Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[tacticalturnip]

I'm about done with winter.

 

[civilian]

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I'm about done with winter.

Yeah, but is winter done with you? Jon

 

[tacticalturnip]

Yeah, but is winter done with you? Jon

Winter will never be done with me, it is my penance for being foolhardy enough to come back to Maine. I will never be rid of it.

 

[Gordon Gould]

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Mine for the winter season.

Wow !!!

gg

 

[Gordon Gould]

Been too busy plowing to look here until tonight. We were almost 2 feet behind the yearly average to date. But had three storms last week that put us slightly ahead now.

Glad I don't live in the San Benardino Mountains !

gg

 

[Rustyiron]

This past Saturday's storm was when I had some pretty severe metal fatigue show up.
This is my grill guard - bumper the I use the reciever hitch to mount the lower end of the plow lift cylinder.

That's a 5x7x1/4" tube that everything up front is built on. The reciever was welded to a 3/8" plate with 4 3/4" bolts holding it to the tube. All my welding held up but after 8 years or so with the heavy 9'6" v blade bouncing up and down while traveling the roads, this is result looking at the bottom.

I'm cutting out and welding back in a piece of 1/2" plate, this time with a little bit of additional gussets.

To understand what the pictures are, this was the day before in working condition.

This is where I left off this afternoon.

It took a couple of hours just to get it off of the tractor.

 

[Gordon Gould]

It all looks so rugged who would have thought the lift cylinder mount would let go - until you think about a 9-6 V-plow bouncing along. Looks like it started a while back. Get it fixed before the snow gods see it apart.

gg

 

[Rustyiron]

I think I got it. Replaced the 1/4" wall of the tube with 1/2" and a couple of gussets.
I find it amazing how the 1/4" almost "ruptured" before the 4 bolts that held the receiver on failed.

You're right Gordon, there's a little rust on the front edge, not really old looking but not bright like the back side.

 

[TractorTYMe]

Wow Rustyiron, no problems when ya got fabskills like that when it breaks.......nice job. Now send me some snow, I feel like Montana winters have turned wimpy.........oh wait....I got a tractor.....never mind.

 

[Gordon Gould]

We still have plenty of winter left here.
Yesterday I pushed last weeks snow out of my little log landing. On the way out there I tidied up the road edges and broke an access hole thru the snow bank into where I am cutting. I mounted the camera on the front of the ROPS just for fun.

gg

 

[sea2summit]

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How are those working out for you long term?

 

[Thomas]

Thanks for the ride along Gordon.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Thanks for the ride along Gordon.

Thanks. The quality isn't very good because of the vibration in the ROPS but you can still see how I use the plow. I'm just having fun fooling with the camera.

gg

 

[sea2summit]

Roof rake 13' with 54 inch blade and ski's. It only works because of the flow control valves. When in doubt meter out. Had to clean off the house yesterday because of all of the snow received lately. Just an FYI. LaterView attachment 409452View attachment 409453

Still using that sucker?

 

[Rustyiron]

I built this one for lifting. The working end is basically a big 4" reciever for various arrangements for different lifting situations. This "roof rake" was a natural for this, it's just a simple metal frame and the "cutting edge" is a pressure treated 2x10 bolted to the heavy angle and can pivot a few degrees to compensate for differences between the roof and the ground that the machine is on. It telescopes 9'.
The weather conditions this year just wouldn't let it slide off the metal roof and it would just drip when above freezing.... right where I process my firewood !
These pictures were early February, the whole season's snowfall to that point, we've had about 20" (2 storms) since then and they've both slid off on their own.

 

[jjeff]

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I built this one for lifting. The working end is basically a big 4" reciever for various arrangements for different lifting situations. This "roof rake" was a natural for this, it's just a simple metal frame and the "cutting edge" is a pressure treated 2x10 bolted to the heavy angle and can pivot a few degrees to compensate for differences between the roof and the ground that the machine is on. It telescopes 9'.
The weather conditions this year just wouldn't let it slide off the metal roof and it would just drip when above freezing.... right where I process my firewood !
These pictures were early February, the whole season's snowfall to that point, we've had about 20" (2 storms) since then and they've both slid off on their own.

That is a sweet idea and attatchment spent a few days last week shoveling off my folks roof.

 

[Rustyiron]

I haven't had to use it for probably 10 years (all metal roofs) but I had forgotten how fun or satisfying it is to have all that snow come thundering down right in front of you.

 

[sea2summit]

I finally got mine all set up. View attachment 488848View attachment 488849

Still got that? How's it working for you?

 

[Gordon Gould]

I haven't had to use it for probably 10 years (all metal roofs) but I had forgotten how fun or satisfying it is to have all that snow come thundering down right in front of you.

My son has a rough camp made from an old saw mill building and attached shed. He and my grandson use it as a snow machine base. I plow out his drive. It's on a narrow shelf cut into a steep side hill and the drive runs tight to the building along the eaves. I love it when I get there to plow a new storm and find the steel roof has dumped. Fun fun.

gg

 

[Gordon Gould]

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I built this one for lifting. The working end is basically a big 4" reciever for various arrangements for different lifting situations. This "roof rake" was a natural for this, it's just a simple metal frame and the "cutting edge" is a pressure treated 2x10 bolted to the heavy angle and can pivot a few degrees to compensate for differences between the roof and the ground that the machine is on. It telescopes 9'.
The weather conditions this year just wouldn't let it slide off the metal roof and it would just drip when above freezing.... right where I process my firewood !
These pictures were early February, the whole season's snowfall to that point, we've had about 20" (2 storms) since then and they've both slid off on their own.

I forgot to ask - What are those two feelers sticking up from your neat rake Eric ?