Snow Attachments Pushing the tops of bankings ???

[Usta]

, I was thinking of something like an flat extension on the bucket to push the tops off with..

Around here the State Highway Dept uses a pusher on their large Cat loader to push the salt up into the salt shed. Tractor trailers dump the salt close to the doorway or just inside the doorway. The salt shed is 40 feet wide by 60 feet long and 20 feet high to the bottom of the roof trusses. The only way to pile the salt in the shed is by using their homemade pusher. Their pusher is basically a steel flat plow that bolts to the bucket and extends about 10 feet in front of the bucket. The plow blade is about 6 feet wide by 1 foot tall that extends about 10 feet in front of the bucket. Yes, like I said, it is a large loader.
I have pushed salt a few times and you NEED to keep the bucket and the pusher very close to the ground at all times or the rear of the loader will lift off the ground.

I would not recommend even a small pusher extending very far in front of a small tractor.

 

[hr3]

Around here the State Highway Dept uses a pusher on their large Cat loader to push the salt up into the salt shed. Tractor trailers dump the salt close to the doorway or just inside the doorway. The salt shed is 40 feet wide by 60 feet long and 20 feet high to the bottom of the roof trusses. The only way to pile the salt in the shed is by using their homemade pusher. Their pusher is basically a steel flat plow that bolts to the bucket and extends about 10 feet in front of the bucket. The plow blade is about 6 feet wide by 1 foot tall that extends about 10 feet in front of the bucket. Yes, like I said, it is a large loader.
I have pushed salt a few times and you NEED to keep the bucket and the pusher very close to the ground at all times or the rear of the loader will lift off the ground.

Finely an answer.. USTA,, do you think a smaller pusher say 4' long by 4' wide would be too much,,???

Why did you pile the snow that hight to start with???????

Ld1 have you ever plowed snow???

Gizmo2,, I was thinking of that as a last resort,, the hoe is in the barn and I haven't been out there in months,,

Beezfun,,, Oooooo I would LOVE to...

 

[Usta]

Finely an answer.. USTA,, do you think a smaller pusher say 4' long by 4' wide would be too much,,???

If you think that will be long enough it is worth a try. Be careful, even with a little weight 4 feet out front can make the rear tires light enough to lose all traction. The existing snowbank is probably getting hard packed and or icepacked and I wonder if you could move much without a steel cutting edge. Do a test with a snow shovel and you may quickly realize that the pile is not as fluffy as it looks.

I do not know your terrain or options but, If at all possible, I would try to move the pile with the bucket starting at the bottom as suggested by others. Cut a path through the pile to make a path to move the pile back or move the pile to another location.

 

[zzvyb6]

Clamp a 2x12 onto the top part of the plow and be done with it. (Although the outrigger plow deal looks very appealing)

 

[LD1]

Ld1 have you ever plowed snow???

I plow commercially. I usually put in 10-15 hours for even a little 2-3" dusting. So Yeah, I have plowed snow before

Maybe that is why I asked. Because I have plowed enough snow long enough to plan in advance.

Like when I plow my drive, and the first snow I push it about 20' back off the drive. Everyone that stops by thinks I'm crazy. But have you ever tried moving back piles in march that have been there all season???? Not easy at all.

I am not trying to insult you or anything, but this is kinda my point. We all learn from experience and from out mistakes. So the question is, do you think you will pile the snow that high next year??? Or will you find somewhere else to go with it?:thumbsup:

 

[hr3]

Ld1.. no insult taken,, and I too push the majority of my snow way back onto the lawn and still have room there,,,The place I'm having the isue is by the end of the drive,, ya know where the town plows keep making it higher at the end of the drive,, Seeing over the bank to check for traffic,,

 

[irvingj]

When I have to remove high piles, whether with the blower or FEL (I'm about to do that today), I find if you can make a big enough hole in the bottom --don't go in TOO far-- then the top can be pulled down if it doesn't fall by itself. Then remove that, continue inward....

Here's a shot of where I went in through a plowtruck pile, to get at the path to my composter. Used my blower for this. Before & after pics- cut the path through just to the right of the right edge of the "before" pic. You can see the top of the composter box in the background. But-- I'm guessing your piles are higher than mine, so maybe this wouldn't work.....

 

[First one]

Sounds like the problems the same everywhere with the snow banks. We have to use a backhoe on some of the roads because there is only 2-3' on the side of the road before it drops off to over 6-7' and the other side makes up onto a knoll so not much room to move around. You can always just keep digging into it and moving elsewhere with your bucket .

 

[JB4310]

I plow commercially.

Like when I plow my drive, and the first snow I push it about 20' back off the drive.

I plowed commercially for 20+ years and also start with the piles way back off the edge. This year with 7 feet of snow in a month, my piles got to big and started choking the little loop I have in my contractors yard. Had to put the loader on yesterday to punch through to some available areas to load it out.

The place I'm having the isue is by the end of the drive,, ya know where the town plows keep making it higher at the end of the drive,, Seeing over the bank to check for traffic,,

Mine is at the bottom of a small hill, there was no more room down by the road, so I had to use loader to move that snow back up the driveway and pile it up in the yard.
I call that upper part of my driveway "The Donner Pass" surrounded by 6-8 foot high snow piles, 20 feet deep.

When I have to remove high piles, whether with the blower or FEL (I'm about to do that today), I find if you can make a big enough hole in the bottom --don't go in TOO far-- then the top can be pulled down if it doesn't fall by itself. Then remove that, continue inward....

Here's a shot of where I went in through a plowtruck pile, to get at the path to my composter. Used my blower for this. Before & after pics- cut the path through just to the right of the right edge of the "before" pic. You can see the top of the composter box in the background. But-- I'm guessing your piles are higher than mine, so maybe this wouldn't work.....

Looks good,

I am seriously looking for a decent used 3pt snow blower. Never needed one before this year, but it would of saved me alot of time/ wear and tear if I had one today.

JB.