Snow pusher on gravel.

[Slowpoke Slim]

OP,

Does it get cold enough where you are for your ground to freeze up hard? If so, you could just run an edge guard (pvc pipe, etc) over your cutting edge until freeze up. I take my Edge Tamers off of my FEL bucket once we freeze up. The ground is hard as concrete until spring thaw, and the cutting edge can't touch the gravel.

 

[b737drvr]

It does get cold up here in Michigan, but it still seems like a lot of rock ends up on the sides of the lane even in January when the ground is frozen, but I may have to try a piece of PVC. Do you recommend 1" 1.5" or smaller? With my blade angled, will I have to worry about the PVC slipping off the end of the trailing edge?

 

[shooterdon]

When I had a plow truck, I used a thick walled plastic pipe I got from the oil/gas well operations around me. It helped a lot.

 

[herm0016]

It does get cold up here in Michigan, but it still seems like a lot of rock ends up on the sides of the lane even in January when the ground is frozen, but I may have to try a piece of PVC. Do you recommend 1" 1.5" or smaller? With my blade angled, will I have to worry about the PVC slipping off the end of the trailing edge?

i would use something 2+ it does wear a bit and the smaller stuff has a pretty thin wall.

 

[PILOON]

Well I have a CUT C/W pusher and rear blower and my drive is gravel.

My solution is to modify and weld on oversized shoes or skids.
On my blower they are 2 1/2 wide and about 10 ins long with ends turned up like skis.
Works 4 me.
These I leave on all season.

For the front clamp on O/S skids work well.



Search will reveal some folks that sell 'clamp on' skids, but I welded mine DIY.

 

[Tomtint]

I was just reading through this thread and was thinking that a 8' rake with the gauge wheels set just above the gravel.. and some sort of mold board attached to the rake tines old probably work pretty well...

 

[LD48750]

I was just reading through this thread and was thinking that a 8' rake with the gauge wheels set just above the gravel.. and some sort of mold board attached to the rake tines old probably work pretty well...

I learned a couple years ago that a York Rake does a fine job
.
Then I learned that attaching a length of angle iron to it makes it GREAT for gravel & even clearing snow off unfrozen grass without damage.

 

[DJ54]

I put a section of 1-1/4" pipe on the cutting edge of the blade on my little Farmall blade. Cut a slot with the plasma cutter wide enough to slip over the edge, then welded tabs on it, matching bolt holes in the moldboard, to keep it in place. I'm sure you could do the same on one of those, although with the extra weight, maybe go with a larger size, maybe 2" pipe.

It will pick an occasional few stones in high spots, but doesn't gouge in. I leave it on year round, and makes it a bit easier to grade dirt without gouging in also.

 

[b737drvr]

Thanks for the visual DJ54. If only I was a welder!:confused3:

 

[Imold]

I have adjustable pads on my UTV blade and bought Turf Tamers to use on my tractor bucket.