I need some advise on how to remove a frozen windrow from the snow plow

[Looking4new]

I need some advice on how to remove a frozen windrow from the snow plow that has been driven on many times and is frozen rock solid. I do have a rear blade mounted. I have a snow blower on the front and unfortunately my loader is buried at the moment. What I was thinking is take my tow chains and wrap them around the blade in a circular direction so that part of the chain passes over the cutting edge sort of like making a poor mans' ice blade. What do you guys think? Will this work or am I beating a dead horse?

 

[Oaktree]

Sounds like a good way to end up in the hospital or worse. If it's solid ice, your only option might be to chop it up with an axe.

 

[Rustyiron]

I need some advice…….. frozen rock solid.
am I beating a dead horse?

Ice is just about as hard as rock, hit it with some salt when it's warm enough and try to get under it. Unless you have some heavy machinery, like the big yellow kind, you will only be beating your machine.
Salt, sunshine & patience my friend.

 

[Cord]

Salt might weaken the ice so you can then scrape at it. My thoughts is to throw some sand on it for traction and then cover the area with stove ashes. The ash absorbs the suns heat and does a pretty good job of burning off ice.

 

[jix]

previous post cancelled

 

[newbury]

Can you get an extensions cord and some heat tape to it? Or build a small fire on it?

 

[LD1]

Salt might weaken the ice so you can then scrape at it. My thoughts is to throw some sand on it for traction and then cover the area with stove ashes. The ash absorbs the suns heat and does a pretty good job of burning off ice.

Stove ash is better than sand for traction too:thumbsup:

 

[Looking4new]

I wrapped my towing chains around the blade and over the cutting edge tight and will try with that tomorrow. If that doesn't work, then I will hit it with the ashes and try the next day after the sun has been on it for a bit.

 

[chim]

I wrapped my towing chains around the blade and over the cutting edge tight and will try with that tomorrow. If that doesn't work, then I will hit it with the ashes and try the next day after the sun has been on it for a bit.

If you run that over paved areas it won't take very long to see wear on the links exposed to the abrasion. Ice shouldn't affect it.

 

[Looking4new]

Update....It worked! No pavement here the driveway was gravel and so is the road. I went over the mouth of it 3 times and then blew that away and went and did the same thing 3 more times and also widened out the driveway to the ditches on both sides. The young lad that was doing it is working on his first year of plowing with a Polaris 4x4 and is afraid of the ditches.

 

[jimmysisson]

I had some luck the other day with the scarifiers on the box blade. I have the box on anyway so it was simple to add them for the task. Working withe no extra weight but in two directions broke up some. The part that never gets sun was too tough but I made astart anyway. Drive is part gravel, part oil-and-stone.
Jim

 

[drizler]

I set my 7' blade in the soft mud once years ago. It sat there all year and looked fine. Come first snow it was a dumper and I needed my back blade yesterday. Nothing would budge it. After chopping 14' of iced mud about an inch thick I had to take the oxypropane torch to it to get the rest. It all took many hours and much pain. From then on everything goes on old pallets and blocks if left outside at any time. Lesson learned.

 

[Looking4new]

I set my 7' blade in the soft mud once years ago. It sat there all year and looked fine. Come first snow it was a dumper and I needed my back blade yesterday. Nothing would budge it. After chopping 14' of iced mud about an inch thick I had to take the oxypropane torch to it to get the rest. It all took many hours and much pain. From then on everything goes on old pallets and blocks if left outside at any time. Lesson learned.

I drop my loader on wood, too. The scraper blade and blower are on wood as well and they are still on the tractor. I am going to do some searching for a serrated cutting edge (ice blade) for my scraper blade. I know I can get them for graders, but I'm not sure about the scraper. IF I can't buy one, then I will make one.

 

[PILOON]

I like ashes and even sand to attract sun. Anything dark and pray for a sunny day.*
A tooth bar on the FEL would be a good asset.

* I have been known to scrape the sand the city plow laid down in order to darken my drive to rid me of problem areas.