The team kept busy last week, however it wasn't working on a drainage project or sodding path ends on the golf course. No, it was the storm which lasted from Sunday-Tuesday that had us digging out for several days. If that wasn't enough, "Big Game" Sunday brought another shot of snow to deal with.
One of the best pieces of equipment for this job is shown below. This machine allows us to get right along the curbs and takes care of sidewalks in a single pass. If it looks somewhat familiar, that's because when the ground isn't snow covered you may see it with a mower, not a blower, attached to the front end.
We all grumble that shoveling snow leads to aches and pains, but did you ever wonder how much weight you actually lifted digging out from a storm like we just had? Let's do some simple math, and assume you shoveled an area 10' x 100', or 1,000 square feet:
- After melting the snow in the rain gauges, we had 1.2" of precipitation
- There are 27,154 gallons of water per acre inch
- 27,154 gallons x 1.2" = 32,585 gallons of water per acre
- 32,585 gallons/43.56 thousand square feet per acre = 748 gallons of water per 1,000 square feet
- 748 gallons x 8.33 lbs./gallon = 6,231 lbs.
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