This weather is something else. We're iced in, which is almost unheard of here in Newlyn. Afraid to walk down Newlyn to the shops, yesterday. I can count on one hand the number of times we've had this kind of weather here BUT never this bad. So when I look at the TV and your photos I just am mind blown.

Hopefully as Rick says, little damage done to the layout, mate!

Take care!

[user=34]Ken[/user] wrote:

Dave, we've got it as bad as that in Devon but how about this - taken in my garden last February:-



Ken

Apart from the lack of legs I would swear there is still someone sitting in that chair on the right!

Dave/all with outside layouts, how about using one of these.

Now that is a serious snow blower. It was almost hidden from view at one point in the really deep bit. Most impressive.

I dont have a blower but I do have a plough



Unfortunately once the snow got over the height of the trains I gave up !!!!

Dont think even Dave could get a OO snow blower to work… but nothing like a challenge hay Dave ??

John

One in 00 might be a bit of a challenge but how about one for the front of the car.... :hmm

[user=245]87 101[/user] wrote:

One in 00 might be a bit of a challenge but how about one for the front of the car…. :hmm

Apart from the fact that you'd end up spraying high velocity snow all over the neighbours' walls, windows, doors etc, that sounds like a good idea.

spraying high velocity snow all over the neighbours' walls, windows, doors etc,

 

 

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[user=427]Trainfish[/user] wrote:

Apart from the fact that you'd end up spraying high velocity snow all over the neighbours' walls, windows, doors etc, that sounds like a good idea.

Im sure if you offered to do their drives they would over look the fact you had buried their cat ???

That's one nice piece of kit and how well does it work?  ….. wonder if we can get Chris to commission one in 00? ;-) :hmm

buried their cat

The sound of this just gets better and better. Right im off to the garage wheres my hammer!! :lol::thumbs

[user=316]Gwiwer[/user] wrote:

That's one nice piece of kit and how well does it work?  

I have seen these a few times in G and they seem to work well even in frozen snow as long as its no deeper than the top of the fan blades. I have seen e few powered by 18v cordless drill motors.

The one thing that come to mind though is "mind your fingers!"

As for the car mounted one Dave, still got contacts at flymo ????LOL

John

Who just wants to run trains, I want a go with that snow blower… hours of fun.

Battery powered and radio controlled, there you go Dave… there's a challenge for you!!!

Now that is a great blower, mindue i expect the snow has to be soft, otherwise it may not being able to move in hard snow?

Phill

It does seem to be dealing with some fairly hard-packed stuff at one or two locations including taking a run at one drift after failing to clear it first go.

Don't think I'll need one for a while though.  It's 43C here today :cool wink

i do love the way you have constructed the new engine shed.I think that every on will agree on this fourom that you actually fell like your on the station 

It's been voiced earlier but do you have any concerns about the snow on the layout Dave ?  You said you'd checked but are you expecting much damage ?  As you know, I'm impressed by garden railways and now "OO" outdoors seems to be more common, it may not be as much of a pipe-dream as it once was. Extremes of temperature might be a problem here - winter often down to minus 10C or more and summer up to plus 35C or higher.

That temperature range might be a problem with structures but based on my experience outdoors not with certain brands of track.  Mine copes with a range of over 40 Celsius degrees.

Dave - I guess it's a case of wait and see how things hold up.  Where's the snow-blower when you need one?

According to you tube somewhere in the chec republic! The snow has melted and so far the line still looks intact. :thumbs

the way you nail em Dave it won`t dare move.. it has just started to snow again, brrr  i`m off to bed.

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