Michigan

[Opa]

Starting with 1984 Michigan changed the way they compute vehicle registration fees. 1983 and older are still based on the old weight system while 1984+ and based on a percentage of the MSRP. The fee declines 10% for 3 sucessive years and then remains fixed. Unfortunately you have to contact the Secretary of State office to find out the percentage.

 

[saddina]

wait, your coop and garage are combined? how does that work?

 

[RaZ]

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Not so well as it appears. The little ones like the bike.

 

[saddina]

Yes, i see that, they have good taste. Coops in SoCal are designed to keep heat out, not in, so I have to relearn how to coop.

This is one of my quail pens, it's an outdoor one, under a tree for extra shade. chichen coops are about the same, just larger. not exactly snow worthy.

 

[RaZ]

Gonna have to get some helmets...

 

[Opa]

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I know that everyone will be very quick to answer any questions or concerns you may have. Two words you'll need to learn to make you transition much easier, snow thrower

 

[saddina]

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I know that everyone will be very quick to answer any questions or concerns you may have. Two words you'll need to learn to make you transition much easier, snow thrower https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/10233_winter_snow_blower.gif

what's the differance between a snow thrower and a snow blower?

 

[ChicksterJo]

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Thank you very much for your info. It will be a little while until we're able to make our first move to buy land in Michigan but it will be worth it.

 

[keyt1969]

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Are you talking about my photos? Indeed, I need more organization. My coop and garage are combined but the silly birds want to be where I am.

Sounds like our place. This property has been in my man's family for over 100 years. There are two houses here, one big one over 100 years old, then another one next to it that was originally built to be a garage. But, as went on it ended up being added onto and became a house. Behind the big house is a garage, however it's never had a car in it lol. It was a chicken coop (the whole thing), then a game room, then a man cave and now a chicken coop/place for bikes, snow blower, tool boxes and shelves full of stuff lol. I told Aric we might as well have animals in the big house too. In one room upstairs it has all of my daughter's belongings, in a room downstairs it has everything I had in my 2 bdrm apartment before I met Aric lol. It seriously needs stuff to finish the house, I'd love to live in it, but for now it's a VERY big storage room lol

 

[Opa]

Saddina, snow blower and snow thrower are names used interchangeably and mean exactly the same thing. However, there are single stage and two stage snow blowers/throwers. Single-stage snow throwers use a single high-speed impeller to both move the snow into the machine and force it out the discharge chute. The impeller is usually in the form of two or more curved plastic paddles that move snow towards the centerline of the machine where the discharge chute is located. Single-stage snow throwers usually are light duty machines. They are less expensive but also less effective. Their efficiency is reduced as snow becomes deeper and wetter and the chute often clogs.
The term "two-stage" means that there are two mechanisms used to move the snow. The first is the auger and the second is the impeller. The auger feeds the snow to the high-speed impeller where the impeller blows the snow out of the machine. They normally are larger, can handle much deep and wetter snow. They throw the snow much more efficiently, usually for a greater distance, and are less prone to clogging.