Snow Snow plow or blower

[neilben]

I'm looking for a front plow or snowblower for a Kubota G1900. anything available out there?
NeilB in Southern MI

 

[oosik]

If you ever get much more that two feet of accumulated snow - I'd be looking for a blower.

 

[finn1]

A plow is generally faster as long as you have a place to stack snow.
A truck mounted plow is faster than a tractor mounted plow.

Blowers are preferred in severe snow conditions, and wher snow stacking isn’t practical because of space limitations.

Southern Michigan doesn’t typically fit my definition of an area with severe snow conditions.

 

[atsah]

Front mounted blower is the way to go IMO..

 

[CalG]

I have a "like new" G2546B 46" blower that is surplus to my needs.

It is made for G series tractors. Has the G2549 Quick Attach Frame. Including Operators and parts manual for both.

Located in S. Vt, distance is an issue.
If it's something of interest, We should talk. ;-)

 

[the old grind]

Welcome to the forum!:welcome:

Please don't plow snow from over gravel. In a dozen years you'll likely have virtual 'curbs' that will deter proper drainage. (we want 'away from' d-way/pad not 'along' or 'onto'.) If you're new to a property, you might observe Spring melt to be sure you don't exacerbate the inevitable ruts of thawing. I changed a fair bit of procedure after doing so in my first five yrs here.

(19 yrs experience with a 550' gravel driveway to guide my advice. Box blade pulls away from buildings, and FEL bucket scoops and dumps where the melt will drain away from what I drive on.)

btw, what finn1 said. I'm ~1/3 up MI's lower P (~43d parallel) and it rarely snows more that a foot deep South of the 45th. A properly fitted blower is a luxury, but can pay for itself in a Winter or two for time saved, and also allow 'skimming' off a foot at a time.

What CalG has to offer, .. check into LTL shipping rates. Not fast, but cheap & it's not Wintry around here this week. And nuthin' beats 'factory bolt-on' gear when you swap attachments in variable weather.

 

[TerryR]

Please don't plow snow from over gravel. In a dozen years you'll likely have virtual 'curbs' that will deter proper drainage.

What? Why not? What are you supposed to do if you have a gravel driveway in show country?

If the ground is frozen before it snows there's no issue with a properly set blade. It will skim over the surface.

If it's not frozen, you can try to keep the blade high, or just live with it. If your blade gets into the gravel it will take a lot less than a few years to have too much gravel on the sides. Just grade it back in the spring.

I've been managing a steep quarter mile gravel driveway for 22 years in the mountains of NC, and I plow it every time it's too deep to melt off before the next storm with no problems a little spring grading won't fix.

 

[the old grind]

What? Why not? What are you supposed to do if you have a gravel driveway in show country? If the ground is frozen before it snows there's no issue with a properly set blade. It will skim over the surface.

Uh, maybe it doesn't snow in Michigan like it does in NC, say not as often or as deep. IMO MI is hardly 'snow' country' or 'cab country' either.

Maybe we don't ever get another 6" of 'lake effect' snow in March after the ground has been thawed and the frost has heaved it up & soft for rut forming.

I looked for posts about gauge buttons to minimize gravel pickup. I found none, so you win. :thumbsup: It seems that precise bucket leveling is the standard, and I'm probably a klutz who's just not good at it. I even have to use 'Edge Tamers' I'm so clumsy. That and my driveways is <600ft long.

Maybe our ground doesn't freeze perfectly flat and sat that way every time it snows.

Plowing is always easy, and gee, who isn't an expert at keeping their plow's lip that perfect distance above the surface to be plowed. Same with blade or blower, right?

 

[LD48750]

Uh, maybe it doesn't snow in Michigan like it does in NC, say not as often or as deep. IMO MI is hardly 'snow' country' or 'cab country' either.

Maybe we don't ever get another 6" of 'lake effect' snow in March after the ground has been thawed and the frost has heaved it up & soft for rut forming.

I looked for posts about gauge buttons to minimize gravel pickup. I found none, so you win. :thumbsup: It seems that precise bucket leveling is the standard, and I'm probably a klutz who's just not good at it. I even have to use 'Edge Tamers' I'm so clumsy. That and my driveways is <600ft long.

Maybe our ground doesn't freeze perfectly flat and sat that way every time it snows.

Plowing is always easy, and gee, who isn't an expert at keeping their plow's lip that perfect distance above the surface to be plowed. Same with blade or blower, right?

Well I've lived in MI my whole life (70+ years)and only remember 1 or 2 winters when a blower *MIGHT* have been needed but never having had one, I got along without it.

Last 30+ years I maintain my drive & private gravel road & neighbors drives (over 1/2 mile) with just a truck plow &/or the front or rear plow on one of the tractors.
We just don't get enough snow to justify a blower.

As for picking up gravel, I was using a pipe on the bottom of the plow but found that a piece of 2" or 3" angle iron bolted to the cutting edge works GREAT & is EASY to take off or put on.

Also have found that the York rake does a pretty good job of removing light (under 6") snow.

 

[chim]

Since we built here there have been Winters without snow, blizzards with over 20" of snow and everything in between. I've used a 5' manually angled front blade, 5' and 6' rear blades, a 64" rear blower, FEL's and last year an 8' plow with power angling (thanks to 3rd remote) modified to fit the L4240. A few big snows were handled with a 5' rear blade only. Took some time, but it got us opened up. Our driveway is about 100 yards long and until my BIL got his L4740 I did their 100 yard driveway and a few shorter ones.

For the last several years I also have been doing a couple parking lots at church. The 8' front blade is by far my favorite snow implement. The rear blower will be sold with the L3200. I don't mind looking back to use it. The biggest problem was doing the parking lots. I couldn't blow the snow far enough to get it off the lots. After being blown from one area to another it soon became too dense to handle. The FEL with sides added was OK but still much slower than the blade.