Putting a 2.75" hardened steel pipe on rear blade for plowing in soft conditions?

In.the.Piñons · 2025-09-29T18:18:47-0400

nyone said:
The real questions is if the ground is that soft do you really even need to touch the ground with the plow?

With my roller coaster of a road, it would make my job 10 times easier if I could just drop the blade (float) and go. On a flat road, I could see just setting a blade 1" from the gravel and having at it, but that doesn't work with my road unfortunately.

In.the.Piñons · 2025-09-29T18:22:19-0400

jyoutz said:
There’s no need to do anything to the blade. Just turn it around so the cutting edge faces the rear and drive forward. It will skim the snow off the road without digging in.

I did try this but I found my blade just collected the snow. To be fair the section of road I was trying it on was below grade, but still, when facing forward, the blade would still clear and push snow to the side of the road rather than just collecting. Maybe it would have done better with less snow, or dryer snow?

In.the.Piñons · 2025-09-29T18:26:20-0400

ruffdog said:
Being that the OP has a FEL, I wonder if triple Edge Tamers might work for some conditions?

I have four Edge Tamers on my 84" bucket. Works great for clearing open areas/intersections. It fills up to quickly for plowing the roads though.

In.the.Piñons · 2025-09-29T18:32:11-0400

I think I'll try the pipe since I already have it. Also, since I will have all those rear remotes soon, I can put the gauge wheel back on and see how that does. Maybe even revisit turning the blade around since I now have a hydraulic top link to play with the angle.

jyoutz · 2025-09-29T20:30:33-0400

In.the.Piñons said:
I did try this but I found my blade just collected the snow. To be fair the section of road I was trying it on was below grade, but still, when facing forward, the blade would still clear and push snow to the side of the road rather than just collecting. Maybe it would have done better with less snow, or dryer snow?

It does work better with drier snow and you have to angle the blade to kick it to the side. I don’t think there’s any snow removal solution besides a blower that would do anything differently on a below grade level road. It has to be able to kick the accumulated snow to the shoulder.