bam747
Silver Member
- Joined
- Nov 10, 2004
- Messages
- 200
- Tractor
- John Deere 4720 (2007)
First, let me define "deep, wet, heavy" snow...
At least 15" deep. Wet and heavy defined as early fall or spring time "Sierra Cement" snow. My location is the front range of Colorado. Just got done with a storm that dropped an official 24" with high winds to make even bigger drifts.
My question is will an angled FEL mounted snow plow (say a Curtis) handle this situation or will the tractor just be pushed sideways by the snow?
As for the tractor, it is a 2WD John Deere 1020 utility ag (one nominal step up in class from a large frame cut and similar to todays 5xxx series). My particular tractor/FEL combo with a rear blade weighs in at 7500 lbs.
I already assume that having MFWD would help emmensly to keep the tractor and FEL mounted snow plow going in the intended direction. But, that would be a minimum $20,000 "option" to replace my current tractor.
At least 15" deep. Wet and heavy defined as early fall or spring time "Sierra Cement" snow. My location is the front range of Colorado. Just got done with a storm that dropped an official 24" with high winds to make even bigger drifts.
My question is will an angled FEL mounted snow plow (say a Curtis) handle this situation or will the tractor just be pushed sideways by the snow?
As for the tractor, it is a 2WD John Deere 1020 utility ag (one nominal step up in class from a large frame cut and similar to todays 5xxx series). My particular tractor/FEL combo with a rear blade weighs in at 7500 lbs.
I already assume that having MFWD would help emmensly to keep the tractor and FEL mounted snow plow going in the intended direction. But, that would be a minimum $20,000 "option" to replace my current tractor.