Stomper
Gold Member
This is the first winter with my new tractor and I thought with the bucket and 3 point snow blower, moving snow around my yard was going to be a lot easier than with my quad. I thought wrong. I actually got out the quad and blade out to finish it off. Needless to say I am extremely disappointed. This was a 6 snow fall and it needed removing. The first few snows this year I just packed to get a good frozen base over the gravel driveway. So It was frustrating when the bucket would penetrate through the frozen layer and dig up the gravel underneath, even while in the float position. I tried adjusting the angle of the cutting edge but it either dug in or left to much snow. The rear mounted snow blower was a completely different ballgame. Let me just start of say that driving backwards with a bad back really sucks and is not fun at all. Not to mention even the slightest bit of wind completely covered me in snow. I had the skid pads adjusted fairly low and then adjusted my top link to give me the desired space between the blower cutting edge and the hard pack. There was a really fine line between to much space and not enough. I was either shooting rocks or leaving to much snow behind. I think that the blower would work better with deeper snow and paved driveway. We seldom get a bigger dump that 6 at a time. My quad blade does a much better job than my tractor. At least right now. I am thinking of making some skids for my bucket that are angled up at the front and back to help float it better if the cutting edge is not at the perfect angle. As far as the snow blower goes, nothing will fix the driving backwards other than converting it to a front mount unit but that痴 more work than what it痴 worth. Personally I think the ultimate set up would be a dozer type blade that can be angled via the third function, for clearing the snow and the bucket for removing the plow row when it gets to big. What experiences have you guys had to deal with this type of issues