plowing snow with the PT1460

[J_J]

Tim,

You might try wetting the rubber tread. It seems to cut easier.

 

[American Bulldog]

I also didn't get the rubber lip, since I figured it was less useful on gravel.

Also, $150 was outrageous for something that I could cobble together myself for less then $50.

I am getting a rubber blade from here ($53 with shipping gets me 10 feet of 3/4" by 4" blade, enough for two snow plows):
http://www.rubbercal.com/Rubber_Snowplow_Blades_725psi.html

Add a 2.5" x 1/4" plate as a bolting plate to fix it on the snowplow ($17). 7/16" fastners will run me about $10.

I will have to find how my drill press likes punching through rubber with a hole saw.

Great link. I will stow that one away. The rubber lip for my plow is $250 from PT. The caster kit is $295.

It is about zero degrees outside this morning. As soon as it warms up I will take some pics.

 

[American Bulldog]

OK here are some shots of the handiwork. I did all this plowing in about an hour, and there was about six inches of snow on the ground.

In front of the house:

This is about half of the driveway:

The old farmhouse across the street:

The barnyard:

In front of the big barn. The PT's mobility really came into play here, as there are boulders placed along the road that I had to work around. A plow truck would have trouble in here.

 

[leveled]

where is the machine in the pictures

 

[American Bulldog]

where is the machine in the pictures

Ask and ye shall receive.

I took these yesterday:

 

[MossRoad]

What a beast! :thumbsup:

 

[woodlandfarms]

That is what the 1850 should be built on. What is the lift height and weight on that bad boy?

I see a lot of changes in the front end. The pins that hold the lift arm look so much stronger, and the roll over link finally looks like a solid piece of steel and not the weak links we have on the 1850.

Jealous.... very jealous.

 

[American Bulldog]

That is what the 1850 should be built on. What is the lift height and weight on that bad boy?

I see a lot of changes in the front end. The pins that hold the lift arm look so much stronger, and the roll over link finally looks like a solid piece of steel and not the weak links we have on the 1850.

Jealous.... very jealous.

Yeah it is built solid but in some ways that works against it. It weighs almost 2000 pounds more than the 1850. When I tried to mow my 25-30 degree slope, it ripped up the grass so bad that it wasn't worth it. If PT could find a way to get duallies on this bad boy it would be unstoppable. They just need to use the wheel motors that they use on the Lo-Boy. But for plowing snow it is really nice. Wait till I get some chains for it. Game over!! Price is so much lower than the 1850, and it comes with the same motor. PT knows that they have the only 45 degree slope mower, so they over price it a bit.

It is listed at 8' lift height. That is one area where it is not as good as my Deere. For most things it is high enough.

 

[ponytug]

Carl,

Trust me. You don't want something that heavy running across slopes. Being lighter has its advantages. The 1460 is much taller than the 1850, which raises the center of gravity (COG) even higher.

The higher COG is why I went with the 1445.

Can I talk you into a used bobcat for your heavy lift needs?

Like you, I hate running into the limits of the PT; it just seems like super tractor for so much, but every so often, I get a reminder that it can't do everything. (e.g. last weekend, turning on a 20 degree slope, the soil (heavy clay) gave up, and the tractor started sliding sideways. OK: I had the six foot brush cutter on the front, and I clearly shouldn't have been trying to make the turn. In my defense, the PT can do it when the soil is dryer...) Still, I was in and out of the brush in minutes, on a hillside nothing else could have been on in this weather.

All the best,

Peter

 

[MossRoad]

It is listed at 8' lift height. That is one area where it is not as good as my Deere. For most things it is high enough.

That is something that weighed on my mind when I bought our PT425. The lift height was such that I cannot load a pickup truck bed from the side. After much consideration, I realized that I just about NEVER load a pickup truck from the side. I bring things home like mulch and crushed rock, but I rarely take things away like mulch and crushed rock. After mulling it over for quite a while, I realized if I really, really needed to load the pickup from the side, I could build a ramp for the truck to go down into.

Then, a year or so later, I decided to get rid of the pickup truck and bought a car hauler trailer, which I can easily load from the side if needed. We had a van, and got rid of that and bought a Suburban. Never regretted or miss the pickup truck. I can fit 8' lumber in the Suburban. I can haul 5 people (7 with the rear seat installed). I can haul the PT on the trailer and I can load it with the little PT.

Anyhow, people really need to do their homework before purchase of any piece of equipment to see if it will accomplish the tasks they need to do.