Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[not2old]

I get blowback on me all the time when I am ploughing with my open cab tractor and three point blower. Just have to wear waterproof pants and jacket. And a toque, of course!

An open tractor for plowing snow allows me to get my monies worth out of my sledding gear.

 

[RoyJackson]

I have a 500' driveway with decent grade of 15-20% towards the top. The gator is the CX which is the baby. With that said, I chain up my tires and lock the rear and I can push snow up the grade. It's only 2wd. I never get stuck or have any worries with it. I put a swisher receiver mounted sander on it which works great. Only small issue I have is the sander. When you slide the gate open you better start moving because the material starts flowing. There is no auto open for the gate on this model.

I have the factory glass and hard top. The black canopy is for a golf cart that fits pretty good. It lets me run heat inside and not freeze.

I bought the gator with the intention of getting around the property and I was going to get the blower for my tractor. Out of curiosity I made a mount, threw a winch on, and never looked back. I surely didn't think this could handle my driveway, especially with the snow we get, but it does perfectly.

I had an Eagle plow for my Gator (an 855D) for a year. I sold it when I bought my first 3PTH snow blower...and that was a mistake. A UTV with a plow does a great job when the snow accumulation is more of a nuisance the serious accumulation.

 

[davisgary2]

Update: The Fisher plow on the front works so well I removed the rear blade. I bought a carryall from King Kutter and built a firewood box on the 3 PT hitch. I leave it full so it acts as counter weight when plowing. Plowed 8 inch storm a few weeks ago and pushed fine. Just found a sunshade on craigslist this weekend and put it on today. Still fit in the shed by a couple inches. Hopefully I don't get an Ice berm in shed entrance or tractor will be outside.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Update: The Fisher plow on the front works so well I removed the rear blade. I bought a carryall from King Kutter and built a firewood box on the 3 PT hitch. I leave it full so it acts as counter weight when plowing. Plowed 8 inch storm a few weeks ago and pushed fine. Just found a sunshade on craigslist this weekend and put it on today. Still fit in the shed by a couple inches. Hopefully I don't get an Ice berm in shed entrance or tractor will be outside.

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I saw that canopy. It was a good deal. :thumbsup:

 

[ff1221]

Good for you, ff. And you should be doing well this winter, given the amount of snow we have had here in Ontario - must be even more so with Lake Effect snow near Kincardine!:thumbsup:

For the short amount of winter we've had there has been a considerable amount of snow, it's been busy. Good to have some time off, need to get my wood cut!

 

[kbsd]

Looks great Gary. Guess it didn't fit the other guys tractor!!

 

[davisgary2]

Thanks Keith

I think I finally figured out how to post a video.

 

[poncho62]

These two get the job done for me.......

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

Got the wife and I new tractors and blowers this year, so far getting too much use out of them!

Holy crap lol, lot of pennies in that picture. I'm jelly

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I have a 500' driveway with decent grade of 15-20% towards the top. The gator is the CX which is the baby. With that said, I chain up my tires and lock the rear and I can push snow up the grade. It's only 2wd. I never get stuck or have any worries with it. I put a swisher receiver mounted sander on it which works great. Only small issue I have is the sander. When you slide the gate open you better start moving because the material starts flowing. There is no auto open for the gate on this model.

I have the factory glass and hard top. The black canopy is for a golf cart that fits pretty good. It lets me run heat inside and not freeze.

I bought the gator with the intention of getting around the property and I was going to get the blower for my tractor. Out of curiosity I made a mount, threw a winch on, and never looked back. I surely didn't think this could handle my driveway, especially with the snow we get, but it does perfectly.

Yes residential. My house.

I would think traction due to weight would be more of a issue, UTV's are pretty stout pushing snow as far as I can see.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

Pm me a little more info. I am still in the halfaz mode about even if I want to do this. It hit 70f yesterday and supposed to get close to that today. I am also not looking for anything to use this year, just thinking about next winter.

I can sell you my truck but it's no NC truck, it's an Ohio truck that pushed a lot of snow, my next truck I was gonna head south to buy, a rust free truck.



It's already had the cab changed out once. Manual trans, 4x4 but tires are like new, I will be going threw it this spring, it's got a hole in a break line and some of the lights don't work, small stuff. I have to haul about 20 tons of gravel with it and I'm done with it.

 

[Dave M7040]

In Canada Walco is the Trygg distributor. You buy the tire chains at any farm tractor dealer.

Walco buys the material in bulk and makes up the chain ordered for a specific tire size.

Likely the same in USA. Keeping stock on the many sizes and types available is not practical.

Dave M7040

 

[ff1221]

Holy crap lol, lot of pennies in that picture. I'm jelly

Yeah I'm the Salesman's new best friend! They took pretty good care of us and the prices were reasonable. The 4052 was purchased in the spring and the 4066 was a last minute decision this fall based on the sale of my Massey, and both blowers were new this fall.

 

[farmer2009]

Got the wife and I new tractors and blowers this year, so far getting too much use out of them!

Do you run chains or just the turf tires?

Are the blowers hydraulic powered? PTO pump?


Nice setup.

 

[kevinjd]

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!

Great tractor and blower set up! I notice the little wheels on the back of the blower, are they factory? Are you running a steel scraper or Tivar blade? Tell me about the wheels!

Thanks,

Kevin

 

[ff1221]

Do you run chains or just the turf tires?

Are the blowers hydraulic powered? PTO pump?


Nice setup.

Thanks! We just run straight turfs. Used to run R4s but like most guys had a lot of traction problems, the turf tires have definitely improved on that. The blowers are run on PTO, there is a set of gearboxes on the back and a shaft up to the front.

 

[Jimmy in NC]

I've pretty much guaranteed we won't have any accumulation of frozen precipitation for the rest of the season. Got a set of 4 link ladders from TireChain.com in yesterday & put them on the 3038e today. No modifications were needed, they seemed to fit pretty good. Probably don't need the tensioners I ordered with the chains, but put them on anyway. It was in the 60's & all the last snowfall is pretty much gone (makes putting chains on much less an ordeal than 10 degrees & a high wind).

Nick

Nick you handle the snow scare up your way and I'll keep Wake and Johnston county scared with my chains. Ordered same chains for my 650's turfs and they arrived last week but haven't even unboxed them yet. Hard to think about needing them with temps in the 50s and 60s.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

Nick you handle the snow scare up your way and I'll keep Wake and Johnston county scared with my chains. Ordered same chains for my 650's turfs and they arrived last week but haven't even unboxed them yet. Hard to think about needing them with temps in the 50s and 60s.

My tractor has been sitting in the barn due to all the rain and mud, it's stupid muddy out right now, my cattle are tearing the F out of there pasture, I'm pissed, be better with frozen ground, now I have to seed and straw 1/4 to 1/2 an acre of pasture this spring.

 

[Creamer]

My tractor has been sitting in the barn due to all the rain and mud, it's stupid muddy out right now, my cattle are tearing the F out of there pasture, I'm pissed, be better with frozen ground, now I have to seed and straw 1/4 to 1/2 an acre of pasture this spring.

I know. I hate this mess!

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

That was last weekend, I have to give the cattle another round bale this weekend, it will be as bad or worse this time. I cut in my yard getting the round bale 8 inches, 12 inches back in the pasture.

Makes me really ponder the idea of a larger gravel drive, I have my bales stacked on the side of my building, thought about graveling it.