Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[RoyJackson]

...Stuck it in low, dropped the blade and pushed snow like there was no tomorrow... for about 20 feet, then she stop and spun the chained tires. No amount of differential braking was going to help. So I was stopped, and looking around with blinking eyes, and wondering what the "heck" I was going to do next. That is when my daughter snapped this picture from a second floor window. After some pause I lifted the bucket/plow up three feet and move forward a foot, backed up and took another bite, repeat until one blade's width was done on the bottom and level part of the driveway. After that came the up hill section. It took awhile.

Dan

It's a lot easier on the equipment if you plow with the storm...meaning get out there when there's 6" on the ground for your first passes.
Once it gets deep enough to stop your tractor, it's time to use the bucket rather then a plow.
You may have had better luck if your plow was angled too....that build up in front of the plow would have stopped most CUTs

 

[madmax12]

This was the largest single storm with this rig - 33 inches fell mostly overnight last year. Under the snow was a layer of ice from previous storms. My setup is a 20 hp Jinma with a homemade bucket mounted plow (which started out as a plow for another application). I had the tractor battery charging all night, an oil pan heater, and a 240 VAC heater blowing up into the engine compartment. It was going to start easily that day no matter what. She fired right up and we marched out ready and raring to go. Stuck it in low, dropped the blade and pushed snow like there was no tomorrow... for about 20 feet, then she stop and spun the chained tires. No amount of differential braking was going to help. So I was stopped, and looking around with blinking eyes, and wondering what the "heck" I was going to do next. That is when my daughter snapped this picture from a second floor window. After some pause I lifted the bucket/plow up three feet and move forward a foot, backed up and took another bite, repeat until one blade's width was done on the bottom and level part of the driveway. After that came the up hill section. It took awhile.

Dan

The only other thing I can think of that *may* have helped is rear ballast.

 

[grsthegreat]

First pass with the Rhino today- should have started earlier View attachment 363750

I remember that storm - here's my RX-7 being dug out following the storm...- there is a 1970 formula 400 just showing a little farther backView attachment 363751

yup... that storm was a mess. We went to bed with about 4" on the ground and the stupid weatherman saying 10% of evening snow. Woke up to 36" in the morning.

I could barely get to my shed and get the tractor. it tool literally an hour to walk 300 feet. Then i had to find and lock up all the dogs and the cat...who were all out having a ball... before i could get started on the tractor.

but all and all..it was fun

 

[otlski]

I don't have any more pictures of the snow removal, just a before and after from the same storm. The vehicle buried is a 4X4 pickup. I am in the process of making a plow for my UTV using plows from two garden tractor. Problem is I've misplaced one of the plows somewhere on the property. Once I'm done my wife can plow the little storms.

 

[otlski]

It's a lot easier on the equipment if you plow with the storm...meaning get out there when there's 6" on the ground for your first passes.
Once it gets deep enough to stop your tractor, it's time to use the bucket rather then a plow.
You may have had better luck if your plow was angled too....that build up in front of the plow would have stopped most CUTs

Yeah, you are right. I went to bed that night with what looked like 8 inches of snow on the ground. I did not believe the weather forecasters. I was wrong.

 

[grsthegreat]

after nearly 12" of snow over the past few days.... and temps between 8 and 17F, we got 39F today and sunshine. all the steel roof buildings shed off. I spent several hours clearing the wet crap. man i love the blower....only clogged 1 time. . . and this was real wet snow.

 

[Travelover]

It's a lot easier on the equipment if you plow with the storm...meaning get out there when there's 6" on the ground for your first passes.
Once it gets deep enough to stop your tractor, it's time to use the bucket rather then a plow.
You may have had better luck if your plow was angled too....that build up in front of the plow would have stopped most CUTs

Good tips. The other thing I do is make more passes with an angled blade. For instance rather than do the center of the road first, then have double snow to move on the second pass on the edge, I do the edge first, then the middle, then the edge again. Of course with lighter snow fall you can just do two passes.

 

[wacummins]

The total snowfall is the same as the average this year we've just had more heavy snowfall events and less thaws, sure could use a good one to make some room for more snow should it come. If we get anymore snow we will exceed the average that's for sure!

Is that your 4320 in the lower picture?? If so can you post more pictures of it I have been looking for information about the snowblower mounted to the front of the machine. Is it running off the mid PTO like the machines in Europe do.

Thanks
William.....

 

[RitchElbe]

Wait What? The vest plugs in? I thought those things were only battery powered>?

 

[grsthegreat]

hay..its 50 F today...and forecast show 40-50 for next 10 days. All my snow is melting at global warming rates.

have lakes forming on my property.


guess its time to clean, touch up and put away all snow gear and remove chains.