Prepping for winter … Winterizing

• Belly35

  

  I’m still screwing around with the leaves … some of my yellow maple and pin oaks have a ton of leaves on still.
  Haven’t gotten my outside water turned off, lines blown out yet, patio table and chairs still out, flower pots full of dirt, need more wood (going to be a cold and long winter), have cleared out my garage to make room for the snow blower, still haven’t covered the garden, need to change the oil in the tractor and mower still, have to pick up some salt (400 pounds) for the back of my truck …..
  Cold front coming in on Thursday I better get busy…mofo
  
  Have you winterized your home yet … What are some of the things you need to get done or have done?
• mcburg93

  

  All the hoses are off the spigots and the wind carried the leaves to the field. I am ready for winter.
• salto

  

  Belly35;1672949 wrote:I’m still screwing around with the leaves … some of my yellow maple and pin oaks have a ton of leaves on still.
  Haven’t gotten my outside water turned off, lines blown out yet, patio table and chairs still out, flower pots full of dirt, need more wood (going to be a cold and long winter), have cleared out my garage to make room for the snow blower, still haven’t covered the garden, need to change the oil in the tractor and mower still, have to pick up some salt (400 pounds) for the back of my truck …..
  Cold front coming in on Thursday I better get busy…mofo
  
  Have you winterized your home yet … What are some of the things you need to get done or have done?

  
  Why is an oil change considered winterizing?
  
  Check your tire pressure on your different vehicles too.
• rrfan

  

  I have leaves to do and some bushes to trim back...doing that tonight. Got wood in to burn so good there. Snowblower is ready to go so I am not far off...I have all the screens out of the window and AC covered.
• vdubb96

  

  Still have a lot of leaves yet to fall, patio furniture is up. Still need to take the hoses of the spigots though.
• thavoice

  vdubb96;1673128 wrote:Still have a lot of leaves yet to fall, patio furniture is up. Still need to take the hoses of the spigots though.

  You sure they just werent stolen?!?!?
  
  Leaves were taken care of last weekend. Dont really have any trees downwind that can blow into my yard! Lawn mower was run dry of gas.....PIcked up snow blower that I dropped off last april to get fixed.
  STill need to take the hose off though.
• 4cards

  

  ...yesterday cleaned the gutters, got up all the leaves (trees are bare) on the yard, put the winter fertilizer on the lawn, got the snow blower out and fired it up, so I guess I'm ready for winter.
• salto

  

  While winterizing just make sure no Christmas lights are turned on yet.
  
  
• Belly35

  

  salto;1673112 wrote:Why is an oil change considered winterizing?
  
  Check your tire pressure on your different vehicles too.

  I change the oil for storage so I'm ready to go when summer comes..
• salto

  

  Belly35;1673168 wrote:I change the oil for storage so I'm ready to go when summer comes..

  aaah gotcha. For some reason I thought you used your little mower/tractor also as a plow. Do you drain your gas tanks or use an additive?
• friendfromlowry

  Took hoses off. Leaves are taken care of for most part. Need to trash some dead plants and put up some furniture still.
• Ironman92

  

  Why do you need 400 LB of salt?
• Belly35

  

  salto;1673178 wrote:aaah gotcha. For some reason I thought you used your little mower/tractor also as a plow. Do you drain your gas tanks or use an additive?

  use an additive with about 3/4 tank full, when winter over and I get the tractor out I fill the tank with gas.
• Belly35

  

  Ironman92;1673275 wrote:Why do you need 400 LB of salt?

  I put water softner salt in a large Rubbermaid container just in front of my wheel wells for addition traction in my truck, when winter over I use the salt in the softner