Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[Hay Dude]

Well, here's a photo of a Worksaver snowplow in its second year of service. We get about ten plowable storms a winter here in southern New Hampshire. On my second outing in December, so about the 12th time the plow was used, the skid shoe fractured. Worksaver was no help at all, but the dealer (Chappell Tractor in Brentwood) was kind enough to weld it for me. There wasn't another storm until just the other day, when the pin securing the lefthand hydraulic arm snapped. Again, Worksaver pointed out that when "pushing" snow, the pin was liable to fracture if the plow hit "something hard." Amazing!

They offered me to sell me a new pin for $13. The welding of course would be up to me. My recommendation: don't ever buy Worksaver implements. My previous tractor, a Japanese-built International Harvester, save good service for 43 years, and the snowplow, though bent here and there, was still going strong when Chappell brought my new tractor and plow and hauled the old one away away.

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Would that be a 2 series Nissan diesel powered IH? Have any pictures? I liked those

 

[ArlyA]

Seems you guys need more photos of snow machines here.

 

[aczlan]

Well, here's a photo of a Worksaver snowplow in its second year of service. We get about ten plowable storms a winter here in southern New Hampshire. On my second outing in December, so about the 12th time the plow was used, the skid shoe fractured. Worksaver was no help at all, but the dealer (Chappell Tractor in Brentwood) was kind enough to weld it for me. There wasn't another storm until just the other day, when the pin securing the lefthand hydraulic arm snapped. Again, Worksaver pointed out that when "pushing" snow, the pin was liable to fracture if the plow hit "something hard." Amazing!

They offered me to sell me a new pin for $13. The welding of course would be up to me. My recommendation: don't ever buy Worksaver implements. My previous tractor, a Japanese-built International Harvester, save good service for 43 years, and the snowplow, though bent here and there, was still going strong when Chappell brought my new tractor and plow and hauled the old one away.

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Would seem that a properly functioning crossover relief valve should have prevented that.
A Z shaped bracket that bolts down over the end of the ram might fix that:


Aaron Z

 

[CADplans]

Again, Worksaver pointed out that when "pushing" snow, the pin was liable to fracture if the plow hit "something hard." Amazing!

They offered me to sell me a new pin for $13. The welding of course would be up to me. My recommendation: don't ever buy Worksaver implements.

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I am not standing there,, so, I have no idea of what the entire design is,, but,,,
the FIRST thing they teach you in general engineering is that a cantilever mount , like shown,, is a less than successful design.

In comparison,, there is a Cub Cadet garden tractor (well,, basically, all of them) that has gauge wheels on the mower deck.
the design is such that the wheels are not supposed to touch,, except on rare occasions,,

Many second hand users of the Cub Cadet adjust the mower height incorrectly, and within the first or second season of mowing,,,
they start to rip off the mower deck wheels.

In the case of the Cub Cadet,, the second owner did not know how to use the machine correctly.
That is not the poor design of the mower by Cub Cadet,, it is the lack of proper use info by the second user of the Cub Cadet.

That may be the case here,, something is not adjusted correctly,,
but, that is tough to call,, just from looking at a pic of a broken pin,, or a pic of a broken wheel,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

This is the blade I am using- ran through 14" for 700 feet or so ok.View attachment 686014

How do you like the blade? I bought one off CL a few years back, no mounting bracket, just the blade. So I’ll have to come up with a way to attach it to the FEL.

How does the rubber cutting edge do? Does it clear snow pretty close to the surface or does it skim over snow? Yours would float, mine most likely won’t float.

 

[SuperiorLakeEffect]

Those snow numbers are really hard to imagine for most of us. Looking at your pictures, it dawned on me that you really have no choice other than blowing do you? I'm guessing that you may have some settling or melting during the season, but still, after about 60-80" there is no more "pushing back" the banks without ridiculous machinery.
I can't explain how sad I am for you guys, can't imagine getting by with 100" by early February. :thumbsup::laughing:
Thanks for the pics.

Eh, you can keep anything open with a plow if you push the snow around long enough (and have places to put it). One of my favorite ski spots is down a ~5 mile road that's kept open all winter with nothing but a 3/4 ton and a v-plow. He does have lots of strategic turnouts for piling snow tho.

But having a blower sure is nice. No need for worrying about strategy, keeping up with the storms, or having to do everything every time.

 

[SuperiorLakeEffect]

The snow guns are going strong in the Keweenaw. Looks like old man winter is trying to make up for the mild winter we have had up to now. We just broke the 100" mark this week. We normally have well over 200" by now. This is what I have been doing everyday for the past 6 days.View attachment 685938View attachment 685939View attachment 685940View attachment 685941

I really like the light placement on the blower. I was thinking of giving that a try. My current light setup just does a wonderful job of lighting up the discharge from the blower. Does that setup help you see through that better?

 

[DJ54]

They dont have to be pretty, to move a lot of snow. Had to break out my FrankenFarmall Tuesday, after an additional 8" of snow, on top of a previous 4" snowfall. It's a 1946 Farmall A, re-powered with a freshly rebuilt (when I bought it) C-123 power unit off a 50's era IH 55-T hay baler. I put this together back in the mid-80's, and still serve's me faithfully to this day. Dad built the blade in 1964, for the Farmall A we had at that time. It had the exhaust style lift mechanism on it. I did a little modification to it in the late 90's, for a hydraulic lift, hydraulics provided by a Char-Lynn PTO hydraulic unit I picked up at a swap meet, in Portland IN.

The engine has a magneto, and I hand crank it to start. It normally starts after 3 quarter turns, but Tuesday, it took 4, 1/4 turns before it picked up the gas @ full choke, then started, and ran on the 5th 1/4 turn. Still not bad for being 19ｺ out.

Mechanically, this little tractor is near perfect. I have not touched that engine, other than a yearly oil change, and filter in the Spring. I installed newbrake bands, and differential seals in it, when I installed that engine, and filled the differentials,and transmission with new fluid. Cosmetically, it has a lot to be desired, but I came to appreciate "sleepers" back in the late 70's. Dave Stangle, of NTPA fame is my hero..!!

Here's a short video of me pushing 12" of snow, on the first pass, on the driveway out behind the horse barn. The video doen't show justice as to how much it's pushing. Note, not much is coming out the right side, but is pushing snow 15' or so ahead of the blade. You'll hear some squealing, which is me feathering the right brake, because the draft of the snow is pushing the front of the tractor to the left. MAH00875 '46 Farmall A FrankenFarmall plowing snow 2/9/21. - YouTube

I hope y'all get the years service out of your tractors that I've gotten, and hope to continue to get out of this little girl. It's the most dependable tractor I have, out of the 14 or so I have. Most probably have more in their snow blades, than I have in this entire unit. Total cost back in the mid-80's, including 4 new tires, was right at $675.00. I love my little sleeper..!!

 

[Keweenaw County Yooper]

Yes it helps a lot because it is in front of and below the chute plus I like it as a safety feature when I blow the windrow left by the county plow. The wind is usually blowing and I am ingulfed in a big snow cloud and with the light there any oncoming vehicle can see it since it is out in front of the cloud.
Michael

 

[RjCorazza]

They dont have to be pretty, to move a lot of snow. Had to break out my FrankenFarmall Tuesday, after an additional 8" of snow, on top of a previous 4" snowfall. It's a 1946 Farmall A, re-powered with a freshly rebuilt (when I bought it) C-123 power unit off a 50's era IH 55-T hay baler....

I have always liked the old Farmall tractors. Your A looks good to me!