Snow Snow push on a 2305?

[cttractor]

I hate to show my ignorance, but there's no way to avoid it and learn something. I'm having difficulty understanding how a snow pusher differs from a big bucket and why the snow just doesn't pile up and finally stop forward motion. At least with a bucket, snow will start falling off the edges once the bucket is full, and the same happens with a straight blade. Angle a blade and you now slough snow off to the right or left. But a snow pusher is like a much bigger bucket and can therefore accommodate much more snow. So, I presume it'll get so full and so heavy that the tractor gets overloaded at some point, stops, and spins its tires.

How is this useful? This product wouldn't sell if my reasoning were correct. What am I missing here?

 

[Glen Watkins]

You aren't missing anything. That is how they are used. I have used them a lot on backhoes and loaders. To give you an idea how they are used I used one on a loader for plowing the tarmac at our county airport. You just lower the pusher and make a pass and when the plow is full that is all you move at a time. So you start out up by the gates and the planes and make a push out towards the edge of the asphalt and just raise and back away for another pass. Next pass you take less than half a width of the pusher and go. Depending how far you have to push by the time you get where you dropped your last push you have another full blades worth. Get it? That is the best way I can explain it. That is why you need plenty of weight,power and traction to move a full pushers worth depending on the snow. Once the pusher is full snow will start dumping off the sides. Don't worry about showing your ignorance. That is why we are here and ask questions. To learn. More questions just ask!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuQyVL-3t4A

 

[cttractor]

Thanks, Glen! That is helpful. The salient point I think I'm getting is that a large piece of equipment, such as a loader. is overkill for snow. Its bucket is sized to move heavy materials, such as soil and rock. A snow pusher allows it to use its vastly larger weight and power to move much more light material, such as snow, than it otherwise could. It really isn't much different than getting a large material bucket to move something like mulch or other voluminous, but lighter material. I will admit, when I've used a construction machine, such as an 18,000 pound backhoe to plow snow off a road, it's been child's play and obvious that I could move much more of that snow if I had a larger bucket (or a snow pusher).

Be that as it may, it does seem that the gains to changing to a snow pusher on a CUT would be less significant. My 3,000 pound CUT might be able to remove some extra snow with a pusher, but probably not enough to make its purchase price worth the investment. Is that a realistic conclusion?

 

[Glen Watkins]

"Be that as it may, it does seem that the gains to changing to a snow pusher on a CUT would be less significant. My 3,000 pound CUT might be able to remove some extra snow with a pusher, but probably not enough to make its purchase price worth the investment. Is that realistic conclusion?"

Spot On!:thumbsup:

 

[cttractor]

Thanks for explaining!