Rear Blade Grader Blade cutting edge safe for concrete driveway snow removal.

[2ndhalf]

I have seen a couple guys on this site post that they use a board as you are suggeting with success. I don't remember who they were but remember reading it.

 

[s219]

Spend $30-40 for a rubber horse stall mat to make your rubber cutting edge -- that's what most folks here do (if you run a search, lots of ideas will turn up). I have tried that with good success, and also tried a pipe over the cutting edge, which I prefer. I used PVC pipe the first year, but it wore out fast, so I changed over to a metal pipe the next year and it's been great.

 

[LD48750]

I do not understand the concern for scratching a concrete driveway.
Concrete roads get scraped by metal grader blades every winter & I don't hear people complaining about how ugly they are.

Plow the snow off & be happy.
A good concrete drive will most likely out live you.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I do not understand the concern for scratching a concrete driveway.
Concrete roads get scraped by metal grader blades every winter & I don't hear people complaining about how ugly they are.

Plow the snow off & be happy.
A good concrete drive will most likely out live you.

A grader blade and a snowplow are totally different, snow plows float and have give if you hit something hard, grader blades are stationary, bend and destroy if they catch something. A post on the internet is much cheaper than taking a chance on tearing up a very expensive driveway. Knowledge is power my friend and I came here to gain that from much more experienced people. Snow plows also have runners they ride on, grader blades do not.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

Spend $30-40 for a rubber horse stall mat to make your rubber cutting edge -- that's what most folks here do (if you run a search, lots of ideas will turn up). I have tried that with good success, and also tried a pipe over the cutting edge, which I prefer. I used PVC pipe the first year, but it wore out fast, so I changed over to a metal pipe the next year and it's been great.

Interesting idea on the pipe, yeah when I looked at the rubber edges I thought about cutting a strip out of a horse mat and drilling the holes, I have a horse mat I use to haul my cows, it won't miss a 6-8in strip cut from it, I was thinking about that or wood. Another idea was to make a tire plow, I have a old large tractor tire laying around I can cut down and make a FEL mount to push it, saw that design around also, but that's by far the most challenging to make lol.

 

[Creamer]

I have a Ford Blade exactly like yours except not as pretty. I have been using it for 20 years on asphalt and concrete. The only time it does damage is if there is a rock under it otherwise there isn't enough downforce to scratch.

Your tractor is a little larger than mine but I would bet there is almost no more downforce.

BTW - How broke are you if you are running with the green paint? Or is that why you are broke?

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I have a Ford Blade exactly like yours except not as pretty. I have been using it for 20 years on asphalt and concrete. The only time it does damage is if there is a rock under it otherwise there isn't enough downforce to scratch.

Your tractor is a little larger than mine but I would bet there is almost no more downforce.

BTW - How broke are you if you are running with the green paint? Or is that why you are broke?

Lmao, I was in the market for a new Mahindra 1533 but found this used JD for around the same price, I was more interested in front end loader capacity and decided to buy a newer tractor, but yes that's one of the reasons, the other is farming anything is a expensive thing to get into, it's more of a hobby for me but still expensive.

 

[LD48750]

A grader blade and a snowplow are totally different, snow plows float and have give if you hit something hard, grader blades are stationary, bend and destroy if they catch something. A post on the internet is much cheaper than taking a chance on tearing up a very expensive driveway. Knowledge is power my friend and I came here to gain that from much more experienced people. Snow plows also have runners they ride on, grader blades do not.

Snow plows here in MI ride on the pavement. Proof is the sparks while the trucks are plowing.We also have regular road graders that build roads all summer & plow snow with the same blade in the winter. Still no damage to the highway.
I use a truck mounted plow and sometimes the rear grader/dozer/whatever blade on my tractor for snow removal & driveway maintenance the rest of the year.
As others said, tire chains will do more damage then a blade.

(Plow feet are in the barn, don't use them.)

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

Snow plows here in MI ride on the pavement. Proof is the sparks while the trucks are plowing.We also have regular road graders that build roads all summer & plow snow with the same blade in the winter. Still no damage to the highway.
I use a truck mounted plow and sometimes the rear grader/dozer/whatever blade on my tractor for snow removal & driveway maintenance the rest of the year.
As others said, tire chains will do more damage then a blade.

(Plow feet are in the barn, don't use them.)

Thanks for the reply, but that state up north (which will not be named before the game this Saturday lol) gets worse winters than we get in the Great State of Ohio, home of the Ohio State Buckeyes . Football aside I had planned on doing my neighbors drive as well as mine, both concrete and I didn't want to get in a dispute over a damaged driveway because I took it upon myself todo a favor for them. I'm convinced I won't do any major damage to the concrete besides a minor scratch or two which I'm not too worried about.