Putting a 2.75" hardened steel pipe on rear blade for plowing in soft conditions?

[In.the.Piñons]

The real questions is if the ground is that soft do you really even need to touch the ground with the plow?

With my roller coaster of a road, it would make my job 10 times easier if I could just drop the blade (float) and go. On a flat road, I could see just setting a blade 1" from the gravel and having at it, but that doesn't work with my road unfortunately.

 

[In.the.Piñons]

There’s no need to do anything to the blade. Just turn it around so the cutting edge faces the rear and drive forward. It will skim the snow off the road without digging in.

I did try this but I found my blade just collected the snow. To be fair the section of road I was trying it on was below grade, but still, when facing forward, the blade would still clear and push snow to the side of the road rather than just collecting. Maybe it would have done better with less snow, or dryer snow?

 

[In.the.Piñons]

Being that the OP has a FEL, I wonder if triple Edge Tamers might work for some conditions?

I have four Edge Tamers on my 84" bucket. Works great for clearing open areas/intersections. It fills up to quickly for plowing the roads though.

 

[In.the.Piñons]

I think I'll try the pipe since I already have it. Also, since I will have all those rear remotes soon, I can put the gauge wheel back on and see how that does. Maybe even revisit turning the blade around since I now have a hydraulic top link to play with the angle.

 

[jyoutz]

I did try this but I found my blade just collected the snow. To be fair the section of road I was trying it on was below grade, but still, when facing forward, the blade would still clear and push snow to the side of the road rather than just collecting. Maybe it would have done better with less snow, or dryer snow?

It does work better with drier snow and you have to angle the blade to kick it to the side. I don’t think there’s any snow removal solution besides a blower that would do anything differently on a below grade level road. It has to be able to kick the accumulated snow to the shoulder.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

The hottest month in Edgewood is June, where temperatures can get into the mid 90s. In July -August temperatures fluctuate between the mid 70-80s depending on whether or not it has rained that day. Now we are in the low 70s, headed for the 60s soon. It’s not really a hot climate; even Albuquerque only get an average of 4-5 days per year when they might break 100 degrees. Keep in mind that Edgewood is over 6,500’ elevation and where I live is 6,950’.

Ah, you're up a bit over Edgewood proper, which I'm sure helps.

Anyway, "hot" is relative and to me 80 is about the max I want to be subjected to.
The overnight lows of 30 lately has been delightful I think, and 65-70 for highs is quite nice.

I haven't even left a single window open overnight lately or the bedroom would likely get to below my preferred 55 degrees.

 

[jyoutz]

Ah, you're up a bit over Edgewood proper, which I'm sure helps.

Anyway, "hot" is relative and to me 80 is about the max I want to be subjected to.
The overnight lows of 30 lately has been delightful I think, and 65-70 for highs is quite nice.

I haven't even left a single window open overnight lately or the bedroom would likely get to below my preferred 55 degrees.

It has been in the 40s at night for the past week and low 70s for highs. September and October are near perfect.