The riding lawn mower has to live somewhere in the winter and ours lives at
the hanger with a snowblower attached (We have a large tractor with a 72"
blower for the driveway). The most painful part was shelling out $80 for
lawn tractor chains.



Mike
MU-2


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:103of.646180$xm3.454419@attbi_s21...
We're facing the snowiest fall ever in Iowa, which has required shoveling
pretty much every other day. (Gosh, I can hardly wait for winter!)

Our airport plows the ramps and runways well, but they always leave a
strip of snow approximately 2 - 3 feet out from the hangar door. This, of
course, needs to be cleared before the plane can be removed.

We keep a snow shovel at the hangar, of course, and occasionally (like,
today) we truck our snow blower in when the snow is really heavy and deep.

I've thought about tipping the snow plow driver to get him to plow as
close to the hangar door as possible (when the airport manager was a
friend of ours, he always took extra care to plow as close as possible),
but I never seem to catch the guy. Our FBO is useless in this regard,
only shoveling right around their office door entry way, and not getting
involved with the hangars in any way at all anymore.

Anyone got any tricks for keeping the hangar ramp clear of snow?

Also, can anyone recommend something they put down on ice that (a)
enhances traction (b) melts snow, (c) doesn't harm aluminum, and (d)
doesn't leave a gritty, prop-eroding residue?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"