Deep snow techniques?

[RoyJackson]

His time is better spent calling people with equipment IMO.

With that much snow, this is the best idea...but it might take a few days to get someone to do the job. That means the OP is stuck until then so he may as well start the job. I hope he's got enough diesel fuel!

We all have 100% hindsight...and he should have started clearing a lot earlier.

 

[skyhook]

We got 39 Inches of snow yesterday. I have an older Kubota B2410 with FEL and Woods rear blade. I have Turf tires front and back since I primarily mow fields with it, but do have chains on the back so am not entirely immobile.

It took me all day to just get out of the garage and 50 feet down the driveway (paved). Once I get to end of my paved drive I am then looking at about 1/4 mile of gravel drive.
My biggest problem seems to be how little ground clearance I have under my frame, but this is really deep snow and the drifts are even higher. Finding a place to put the snow as I move it a bucket at at time is a real challenge. Just not sure how to attack it.
We don't get a lot of snow here, and I am just not that experienced at moving it effectively with my machine. If anyone has any common sense (or other!) tips that would help me get the best idea I can on tackling this problem would be much appreciated!
Thanks much!
Roy

Since you already have 50 feet done, here's what I'd do in your situation,,a "T"pattern, clear both sides of your driveway in the shape of a T, if you can, and continue forward, picking up snow and backing up with the bucket full and filling in the sides of The T, when thats full, continue where you were, making another "T", eventually you'll have er done. Hope I said this so you understand,...by the way, is it me or is this site "extremely" slow this morning, lots of bad "gateways' etc also.

 

[von-mil]

It's not just you, TBN page loads are crawling. I'm signing off and will try again tomorrow.

 

[Tomtint]

I don't know if it has been mentioned, but you need to plan ahead when stacking the snow. Push it far enough back so there is room to stack more in the future without a problem.

 

[Garandman]

. You can bet guys with pay loaders will be all over the place and if no one can go anywhere, what's the difference of him waiting until the main ways are cleared instead of beating himself silly trying to remove 39" of snow off a 12' wide drive that's a quarter mile long?. His time is better spent calling people with equipment imo.

Yeah, a friend of,mine waited to do that until we were ears deep in snow last winter: that's how he had to wait three days and pay $2,200 to have his gas station parking lot cleared.

I'd go for it, what else does he have to do?

 

[Garandman]

. You can bet guys with pay loaders will be all over the place and if no one can go anywhere, what's the difference of him waiting until the main ways are cleared instead of beating himself silly trying to remove 39" of snow off a 12' wide drive that's a quarter mile long?. His time is better spent calling people with equipment imo.

Yeah, a friend of,mine waited to do that until we were ears deep in snow last winter: that's how he had to wait three days and pay $2,200 to have his gas station parking lot cleared.

I'd go for it, what else does he have to do?

 

[newbury]

<snip> I also try to make the snow piles higher and deeper where I eventually know the melting snow will run off away from the house/barn, etc., when the time comes so the lawn has time to dry before winter arrives again...

Since he got 39" in this storm I suspect the OP is a lot further south than you.
I'm from Vermont and still have ~75 acres in East Fletcher. I could generally plan on not having to shovel snow during summer vacation.

Down here where we got the deep snow in this storm I can often go the entire winter without having to shovel.

Even though now some shoveling is required

 

[varmint]

Now, that is very interesting! Based on the size of the fuel tank, costly to operate, even with today's diesel prices. Sure could intimidate other drivers.

 

[arrow]

Yeah, a friend of,mine waited to do that until we were ears deep in snow last winter: that's how he had to wait three days and pay $2,200 to have his gas station parking lot cleared.

I'd go for it, what else does he have to do?

Where? On the east coast where everything is crazy priced? You cannot look at just the expenditure. It took him "all day" just to go 50'. He'll have to do that 26.4 more times. Even if it costs him a thousand bucks, it's money well spent. As far as your assertion of "nothing else to do", that is assuming he has enough fuel on hand to work his machine another hundred hours. If he fries something on his little tractor trying to do a job way bigger than it was designed for, that might cost more to fix than the plow out job.

 

[KYKub]

Now there's a good human...shoveling an area for the short-legged Corgi!