LAKE TAHOE IS BURIED! Keeping the Roads Open With CAT 938G

Winter just keeps pounding here in Lake Tahoe, CA. Banks are getting tall, houses are getting buried and we are running out of room for all this snow. Our loader is running 12-16 hours a day trying to keep up with all this snow. What videos would you like to see next? Thanks for watching!
CAT 938G w/ 12ft Balderson Blade
Pewag Diamond Chains

[@dabprod]

I've plowed a lot of snow in NY State mountains over the past 37 years but NEVER saw anything like this. That machine is truly awesome. And the operator ain't too shabby either. Great video.

[@speedoflight3532]

You and you dad are doing an amazing job! Especially with the incredible amount of snow that keeps coming. My wife and I love watching the waves of snow in front the blade, it's mesmerizing!

[@rockkitty100]

Our place it near Truckee and just passed 650" so far and it's still coming! You are all doing a great job clearing the roads and driveways. I have a service to clear but I'm still running my little snowblower three times a day to keep the berms under control.

[@tractortyme]

Wow, here I sit in Montana wishing for snow all winter, and get very little due to snow curse when you have bought a cabbed tractor. Now I'm seeing how bombarded Lake Tahoe area and San Bernardino got with snow. Thanks for being the crew whom keep things going out there.

[@pags409]

This is just amazing. We have a place in Alta and our neighborhood has been dumped on DOWN THERE!!! U & your dad seem like good peeps!

[@Janiceblue2012]

I’ve never seen that much snow in my life! What a fantastic job your doing! I don’t even know how you can find the roads and driveways. Praying for all of California. Stay safe!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@griffgranger]

Thank you!

[@brucesimpson8579]

A winter for the record books.

[@Hanky_Bannist8r]

I'm still blown away by the amount of snow, I'd bet you won't see it all go away until September ish.

[@TravusCooper]

Yall are great. Keep up the great work. We're getting ready for a nor'easter here in New Hampshire tonight

[@Don-Michael]

The resort should honestly host a donation fund for you guys who have been clearing all day during these storms. Awesome work!

[@chris-vecchio]

They do this for free? 😮

[@michaelmiller7208]

They get paid for it well I believe. No worse than the Mammoth mtns. Is worse.

[@Don-Michael]

@@chris-vecchio No, they get paid to do it. This year has been way above average so they are working more hours non-stop to keep roads clear.

[@chris-vecchio]

@@Don-Michael Oh I see thanks! They are definitely busting their asses!

[@scrolemodel]

Wow! So much snow!!! It compares to big dirt jobs I sometimes do, being on an excavator with mounds of dirt in all directions that need to be managed then loaded into trucks. You clearly know your way around the hood. Looks like a cool job, but if it were me, I'd be dragging rocks out, rubbin on cars, mailboxes, etc, lol. Also, I was literally thinking probably don't want to fall of those ramps right before you said that! Stay safe man and keep up the great work! Thanks for the vids!

[@andyfree9916]

You maybe all ready know this, you’re a God send to those folk up there. Especially the older folks. Keep on

[@griffgranger]

Thank you, I appreciate that!

[@reidgargiulo2745]

I wish we have gotten as much snow as you guys have this winter

[@wideslammer]

I enjoy watching your videos -- I'm sure much more that you do creating them with all the long hours. I also like the added commentary.

[@griffgranger]

Awesome, thank you!

[@l6echo53]

Man that thing is a beast

[@axeelll]

great Job - Thanks

[@musicvibes017]

wow that's a lot of snow omg! Is it like that every year there in Tahoe? Great video, thank you for all you do for that community.

[@chrishuston1451]

First-time watcher. Fascinating

[@kentsablowski7035]

That is a awesome job you are doing. Keep it 👆

[@griffgranger]

Thank you!

[@DouglasRead-nh7rd]

Hey Griff...great job. More chatter about it would be great. How you ramp the snow, how much are the chains and how do you put them on, where did you learn all this, have you hit any garage doors, what time do you guys start? Stuff like that would be fun to hear. Thanks...

[@griffgranger]

Thanks for the feedback! I will keep that in mind for future videos

[@kevinkohrman1367]

You guys will be hammered for awhile. Need the snow / rain for the drought

[@oneterpsfan]

It would have to be a Cat 299 D3 Highflow with a blower attachment

[@DavidC1]

I’m in Florida with air conditioning on 😅

[@DavidC1]

@@CraneGer21glad you left

[@CraneGer21]

@@DavidC1 me too !

[@scrappypat5612]

So for some reason videos dont really do justice when trying to portray how much snow is really coming down. For it to look like that I cant imagine how much snow is coming down. Huge wet looking flakes

[@RobertSmith-hj9ms]

The snow level has gone way up since this video.

[@spudman12382]

I'm surprised that they haven't gotten snow melters and start melting the snow

[@brettlamont4965]

How many “extra” hours have you work this year compared to normal? Amazing and keep up the good work. It will end sometime. Lol

[@cdawg9149]

Do you charge a flat fee for winter plowing and it is paid by each homeowner via the HOA ? I hope you have a big snow winter clause that says if the snow is so deep you charge more. Fuel / maintenance has to an insane monthly bill.

[@griffgranger]

It is paid by the HOA. Thanks for watching!

[@ElectricElephantAgency]

3:02 is the stuff netflix specials are made of...

[@deanstackhouse8775]

You had to ask, I had to answer..."What videos would you like to see next ?" ARIZONA IN SUMMER. THX

[@Robertino12]

Nie mogę uwierzyć że tyle sniegu

[@terencechevalier5756]

No drought this year thats crazy

[@michaelgoergen6702]

Best chains made is there any rust on your loader do you wax your baby shop tour please thanks

[@MB12116]

They use sand in Tahoe, no salt 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@rainmaker3700]

@@MB12116 They actually brine solution in addition to sand.

[@dmac5497]

In addition to the brine solution Cal Trans also uses salt, the salt works better than the brine, the brine rots your car from the inside out and kills all the trees along the road, the sand used is a special low dust type that is collected and washed and used again lol all to keep the lake blue, Don't Save it Pave It!

[@MB12116]

@@rainmaker3700 true, I believe salt and brine are relatively new in California.

[@MB12116]

@@dmac5497 the salt is mixed with sand and I think the proportion favors sand

[@trekforphotos]

2ed machine the same or about the same machine

[@jacksperf8003]

My question is how big of mess is it when it melts and floods houses

[@griffgranger]

Usually it's a slow melt and not a major problem. Thanks for watching!

[@jacksperf8003]

@@griffgranger i live in iowa and i dont think i have seen half that much snow 🤣

[@g.g4816]

It is like water

[@xxxxxxxxxxxx_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Are you live streaming this?

[@stevegranger5559]

Hey Griff.. Great operating! You and Tim are doing a fantastic job and I’m sure the home owners in Bear Creek appreciate seeing their homes getting plowed and blown out👌. I wish you would turn your voice volume up for us going deaf people 😂, love Uncle Steve from Ma. I was thinking about coming out in the summer but now I better wait till the very end of summer or fall 😊

[@griffgranger]

Thanks Steve!! I’ll work on the audio. Hope you are doing good. Miss you guys!

[@ahumpfree]

I’m in Michigan and I’m amazed at the snowfall you have! We have not even come close where Im at to normal snowfall. Great work you’re doing and the video of you plowing is addicting.

[@truckinitwithedward3886]

Big bear ,Crestline , and lake arrowhead should take notes from you I still question why they pull all the plows from the mountains during the storm 🤔

[@christ9460]

What videos would you like to see next? Blowing Snow

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

I did so much plowing in Massachusetts, but they would tax me like crazy on the overtime. Moved out of there recently to a warm state lol.

[@wallacejeffery5786]

Can you imagine a guy with a 15 horse Honda blowing all this!! Or an electric blower thanks to newsome

[@johndoe-sf6hk]

man at that point just tell everyone to get out their snowmobiles cuz keeping them roads clear is fighting a losing battle, although you are doing an excellent job!

[@cageordie]

It's snowing where I live, north of Boston MA, and we will get about a foot today. One thing I know for sure, when I get the snow blower out when it stops at 10pm, I will find that the city shoved all the snow from the road into my drive, and that will take the snow blower a good half hour to clear the last 25 feet of the driveway. I wish our plow drivers worked like you do. I love watching the bow wave ahead of the plow.

[@donlum9128]

Awesome, live in central Utah. I thought we had some snow, but you win.

[@dougsweldingfabrication953]

I love to plow, but that's more than I could deal with. Over and over and over.

[@dirtjockeys1030]

I plow snow in a smaller Cat loader, winter arrived late here in NH. I always tell people, in a wheel loader with all 4 tires chained, I can go anywhere.

[@shawncarrizo]

What simulator is this?

[@gladysbitter532]

Are you operating that bucket with a joystick controller?

[@griffgranger]

No, it's three levers (triple sticks). Thanks for watching!

[@minidiggin]

Jealous this is my dream job. We got maybe 6” total this year in the midwest

[@edisonhargrove]

Never seen this much snow before even when I was stationed in alaska I'd regularly go though Mooses pass going to Seward and that pass has nothing on yall

[@Crashing310]

Any guesses when the last of the snow will melt?

[@rainmaker3700]

September

[@jeremiahhaugh7974]

Seems like they're making an iceberg, maybe it won't all melt, haha

[@cdawg9149]

Mammoth ski resort may be open all year round. Rumors are spreading.

[@christiereynolds1335]

Excellent work ❤

[@griffgranger]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jeffjansen582]

Great vid, have you considered putting a blower on that loader? You could get rid of the snow in one pass, use more fuel but get a lot more done, and no snow dumps.

[@wideslammer]

He has a blower that he'll use after he opens things up a little. Watch his other videos to see the blower in action.

[@francisdelaney2228]

You wheel that Payloader like a guy on a garden tractor. Your experience shows!!!

[@griffgranger]

Thank you!

[@zfilmmaker]

I hope you’ve got AgCam or similar cameras so you don’t have to turn around each time you back out. In VA, we would kill for just a couple inches of this. With no snow this year, we’ll have a terrible drought this summer.

[@MB12116]

How about all of it?

[@zfilmmaker]

@@MB12116 we'll take all of it! I've got a sad malamute that would knock you over and kiss you for it.

[@DrMJJr]

More SNOWBLOWER!!! 👏🏽👏🏽

[@griffgranger]

More on the way!!

[@chris-vecchio]

POV blower vid would be great. Just like this, but with the blower. Awesome vids!

[@griffgranger]

Blower videos on the way! Thanks for watching

[@chris-vecchio]

@@griffgranger Awesome thanks man!

[@johnredden641]

What about a blade that had wings on it that you could adjust in and out on a machine that size or a little bigger

[@griffgranger]

Would be awesome to try one!

[@johnredden641]

@Griff Granger I watch a KZbin called dlh farms he has one on a tractor and plows snow Virginia dot it's cool to watch