Help!! Need snow clearing advice from Northern friends

[tractorshopper]

Update. I didn't get this done yesterday. I did go at it again today to completion. Had problems with loader mainly due to my tooth bar getting in way. Used BB to peel layers one pass at a time. When full I lifted it drove forward and then pushed it while turning Until off the road edge. Then I'd line back up and start again. Once I started getting close to gravel and sometimes a little into it, it started to melt and slush up. This is when I used the loader. Curled bucket up and used rear edge in float mode to really clean it up. Next time snow like this is forecasted I will get some lumber and try to build a plow board to push snow with fel. Thanks for the input. Was fun seat time for sure. And as an added bonus, my tractor is much cleaner now , especially the fel and bb.

 

[V1Rotate]

Now that you're an "expert" at snow removal you can move north and feel right at home.

 

[tractorshopper]

I actually grew up in Michigan right off Lake Huron until I was almost 13. We had to shovel the drive because Dad was too cheap to buy a snowblower and he had 5 kids "so he wouldn't have to shovel anymore". I had plenty of shovel experience, but zero tractor in snow on hills experience since that part of Michigan is flat as a board. I must say I did enjoy the experience. Probably won't happen again here to that degree for another 30 years.

 

[Looking4new]

IF I had 5 kids I would be cheap too and make them all shovel. It builds character.

 

[dave1949]

IF I had 5 kids I would be cheap too and make them all shovel. It builds character.

I guess I had 5X character. :laughing: My little brothers came along a bit late to be of much help. I had to shovel alone and babysit them.

And the classic: "You better get that grass mowed before your Dad comes home." :laughing:

 

[Looking4new]

I guess I had 5X character. :laughing: My little brothers came along a bit late to be of much help. I had to shovel alone and babysit them.

And the classic: "You better get that grass mowed before your Dad comes home." :laughing:

I didn't have any brothers to help shovel and no sisters to help with the 1/3 acre of grass I had to cut every week, either. But that is what built the character I am now.

 

[s219]

I must say I did enjoy the experience. Probably won't happen again here to that degree for another 30 years.

We don't get a lot of snow in my part of Virginia, maybe 1-2 storms a year. The last two storms were 6" in January, and I plowed my 650' driveway with my L3200 and a rear blade. The first storm I did it in three passes, the second storm only two, and it was all over in about 10 minutes. Fun, but over too quick!

 

[Looking4new]

I really like the storms that dump about 24+" of snow in one go. I would prefer to have them about twice a week for the whole winter. That would make a lot of ground water for the spring and the winter would be warm.....No -40F temps to deal with.

 

[Egon]

(I was thinking just making two passes with the loader scooping the snow into the bucket and backing up and turning and dumping by the road side as I go. Is this a good plan? How often should I do this? Every 4" or so?)

Your best bet is to put a snow shovel over your shoulder and head South. When someone asks what you have on your shoulder settle in!