Hi,
Someone mentioned that they turn their rear blade backwards and plow frontwards, the opposite of normal, and that it worked for them. I was going to try that and still may, if we get any snow worth plowing here in Pittsburgh, PA.
I have no real experience plowing snow either...just did it twice so far, and there was so little the second time I was really just fooling myself. BUT, one thing I think I noticed, was that the second time I adjusted the rear blade better...
Seems that it makes sense that the pivot of the blade be vertical...I did not have my top link extended out far enough the first time...the blade was angled forward and would not stay level if I pivoted it...anyway, for some reason things seemed to get better as far as digging into the gravel after I adjusted things so the blade pivot point was vertical and the blade tilted less forward. This does not make sense to me, but sure seems like it worked better the second time.
At the expense of making a short post long, I guess I did not have a clue on how to adjust the rear blade. I initially pivoted it and then adjusted the elevation so that the pivoted blade would sit on the ground level. I ignored the fact that if the pivot point was not vertical, and when I rotated the blade, it would go out of level....
After realizing that the pivot point needed to be vertical for the blade to remain level at any position, I put the blade parallel to the rear axle, then adjusted the top link until the pivot point was vertical. And then adjusted the side link [what do you call that?] until the blade was level with the ground.
After doing this, the blade was not tilted as much forward, but it seemed to plow better and to dig in less...I thought it would dig in more...beats me!
Sooooo....maybe this newbee experience might be of some help...I am sure some kind of skid shoes will help more though...good luck and don't give up! It just feels like it's rocket science some times /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
Bill in Pgh, PA