sknight603
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I got up there and took most of the ice layer off too.
Now I am a little concerned about the massive snowbank, butting up against it. Hopefully the driveway glacier does not move.
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wisdomfamilyx5
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I would remove it .
I could not stand such a thing. That would drive me crazy. I am glad to have a barn to put mine in. Before my HTT i had a PUP and it had to stay outside one season and it leaked. had condensation which upset uss terribly.
Here in the midwest you can have a decent pole barn built for less than $10,000.00 if you have that option available
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sdsdsd
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who cares that's what insurance is for. Every time you go up an icy ladder you put yourself at risk!
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mwebber78
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I think your comments were "tongue in cheek" but if they aren't -
Insurance doesn't cover negligence, you might want to check your policy for the hundreds of purposeful exclusions....
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kwilliam10
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Chuck wrote:
>>Dry (powder) snow weighs about 13 to 19 pounds per cubic foot. Call it 15 for ease of calculations
20' x 8' roof has 160 square feet and 4' depth would be 640 cubic feet.
15pounds/ft3 x 640ft3 = 9,600 pounds.
Is there still question about removing it? <<<
Well...GEEZ......if you are going to go all scientific, and all.....I guess not. 
Now Us....in Maryland.....nary a whisp of snow ALLLLLLLL Winter. Dagnamit....and I went and spent money on new sleds, for the kids, this Christmas. Go figure!!
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Chuck_S wrote:Dry (powder) snow weighs about 13 to 19 pounds per cubic foot. Call it 15 for ease of calculations
20' x 8' roof has 160 square feet and 4' depth would be 640 cubic feet.
15pounds/ft3 x 640ft3 = 9,600 pounds.
Is there still question about removing it? 
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God Chuck you must be a hoot around the campfire. Is everything in your life broken down to numbers and equations. Loosen Up,
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sknight603
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I have a hard time imagining that 1 cubic foot of snow could be 15 lbs.
None the less, I am glad I cleared it off, including the 8-inches of ice that made up the bottom layer. I definitely tore the cover a couple of time, but losing $300 would be worth saving an axle, or roof issues.
I wish I cold find affordable covered storage up here in NH.
The best deal I could find this year would have been $300 / mo
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Chuck_S
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You must have a snowblower then!
Not a matter of imagination, a matter of fact. Spend some time with Google. Even if it's 10# rather than 15#, 4' on the roof is gonna be over 3 tons of snow on the roof.
Minutes after a powder snow fall a cubic foot is lighter (maybe 12#/ft3), but as the snow packs it gets denser and heavier. We've had gas station canopys (the steel type) collapse from the weight of snow here in the snow belt and the framing of my boat cover was smashed flat one November from less than a foot of wet show. Same snow stripped all the branches off a large tree in our yard.
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csijeep
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sknight603 wrote:I have a hard time imagining that 1 cubic foot of snow could be 15 lbs.
None the less, I am glad I cleared it off, including the 8-inches of ice that made up the bottom layer. I definitely tore the cover a couple of time, but losing $300 would be worth saving an axle, or roof issues.
I wish I cold find affordable covered storage up here in NH.
The best deal I could find this year would have been $300 / mo
Here's one way to keep snow off.
This is early Winter pic here in N. Michigan. Actually, this pic was from early Nov. before we started getting a ton of snow that we have now. This has worked great. The trailed is tucked nicely inside.
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mwebber78
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I'd need one of them that's 35' to keep mine covered. I can only imagine the money that would take!!!
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