LouNY
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- Joined
- Jul 4, 2015
- Messages
- 10,991
- Location
- Greenwich, NY
- Tractor
- Branson 8050, IH 574, Oliver 1550 Diesel Utility (traded in on Branson) NH 8160. Kioti CK2620SECH
Well had our first storm of the winter, about 3 - 4 inches. I really dislike the first storms as the driveways not froze and it's a royal pain.
I've heard of people that don't worry about the little storms and let them pack down, unfortunately that's not an option for me, the driveway
is a quarter of a mile uphill, steep uphill measured angle of 12 degrees = 21.26% slope which is most of the drive some 14 degrees which is about 25% slope,
so it has to be plowed for any storm. This has been a dry fall so there's not even much moisture in the driveway.
I used the back blade for most of it today, running it backwards at an angle it kind of squeegees quite a bit of the snow off that way. A few places used the front blade
at almost a half a mile per hour as even with the shoes all the way down the blade would dig in if I wasn't watching close and working with the curl to just try and skim the ground.
I only have the rear chains on now
The front blade
View attachment first snow 2017 1.jpg pulling the back blade backwards to shove the snow over
View attachment first snow 2017 2.jpg looking up the first section, doesn't look to bad 12 degrees slope!!
View attachment first snow 2017 3.jpg looking up the second section, past the s turn part of this gets over 14 degrees, that's a 25% grade
View attachment first snow 2017 4.jpg and just looking back down the drive.
I sure do enjoy the cab tractor with 4wd after all this years of fighting it with 2wd's
These ol girls did the job but it wasn't real comfortable or easy at times, hard to backup with just 2wd on these hills and the conventional chains on the Oliver couldn't stop
on the hill without using the bucket as a brake, the rears would just slid, made for some fun times.
View attachment plow truck 2017.jpg And then there's this old plow truck, it'll still plow but I mainly keep it for the 6 ft sander in the bed.
I've heard of people that don't worry about the little storms and let them pack down, unfortunately that's not an option for me, the driveway
is a quarter of a mile uphill, steep uphill measured angle of 12 degrees = 21.26% slope which is most of the drive some 14 degrees which is about 25% slope,
so it has to be plowed for any storm. This has been a dry fall so there's not even much moisture in the driveway.
I used the back blade for most of it today, running it backwards at an angle it kind of squeegees quite a bit of the snow off that way. A few places used the front blade
at almost a half a mile per hour as even with the shoes all the way down the blade would dig in if I wasn't watching close and working with the curl to just try and skim the ground.
I only have the rear chains on now
The front blade
View attachment first snow 2017 1.jpg pulling the back blade backwards to shove the snow over
View attachment first snow 2017 2.jpg looking up the first section, doesn't look to bad 12 degrees slope!!
View attachment first snow 2017 3.jpg looking up the second section, past the s turn part of this gets over 14 degrees, that's a 25% grade
View attachment first snow 2017 4.jpg and just looking back down the drive.
I sure do enjoy the cab tractor with 4wd after all this years of fighting it with 2wd's
These ol girls did the job but it wasn't real comfortable or easy at times, hard to backup with just 2wd on these hills and the conventional chains on the Oliver couldn't stop
on the hill without using the bucket as a brake, the rears would just slid, made for some fun times.
View attachment plow truck 2017.jpg And then there's this old plow truck, it'll still plow but I mainly keep it for the 6 ft sander in the bed.