Snow Plowing snow with the tractor

[tmiller]

here they are the first one posted (part 2) is better it was later in the day sorry about the pic quality i didnt have my vid camera i had to do it off my regular camera

--taylor

YouTube - John deere plowing part 2


this one was kinda dark the one above is better

YouTube - John Deere Plowing Snow

 

[irwin]

It looks good to me taylor.

It's been so cold here in Conn. everything has a couple inches of ice on it..including my gravel driveway,and the paths to the chicken coop and to the barn, thankfully all our vehicles are either AWD or 4WD..

BTW hello, and welcome to TBN.

 

[wolc123]

If the snow gets too deep, those rear blades work better turned around the other way so you can push the snow in reverse rather than pull it forward. That way you are not limited by the amount of snow that will fit under the tractor. I also made mine taller by bolting a piece of 3" angle iron across the top of the blade and bolting a 1 foot wide piece of 3/4" marine plywood to that. I have used such a setup for around 25 winters in an area that usually sees 3-4 snowfalls greater than 2 feet, and dozens of a foot or more each season. Having the loader on the front is great for moving snow when you run out of room to push it with the rear blade. With this setup on a dead-end driveway like yours, I pull into the drive and use the front bucket to backdrag the snow a little bit, then push it the rest of the way out with the rear blade. It looks like your technique works good on light snows and I just thought I would pass this info on in case you get hit with a big ammount like I have been dealing with most everyday this winter.

 

[Ductape]

Those vids came out pretty good.

That snow must be pretty wet....... looked like it didn't take too much to get the rear end sliding out.

 

[tmiller]

thanks irwin. and it had rained the night before making a sheet of ice under and ontop of that snow. --taylor