Box Blading Ice

[jbrumberg]

I finally got tired of doing my James Brown footwork imitations on my icy driveway and tried an experiment with my box blade. I was pretty impressed with the results:

 

[jbrumberg]

In hindsight, I should really have left the driveway with just the scarified ice, it looked better as "raked" rather than backdragged and finished box bladed; but I am no longer slipping and sliding .

Jay

 

[WayneB]

Hey Jay, looks pretty darn good. Seeing the picures with the ice I could only think it must of been hard coming in and then going out must have been a real thrill!

 

[jbrumberg]

It was a lot of fun to bust up that ice . It was over 1" thick. I was almost thinking of going back out, shortening my top link, dropping the scarifiers, and doing it all over again with just the scarifiers working to give everyone comparison photos; but "She Who Must Be Obeyed" would not be happy . Jay

 

[canoetrpr]

Nice ice clearing!

I've been using the toothbar on my bucket to bust up the ice. I just go up and down the driveway and make S shaped contours. It does not clear the ice but it just makes the surface rough so that there is adequate traction.

 

[Timber]

Snow came to early this year in mass an caught me unprepared. I have been using my box blade as a snow pusher and it does quite well. I still prefer my snow blower on my lawn tractor but this worked out great with the slushy snow rain mix and sudden temp drops this December

 

[jbrumberg]

Timber:

Glad to hear from you again ! I also use my box blade to push snow and snow piles. December's snow in MA caught a lot of people off guard. You should be getting
6" - 9" tonight into tomorrow morning with more snow late Tuesday/early Wednesday into Wednesday. Right now it looks like there will be more snow to deal with then.

Jay