No way! I had them yanked; slapped down a few hundred cash and the guy knocks me out and does all 4. The stuff from the operation made me feel lovely not to mention the prescription afterwards, no the teeth are easy, plowing is murder.
It was a good bit to get the F150 up to par. I put a flex-plate in it in the fall and did a bunch of general rudimentry repairs in the fall. the first snow the trans starts not shifting so it was in the shop getting the thing fixed under Jaspar warranty. They had to do all sorts of test and checks before they would put another trans in it. But they did and it shifts like crap too.
So I get it back to put the air bags in the front coils, grease the hubs, front axle seal ( I had to pull the front pinion for that) and more general rudimentry shots with a can of red grease. Got to keep those moving parts moving. Tailgate latch, shifter ( the 4x4 lever feels great now!)
That was before pushing any snow.
Peabody tells me stories of big loaders and tow trucks getting stuck up back there. I am going to be a hard bastard billing him. There is just no getting around the truth. Those people back there who live off of that gravel road know the value of a clear driveway. They are real good about clearing the gravel road, Blackshorse Rd.
The one guy who walked up to me when I was driving the dump truck came off as a kunt compalining about the gravel in his yard but most of the people know the deal and are happy as hell to see me roar up.
The one other guy I plow up there is one of my old neighbors from here who just moved up there.
I am charging by the hour, rates start at 50 to 85. Peabody is 85 plus salt. I was up ther 4 hours winching the F150 out one night. I kept getting stuck but that guy hired me to clear it out so I did.
I see some Track Cats back there and some of the people have tractors and such. I tried to drive a Track Cat up a ssnowy hill and went sideways. I imagine I came down backwards in the dump truck pushing 25 miles an hour. I just tell myself to stay off the brakes and be sparing with the rudder.
I also back up the hill too. Just jam it up there. I don't make it past the top like that , it helps to clear the hill so I have some speed left once I crest and start into the deep stuff above. I go until I can't anymore while staying on the pavement. I still have the plow up but there is a mound in front, I am sitting on snow and sstill going up so I am not going anywhere. I dig and salt the area right behind the truck at this point then I had a solid take off point to start slamming from and I can get back it and be safe.
I don't salt the hill on the way in unless I am stuck on it. Once I am all the way in I clear the turn around and push the long drive to the bottom. Peabody tells me there where guys who tried to plow up the hill. No way on the steep part but if its not deep I can low loc up with the plow down but it don't make much sense and its harder on teh pavement.
All in all we had a record snowfall, least that is what Peabody says. Over 3 feet easy not counting drifts. What a #####!
