Snow New Blade.... Sound thinking or Justification?

[LD1]

When you mentioned 700# @ 24" I was concerned as I am not familiar with the lk3054, so I had to look it up.

A 640# 6' blade seems to me like a perfect match given tractor weight. Should cut nicely in dirt. And you can lift way more than 700# and way farther back than only 24". In reality,you can probably lift double that at 3' back. No concerns at all with your setup

 

[2458n]

If you are using the blade behind the tractor do not forget the fact that you are going to be using it at a pretty aggressive angle. May need a wider blade then you might think. I have a hill for a driveway myself. You plow snow downhill. Even with 4 wheel you just drive to the top and come back down plowing with the blade. Front loaders with a 20 ft. snow box have all the mall snow removal jobs now. One loader, two trucks with plow and salters, do quick work. A box blade mounted to your front bucket makes a nice sub for a commercial one. You can push more snow and go higher. Boxed ends really make a difference.

 

[LD1]

Boxes are nice for large areas or lots. But angled plows are far superior for a drive.

There is a reason they don't plow roads with boxes

 

[LD1]

Boxes are nice for large areas or lots. But angled plows are far superior for a drive.

There is a reason they don't plow roads with boxes

 

[Piston]

Thanks loads Matt, I got six foot blade that weighs 640 lbs. I was concerned about the weight at first but have told by some of the very helpful folks here that my hitch will lift 700lbs if it's no more that 24 inches back from the pins. I am assuming the blade I ordered will mount with in that spec. The seller said I could swap for a lighter blade in the need arises. I hope it doesn't, because that is the first thing I learned about rear blades here. I do have other uses planned for it. I don't have any illusions about making beautiful roads with it. My road is a 1/2 mile of rocky switch backs then something more like dirt the rest of the way. I'm hoping I can peel gravel of the sides of the road and distribute it on the road again and some small ditch digging with the points on either side once I get the hang of using it.

Ron

I think you'll be really happy that you went with something heavy like that, it does make a huge difference. Which model did you get? Any hydraulics for it?

 

[cat fever]

I have a Land Pride rear scrapper and have been happy with it. It is the lighter model but does what I need it to do.

I have not needed it for snow removal yet, but as you can see from the picture it keeps my little run off ditch clear.

I used it to level off my leach line area, worked great.

 

[LD1]

I have a Land Pride rear scrapper and have been happy with it. It is the lighter model but does what I need it to do.
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I have not needed it for snow removal yet, but as you can see from the picture it keeps my little run off ditch clear.
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I used it to level off my leach line area, worked great.

I would be really careful with that blade. Your tractor is probably 8000# + loaded tires if you have them loaded. And big R1's, you have the ability to destroy that blade.

Lucky its a light 300 pounder and dont dig in much at all. But if you snag something.....

It would be great for snow, but if I were you, I'd either sell it while its still in good shape and get something bigger, or keep it for snow only and get something bigger. You should be in at least a 35 series blade. Or similar from another MFG.

 

[murphy1244]

I use a light duty 84" Land pride turned backwards and snow just rolls right of it on my gravel road.

 

[JoelD]

I ha e lk3054tlb- love my tractor
I've owned bulldozer, plow trucks, walk behind snowblowers garden tractors with front mount snow blowers shovels you name it.

I currently run a rear mount snowblower and front loader on the lk during the winter.

Nothing beats a snowblower for repeated heavy snows

Plow truck ends up with large snow banks on either side and end of driveway

Loader fills up too fast

Bulldozer is slow and I end up with same large snowbank problem as plow truck

Snowblower eliminates banks ca. Do driveway in two passes and gets me almost down to pavement with final clean up by loader

Loader breaks any banks from snow plows and allows me to move snow around

I think that a rear mount pull snowblower would likely be best but not sure if I'd pack snow as I drive over it?

Really like having blower and loader available to use at the same time

Joel

 

[Piston]

I ha e lk3054tlb- love my tractor
I think that a rear mount pull snowblower would likely be best but not sure if I'd pack snow as I drive over it?

Really like having blower and loader available to use at the same time

Joel

I imagine it would be the same as a rear blade, I never had an issue with packed snow with my heavier rear blade (125lbs per foot), but I did have issues with the lightweight blade (60lbs per foot) riding up on hard wet snow after I drove over it. Most inverted rear blowers weigh considerably more than 100lbs per foot since they are geared more towards the commercial snow removal business, so I don't think you'd have much of an issue with it.

I'm kicking myself for not buying a 6.5' rear pull that I found a "deal" on over the summer two years ago!