#9492594 - 01/22/19 11:19 AM
Re: weather advisory
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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Registered: 06/28/01
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Loc: Toronto, Ontario
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Driving to Detroit this weekend.
Fuck. Survived. Thinking it's time for some more attic insulation and maybe a furnace upgrade this year. Shit is struggling to get from 18* (night setting) to 20* (day setting).
I know we've had "what temp do you keep your house at?" threads, but dang that's cold, unless you keep it at something different while you're home.
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#9497567 - 01/28/19 07:46 PM
Re: weather advisory
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JEFFOS
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Loc: Toronto
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Nah people will get it
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#9497730 - 01/29/19 07:19 AM
Re: weather advisory
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furball
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Registered: 09/24/03
Posts: 9484
Loc: Toronto, ON
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FFS ... noise bylaw for snowblowers?   Ah fuck, now I better check if Markham has one...
I went out at 545 with my ghetto 'electric snowshovel' ... Heavy as fuck, but works well only if you go in the direction of the wind, else you're eating snow.
Neighbour opens the door frantically telling me to don't shovel his sidewalk Just tryna be a good neighbour, hopin' he'll shovel when I'm away, etc... I do it all the time.... 
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#9497750 - 01/29/19 08:31 AM
Re: weather advisory
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Big Tasty
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Registered: 02/10/02
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Shoveled for 2 hours this morning, still not done. Tired and sore as fuck and now have to start work 
And work up to this stuck in front of my driveway.
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#9498322 - 01/30/19 08:18 AM
Re: weather advisory
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furball
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Registered: 09/24/03
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Loc: Toronto, ON
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Ditching cars in the middle of the road and running outta gas? What type of retardedness is this? Shiiiet.
Streets downtown were pretty bad yesterday; with traction control on, I was crawling at 5-10km/hr @ 1500 rpm when flooring it on snows (brand new X-Ice 3's) ... TC just refuses to add more power as you're slipping enough as it is...
Sometimes gotta turn off TC I guess... FWD FTL?
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#9498494 - 01/30/19 12:18 PM
Re: weather advisory
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OracerO
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Registered: 10/07/02
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Loc: GTA
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It was actually quite fun driving in the storm.
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#9498541 - 01/30/19 01:36 PM
Re: weather advisory
[Re: Senor Eduardo_82]
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Risky Business
Provides a Great Work Environment. he/him
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Shoveled again yesterday evening, everything all nice and clean. Leaving for work this morning to see the side walk plow came by, blocked my driveway again and on top of that covered my piece of the sidewalk with snow as it when through with the snowbanks collapsing behind him. Based on your last two posts, the message is loud and clear: Buy a snowblower.
I might cave soon, every year I tell myself I will get one, but manage without. The only real reason is for when the plow comes and blocks the driveway, otherwise it's not bad.
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#9498625 - 01/30/19 02:59 PM
Re: weather advisory
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SuPeR-MaRiO
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Registered: 06/28/01
Posts: 6117
Loc: Toronto, Ontario
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Shoveled again yesterday evening, everything all nice and clean. Leaving for work this morning to see the side walk plow came by, blocked my driveway again and on top of that covered my piece of the sidewalk with snow as it when through with the snowbanks collapsing behind him. Based on your last two posts, the message is loud and clear: Buy a snowblower. I might cave soon, every year I tell myself I will get one, but manage without. The only real reason is for when the plow comes and blocks the driveway, otherwise it's not bad.
That's the only time I really use mine (outside of last night), and even then I don't use it each time the plow comes by. I don't mind shoveling but I guess it depends on the area you're covering. I shovel the equivalent of about 4 car lengths. One thing I do know is that I'm not moving to a tropical climate any time soon, so it makes sense to have one. I bought one a few years ago at the end of the season when they were heavily discounted.
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#9498721 - 01/30/19 06:01 PM
Re: weather advisory
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zaius
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Registered: 04/30/05
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Loc: Toronto
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+1
my old toro, after about...12 years of use from the old house on sheppard ave. to mine, shit the bed. tried to fix it but it wasn't worth it. electric starter motor went, flywheel had most of it's teeth gone, rope pull thing broke, fack it. will buy one just like it in spring but probably keep to my ricer roots and buy a honda.
why not just get another toro? i'm not sure if the honduh is worth the upgrade in $$$.
i really wonder how well a single stage can cut through the windrow when it's all icy. i recommend just getting a 2 stage ariens and be done with it (if your driveway is remotely big).
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#9498724 - 01/30/19 06:06 PM
Re: weather advisory
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zaius
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Registered: 04/30/05
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Loc: Toronto
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I was a bit nervous the furnace was going to die over night Sunday to Monday. It was working overtime trying to keep the house at temp. No issues for us but hearing a lot about furnaces dying and pipes busting from others.
mine died on sunday-monday morning and my house temperature dropped to 9.5 while i was trying to troubleshoot it early in the morning. luckily i pinpointed it to be a bad starting capacitor for the inducer fan motor. thank goodness. only cost me $6 to fix from the local electronic surplus junk store. nothing like pushing the luck of a 19+ year furnace. i pray i can keep it alive for a few more years or else i'll be calling Screamin for help.
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#9498739 - 01/30/19 07:19 PM
Re: weather advisory
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Denis Si
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Registered: 04/11/01
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Loc: T.O.
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Love my toro 721 QZR. It’s a beast
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#9498770 - 01/30/19 08:07 PM
Re: weather advisory
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titty sprinkles
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Registered: 08/22/05
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Loc: Toronto,Ontario
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+1
my old toro, after about...12 years of use from the old house on sheppard ave. to mine, shit the bed. tried to fix it but it wasn't worth it. electric starter motor went, flywheel had most of it's teeth gone, rope pull thing broke, fack it. will buy one just like it in spring but probably keep to my ricer roots and buy a honda.
why not just get another toro? i'm not sure if the honduh is worth the upgrade in $$$. i really wonder how well a single stage can cut through the windrow when it's all icy. i recommend just getting a 2 stage ariens and be done with it (if your driveway is remotely big).
honestly i'll probably end up with another toro. just have to see what budget/prices are like after season.
we made that mistake before. at our old house, it was directly on sheppard ave. driveway you could fit about 7-8 cars end to end on, and then neighbours driveway was also attached to ours. he had a heart attack so my brother and i would do his driveway too. when the city plows would come by, and being on sheppard ave they would come by often, and leave a huge 5-6 foot wide, 4ft tall snow bank covered in ice because they would be cleaning 3 lanes (middle lane and then two lanes) instead of the typical 1 lane for the most part in a backstreet.
we bought a big ass, 2 stage (or 3 stage?) snow blower that drove by itself, had more gears than my tlx, big fucking machine, and it worked great for clearing the snow bank, but was legit overkill if there was just a bit of snow and not a dumping.
so we also bought the single stage which was easier to use, faster to use, and made the driveway cleaner, the two stage would always leave about 1" behind.
of course, being the younger brother i would end up doing the driveway and i couldn't be bothered to walk allllll the way back to get the 2 stage to do the end of the driveway, the single stage still killed that huge snowbank. granted not as fast, but not that slow either, you just kept jamming it into the snow bank and when it doesn't pull itself into the snow you pull it back and jam it in again....just like a fat chick.
was it two or three years ago we had a good dumping of snow, neighbours car parked on the street and snow plows fully covered it, highter than windows all around it. single stage got through that shit too. plus it's just so much smaller to store with my tiny ass garage and shed in the back yard. unless you live in the great white north like Bill i really don't see a use for a two stage. i put that toro through hell but always maintained it too, new auger, carb rebuilt every year, even new bolts just because the old ones were rusty, it just kinda fell apart within the last year all at the same time.
Edited by titty sprinkles (01/30/19 08:18 PM)
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#9499365 - 01/31/19 03:01 PM
Re: weather advisory
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BroKe
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Registered: 09/15/01
Posts: 3833
Loc: Markham, Ontario
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Ditching cars in the middle of the road and running outta gas? What type of retardedness is this? Shiiiet. Streets downtown were pretty bad yesterday; with traction control on, I was crawling at 5-10km/hr @ 1500 rpm when flooring it on snows (brand new X-Ice 3's) ... TC just refuses to add more power as you're slipping enough as it is... Sometimes gotta turn off TC I guess... FWD FTL?
Same I don't know how to drive with traction control.as I've never had it before. But scared to turn it off.
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