ChoPChoP
Member
Hey everybody, my first post other than the review of my John Deere 950. Bought her in October to cut the 5 acres behind my house and I have to admit, like so many others on TBN, I got it bad. When the weather forecast said up to 24" of snow today and tomorrow I didn't think about the lost day of work Monday. First thing I thought about was getting the 7' back blade on the 950 and getting to the gas station to fill the diesel jugs.
After reading the snow plowing threads on TBN about gravel driveways, I went out and bought a pc 1 1/2" ABS pipe, kerfed it on my table saw and slid it on the cutting edge of the blade. Just plowed the first 4" in reverse with the Blade backwards and am I a happy puppy. Took 15 minutes instead of an hour with the snowblower on the JD GT316 and I didn't look like a snowman when I was done.
I did scrape some gravel off no more than I sprayed with the blower.
Many thanks to all the contributors here, still lots to learn but you guys make the learning curve a lot easier. I know I'm operating a lot safer after reading the TBN forums and nothing is more important than that.
Bring it on New England, Chops got a big blade and a bad boy attitude!
After reading the snow plowing threads on TBN about gravel driveways, I went out and bought a pc 1 1/2" ABS pipe, kerfed it on my table saw and slid it on the cutting edge of the blade. Just plowed the first 4" in reverse with the Blade backwards and am I a happy puppy. Took 15 minutes instead of an hour with the snowblower on the JD GT316 and I didn't look like a snowman when I was done.
I did scrape some gravel off no more than I sprayed with the blower.
Many thanks to all the contributors here, still lots to learn but you guys make the learning curve a lot easier. I know I'm operating a lot safer after reading the TBN forums and nothing is more important than that.
Bring it on New England, Chops got a big blade and a bad boy attitude!
