surfacewave
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It\'s Snowing Again!!!
When I purchased the 54" Hydraulic blade for the JD 4115 I had to convinced the CFO that buying the 54" hydraulic blade would do a better job than the plow truck, pay for it self (over 3 years) and do it in less time. Each time the plow truck would arrive it would be $25 (on average it cost 300.00 per year) and I would still have to spend an additional 1-2 hours of "backbreaking" manual shoveling by the garage and the back door.
The driveway is a "Y" with each leg about 35' long and 10' wide, at intersection of the legs it starts to splay out for 40' to match the garage width of 31'.
The snowfall was 13" of wet heavy snow which took me approximately 1 hour to complete with the JD 4115 and only 5 minutes of manual touchup shoveling). It was 100% better than the plow truck could ever accomplish.
The other small snowfalls so far have taken about 15 to 30 minutes to complete. The tires are filled R4s without chains and have not had any real problems with traction except when the amount of snow outweighs the tractor.
So, the moral of the story is: buy the blade, use the blade, do less work, and have more seat time and guess what? Now its snowing again with another 12" expected.
When I purchased the 54" Hydraulic blade for the JD 4115 I had to convinced the CFO that buying the 54" hydraulic blade would do a better job than the plow truck, pay for it self (over 3 years) and do it in less time. Each time the plow truck would arrive it would be $25 (on average it cost 300.00 per year) and I would still have to spend an additional 1-2 hours of "backbreaking" manual shoveling by the garage and the back door.
The driveway is a "Y" with each leg about 35' long and 10' wide, at intersection of the legs it starts to splay out for 40' to match the garage width of 31'.
The snowfall was 13" of wet heavy snow which took me approximately 1 hour to complete with the JD 4115 and only 5 minutes of manual touchup shoveling). It was 100% better than the plow truck could ever accomplish.
The other small snowfalls so far have taken about 15 to 30 minutes to complete. The tires are filled R4s without chains and have not had any real problems with traction except when the amount of snow outweighs the tractor.
So, the moral of the story is: buy the blade, use the blade, do less work, and have more seat time and guess what? Now its snowing again with another 12" expected.
