Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[cat fever]

I really like the snow blowers many of you have on your tractors. I don't get enough snow to justify the cost right now. ( I am moving in a few years to a colder more snowy area) Here is what I'm using now in addition to a plow on my wife's ATV.

I have a matching mail box too. :laughing:

 

[Rustyiron]

You just got settled in there Lynn (at least with your nice barn)! What's up with that?
Got some friends in Heber, they get plenty of snow.

 

[cat fever]

I'm thinking southeast Idaho when I retire. I want more land and I am an avid snowmobiler.
But yea, I am bummed about leaving my barn. I still just sit in it and look around. :laughing:
Besides more land the main reason to move is better air quality. The Salt Lake valley and Tooele valley (where I live) do get and inversion where the pollution gets really bad. I have asthma so better air is a good thing.

 

[Creamer]

Lynn - I spent a few months in that area 30 years ago and really liked it. I see the photos you post and wondered if it was in the same area. It is gorgeous there - hard to leave.

 

[cat fever]

Lynn - I spent a few months in that area 30 years ago and really liked it. I see the photos you post and wondered if it was in the same area. It is gorgeous there - hard to leave.

Maybe,
My house is 30 miles west of Salt Lake City. (and about 8 miles south) I like the area and LACK of people. But like I said, the pollution can get bad if we don't get constant storms during the winter months.
The places I'm looking at in Idaho; I can ride my sled from the house to the mountains, no trailer. And my older brother lives close to that area also. He and all his sons are also die hard riders on snowmobiles.
I would like to get a small herd of cows to occupy my time and provide a little extra money. (for new sleds ) Land is cheaper there than in Utah.

 

[grsthegreat]

Same flat faced connectors on mine. Only takes a few minutes to swap.

 

[Gary Fowler]

My snow weapon is a grain scoop that I bought several years ago when we got about 4" of snow. I used it to remove the snow from my parking pad. I haven't needed it in 3-4 years now. Most snow melts in a few days (or hours) so not much use for snow plows or even shovels. Cant even find a snow shovel around here.

 

[powerscol]

My snow weapon. It is only 3 "major" snowstorms old (this year), but seems to work well. The Trygg fasttrack chains seem unstoppable even with my icy hills. I'm new here but been lurking and learning for 2 years. Thanks to everyone for all the help!

Welcom to TBN - Nice set up. I am curious about the paint on the chains at the three locations, Is it for install or for tensioner locations - just curious.
Keith

 

[Rocky J]

Indiana shared there snow with our Friends in the south this year so I had to dig out a video from 2013 to show my snow weapon . I found The Case Davis Scatback 430 on craigslist and thought I had to have it , because the loader went down just as fast as it went up and the oil running out of all three cylinders it was cheap enough. I never had anything that bent in the middle before and just like the Zero Turn Mower now I do not want anything else. When turning the steering wheel it moves the loader bucket left and right. It has the rocker peddle controlling a hydraulic motor with a #50 chain around the differential and a driveshaft connecting the Dana 40 axles for a posi 4x4. It is painfully slow, the video is it moving as fast as it goes.It has a Wisconsin V4 air cooled engine with a magneto on it.We made this video to share with Friends on the North Island of New Zealand and that is what the wife is yammering about in the video,
YouTube

 

[SnowBug]

Awesome setup! Please get some action shots of that beast in action!

I can't see a better setup for snow removal than these inverted blowers. I'm envious! What size blower is that, and how does the 3560 handle it? This is the setup I hope to have for next winter.

Hi Piston, The blower is 74". The tires are loaded and spaced wider (71") for balance on the hills and chain usage. The 3560 handles the blower no problem and I can blow up hill as well. But keep in mind I only blow in LOW gear with slow or fast selected on HST+. I have not tried medium gear, and not sure I want or need to. Engine is smooth at the higher rpms. I seriously looked at and tried out the 4760 and my dealer gave me the option to upgrade after running the 3560 for 3 weeks, but I chose not to. Hope this helps.

 

[SnowBug]

Welcom to TBN - Nice set up. I am curious about the paint on the chains at the three locations, Is it for install or for tensioner locations - just curious.
Keith

Hi powerscol, the Trygg chains have been amazing so far. The orange links are quick remove links. They make the chains to fit multiple tire sizes, you look up your tire size in a chart and remove the orange links where appropriate.
If anyone is interested, this 1 minute video shows the trigg install....

 

[beenthere]

I'm impressed that they show fitting the chains to the tires, rather than putting on oversize chains that require various methods of tensioning (straps, bungie cords, springs, etc.) to remove the slop.
Helps the suppliers to have some standard sizes to fit many tire sizes, but it results in poor fits unless some fitting as shown in the video happens.

 

[hawkeye08]

Indiana shared there snow with our Friends in the south this year so I had to dig out a video from 2013 to show my snow weapon . I found The Case Davis Scatback 430 on craigslist and thought I had to have it , because the loader went down just as fast as it went up and the oil running out of all three cylinders it was cheap enough. I never had anything that bent in the middle before and just like the Zero Turn Mower now I do not want anything else. When turning the steering wheel it moves the loader bucket left and right. It has the rocker peddle controlling a hydraulic motor with a #50 chain around the differential and a driveshaft connecting the Dana 40 axles for a posi 4x4. It is painfully slow, the video is it moving as fast as it goes.It has a Wisconsin V4 air cooled engine with a magneto on it.We made this video to share with Friends on the North Island of New Zealand and that is what the wife is yammering about in the video,
YouTube

Video says it is private?

 

[Rocky J]

Video says it is private?

Try it now, I changed it to public

 

[Piston]

Hi Piston, The blower is 74". The tires are loaded and spaced wider (71") for balance on the hills and chain usage. The 3560 handles the blower no problem and I can blow up hill as well. But keep in mind I only blow in LOW gear with slow or fast selected on HST+. I have not tried medium gear, and not sure I want or need to. Engine is smooth at the higher rpms. I seriously looked at and tried out the 4760 and my dealer gave me the option to upgrade after running the 3560 for 3 weeks, but I chose not to. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the good feedback. Hopefully we will see some more pics as the season moves on. Supposed to be over 50 here tomorrow so I won't be posting any!

Where do you guys buy these trygg chains?

 

[Creamer]

Indiana shared there snow with our Friends in the south this year so I had to dig out a video from 2013 to show my snow weapon . I found The Case Davis Scatback 430 on craigslist and thought I had to have it , because the loader went down just as fast as it went up and the oil running out of all three cylinders it was cheap enough. I never had anything that bent in the middle before and just like the Zero Turn Mower now I do not want anything else. When turning the steering wheel it moves the loader bucket left and right. It has the rocker peddle controlling a hydraulic motor with a #50 chain around the differential and a driveshaft connecting the Dana 40 axles for a posi 4x4. It is painfully slow, the video is it moving as fast as it goes.It has a Wisconsin V4 air cooled engine with a magneto on it.We made this video to share with Friends on the North Island of New Zealand and that is what the wife is yammering about in the video,
YouTube

I had never heard of that but it is cool! I would like one of those.

 

[Rustyiron]

Where do you guys buy these trygg chains?

Check Windy Ridge Corp. in Tamworth NH I think they switched selling from Trygg to another Swedish maker. Windy Ridge Corporation Since 1985 They are a lot cheaper than Labonville. (they sell trygg) I just bought screw in ice studs for the tractor a couple of weeks ago from them.

 

[SnowBug]

Thanks for the good feedback. Hopefully we will see some more pics as the season moves on. Supposed to be over 50 here tomorrow so I won't be posting any!

Where do you guys buy these trygg chains?

I got them directly from my Kubota dealer.

 

[skyhook]

Where do you guys buy these trygg chains?

here's the link, and check out the " mounting video ".


Tire chains

 

[Piston]

Thanks for the links regarding the chains guys