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Gonna find my shovel in my garage and get ready haha. 2008 was pissing, kept getting stuck in my back alleyway, ended having to walk/bus instead. The snow was too high that year.

IDK what plows are worth but a good used Bobcat S250 (loaded, under 5000 hrs), bucket w/ consumable blade and a trailer can be had for around $35K. Unlike a plow, it can make money year-round and the trailer can transport most vehicles.

Both his skid steers (Case brand, older models) and his trailer were probably worth under $50K.

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Originally Posted by StylinRed (Post 7141628)

holy shit i guess if you have the equipment or could rent it for cheap that aint bad at all (im assuming the 'machines' are pricey)

If you are talking new, a S220 spec'd out for winter work is around 50-60K. A plow for a truck you're looking around 7-8k.

I dont need a trailer to haul around stuff, cause I can just load it into my Roll off and i'll be good to go

Yup, our S250 was $60K+, new with a cab, door, AC, 72" bucket, stick control and 2 speed. Actually, we got a 72" sweeper as well.

I have a 16' flatdeck and a rolloff bin truck (machine fits inside bin) but prefer the trailer in the winter, just in case the roads are bad or there are a lot of hills, since they're towed by 4x4's.

wonder how bad it'll get in toronto

its okay. seat warmers will help:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by KuSouL (Post 7141803)

wonder how bad it'll get in toronto

Correct me if i'm wrong, but I think La Nina means Toronto will have a milder winter..

^ thats what i heard too

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Originally Posted by mickz (Post 7139964)

Time to build an outdoor rink. 1st Annual Revscene Winter Classic anybody?

Haha, go to Gary Point in Steveston, they always freeze a huge area over and there are some good scrimmys that go down.

this winter is an effing joke so far

Probably the calm before the storm right now. Maybe Jan and Feb will be pretty bad?

For us but in eastern canada and europe they have the worst winter from recent memory. Remember winter doesn't normally get bad until jan so hopefully we will still get a number of dumps this year.
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worst winter prediction ever.

/looks outside

yea, real spooky

at least if the worst comes in january, there could be some school closures haha

Huge ass winter snow, 2012, global warming, all the same stuff. I don't think Vancouver could snow so much that we couldn't deal with it. At most it only affects ppl a couple days a year. Seems like a huge waste of $$ to get snowtires in the Lower Mainland...

^ but if you get into an accident without snow tires you are fucked....

^ fail me i dare you to.
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ICBC won't cover you damage if you don't have snow tires on during winter season or something like that.

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Originally Posted by ilmatic (Post 7241023)

^ but if you get into an accident without snow tires you are fucked....

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Originally Posted by ilmatic (Post 7241030)

^ fail me i dare you to.
:troll:

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Originally Posted by ilmatic (Post 7241023)

^ but if you get into an accident without snow tires you are fucked....

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Originally Posted by truong (Post 7241032)

ICBC won't cover you damage if you don't have snow tires on during winter season or something like that.

Please stop spreading misinformation.

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Driving without winter tires will not void your insurance in the event of a claim or mean that you are automatically at-fault for a crash. If you get in a crash where winter tires could have helped, it may be a deciding factor in determining whether or how much you are at-fault.

Source:
http://www.icbc.com/news/2010nov22-06