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Another day of howling snow, warmed up a bit, only -13c. Need to blade the yard tomorrow.

Years ago, here at minor hockey league games, they had free booster services after the game. People would go to the game, and after drawing the battery down some on starting, their cold battery doesn't get enough time to take charge, well, the outcome is easy to figure.

I use a wireless remote switch to control the block heater. Click it on a couple hrs before needed. Right now the block heater is on full time, battery blanket is always on. -35c for a couple weeks.

Had an old Allied seven ft at the acreage here. Was on the back of a Massey 1105. It was 36 inches high, had a large and deep fan. Much larger than my current new model seven ft. Sold it with the tractor, $500. Might be a model to look for. You could search Schulte blowers, they make the...

Had a few inches last night. Had to get my butt out to clear the driveway and road so the fuel truck didn't have any problems. -20c, still snowing, bit of wind, wouldn't be without a cab.

My 2017 Massey 1742 had trouble starting below -25c, even with the block heater plugged in. Had the tech out to check, all tests were good. Seems as with all things nowadays, manufacturers go with the minimum required. My battery was too small for the effect of losing capacity when the temp...

The exothermic lance will do it in minutes, what's the hold-up?

The idea given here is STICK with 1/8 7018. Hardly a glue gun approach. Before I got into 220 v Lincoln migs, I had a Linc 135 plus. With enough experience I would weld those hooks with that machine.

Thought I'd post this little repair request that I got about nine years ago. Fella on an acreage had an older Belarus tractor with blade/bale spear apparatus on the front. He'd been trying to patch it up to make it useable, had been "welded" a few times before. looked at it, told him there's...

Unless things are custom built, you will always run into minimum required expense to get the job done. The problem is much worse when buying a house. They will cut corners in the process and material just to minimum specs to get through inspection. The homeowner is none the wiser until the...

-30c or f, same thing today. Forecast for a heat wave tomorrow up to -7. I'm not holding my breath.

$1800, pay the price, have a beer when they get it to your location.

I'll agree on getting some serious hood time before attempting critical welding.

Three hours of snow clearing today. -30 with a breeze. Note to all the guys who don't need cabs, I don't believe you. This stuff isn't cotton candy.

The horse pulling the milk delivery wagon would stop and go as required while the delivery man would would do his route. The road apples were moved around with hockey sticks.

Well, from the time of my last post, Mother nature has changed her mind and gave us a full blown blizzard.

We've got other people's snow coming in from the east, just ground drifting. I'm sure I recognized some of the flakes as ones that went by from the west a couple of days ago. Forecast is for -37 at night for the next week or so. Daytime, all the way up to -28. When it's that cold, C or F...

Sweet. There's a few acres of pasture here, that with a bit of work could be used in that fashion. Might have to pursue that idea. Right now it's just prairie grass, not used for anything.

Without going through all the posts, I had a cheap corded one in the city. Worked great. When I moved out here I needed a cordless, so purchased a 40v Greenworks unit. For all the trimming needed here, money well spent.

Happy to say it didn’t amount to much. Blade the area near the buildings and a couple trips up and down the lane to the highway. Ground drifting today and baby it’s cold outside!

Had a bit of a blow late yesterday and into the night. What I can see from the yard light, the deer are pawing in about six inches on the driveway looking for their food. Too dark to see how much there really is. Another hour will tell.

In post war Germany, my dad worked on many wood gas vehicles. Check out Mother Earth News, they had many articles on the method. I still have many of those issues in a tote, might need to dig them out.

When you do some letter switching omicron spells moronic. No more flu or pneumonia. Smells fishy to me.

Electric start?

Great to see the pics. I can't imagine trying to stick that mess with a glue gun. Need to call in a mobile pro welder. It will cost a few $ but will be done right.

The moose have migrated a couple hundred miles into the south here in the last 15 years or so. Very rare sight at that time.

Land plane all the way. Mid range, let the dust fly. Worth every penny in less frustration and job well done.

We have bigger visitors too right out behind the house.

Mike knows where his ASSets are. Was ok at first.

The Morgans have gone to a lot of click bait thumbnails.

Boys night out

I can imagine a mile long freight train hauling containers. Each flatcar having a battery in its lower construction powering the control units. When this non polluting assembly goes off the rails, the resulting fire will be like the second coming. No access in remote areas where the majority of...

I get goosebumps watching videos from a guy in Austria doing snow removal with tractors. Mountain on one side, cliff drop into the valley without guardrails in many shots. Many at night so all you see is a black abyss in front of the tractor.

I get screenings from the local seed cleaning plant, usually peas. Last year I bought a half bag of feed oats to mix in. This fall he had a 1700 lb bag for me. Had to blade the driveway today to clean up the poo.

This is outside my kitchen window. I spread out a bucket of feed, just enough to give them a snack. No hogs in this area yet. If they come around, I'll be ready with some little lead pills right out the kitchen window.

Feeding time for my deerest friends

Best things, no emissions and no batteries to recharge.

Yup on the PHD when it comes to filler. When a politician uses the term it's reference is to BS.

Being a vehicle tech for many years, sometimes an overlay is the easiest method. In this case, a simple pushbutton switch wired through a suitable relay to the glow plugs seems to be the answer. The original plug wiring is there, snip and attach as necessary. Terminate the original...

Those fancy TWEELS resist sideways flex, probably caused the slide in the first place.

You got your PHD in brazing. Looks good. Is it an injury risk if it fails?

-25 with a stiff breeze, had a snow event yesterday, need to get the drive clean for the heating oil truck. Tractor has been plugged in all night. The extra $ spent on the cab was a great investment.

Have a stainless flex line made at a hydraulic shop.

Prudence says little tractor, little bucket.

Nice looking unit. What are the fan dimensions and blower body height? Looks like an old Allied unit we let go with a Massey 1105.

OP said bucket, if that's what he's working with for now, let's help with that. Many options down the road for sure.

Same as guys do with a blade. Some 1 1/2 inch sch 40 pipe, slit or weld tabs to mount on the edge.

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If it was only a warm climate thing, a pto gen would be ideal. Up here with the extreme cold and the tractor tied up with a blower, a stand alone is really the only solution. Need to keep two small water supply buildings heated plus the well pump is 220 volt. The one I have is quite heavy and...

Surprising how much good, serviceable metal can be had from old farm equipment. Stuff can be bought fairly cheap and as long as you can bring it home it's golden.

That axle would make a dandy bale spear. My pry bar for 45 years has been an old Dodge car torsion bar. One end shaped into a spoon shape, other end is quite comfortable to handle. Truck front torsion bars would also be unbreakable for a cut fork system.

Buy some metric bolts that will fit at your local Harbor Freight. Guarantee they will be Chinesium quality if they're like Princess Auto here.

Don't lift anything you like.

Made the mistake of purchasing a Jeep Cherokee in 2015. O so happy to get rid of it in 2017. Don't how it passed headlight laws with the miserable candles it had, amongst many other faults the dealer service advisors "never heard of" before. Even though the problems were discussed at length on...

I did up a loader mounted rear powered blower last year. Lots of work is involved. Cost was minimal. It worked well till the end of the season when it tossed a bearing. The self powered blower might be a tad heavy for your tractor

Nice to be in the trees, protected from the wind, but when that one errant gust hits things go bad very quickly. Up north where we have a trailer in a private camp, the previous owner cleared too many trees to make more sites,{greedy}, the remaining trees are adversely affected by the winds...

A heat duct booster fan at the outer dia of the gazebo, with a pipe following the roof line to the stack, blowing up inducing a draft.

Good point on marking up the rod. I use 2x2x3/16 steel. A couple layers of duct tape would go a long way to prevent marks.

Mother nature was on my side during the blizzard. Winds out of the west. Just a small amount around the garages and in the yard. The half mile to the highway was blown completely clean.

Well it huffed and puffed all night, looked out at five am, still no lights. Finally the snow quit coming down now. With the crazy winds the snow seems to be in a hurry to go somewhere, ground drifting at 60 km. Will interesting on how the solid drift situation is.

Eight hrs into it it, still blowing like stupid. Can't see any neighbor lights. Sure am glad the new shed is done. Roll up door is holding up well in the wind, gusts to sixty mph.

We’ve got a good one going on. Don’t know how much is going to hang around, most of it is passing right on by. Supposed to last till tomorrow sometime.

The split pipe on the cutting edge is a great addition. Best thing I did to my plow.

Yup, that co ax indicator is a true timesaver, with all mills.

Pic of the door from my phone

On my new shed I have a roll up tarp door. When I first moved out here I used a quonset that was a distance from the house. Same problem with the sliding door. Got old fast.

Park the tractor with the business end facing the snow. Previous owner here told me of a time he backed his tractor into the quonset only to have a huge drift in front of the door in the morning. His Massey 1105 couldn't drive through the drift, had to shovel his way out. In the right...

Avoid the round column mill-drill like the plague. Been there, much frustration, no T shirt. Now have a Grizz square column bench top unit, big enough for most needs.

After having my fall incident, I'm going back to my rear blower, front blade system for this winter. Just don't feel comfortable using my home built front blower along with the rear blade. No shop to work in, plus slow movement dictates a more proven set up. I did find last year it actually...

Have to add my two bits. Troll. Anyone having that much "experience" wouldn't be asking here for basic info.

22x12 264 sq ft. Lumber is crazy up here. But then so is steel. Pretty sure it's overbuilt, but it'll be here long after I'm gone. My son's property, I'm just keeping it warm for his retirement.

Done today. This is what six grand gets you with today’s price of lumber. Having it built for me is a new concept, used to doing my own work but just can’t anymore.

Find a local hobby machinist group. Guys are usually eager to help someone out. Pretty tough if you're far from a city though.

I've done the starter fluid method on atv tires. Interesting to say the least. It does work for those hard to seat tires though.

So GM has 68,000 non recyclable batteries to dispose of. Anybody heard of their plans for this GREEN ENERGY ???

Water up here is at eight feet to avoid the frost.

Are either of these equipped with the needed plow or blower?

Here in Saskatchewan the weather is quite similar. I'll take that over earthquakes and hurricanes any day. You can dress for the weather, not so for an earthquake.

Bought mine with the cab specifically for comfort. Clearing snow from a half mile drive and the yard is worth the extra. Plowed the road with an open station Ford 3000, cured me real quick. There's not enough Eddie Bauer to change my mind.

The rafters are 2x10 spaced 24 inches on center. The outside will be tin. I'm not really worried about snow load, we have enough wind to blow it around.

Another point is to use the brake to keep it from seizing up from lack of use.

Lucky it didn't roll. Got into the habit of setting the brake on mine.

New shed ready for tin

What we call gophers out here are in fact Richardsons ground squirrels. They decimate acres of crops. Some farmers would even pay for your ammo.

The Bandit looks like a man eater. Why would any company make such a large "chuck and duck" machine? Controlled feed with safety bars to stop and reverse make way too much sense over the lower cost. My Champion gas powered unit requires a lot of attention.

No shooting allowed in the area? Here in Saskatchewan gopher shooting has been a summer pastime for many years. Used to go shoot at farms, 3-400 in a day was a good day.

Wow, just in time. I'll be keeping an eye on this one. A hail storm shredded my Shelterlogic tent shed. Having a 12x22 open ended post and metal shed built. Can't believe how expensive it will be.

A little late for the get well wishes, thanks. Have spent the last two weeks sleeping on a rocker/ recliner. Pressure on the left side ribcage still makes it impossible to sleep in the bed. Dr said four to six weeks to heal. On a positive note, my son convinced me to purchase an Apple watch...

Having worked in a Ford dealer from 84 to 98, the problem rings a bell. Unfortunately, my memory banks have been cleared of those not so fond memories. Plastic cannister with filter and switch over valve may be at fault.

Had a five and a half power outage last Saturday. Champion gen worked great, not cold enough to cause problems in the water system buildings. All went well until I went to put the gen back in the garage. In darkness, just the three wheeler light on, I tripped and did a faceplant on the garage...

Airflow through condenser good??? Clean the screens at the front.

Sell the tractor with loader, let the buyer worry about "Unloading" the loader. Not that hard to comprehend.

I changed to a front blower and never looked back. The idea of pushing a small amount off the road with a front blade just makes for bigger drifts on the next go round. A blower will level the playing field to let the snow drift into the next obstruction, hopefully away from your road.

My Massey won't move with the park brake on, disconnects the hydro. Love it.

Building houses requires a larger machine. Case 580 comes to mind. Weight does work. An ag type for the five acres down the road for general mowing and road maintaining.

My ballast box is filled with Lyman ingots. Six hundred plus lbs worth. Better than having them sit in the garage.

A shiny new ball solved the problem for me.

Do you have a buzz box welder at your disposal? Many old Forney welders came with a carbon arc torch. Very efficient, without flame when used properly. It will heat the nut in seconds at a low amp setting.

ERSKINE front mount tractor blower. Pricy though.

Yup, my loader screams at me if I try too much weight. Safety built in for a reason. Counterweight does make a difference in "feel"

I did up a pto powered front blower for my fel last year. Still need the fel to unload deer feed in the winter, when it is available. Mine is powered by a chain case with a shaft to the front. SSQA on the blower, limit chains to prevent shaft issues. Price came in at around 2k. Some pics are...

Much enjoying this conversation as I sit here smug, knowing that a scut is too small for the workload the op is thinking of. Having " snowblowed " my half mile driveway with a cabbed Case 446. The little guy was great in the city doing sidewalks for my elderly neighbors. Even with a whopping...

A land plane is superior to a box blade for a driveway. Scut ain't gonna do it. Check out GP Outdoors, he does a fairly in depth evaluation.

Take a hint from your dear old mother. Like when she bought your clothes, she always bought a bit bigger because you will GROW into them.

Looks like a winner. Practical place for the phone.

If you decide to go the velcro route, give the spots where the velcro will adhere with a bit of acetone or brake cleaner.

Have a 1742, same thing on the dash. I was thinking a bit of lexan a couple inches high, bent to fit windshield across the dash and back to the window. Some velcro would hold it plenty secure.

You should be able to post right off your phone, no host site required.

Got pics??? Did a non standard fel blower last year.

Saw that steering mess before I bought my Toro. Had looked at them at the dealer, a little you tube time educated me quickly.

Higher capacity welding machines can do small work, the reverse seldom has satisfactory results.

Did mine the same way but with chain, running at 540. I just use the idlers for chain tension.

OP has another thread where the Bobcat 2040 is not powerful enough for the grading job. Stepping down in size seems odd in this case. My response of going bigger was appropriate in my opinion. Maybe I'm missing something.

Dealer where I bought my Massey 1742 said they regularly take smaller units in trade after the buyer bought too small. The little guys are so cute, you just want to take them home to play with. Then when the s##t hits the fan the novelty wears off quickly.

Canada eh? A little more detail. Big place it is. Welcome from Sask.

Grading with what? Box blade. rear blade, land plane/ How big/ heavy ?

Don't know about posting links, old guy syndrome. Posted here last fall, a search should bring it up. You're shaft center to center looks like you might be able to adjust the bottom bearing a bit for chain tension. Sometimes short link will also work. My blower is 66 inch on a Massey 1742.

Toro fanboy here. Bought a Titan 60 MyRide last year. Love the ride. I do around four acres. Smaller area, a Timecutter would do well. Check into the MyRide, you will not be disappointed. Local dealer's new stock was 90 % MyRide equipped, only have a few left.

Looks like about 6.4 to 1 reduction. On mine it's just a reversal of direction. So far, using # 60 chain, mine has lasted all winter. On the last day of blowing it tossed a bearing on the quick change plate due to pressure from the shaft. My fault for pulling back on the curl too much. May...

The state highway is spending your money. Looked at a 3039 before I bought my Massey 1742. The JD was a used unit, only 60 hrs and had a new hydro installed. Also had an aftermarket cab. Felt it was a tad too small anyway, my way of steering away from a pushy salesman.

Watch your customer service callback. Negative comments will be monitored. noted and saved for future reference by the dealer.

When we did our police car outfitting, strip, crimp/solder inline connectors and heat shrink was required. Lots were done, none came back with problems.

If your loader work involves getting out of the machine with the loader above the ground, the skid may not be a good solution. For instance hooking up or aligning forks for a lift.

Enough winter clothes makes me envision the Michelin Man blowing snow on an open station tractor.

The branches in the face is a real thing. A moment of inattention will get you skewered like you're ready for the bbq. Haven't seen any posts about branches taking out a window. My mirrors are easy to readjust after a trip through the bush. Bush hogging will stir up some nasty stinging insects...

You could check out Erskine front blowers. They listed a rear pto powered front mount blower. I based my build on that and the Schulte heavy duty unit. Building mine came in at around 2k. Buying one wasn't in the cards for me.

Unless you're mowing a golf course, high speed mowing and tractor don't fit in the same sentence. I wouldn't punish me or my tractor trying to mow a few acres.

Depends greatly on tools at hand, ability and easy access to material. Metal prices are out of this world so buying all the little bits is costly. Available tools to do the job are expensive, you may have them or be able to use equipment at your job. Attitude toward the type of work must be...

The local dealer downloaded the manual for the old Ford 3000 on a thumb drive. Price wasn't much higher than an internet version. Fortunately the dealer is on the way to the city, in my case only ten miles.

That buggy takes me back a lot of years. Worked in my Dad's VW shop for years. Built a Funco Bandido type buggy around 1970. Turned a lot of heads in Banff Alberta when I drove it there.

There's not enough Eddie Bauer to make me give up my cab. In -30 with a good stiff wind and the road is blocked, I'd pay to see someone clear that in an open station. There is a world beyond the " Sunshine Belt"

A couple of six ft bucket cutting edges would work. Cut teeth with an angle grinder and good to go.

Got lucky and scored a couple of 6x3/8 x 8 ft long pieces of ar 500. Plan is to make them six ft with a 4x4x3/8 angle backer. Teeth will be cut with an angle grinder. Also a single claw grapple at the tip to help move branches around. Got my ssqa plate yesterday. I'll lay the parts out and...

Pretty sweet. We have a bit of a track on the acreage here, managed to use the existing topography for variation. We are seriously lacking berms though. Got a skid steer late last fall so they're coming in the near future. Looking forward to the next video.

On the reliability side, last year I upgraded from a forty year old Deines ZT to a Toro Titan 60 inch with MyRide. Love the ride, hope it lasts somewhere near as long. Toro has been building mowers for a long time.

What kind of saw action are you looking for? I'm in the process of doing a tractor/skidsteer saw with flat horizontal blades. Commercial ones are expensive. See pics of a sawfish. Vids on you tube show a fairly easy build.

You don't mention any snow. Pics when it's delivered.

Color me chicken. I would be mowing up and down on a ZT mower.

A little different take on home built. Mine was fabricated from old rod weeder parts. No bushings, just big bolts. Made this as a grapple/ rock digger. Bottom spikes are 3/4 inch thick. Tops are 5/8. Good quality steel in those old implements. Not perfect but the price was right.

Welding on your tractor should be a while down the road. Lots of hood time is needed before the real work begins.

Was at my local dealer today. Seems like the MyRide is popular as 90percent of their new stock is so equipped. It's like Ride the wave.:)

A good deal depends on your application. Is your property a fine lawn or repurposed pasture? Mine is the latter. I replaced a forty year old Deines with a Toro Titan 60 inch with MyRide seat suspension. Never going back to a regular rider or ZT without some form of suspension. MyRide is...

Wow, lots of responses in a short time. Popular subject for sure. My two bits. Bought a Toro Titan 60 with MyRide last year to replace the forty year old Deines. Love the ride on this thing. Cut an hr and a half off my mowing time. My body thanks me for the purchase, the old mower rode like a...

$100 for a 4x8 sheet of 3/4 ply around here. I thought $36 was high last year.

Finally quite snowing and blowing. Worked the blower pretty hard, blew out the bearings where the shaft goes through the ssqa plate. Wondered about the bearings being too close, back to back at the short shaft with the drive sprocket. A bit more sittn' n thinkin' is in order. Couple of options...

Our once a year is from end of October till April-May. Not the same?

Wind was on my side with the road to the highway, just a few finger drifts. Beside the house was a different story. Had to put the blower back on.

Still snowing and blowing. Three ft drifts around buildings, couple ft in the driveway. With the wind direction change I'm sure my drive to the highway is blocked. I'll get to it after breakfast. Lots of highways closed.

Tractors don't make good mowers. Rough stuff, sure, grass, no. My choice was a Toro Titan 60 inch with the My Ride system. Turned a three hr chore into an hr and a half of cruising the yard.

BIL just got a Woodland Mills with a power infeed roller. Runs on an 18 hp Kubota. He asked me last fall, I told him to keep away from the "Chuck and Duck" types. Yup, they self feed, but as has been said, quite violently. I have a Champion stand alone, it's bad enough within it's capabilities.

Is it a sliding collar type? Torch would indeed be a bad idea. How did it slide on without actuating something?

Snow is blowing like crazy. Glad it's not cold. -2c. Getting some good sized drifts around the yard. I would sooner see a nice long rain but right now any moisture is good. Both dug outs are at late fall levels and the sloughs around here are all but dried up. This snow will help, the ducks...

Forecast is for four days of snow/ blowing snow around here. Commonly referred to as a spring blizzard. Will be a toss up between using the rear or front blade. Highly doubt the blower will be needed.

I'm just in the process of building a Tree Buster type for the fel. Cutting at ground level and being able to mow over the area without fear is right on the money. No fast spinning blade or chain, easy to control. I'll probably add a little single point grapple near the tip. Lots of ideas...

How many hrs were on it when you looked at it?

Just a quick note here. Needed to replace my old Deines ZT with something more body friendly. Purchased a Toro Titan 60 inch with My Ride after a couple laps around the dealer's lot. All I can say is give one a try. Toro has made mowers for a long time.

No mention of location. Long drive, how cold, how much snow? Compact with a cab and heat will make a miserable chore into a pleasant job. I agree on the ZT mower for grass. Tractors don't make good mowers regardless of some opinions. It's an expensive mistake to get a Swiss army knife and...

Nice job. Will be great to blow without the sore neck. Did my rear to front conversion pto drive last year, used it all winter.

Check out you tube for perfect tree saw. A few versions show up, all seem to work well for the intended purpose, clearing brush at ground level.

I’ve had a vision for a while. I really like the Perfect Tree Saw type of attachment. So the quest begins. Found some eight ft x3/8 pieces of ar 500 steel for the blades. Figure six ft long should do. Will cut some teeth with the angle grinder, back them up with heavy angle.

Blower and blade are at the side of the garage. Blower drive is still mounted, just in case. With this system I can use the three point for the rear blade and land plane when the road dries up some.

Regarding the cab in the bush. I'll gladly let the mirrors and window frames get knocked around than get jabbed or worse by an errant branch. Pretty easy to make some extra clearance with a cordless pole saw. Going slow will push a lot out of the way.

I installed a diverter on the rear remote on my Massey. Hoses to the front are easy. Use the system for the front blade, grapple, snow blower chute and a lift cyl on my forks. At the rear so far it handles the verge mower and the lift gate on the land plane. Not too complicated to operate if...

Looks like 50 hp tractor country. Grapple would be a must. I've been looking at the Real tree saw, more on how to build one as the prices are way out there. Would be able to take down trees with a flush cut, leave the stump and mow over to maintain trails.

I just have to chuckle to myself when I read about guys who don't do a little research on little tractors and dozers. The design of the spindly arms on a small tractor are meant for moving loose material. The arms on a skid steer rest against the frame when pushing or digging. I've seen the...

They even move the top link to make it more accessible

I had a little go round with my blower shaft. Wound up putting on a hose clamp once it was pulled back. Worked pretty good.

Have you looked at ditch bank or verge mowers? I have a Chicom version for steep ditches. They shread the material unlike the sickle bar that just cuts and lays it down.

The rear pto front blower struck my fancy after straining with a rear mount. Found an almost new Farm King 66 inch for a super price and went to work. I wanted a loader ssqa mounted blower as I still use the loader for deer feed. Took a bit of seat of the pants engineering but it works good so far

Hire an experienced dozer operator to do the road and clearing. Life is too short to do that work with a little tractor.

Check out Squatch253 on you tube. He uses an old "tumblebug" rotary scraper along with a small plow to move and level areas. I got hooked on the idea and happened to come upon three of these. Some old pics of road construction in NSW show this implement in action. Just looks sweet.

Solving this depends a lot on your mechanical abilities and the equipment available. A chain reverser is fairly easy. Had to do that on my fel mounted blower. A few pics are on the interweb, modify to suit your application.

It's a snowblower, not a Ferrari. Find something close and rattlecan away. Keep the chains lubed.

Had some good ground drifting this morning. Blocked road needed to be cleared. Four ft drifts in the orchard.

The 30 series JD looks very narrow from pics I've seen.

Just a heads up on a problem that popped up on my 1742 cabbed model. Being a heavy guy, there's lots of stress on the step bolts. Had the front bolt snap. The resulting flex makes for nervous entry and exit till it's repaired. Having the step fail could cause some serious hurt. The broken part...

Perfect day for blowing. Sunshine and tailwind. Warm enough in the cab to turn the heater down. Spent about three hrs today. Thinking I have the bugs worked out of the fel mounted blower.

That was some pretty severe wind. Three inches of snow stuck on branches in a heavily wooded area. Before and after pics of the area.

Massive destruction of ice fishing shacks on local lakes. Still blowing tonight. Deer don稚 like it.

It was a dark and stormy night. Sound familiar? Now 3:30 am our time. Predicted snow just started to come in around ten pm. Hit the sack, never thought any more of it. Woke up at 11:30 by the noise of the wind. It was a pure white out condition. Could just make out the barn with the yard...

The problem and the solution. The chain coupler has enough motion for small alignment faults. The joint doesn稚 move like the pto. Same as I have in the drive to the blower.

Not new to Mitutoyo. My old Combi Mike has the writing worn off from use. Still accurate though. The vernier has v shape on the beam, quality throughout. Favoured metric as the primary because I worked on vw early in my mechanic career.

Blower is great before the shear bolts break at my pto to chaincase joint. Seems I have an alignment problem. Something has shifted with use, the flanges are no longer aligned. Actual fix is pretty easy, another chain type coupler, same as on the bottom. Have to take the whole unit off...

That wind makes the snow travel sideways, ends up in drifts when something disturbs the flow. In my case yesterday, drifts in front of buildings.

Merry Christmas to me. Just purchased a Mitutoyo Digimatic Absolute six inch caliper. Have been using cheap and mediocre calipers for years, finally got fed up. Lots of tube vids, all compare to the standard in the industry. Buy once scenario now, woohoo.

We羆*e into a day long blow so far. Going since eight am. White-out in the open. 25 mph wind, drifts area building.

My Rigid is a 10 inch E series driving/ spot combo. The old Cibie has seen better days.

One of the reasons I prefer to keep the fel on. Got two bags of peas, thousand lbs each for deer feed. Have to get it when the seed guy has it. I get him to do two bags as one full one is too much for my loader.

Final bits coming together. Easiest seemed to be limit chains. The cylinder pins were not long enough so had to make new ones. Highly doubt the little bolts in the ends would hold the cylinders. New pins have one inch stubs. More of a visual indicator as the hydraulics can torque up the front end.

A little tig project from a couple years ago. Figured I needed to upgrade my fish finder, so did some research on rov units. Commercially made ones were way out of my realm, so I built one. Has three thrusters, two cameras and 100 ft tether. One cam is a go pro knock-off, the other is a live...

I did have a cab tractor when I moved out here. My Case 446 from when I was in the city. Used to do a couple of blocks of city sidewalks where I lived. Lots of older people in the area, appreciated the effort. Did it with a walk behind, got old quick.

Well the snow fell and lots was blown away. Just enough to give the blower a little test. All went well till the pto shaft came off the tractor end. The grooves for the balls were a tad shallow so it didn稚 click solid. My fault for not paying attention. A little angle grinding and we are happy...

A couple more pics.

Had also given some thoughts on giving this TJD a home on the blower. It only has about 18 hp so maybe not enough grunt

A couple more pics before installing.

Crunch time, starting final assembly. A little dab of Lincoln Hot-loque on the critical sprocket bolts.

Weather is cooperating. Power unit is off for final details.

Should prob be in welding as it is off topic. Stove basic design is from Mother Earth News. Built one many years ago, worked very well. This one has a front load, extended smoke path and secondary burn manifold.

Not exactly a weapon but just a project for the snow. Built this for ice fishing a few years ago. Russian snowmobile. Punch up Paxus 18 and snowdog on the tube.

I can feel it getting closer. A couple of pics. The top brace had to be welded in position, the angle braces will also be welded in position to keep things aligned .