Snow Pushing Snow ith BX24

Dog Lover · Sep 21, 2007

Has anyone any thoughts on just how well the BX24 does just pushing the snow with the FEL? I am hoping it will do a good job and not need a blade on rear....I was planning on just pushing and letting the FEL load up and keep pushing rather than dumping it. When it gets high enough at the end of push, just load it in FEL and dump further back in the woods or off drive. I am sure some of you have already tried this...did it work well?

Oleozz · Sep 21, 2007

I don't have a BX24 but I've used the method that you're describing for snow removal many years and it works great. I had a blade on the rear for awhile and never used it so it's gone.

ihookem · Sep 21, 2007

The bx 24 will push snow very well and you will be surprised. When I was building my house my neighbor was the electrician and it snowed about 5". Just enough that he needed to plow it with his bx23 As soon as I saw how it pushed snow I knew if I was going to live out here I'd need one of those. In 15 minutes he had my 200' drive done. It was a rough stone drive way too. On pavement it plows faster and better. I ended up with a 7510 and is a tool I would never go without again. If it's heavy snow you will need to scoop it and move it away, with light snow you can push until it comes over the top and it will keep going, even with turf tires. So good luck and don't think the bx is any less of a "pusher" than the 7510. I think the bx might better cause it's a few horse more and the smaller tires will give it more torque. Later, Steve.

DannyD · Sep 22, 2007

No one mentioned that is also fun, you get tractor time in the winter.......see attached pic of me on my 23

Egon · Sep 22, 2007

For snow removal the bucket will work much better that a rear blade if the snow falls are heavy or there is drifting.

RoyJackson · Sep 22, 2007

Using a FEL bucket is fine. If you have a gravel drive, you may pick up more stone then you would with a rear blade (I do, anyway).
The only thing that happens using the bucket is you run out of traction...that's when it's time to dump and make another pass.

Scrounger · Sep 22, 2007

I also have a 2" thick piece of composite plastic under my bucket to keep the driveway from getting all nicked up. I bolted it to the leading edge. A 2x8 works too but it has to be replaced very quickly if you really abuse it. I did that for a season before I bought the plastic piece. Its actually a plastic 8' plow blade that I cut in half and bolted flat.

Dog Lover · Sep 22, 2007

Thanks everyone for your input. That is what I was hoping to hear. I too have partial gravel and asphalt. I like the photo of the snow and the BX. It almost makes me wish for some snow......

RayCo · Sep 22, 2007

My driveway is about 800 feet long, all gravel. We got 18" of snow on Valentine's Day last year, and it took me 4 hours to clear half of it using an old Wheel Horse tractor with a 56" front blade and a 48" rear blade. Just as I hit the 4 hour mark, my father-in-law showed up with his Case 580 backhoe and cleared the other half. It took him about 20 minutes.

This will be my first winter with my new BX, and I cannot wait for snowfall! I know removal won't be as fast as it is with a Case 580, of course, but I also know it'll be much quicker than 4 hours for half!

Renob · Sep 23, 2007

BX24 does a great job in central NY in Feb 07!

Driveway not as long as yours, but I usually plow my drive, then a path to the shop and dog kennel, then go down the road and clear snow for an elderly woman (hope to go to heaven) in less than an hour.

Egon · Sep 23, 2007

Those pictures should tell the tale on snow removal. Nothing like seeing the real thing!

ByronBob · Sep 24, 2007

I've done my driveway for years this way. The only thing I'll mention is to always keep your 2 rear tires on the driveway. If you don't go perpendicular to the driveway you could get stuck. Just a precaution to take.

I bought a rmsb last week. I can't take being out working on the driveway for 4 hours at a time.

c-and-a · Sep 24, 2007

Here is my "slush pusher" - we haven't got too much snow in MA the past few years - so this works very well - bucket still fills, driveway protected, etc

Rev 2 will put an angle on it though...original design flaw

MOPAULY · Sep 24, 2007

Dog Lover said:
Has anyone any thoughts on just how well the BX24 does just pushing the snow with the FEL? I am hoping it will do a good job and not need a blade on rear....I was planning on just pushing and letting the FEL load up and keep pushing rather than dumping it. When it gets high enough at the end of push, just load it in FEL and dump further back in the woods or off drive. I am sure some of you have already tried this...did it work well?

It will work fine, I used the FEL all winter this past year. Just be careful not to dig into the asphalt. It works especially well when you have ice, like we did this past year, it was easily able to dig up chunks and clean the drive.

bx24 · Sep 24, 2007

Without a doubt, put SOMETHING on the wear edge of the bucket. I pushed snow on some concrete driveways and I noticed a significant amount of wear. Not too much to cause a problem, but more than enough to know that I did not want to have this be my permanent solution

LBrown59 · Sep 24, 2007

I don't know about pushing snow away but my bx 23 has done an excelent job of keeping it away .
Since I got it in Sept of 2004 we've only had about 3 snows and they were only about an inch deep.

Botabill · Sep 24, 2007

I do a 100 foot gravel driveway with a FEL on a BX. It works real well but I have found it's best to let a layer of snow get packed down on top of the gravel before I start pushing the snow. That way you don't get mouthfulls of gravel dumped on your lawn or where ever. I just run back and forth on the first few drops of snow to pack it down.

2Botas · Sep 25, 2007

ihookem said:
So good luck and don't think the bx is any less of a "pusher" than the 7510. I think the bx might better cause it's a few horse more and the smaller tires will give it more torque. Later, Steve.

I have had a bx24 and a 7510. The 7510 is a much better pusher than the BX. The one thing to keep in mind is that the horsepower ratings between the two doesnt mean squat. The engine in the 7510 is more powerful than any of the BX engines. The B7510 uses a considerably larger displacement engine than the BX. The BX engines are just spun faster in order to acheive a high horsepower rating. When it comes to pushing, torque is far more important than horsepower. I calculated the torque difference between the 2, this is what i came up with.

Formula to calculate torque from horsepower- Torque=horsepower*5252/rpm

BX24=23hp@3200rpm
B7510=21hp@2600rpm

BX24- 23(hp)x5252/3200=37.74lb/ft of torque
B7510- 21(hp)x5252/2600=42.42lb/ft of torque

OP- Sorry for the off topic, to answer your question, when i had my BX it would push snow very well. you might want to consider some added weight though.

swmpbgy1 · Sep 25, 2007

Scrounger said:
I also have a 2" thick piece of composite plastic under my bucket to keep the driveway from getting all nicked up. I bolted it to the leading edge. A 2x8 works too but it has to be replaced very quickly if you really abuse it. I did that for a season before I bought the plastic piece. Its actually a plastic 8' plow blade that I cut in half and bolted flat.

Scrounger:

Would it be possible to post some pix of your setup? I'd like to set something up for my 3030 similar to what you mention.

Thanks.....
Swmpbgy1