Hello all!
I am not plowing a country road, but my driveway is pretty much a country road. Whether I am doing the driveway or down and around the barn it's a rock base, gravel, and then stay-pack.
One question I have regarding the frontier front blade is - how to be most careful on unfrozen ground? I took it down the road and tried it on unfrozen dirt...and yep...moved some dirt. At the same time, I was trying to rock the plow back by using the loader controls, but ended up putting the mounting plate into the sand a bit too. I am sure there is a learning curve to this, just like there was when I purchased my first tractor with a bucket years and years ago. I should mention I have all the OEM washers on the bottom of the skids to raise the plow a tad - I suppose I could add more, but I want to reduce the possible packed snow build-up turning to ice.
Now - typically this would not be an issue, and I likely would have MUCH more experience by now, but here in Vermont we are very warm (40F-50F daytime temps) for this time of year. I fear we will have a quick cold snap resulting in snow, and thawed ground. In addition, I am (for the first time) plowing my neighbors driveway for her this year - and she just tossed stay-pack down this fall and had it graded out. So there is more anxiety then my own stay-pack that I have had in place for years.
Thanks in advance!