Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Backblade vs Landscape Rake For Snow Removal

CADplans · Feb 5, 2017

dragoneggs said:
Great pic CAD... way to tell a story! :thumbsup:

I had been raking leaves a couple weeks before,,,
I was too lazy to switch to the blade,,,:laughing:

dragoneggs · Feb 5, 2017

CADplans said:
I had been raking leaves a couple weeks before,,,
I was too lazy to switch to the blade,,,:laughing:

I get it... I'm always thinking of ways how not to swap out implements.

blackdog2086 · Feb 5, 2017

What do you do when the snow being pulled by the rake builds up and reaches your back tires? You can angle a blade and the snow slide off to the side of your road. Because of the spaces between the tines, the snow just hangs up. I have both a rear blade and landscape rake and I've used the rake for snow once just because it was already attached. Never again.

Clay1 · Feb 5, 2017

I'm in your camp. After using the blade I would be hard pressed to go back and use my rake again for snow removal.

dragoneggs · Feb 6, 2017

Clay1 said:
I'm in your camp. After using the blade I would be hard pressed to go back and use my rake again for snow removal.

Of course, but you do what you can do. I still love the pic.

jgayman · Feb 9, 2017

Clay1 said:
Hello, my Kubota dealer advised me not to push the blade in reverse as it adds additional stress to the 3pt arms and could possibly cause them to bend should I hit a unforeseen obstruction. It sounds like good advise to me. Best, Clay

Yes, you do need to be cautious but... rear mounted snow blowers are very common and they can take a lot of force to push through the snow and you can easily hit something with them as well.