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Hey all. Just wanted to show version 2 of my snow rig. The first was a 2016
l6060 with a 7.5 Curtis with wings. The biggest change to this new tractor is a 8-10' western wideout. The Curtis was used on the first because the mount is much narrower and fits between the front tires. The Western has a very wide mount and required some modification to fit. Western makes a mount for these tractors now but it pushes the blade way too far forward for my liking and they want like 900 bucks for it. The blade I used was the oldest wideout in our work fleet since I'd be cutting off the lights, hydraulic unit and parts of the mount. The raise and tilt is plumbed to the loader valve with flow control valves on all lines and a crossover relief on the tilt. the wings are plumbed to the rear remotes with 1/4" lines.
The other things ive done are front and rear led lights including integrated strobes with a separate strobe controller because i got tired of my old lights randomly switching patterns. The only problem is i accidently got spot beam instead of flood lights so i may change them at some point. They're all dirt cheap ebay lights anyway.
As for the Tires, these were saved from the previous tractor and ive loaded all 4 with bulk washer fluid. The tires that came with it are in storage until spring and wont be loaded. Estimated weight added is about 80lb to each front and 400 to each rear. With the estimated 1000lb weight box it puts the total weight of the tractor at around 7000 which is pretty comparable to a 8 lug pickup. The added weight makes the tractor very stable and predictable which is super important for my route because i plow around many vehicles including ambulances and news vans and really dont want to risk sliding in to anything. The only downside to such a heavy tractor is that the few places i have to plow uphill is lots to ask from 60hp.
Otherwise, the fenders were made by me for the first tractor out of a 40 dollar trailer fender and some scrap since the only set i could find was like a grand and the plow mount was just the same one i used for the curtis cut up a bit and added to. The weight box was also made of salvaged 1/4" plate and whatever scrap steel i had poured in to concrete.
So how does it perform? In wide open lots it performs about as fast as any 3/4 ton truck but, of course thats not what its for. In tight cut up lots, high traffic areas, and lots with blind corners and obstacles I cant imagine a better machine and ive plowed in just about everything including well set up skid steers and wheel loaders. If I was told that all of my accounts would be 24 hour fast food and gas stations from now on, I'd be totally fine with that.
