Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[not2old]

I get blowback on me all the time when I am ploughing with my open cab tractor and three point blower. Just have to wear waterproof pants and jacket. And a toque, of course!

An open tractor for plowing snow allows me to get my monies worth out of my sledding gear.

 

[RoyJackson]

I have a 500' driveway with decent grade of 15-20% towards the top. The gator is the CX which is the baby. With that said, I chain up my tires and lock the rear and I can push snow up the grade. It's only 2wd. I never get stuck or have any worries with it. I put a swisher receiver mounted sander on it which works great. Only small issue I have is the sander. When you slide the gate open you better start moving because the material starts flowing. There is no auto open for the gate on this model.

I have the factory glass and hard top. The black canopy is for a golf cart that fits pretty good. It lets me run heat inside and not freeze.

I bought the gator with the intention of getting around the property and I was going to get the blower for my tractor. Out of curiosity I made a mount, threw a winch on, and never looked back. I surely didn't think this could handle my driveway, especially with the snow we get, but it does perfectly.

I had an Eagle plow for my Gator (an 855D) for a year. I sold it when I bought my first 3PTH snow blower...and that was a mistake. A UTV with a plow does a great job when the snow accumulation is more of a nuisance the serious accumulation.

 

[davisgary2]

Update: The Fisher plow on the front works so well I removed the rear blade. I bought a carryall from King Kutter and built a firewood box on the 3 PT hitch. I leave it full so it acts as counter weight when plowing. Plowed 8 inch storm a few weeks ago and pushed fine. Just found a sunshade on craigslist this weekend and put it on today. Still fit in the shed by a couple inches. Hopefully I don't get an Ice berm in shed entrance or tractor will be outside.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Update: The Fisher plow on the front works so well I removed the rear blade. I bought a carryall from King Kutter and built a firewood box on the 3 PT hitch. I leave it full so it acts as counter weight when plowing. Plowed 8 inch storm a few weeks ago and pushed fine. Just found a sunshade on craigslist this weekend and put it on today. Still fit in the shed by a couple inches. Hopefully I don't get an Ice berm in shed entrance or tractor will be outside.

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I saw that canopy. It was a good deal. :thumbsup:

 

[ff1221]

Good for you, ff. And you should be doing well this winter, given the amount of snow we have had here in Ontario - must be even more so with Lake Effect snow near Kincardine!:thumbsup:

For the short amount of winter we've had there has been a considerable amount of snow, it's been busy. Good to have some time off, need to get my wood cut!

 

[kbsd]

Looks great Gary. Guess it didn't fit the other guys tractor!!

 

[davisgary2]

Thanks Keith

I think I finally figured out how to post a video.

 

[poncho62]

These two get the job done for me.......

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

Got the wife and I new tractors and blowers this year, so far getting too much use out of them!

Holy crap lol, lot of pennies in that picture. I'm jelly

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

I have a 500' driveway with decent grade of 15-20% towards the top. The gator is the CX which is the baby. With that said, I chain up my tires and lock the rear and I can push snow up the grade. It's only 2wd. I never get stuck or have any worries with it. I put a swisher receiver mounted sander on it which works great. Only small issue I have is the sander. When you slide the gate open you better start moving because the material starts flowing. There is no auto open for the gate on this model.

I have the factory glass and hard top. The black canopy is for a golf cart that fits pretty good. It lets me run heat inside and not freeze.

I bought the gator with the intention of getting around the property and I was going to get the blower for my tractor. Out of curiosity I made a mount, threw a winch on, and never looked back. I surely didn't think this could handle my driveway, especially with the snow we get, but it does perfectly.

Yes residential. My house.

I would think traction due to weight would be more of a issue, UTV's are pretty stout pushing snow as far as I can see.