Snow Pusher`s

[BX23S-1]

I also took a shot at making a snow pusher by adding wings to the bucket on my tractor. No snow yet but looking forward to giving it a workout.

Post some pictures when you finally get to push some snow around with it. Oh man i wish i had your cab...lol

 

[bdhsfz6]

bdhsfz6,
after reading your post, i played around with the thought of just buying a wider bucket and fabricating the bottom to slide-n-lock on an off the bucket. One bucket, two uses so to speak. Probably more work than its worth though, taking the bottom plate in an out of the main bucket. The SSQA way is much less to deal with. BUT, an extra bucket sitting around will take up valuable room, which i do not have in my garage. Either way, coming in here on this forum and reading what some of you guys are doing or have done, it is just simply, priceless. The pictures even make it better. So many thanks to you all for such awesome pics & ideas.

While a larger bucket will work as a pusher under certain conditions, it's unmodified design isn't ideal for that purpose. It's size and weight may also make it impractical for moving heavier material. Most commercial pushers or box blades as they are sometimes called, have no bottom or top. They are designed to collect snow by piling it high using the angle of the back to roll it forward, similar to the way an ordinary plow works. Buckets tend to load up and the snow spills out the back. The near horizontal cutting edge of a bucket makes it more prone to scalping or digging in soft surfaces. The near vertical cutting edge on a pusher is less likely to do this.

The local mall near here uses a 12' wide pusher mounted on the FEL of a Kubota M7060. Depending on the weight and depth of the snow, it can make a single pass across the lot, piling the snow 12 feet high or more inside the pusher. An unmodified bucket would not be able to do this. You could of course do the job by making several passes. It really depends on how big an area you need to clear.

 

[BX23S-1]

While a larger bucket will work as a pusher under certain conditions, it's unmodified design isn't ideal for that purpose. It's size and weight may also make it impractical for moving heavier material. Most commercial pushers or box blades as they are sometimes called, have no bottom or top. They are designed to collect snow by piling it high using the angle of the back to roll it forward, similar to the way an ordinary plow works. Buckets tend to load up and the snow spills out the back. The near horizontal cutting edge of a bucket makes it more prone to scalping or digging in soft surfaces. The near vertical cutting edge on a pusher is less likely to do this.

The local mall near here uses a 12' wide pusher mounted on the FEL of a Kubota M7060. Depending on the weight and depth of the snow, it can make a single pass across the lot, piling the snow 12 feet high or more inside the pusher. An unmodified bucket would not be able to do this. You could of course do the job by making several passes. It really depends on how big an area you need to clear.

I`ve been spending alotta time researching and also watching youtube videos... i`ve had sno-blowers, blades, FEL buckets for over the 40yrs at the same place, nothing is ever easy where i live. It can be sunny out, but the wind is blowing 99% of the time, which causes very bad drifting. About the best luck i`ve had, was FEL buckets. FEL buckets take a lot longer, but i can lift the snow out of the way. But this does take a lot longer to clear our driveway, but it does the job.

Most of the time, my brother has to plow us out with his big 1-ton dodge plow truck. A sno-pusher would work, but i would have to go out and plow every hour just to keep it knocked down. Every time my brother has to come over and drop the blade, it costs me a small fortune that my wife an i dont really have to spend. It has become cheaper for us to just buy a tractor. Now i just have to figure out what to equip the tractor with for our particular application. Whether its a blower. a blade, or a FEL bucket, they all seem to have their certain place in snow removal... i just have to figure out whats going to work for us.

Lately, i`m on the fence about sno-pushers now... if we get blasted hard with heavy wet snow, (and we will) this little BX23s is gonna have a hard time pushing. I`m also concerned about the clearance of using chains on the rear wheels. The BX23s having the hydro-stick mounted on the right fender, there is a thick metal guard between the fender and the tire. I can see the chains hitting that guard bigtime.

Now i`m starting to look into an actual plow truck just to use in our driveway. But then again, thats another piece of equipment to maintain that i cant afford, as well as having another item sitting all year an no place to put it. Oh what to do, what to do. I`m old, i`m tired, and SURELY not rich...lol.

 

[aczlan]

If you have drifts that bad and your only tractor is a BX23, buy a front mount snowblower for it. It will be slow, but it will get the snow cleared and if you can blow the snow downwind, it will stay gone.
Based on the pictures in this thread: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...-mount-snowblowers-mf-1410-a.html#post1542158 this Massey/Cat blower might fit your tractor with a little tweaking: SNAOW BLOWER FOR MASSEY 154 OR MT275 MAY FOT OTHERS - farm & garden - by owner - sale

Aaron Z

 

[BX23S-1]

If you have drifts that bad and your only tractor is a BX23, buy a front mount snowblower for it. It will be slow, but it will get the snow cleared and if you can blow the snow downwind, it will stay gone.
Based on the pictures in this thread: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...-mount-snowblowers-mf-1410-a.html#post1542158 this Massey/Cat blower might fit your tractor with a little tweaking: SNAOW BLOWER FOR MASSEY 154 OR MT275 MAY FOT OTHERS - farm & garden - by owner - sale

Aaron Z

Thank you for the thoughts, but i`ve never had any luck with sno-blowers. I really dont wanna go down that road again.
I have a very rocky driveway... sno-blowers dont last long here... shear bolts blow out way to much due to all the rocks in my driveway.

 

[kevinwak]

We have a Bobcat brand snow push box for the skidsteer at work. It works great pushing on a straight line, but is 100% useless if you have to turn. Part of that is because of the way the skid steer turns. It rides on a 64” by about 30” skid under each wing. The back edge is a thick 1” or more piece of rubber for the cutting edge.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I`ve been spending alotta time researching and also watching youtube videos... i`ve had sno-blowers, blades, FEL buckets for over the 40yrs at the same place, nothing is ever easy where i live. It can be sunny out, but the wind is blowing 99% of the time, which causes very bad drifting. About the best luck i`ve had, was FEL buckets. FEL buckets take a lot longer, but i can lift the snow out of the way. But this does take a lot longer to clear our driveway, but it does the job.

Most of the time, my brother has to plow us out with his big 1-ton dodge plow truck. A sno-pusher would work, but i would have to go out and plow every hour just to keep it knocked down. Every time my brother has to come over and drop the blade, it costs me a small fortune that my wife an i dont really have to spend. It has become cheaper for us to just buy a tractor. Now i just have to figure out what to equip the tractor with for our particular application. Whether its a blower. a blade, or a FEL bucket, they all seem to have their certain place in snow removal... i just have to figure out whats going to work for us.

Lately, i`m on the fence about sno-pushers now... if we get blasted hard with heavy wet snow, (and we will) this little BX23s is gonna have a hard time pushing. I`m also concerned about the clearance of using chains on the rear wheels. The BX23s having the hydro-stick mounted on the right fender, there is a thick metal guard between the fender and the tire. I can see the chains hitting that guard bigtime.

Now i`m starting to look into an actual plow truck just to use in our driveway. But then again, thats another piece of equipment to maintain that i cant afford, as well as having another item sitting all year an no place to put it. Oh what to do, what to do. I`m old, i`m tired, and SURELY not rich...lol.

I feel your pain. I maintain 1.25 miles of rough private road and have also gone the blower, plow, pusher, plow truck route. Although I have a 3/4 ton pickup with a Western Pro plow, I hate to beat up the relatively new truck plowing with it. Even though I have a blower, FEL plow and pusher as well as the truck, I wind up using the FEL plow most of the time. I can actually pile snow higher with the plow than I can with a bucket due to it's extended reach.

I started using a FEL plow on my old B7100HST which is smaller than your BX. I'll admit, it was slow going with that tractor which is one of the reasons I began trading up in tractor size. I guess what works best depends on how long your driveway is and how much snow you have to move.

 

[chim]

I added extensions to my bucket. This will be the third winter with them and the blower. The wings are made to slip onto the bucket so each one fastens with only one bolt. They are very easily installed or removed.On the other end of the tractor, there's a 64" Pronovost I refurbed (and added electric chute controls). Last week the RFM went into storage and the blower came out. These are pics from when I first completed the work. After actual use, it became apparent those little flags weren't necessary.