Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I have chains on my rears and because I'm a little **** about scratching and getting oil on my house garage floor, I put a couple of cheap sheets of mdf plywood on the floor so the chains, fuel or hydro fluid have never been an issue.

Does your tractor normally leak? I'm same way about leaks on concrete, I put splash pans with kitty litter looking quick dry under anything that leaks, thankfully that's not an issue with the tractor, no leaks so far.

 

[Dropsix]

fair enough, Maybe I'll do the same. Thx

 

[Pixguy]

Does your tractor normally leak? I'm same way about leaks on concrete, I put splash pans with kitty litter looking quick dry under anything that leaks, thankfully that's not an issue with the tractor, no leaks so far.

Not generally but when I hook up bh, fel or add diesel, I don't worry about it with the plywood.

I just picked up a clamshell sled trailer so I don't scratch up the floor ever time I pull the sled in and out of the garage.

 

[oldafretired]

Got a 1" thick by 10" wide rubber strip for my front snow blade. Bolted it on to see if it would help cut down on digging into the gravel driveway.

Put the loader on float and gave it a go. Worked pretty well. It left a thin layer of snow over the gravel and didn't dig in as the rubber edge folded back and just slid over the snow and gravel. You could probably see the gravel in the snow on the edge of the driveway that the steel edge had dug out in the last snowfall.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

Got a 1" thick by 10" wide rubber strip for my front snow blade. Bolted it on to see if it would help cut down on digging into the gravel driveway.

Put the loader on float and gave it a go. Worked pretty well. It left a thin layer of snow over the gravel and didn't dig in as the rubber edge folded back and just slid over the snow and gravel. You could probably see the gravel in the snow on the edge of the driveway that the steel edge had dug out in the last snowfall.

I was thinking about cutting a section of a horse mat for the same reason and bolting it to my rear blade and or FEL to make it easier on the concrete and not dig in gravel, so far I haven't but we also haven't had much snow yet

 

[Fxfymn]

Here is my 4060 with the new plow that I just finished doing the fab work on to get it mounted.

It is an 8 1/2' Meyers Xpress blade I bought off of CL mounted directly on the tractor and controlled by the loader valve.

The whole blurb about the mount and the blade can be found here: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/.../373077-new-snow-plow-4060-a.html#post4634515

 

[CADplans]

You guys are not into any fun. Put it in road gear and let her spin and slide and see if you can control it. Just pushing is way to boring!

I must be boring.
I just didn't see the fun in the tractor not steering where I want, going where I wanted or pushing what I wanted. Frustration is all I remember before chains.

I have 4 wheel chains for this one,,, but, snow riding is MUCH more fun without the chains,,,

It would not push much snow, anyways,,, :confused2:

 

[powerscol]

A sheet of cheap plywood or two will solve that issue on the floor for you Dropsix

 

[beenthere]

That is an excellent fit - what is your trick for install and snugging them up. I wanted to run mine that high for clearance, but they walked around to much - thus the spring tensioners - I have the same R4's I have better luck with the front as I can lift the tire off of the ground with the loader. Then I clip the inside S-hook and tighten everything from the bottom position as that is where all the slack ends up.

Don't know of any tricks.. I jack a wheel up, drape the chains over the top of tire, and then hook the inside fastener.
Then on the outside side chain, there are two loose links when tight.. so I just fasten to the last one, and pull the slack out by rotating the tire until I gain on those next two links.
Never have had a problem of walking out of them, as there is no slack. These chains were custom made by buying the side chain, the cross link chain, and the hooks. I wanted them to rest in the indent of the lugs at the outer edge of the tire so there would be adequate room on the fender side. Later I added 3" spacers, so now that needed room is not an issue.

 

[Pixguy]

I have put the chains on before I take off my bh by lifting the tires off the ground but most of the time I have my York rake on last so I've driven over the chains as most do.

I did see this jig on tirechain.com and thought it would work but instead of paying the price, I'll take a 2X12 and dado out the chains so I can drive over it, making it easier. I guess I'll have to do it on the flat garage floor so I won't crack the 2X.