Extreme cold weather from Feb 25th on, and now St. Patrick's Day on...

Bonzo Delaney · 04-03-2018 05:00PM

memorystick wrote: »

The local contractor here drove into Aldi and Lidl to clear car parks. He had the plough lifted on his own local roads and didn't bother clear for neighbours. Money money money. Lads are fair pîssèd with him.

Out of curiosity are lads insured to work on the public roads as opposed to traveling on the road
Also how much diesel would be burned clearing a road

patsy_mccabe · 04-03-2018 05:03PM

wrangler wrote: »

Yea , the twenty hours a day sleeping rings a bell alright, got it years ago. Whoever said ''if you can go to the doc you don't have the flu'' knew what they were talking about

That's how I felt. No way I could have sat in the doctors waiting room.

wrangler · 04-03-2018 05:09PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

That's how I felt. No way I could have sat in the doctors waiting room.

You have reached the age where you need the vaccine

George Sunsnow · 04-03-2018 05:32PM

A 2nd shed caved in with weight of snow yesterday morning ,the calving shed with cows and calves in it
None hurt by some miracle but had to dig them out
Very lucky
An awful job plus trying to make room elsewhere now
Loads of roofs gone around here

tanko · 04-03-2018 05:55PM

Is it V shaped rooves that are collapsing because the snow cant slide down the roof and the other roof is stopping it?

whelan2 · 04-03-2018 06:05PM

Heard of a farmer who did his tb test last Monday. The test couldn't be read with the weather on Thursday so he has been locked up for 42-days......

freedominacup · 04-03-2018 06:11PM

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

Out of curiosity are lads insured to work on the public roads as opposed to traveling on the road
Also how much diesel would be burned clearing a road

County council here quietly gave notice yesterday that farmers and contractors who were clearing local roads at their own expense would not have any liability in the event someone tried to claim for an incident. If you were being paid for work that was a totally different story.

A teleporter would clear an 8ft path over a good distance in a short time. Our own entrance road of around 500m took less than a half hour with drifts 5ft high in places. If you were trying to clear 2 lanes it would be a much bigger job as there would be a lot of toing and froing. After a few metres the packed snow in the bucket seemed to form it's own snow plough and snow was simply pushed to the side.

Grueller · 04-03-2018 06:21PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I was sick for the last 10 days. The first 3 days I was really bad. Slept 20 hours every day. Just got up to do the bits on the farm and back to bed. This was at the start of the bad weather. Brother lives next door and not once offered to help. At the end of the 3rd day I let fly and gave him a piece of my mind. Told him I wouldn't forget it. Wouldn't mind but I've helped him out big time in the past. He ended up telling me to fook off.

I have a brother next door. Mam is in her late 70s and couldn't get out. She is the type that never asks anybody for anything. Myself and the boss were out all day on the farm. I don't mind him not volunteering to help on the farm as he hates every second of it but the selfish git never over the four days even called in to see Mam. He lives 300m from their driveway and walked his two precious dogs up and down by their gate twice a day every day.
Next time his malfunctioning sewage treatment plant starts to overflow he will be waiting let me tell you.

Grueller · 04-03-2018 06:23PM

tanko wrote: »

Is it V shaped rooves that are collapsing because the snow cant slide down the roof and the other roof is stopping it?

Thats exactly what caved in here.

Muckit · 04-03-2018 06:26PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Heard of a farmer who did his tb test last Monday. The test couldn't be read with the weather on Thursday so he has been locked up for 42-days......

Something l was wondering about myself! Had first dayTues and reading on Friday. Never as glad to see a vets 4x4 in the yard Friday evening! I could have been kicking myself for booking it at last possible week! Fortune favors the brave.... and the foolish perhaps!!

zetecescort · 04-03-2018 06:44PM

George Sunsnow wrote: »

A 2nd shed caved in with weight of snow yesterday morning ,the calving shed with cows and calves in it
None hurt by some miracle but had to dig them out
Very lucky
An awful job plus trying to make room elsewhere now
Loads of roofs gone around here

hope things work out for you George. it may be little consolation but I know you have helped save myself and many others a lot of trouble over the last few days

thanks

greysides · 04-03-2018 06:52PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Heard of a farmer who did his tb test last Monday. The test couldn't be read with the weather on Thursday so he has been locked up for 42-days......

I've been wary of that myself. Read a test Tuesday and left it at that. One advantage of the Weather forum here, i knew what was likely to happen.

Higher ground around Gorey got well hit by drifts and extra snow on Friday night. They're only clearing the country roads now. Reports of many rooves down too.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 04-03-2018 07:10PM

Very little snow left here now, even the head fell off the big snowman the kids made this evening. A light drizzle here now so the rest probably gone by morning.

grassroot1 · 04-03-2018 07:13PM

Just back broadband down for last 3 days It has been interesting here to say the least

Say my name · 04-03-2018 07:23PM

Apologies if it's been done already.
But I don't think it has.

A BIG thanks to Dickie 10 for starting this thread 2 weeks ago.

I don't look forward to your next warning thread.

Say my name · 04-03-2018 07:46PM

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

Out of curiosity are lads insured to work on the public roads as opposed to traveling on the road
Also how much diesel would be burned clearing a road

Wexford co.co publicly announced that farmers or anyone clearing roads at their own expense would be covered.

It's safe to say a lot of roads would be still impassable without that announcement.
I got two lanes passable outside the entrance here as opposed to the narrow one from the snow plough. There's still one big drift on a by road near the village here which will need a digger to clear. But here's hoping the rain tonight does a job on the snow. But main roads are passable albeit single lanes in most places.

A lot of farmers here were dropping the bucket to clear the roads today.

Angus2018 · 04-03-2018 08:24PM

Yeah, Huge thanks to you lot for starting this thread too. I got quite a fright when I read the first few posts! It is very much appreciated and the constant development updates helped a lot!! I was able to get the yard ready for the worst of it and filled the fridge full of supplies.

It was a welcome site seeing a clean feed passage with just silage in it.

roosterman71 · 04-03-2018 08:26PM

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Lads if there was any danger of that in sight met Eir would be issuing status red warnings. If it -1 there issuing warnings.

A lot of attention paid to air chair weathermen.

This comment worked out well

George Sunsnow · 04-03-2018 08:35PM

Say my name wrote: »

Wexford co.co publicly announced that farmers or anyone clearing roads at their own expense would be covered.

It's safe to say a lot of roads would be still impassable without that announcement.
I got two lanes passable outside the entrance here as opposed to the narrow one from the snow plough. There's still one big drift on a by road near the village here which will need a digger to clear. But here's hoping the rain tonight does a job on the snow. But main roads are passable albeit single lanes in most places.

A lot of farmers here were dropping the bucket to clear the roads today.

Speaking of which
Appropriate tune on this video too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqxfch49z2w

Grueller · 04-03-2018 08:41PM

Is there a possibility of another cold snap next weekend George or am I hearing wrong?

Say my name · 04-03-2018 08:49PM

George Sunsnow wrote: »

Speaking of which
Appropriate tune on this video too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqxfch49z2w

I have an idea where that is.

This one drift near the village here (14ft) a guy with a fendt and snow plough took one look at it and went nah and turned around and went back the way he came yesterday.

You've done the snow and cold now. So any chance of the Sun now?

Grueller · 04-03-2018 09:00PM

Say my name wrote: »

I have an idea where that is.

This one drift near the village here (14ft) a guy with a fendt and snow plough took one look at it and went nah and turned around and went back the way he came yesterday.

You've done the snow and cold now. So any chance of the Sun now?

I can go one better. I know who owns the 2 new hollands moving the snow.

ganmo · 04-03-2018 09:12PM

Some amount of snow on the car roof!

Patsy ya know what you should get ur bro for next xmas...a plot

memorystick · 04-03-2018 09:17PM

Bonzo Delaney wrote: »

Out of curiosity are lads insured to work on the public roads as opposed to traveling on the road
Also how much diesel would be burned clearing a road

I don't know but the amount of tarmac sitting on top of some piles of snow is something shocking. A lad would be better down off it if he can't drive it.

Water John · 04-03-2018 09:19PM

There are some awful, useless, feckers around. A pity when one of them, male or female, is in the family.

George Sunsnow · 04-03-2018 09:30PM

ganmo wrote: »

Some amount of snow on the car roof!

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yeah my Jeep was the same,looked like it was in Boston massachutes
Only dug it out today

The video is taken down in craanford

Say my name · 04-03-2018 09:38PM

memorystick wrote: »

I don't know but the amount of tarmac sitting on top of some piles of snow is something shocking. A lad would be better down off it if he can't drive it.

I have a relation today that a digger had to clear a path for the ambulance.
They'd most likely could have died today only for that digger.

I suppose the snow should just have been left where it was??
The "tarmac" you are on about must not have been tarmac.

Edit: if it comes to a choice .... I know which is more shocking.

memorystick · 04-03-2018 10:23PM

When you see a lad with the front axle lifted with 130 horses under him and a gravel bucket pushing snow, there's nothing safe.

Hope neighbour is ok.

Say my name · 04-03-2018 10:50PM

memorystick wrote: »

When you see a lad with the front axle lifted with 130 horses under him and a gravel bucket pushing snow, there's nothing safe.

Hope neighbour is ok.

How'd they steer? With the side brakes?

Ah seriously. Mustn't be much of a road if there's lumps of tarmac coming up.

Relation is in hospital. So best place for them.

greysides · 05-03-2018 12:23AM

Say my name wrote: »

I have an idea where that is.

Is that Island crossroads, Craanford?

Edit: Got the answer a post or two later.

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