Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[shaeff]

Visibility is pretty good now that I'm able to remove the bucket. Even with the bucket, vis was ok. Using the loader boom to lift and lower the blade was a simple solution. The Blade assembly was from Warn and designed for ATV's

Nice, thanks for the info. My plow is an old 7’ Fisher (I believe), but could very easily work off the same principal.

 

[chim]

Ready for Snowmaggedon 2019 in the Pacific Northwest.

That's a clever way to do the lifting. Couldn't you carry the loader frame about 2' or so lower to improve center of gravity and visibility?

 

[truetractoring]

Used the chains for the first time today. Very awesome! You can go anywhere. Was so excited, I offered to plow my neighbors steep driveway. Piece of cake plowing up or down the hill. If you had to do any hills sideways, front chains would be needed. By the time I was done having fun, 4 neighbors had plowed driveways.

That's a clever way to do the lifting. Couldn't you carry the loader frame about 2' or so lower to improve center of gravity and visibility?

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You could adjust to any boom height, but found I like seeing between boom and the plow, focusing first on the plow, then just a glance up, to see what's coming up. If the boom was closer to the plow, it would block the view of what's immediately coming up. Plowed for 4 hours today without a hitch!

 

[canadianstrom]

My kioti 4510DSH with a 7ft lucknow blower, chains on the rear, homemade cab and a 8ft box scraper mounted to the frame of my forks . It has double edge and I put the rippers on shallow to deal with ice on the gravel lane. The box scraper makes it great to scrape back from my 2X 16' garage doors and blow at the same time. I have less than $1000 tied up in my snow fighter add-ons. My lane is 300ft, steep, 2 bends and 2 round areas.

 

[shaeff]

That’s a nice looking machine and setup. Need to make a cab like that someday!

We’ve got this blowing in on Tuesday, so I’ll be going over my machine today. Top off all fluids that need it and replacing the torn tarp that it lives under.


Eventually I’ll get a shipping container to use as an interim “shop” and build a lean-to off at least one side to park the machine and implements under. I hate tarps.

 

[Bob88]

What are you guys using to remove ice?

 

[bdhsfz6]

What are you guys using to remove ice? View attachment 591060

I generally don't remove ice unless it's loose enough to plow off. I maintain a mile of road which is too expensive to salt. My neighbor and I heat with coal so I mostly cover the ice with cinders using a converted seed spreader:

 

[Fallon]

What are you guys using to remove ice? View attachment 591060

A neighbor just got home from the hospital & needed her short steep driveway de-iced. Snow had gotten packed into over an inch of ice before I plowed it. I went over with a bucket of sand. Ended up just tearing the crap out of it with the scarfiers on the box blade. That broke up the ice after a half dozen passes & mixed in a little gravel from underneath. I couldnt stand on it without falling before & had no traction issues after.

It also broke thing up so air could get under everything & melt off the ice faster. The dark rock mixed in makes it melt a lot faster too. Here in Colorado we get a lot of sun & roads will be steaming, even if it's in the high 20s. Lots of tempature fluctuations too. High of 18 a couple days ago & high of 50 something today. That's a pretty tame tempature swing by Colorado standards. So not a lot of longterm ice problems here unless something is really shaded.

Ripping things up is likely to worsen mud issues as things melt. Not to mention ripping up gravel a bit. So I generally avoid it unless I absolutely have to. No way I'd consider it on concrete or asphalt. I'll scrape with the heavy Gannon box blade on pavement, but it doesnt do much against really packed snow & ice.

 

[shaeff]

I am by no means associated with the “safety police”, however, spreading coal ash isn’t the best idea. Wood ash is fine.

Straight from Google:
Regardless of the by-product produced, there are many toxic substances that are present in coal ash that can cause major health problems in humans. Some toxic constituents that are found in coal ash are arsenic, boron, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, mercury, molybdenum, selenium, thallium and uranium.

My father uses wood ash for walkways and such. Often puts it in his garden, too.

The coal ash gets dumped away from the house, waterways, in a place where the wind doesn’t get to back in his woods.

If you already know this info and choose to ignore it, I’ve got no problem with that, just trying to give a heads up for those who aren’t aware of the potential safety hazards of coal ash.

Back to your regularly scheduled program

 

[bdhsfz6]

I am by no means associated with the 都afety police? however, spreading coal ash isn稚 the best idea. Wood ash is fine.

Straight from Google:
Regardless of the by-product produced, there are many toxic substances that are present in coal ash that can cause major health problems in humans. Some toxic constituents that are found in coal ash are arsenic, boron, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, mercury, molybdenum, selenium, thallium and uranium.

My father uses wood ash for walkways and such. Often puts it in his garden, too.

The coal ash gets dumped away from the house, waterways, in a place where the wind doesn稚 get to back in his woods.

If you already know this info and choose to ignore it, I致e got no problem with that, just trying to give a heads up for those who aren稚 aware of the potential safety hazards of coal ash.

Back to your regularly scheduled program

Thanks for the warning but I'm well aware of the toxic nature of coal ash. The coal we use here in northeast PA is anthracite or "hard" coal. While it is still toxic to some extent, it is nowhere near as bad as bituminous or "soft" coal. Anthracite contains much less sulfur and burns hotter & much cleaner, producing less nitrous compounds. Even so, we use respirators and protective gear when handling the ash.