atitus - you cleared the entire 1200 feet without blowing a shear pin. That means you did an initial FOD (foreign object detection) inspection and that also was a success. Usually - if I was going to blow a shear pin, it was always on the initial run down the driveway. Thereafter - clear sailing.
Well this is my first snow fall with my Kubota BX1880 and I'm pretty pleased. We got 6+inches of medium-weight snow and I was able to clear 1200 feet of driveway in about an hour. I took it a little slow being the first time but no shear pins sacrificed yet. I have to say that this is the first time in 35+ hours on this tractor that I felt I could have benefitted from the 26 HP or 23 HP engine instead of the 18 but not sure even now I would have parted with the extra cash. I wish I could have made a video but it was still snowing when I was out there and my phone isn't one of those fancy waterproof ones. Oh well I'll get one next time. Hope everybody in this north eastern storm is warm safe and dry take care.
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Hello aititus,
You managed to kill off the END OF DRIVEWAY MONSTER and feed the moat monsters with the remains of the END OF DRIVEWAY MONSTER without breaking a shear pin.
You did the FOD disposal work without finding any wood bombs that the squirrels would have left, good for you.
Since your new at this; when you make your first pass make it on the side of the driveway where the plow passes your home and dumps the snow AWAY from the driveway.
Doing it in this manner lets you clear off the END OF DRIVEWAY MONSTER to feed the moat monsters with its remains and also flush the salt laden crap out at the first pass where you clear off the salt laden crap completely by just concentrating on the end of the driveway first and and then when you do your next passes you are flushing the all salt laden crap out of the snow blower and end up with nearly no salt laden crap in the snow blower as each succeeding pass just pushes clean snow through the snow blower.
If you have access to hot and cold water you will be money ahead washing the snow and ice off the tractor and snow blower.
OH and buy a spray can or two of Fluid Film to spray everything that contacts snow as it will slick up the chute, spout, impeller etc. and you can blow the crap across the road or down the block as long as you do not drive too fast. Keep the fluid film warm in the house and it will mix faster and coat better.
If you have a warm storage area you can spray the spout and chute with several coats of Fluid Film and let it dry between coats.
Short of that turtle wax in several coats can also work well but it will not be as slick as ski wax or fluid film.
Be happy the moat monsters down the road just got a free meal that did not involve a car wandering into the ditch.
What made you decide to purchase a front mount instead of rear mount that would have been less expensive and required less power?
