Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[snowplow1]

Just out of curiousity, what brand is your tractor?

The tractor is a LS, S3010, 28hp diesel

 

[snowplow1]

This is my first winter plowing with this tractor/plow and I'm very satisfied with it, I have no negative comments on the set up, I can push the banks back with it, (unless they become ice banks) which I have done twice so far. I use the blade angled for all of my 350 foot driveway, it will walk up the driveway in any gear with a full blade of snow in 4wd and goes where you steer it, it doesn't push the tractor around, minor snow cleanup can be done in 2wd, the nice thing is roll the blade forward some and you can scrape with it, roll it back for soft ground or building a thin mat of snow and let it ride on the plow shoes. Danny

 

[Diamondpilot]

I just assumed cause it was blue must be new holland, but maybe not?





It's just my opinion, based on zero experiance. Just don't like the geometry of the plow so far out front. Some have said it pushs the front end around and is diffecult to plow at angle. But probably far more people who have them are perfectly happy with them.

What is rear powerpack?

JB.

I have a loader mounted Meyer plow and could not imagine doing it any other way. I have plowed with tractor mounted plows, trucks with plows, and now this FEL mounted plow and its the most versatile. I can stack snow 12' high with it, plow fast, ect. With the combo of the front FEL mounted plow and the rear grader blade its quick. Pull snow away from garages and such with the grader, push it off and do the long runs with the FEL plow. I have no issues with it pushing my tractor around but the deepest snow I have done is 14" but drifts as much as 5'. I also run a 7' Woods blade on the the rear of my 28HP Jinma that is about 5,600# with the wheel weighs, front weights, and loaded rears.

First two are of me plowing last week at a customers and the last pic is of Steve using the basic same tractor and plow setup to stack snow at his place. He has his splitter on the rear.

Chris

 

[The Haymaker]

The disaster comes next spring when the gravel and stone has to be placed back in the driveway. I've been plowing snow with one tractor and chain-lift plow or another for probably 40 years, and I wouldn't have a rigid mount. To each his own.

"hundreds of thousands" is a stretch, don't you think?

I'd much rather spend fifteen minutes raking than dealing with 1' of buildup over a winter.

Remember, some of us are in colder climes where after the first couple snowfalls it'd take a D11 to damage the frozen driveway surface.

It's also a good reason not to cover your drive with marble, pea gravel, or any other substance that allows water to leach off.

I love having downpressure, it makes my plow setup even more valuable.

 

[JB4310]

I have a loader mounted Meyer plow and could not imagine doing it any other way. I have plowed with tractor mounted plows, trucks with plows, and now this FEL mounted plow and its the most versatile. I can stack snow 12' high with it, plow fast, ect. With the combo of the front FEL mounted plow and the rear grader blade its quick. Pull snow away from garages and such with the grader, push it off and do the long runs with the FEL plow. I have no issues with it pushing my tractor around but the deepest snow I have done is 14" but drifts as much as 5'. I also run a 7' Woods blade on the the rear of my 28HP Jinma that is about 5,600# with the wheel weighs, front weights, and loaded rears.

First two are of me plowing last week at a customers and the last pic is of Steve using the basic same tractor and plow setup to stack snow at his place. He has his splitter on the rear.

Chris

I'm not convinced, but I am open minded (except when it comes to diesel truck engines :laughing

This year the snow has been extreme around here. Plowing in low range, high rpms, 4x4 chained and weighted, tractor is really grunting to move the snow. If nothing else I would think those conditions would contribute to alot of slop in the loader after several 6 hour outings in a row.

In LMP's defence having the ability to raise the plow higher than 2 feet off the ground would save much of the time and wear and tear it takes to hammer those piles back and dozer them up. I had to remount my loader (10-15 min job) once to move some piles that were choking off my storage yard, but these were areas that had no room to start with the piles 20 feet back, like I do in other parts of my yard, in those areas I can take another 7 feet of snowfall.

IMO LMP on a CUT (as opposed to heavy equipment) would not hold up to production plowing, but is more suited to individuals snow removal needs. But this opin is not based on experiance.

Looking at your pics, your plow seems to way out front compared to the 3rd pic of green tractor.

I can get the piles 6+ ft high with frame mounted plow, and 8+ ft with loader.

JB.

 

[Gizmo2]

JB4310,
I have the same problem as you, my ballast box hits before I run out of traction. Guess I'll make slower inclines next year.

 

[DK35vince]

This year the snow has been extreme around here. Plowing in low range, high rpms, 4x4 chained and weighted, tractor is really grunting to move the snow. If nothing else I would think those conditions would contribute to alot of slop in the loader after several 6 hour outings in a row.

I've been plowing with a fel mounted snow plow for years now. Chains on all 4 and loaded rear tires.
There is no slop in my loader.
I like this setup, works great.

 

[JohninCT]

Here's the latest addition to the implement arsenal. Rad Bervac B74 blower hitched to the Kioti DK 40. Tried it out in the old hard packed snow to clear a path out to the snowed in horse trailer. Had to go slow, but it chewed thru it. Its a real beast!

A couple of pics and a little vid of the initial test (sorry phone camera quality and fading daylight).

YouTube - Kioti DK40 with 3 Point Snowblower

 

[Diamondpilot]

I plow about 10 drives ranging in length from 200' to 1500' with the average one being maybe 450'. I also do 1 mile of road. No slop in my machine going on 8 years now. To each his own but I have done it all 3 ways and the FEL mounted plow is the best to me.

As for Steve's green tractor. Its the same basic setup. His may be a few inches shorter but you are looking at it with the loader raised so as you know the high the loader the closer it gets to the tractor.

Chris

 

[DMF]

I have used a FEL mounted plow for 7 years now with no issues. Mine does float with a chain however so the clean-up of removed stone, gravel etc. in the spring is kept to a minimum. As far as a 1" buildup, depending on how I angle the front I can rock onto the cutting edge or back onto the shoes, this allows me do scrape to the gravel once the driveway is frozen or leave a little if it's early or late season and the driveway is softening up.

I have no ballast to speak of except for my loaded rear tires and I keep my 6' back blade on so I can drag snow away from the garage entrance. Does it shove the front end to the side when I'm angled? Very rarely but I don't care if you have a frame mounted plow or an FEL mounted one, there are situations where you may get yourself shoved to the side. I plowed for years with a pick-up truck which obviously had the plow mounted close to the truck via the frame and even that would get shoved to the side under the right conditions.

I do have a question for nybirdman though; why is your lift chain attachment point so high?