fenneran
Silver Member
With the recent dumping of snow on the mid-atlantic region, I have finally decided to add a back blade to my arsenal. We have a 1/2 mile long gravel (actually milled road material) driveway with two hills and a curve. I have been maintaining the drive with the FEL, but it is not the best method. Now that we may be out of the drought and will be getting snow again, a blad will make sense for both applications. So the question is this: How do you all plow snow with the blade? I tried to pay attention to some folks around that I saw clearing lots and lanes and saw instances of people with the blade facing the tractor and pulling the snow as well as the blade facing "backwards" and puching the snow. What are the pro's and con's to these methods? Not to open the "box blade vs back blade" discussion, but is there a way to plow snow with a box? I think that a box blade would be better for the driveway maintenance, but the backblade, being able to angle, seems to be better for the snow. I have read all the threads on the advantages of each and I think the back blade will do fine for the drive, but didn't want to make the choice because of a lack of information. Thanks in advance.
By the way, I plowed out this last storm (between 10 and 12 inches) with the FEL and it took about 5 hours. Push, scoop, back up, turn, forward, dump, backup, repeat...
-Frank
By the way, I plowed out this last storm (between 10 and 12 inches) with the FEL and it took about 5 hours. Push, scoop, back up, turn, forward, dump, backup, repeat...
-Frank