Pilot
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2004
- Messages
- 1,208
- Location
- Oregon
- Tractor
- JD 770, Yanmar 180D, JD 420 (not running), had a Kubota B6200
I have a 1,200 ft. driveway and we had 18" of snow. Usually we get maybe 4 or 5 inches of snow at a time in a bad winter and that only once or twice a year, at worst. About half the time I don't need to plow snow at all. But this year, 18" on the ground and more on the way.
I have a JD770 with a bucket and a blade. The blade is 6 ft. long, angled at the top and bottom. If I try to plow snow with the blade angles forward so if I am plowing to the left if would look like this: ) it tries to dig in and turn up my gravel driveway. If I rotate it so the angles face backward ( the blade tends to ride on top of the snow and only about half goes off to the side. With it riding on top of the snow, it compacts what it doesn't push off to the side.
I have plowed my driveway several times now to keep ahead of the snow, but compacted snow is building up. The system works fairly well in most years.
What's the best way to plow? Do I need a different implement? I hate to spend $$ for an implement I'll only really need about every 10-15 years.
I have a JD770 with a bucket and a blade. The blade is 6 ft. long, angled at the top and bottom. If I try to plow snow with the blade angles forward so if I am plowing to the left if would look like this: ) it tries to dig in and turn up my gravel driveway. If I rotate it so the angles face backward ( the blade tends to ride on top of the snow and only about half goes off to the side. With it riding on top of the snow, it compacts what it doesn't push off to the side.
I have plowed my driveway several times now to keep ahead of the snow, but compacted snow is building up. The system works fairly well in most years.
What's the best way to plow? Do I need a different implement? I hate to spend $$ for an implement I'll only really need about every 10-15 years.