clogged ones. Was able to then grease those spots with no more problems. Now I need to thoroughly clean the oil pan, pump pick-up screen then put it all together. Properly maintaining these trucks is a lot of work but worth it.

[Cal_Gary]

For sure!

That snow disappeared as soon as it fell-all of it.

I also heard plenty from my teammates who missed the truck's appearance last week-had to promise them that they'd have equal opportunities to see it up close and personal....
Gary