Who is excited for snow season? Not us! We're depressed due to lack of snow.

[Yander]

Yeah, I plowed mine and (4 or 5) neighbors for years without a cab and it was an adventure. Sometimes, if you got lucky, the sun was out and it was pleasant to be in an open station. I now use the farm's Cab tractor if it is super cold or windy.

I use my SA425 open station if it is above 30 and not windy, It is smaller and I can see things better and more tractor time playing in the snow. I can't imagine doing 15 drives in deep snow in an open station in the cold, no thanks!

For about 5 years I plowed mine and my 4 neighbors with this... ZTR with a swisher ATV plow that I welded up a bracket for. It worked amazingly well. I plowed up to a foot of snow with it. Some of my neighbors made fun of it. I let one of them, tractor guy, use it one day and he got off and was absolutely amazed how well it moved snow.

 

[RjCorazza]

I have always been tempted to add a small plow to my backup zero turn. It would be great for the majority of our light snow events, but I suspect it would fall on its face handling steep inclines. Some drives I do are pretty steep.

 

[Hay Dude]

Yeah, I plowed mine and (4 or 5) neighbors for years without a cab and it was an adventure. Sometimes, if you got lucky, the sun was out and it was pleasant to be in an open station. I now use the farm's Cab tractor if it is super cold or windy.

I use my SA425 open station if it is above 30 and not windy, It is smaller and I can see things better and more tractor time playing in the snow. I can't imagine doing 15 drives in deep snow in an open station in the cold, no thanks!

For about 5 years I plowed mine and my 4 neighbors with this... ZTR with a swisher ATV plow that I welded up a bracket for. It worked amazingly well. I plowed up to a foot of snow with it. Some of my neighbors made fun of it. I let one of them, tractor guy, use it one day and he got off and was absolutely amazed how well it moved snow.

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More proof that zero turns can do more than “just cut grass”.

 

[Hay Dude]

I have always been tempted to add a small plow to my backup zero turn. It would be great for the majority of our light snow events, but I suspect it would fall on its face handling steep inclines. Some drives I do are pretty steep.

I’d like to put one on my Kubota F, but then I’d be tempted to buy the cab, the heater, it never ends does it?

 

[RjCorazza]

I’d like to put one on my Kubota F, but then I’d be tempted to buy the cab, the heater, it never ends does it?

Haha... True. A front mount Kubota mower has been on my list also. I always get to the cab decision and realize that it would be too much of a hassle mowing under trees. But for snow duty, the plow, blower, and broom would be awesome!

 

[MossRoad]

Grasshopper zero turns have all kinds of snow removal equipment. Cabs, too...

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[Sonny580]

I totally DESPISE snow and winter!!!!!!!!!! Spent 35 years of my life driving them old cold snowplows with no heaters working in them most of the time. The Cat 12 I drove one winter for the township didnt have a back window in it, this was back in the 60's, nowdays they drive around in short sleeved shirts! BIG change in times!

 

[sd455dan]

last year at Christmas we had a 3 day long blizzard not stranded by any means but we had 1” per hours precipitation and 2.5 foot over 3 days.

We definitely don’t see anything like Boston in 2013 or 2003 that’s crazy.

Boston's Top 10 Biggest Snowstorms

3 day storm, sounds familiar I got caught in Gillette to Buffalo Wyoming storm in April 1984 working in the oil field. Winds of 60-70 MPH.
They closed the interstate behind us, got so deep everything stopped on the interstate, until a state trouper and a plow truck cleared a one lane to Buffalo so everyone stayed behind the plow then they closed All roads. I was lucky and immediately rented a motel room.
One statement about the snow and hellbroth ? winds

The storm with its “hellbroth winds,” as one person described it, will be remembered for its 100-foot-long, 20-foot tall snow drifts.
and a dog credited with saving 5 men's lives

* Five men were stranded in a tractor cab on the Earl Boller ranch for 21 hours during the storm, and they credited the sheep dog — they laid it over their laps to keep warm — for their survival.

Food was transported by snowmobiles.
3 days and finally the storm broke. A few ranchers died, and there was a massive number of sheep that no one could get to, along with cattle the estimate was up to 60% of the range sheep died during the storm. article says 26 to over 53 million cost in todays money.

Facts about the Blizzard of 1984

* When: April 24-27, 1984

www.gillettenewsrecord.com

 

[bigtiller]

In the late 60's I drove to town for a gallon of milk during a blizzard. In town, it was just a heavy snow storm so I goofed around with my buddies for too long.

Going south towards home it was a real blizzard. I came upon a drift that was to big for my 63 chevy to go through so I parked in a farmers field entrance and walk the half mile home with the milk under my arm.

When I got home, 3 families were there. They all got stuck in the snow south of the house. We found food and a place for 9 strangers to sleep. Thankfully, it lasted for just 1 long day.

The old Allis Chalmers WD 40 pulled them out of the ditch.

 

[JohnDeereJoey]

... I put 24 hours of seat time on my tractor and blower for that storm. It was miserable, then I bought a cabbed tractor!

I used an open station with a snow blower for over 10 years. It worked great ...my hands and face froze, and when a cloud of snow blew back on me it was even worse! Most times I looked like a snowman when finished!

Then I got a heated cab tractor. I'll NEVER go back! Heated cabs are SO much better than open station when blowing snow!