Snow removal advice

   / Snow removal advice #21  
I made a 6 foot front blade with quick hook to my loader rolled a piece of 3/16 steel got a cutting edge from the country shop a little welding works great and its a lot quicker than a bucket blade on the front and blower on the back I would do it agine the same way.
 
   / Snow removal advice #22  
cmhyland said:
"If you have adequate power and weight to push the snow. Looks like you may have been a tad shy of enough power to push the snow in your attached picture."

I have never had problems pushing snow with my B2910. It's a rare day when I take it out of high range for plowing... The key is not having too much plow. I cut a 7.5 foot Meyers down to 6 ft. It really works great.

Care to share a pic of you frame mounted harness?? Did you build that too??
 
   / Snow removal advice #23  
For where you live, I would go with just a rear blade and your FEL. It is going to be by far the fastest and cheapest. A rear blade is A few hundred dollars vs a blower @ a few thousand. And for the average snow of under a foot, a blade is MUCH quicker.

My advice, get a blade and use it for a year. If you dont like it, get a blower then.
 
   / Snow removal advice #24  
I've used the blade in my avatar (7' MF) for the past 12 years to clear the gravel road into my subdivision (3/4 km) and probably around 800' of driveway and roads to the stables / barn etc. Open station tractor, loaded rears on a 2WD standard steering MF135.

In early fall before the road freezes I am careful not to plow all the class A into the ditches by leaving an inch or snow of so. Once packed and frozen I sand. After that I seldom back blade. So long as the snow is not a wet snow I can angle the blade and drive forward, in 2 high. During the bigger storms I try to get out after 12" or so has fallen, if not it can become too packed and heavy for this method. Takes me about an hour to clear the subdivision, another hour and a half to clear my property where I do have to do more back blading.

My neighbour comes out with his 1528 and uses his loader to clean up the ends of driveways, end of the subdivision where it meets the highway etc.

As a side, he can pile the snow about 9-10 feet high with his loader, I can pile it about 8' high with my back blade.
 
   / Snow removal advice #25  
I live in NH and have lived in the north east my entire life. There is nothing that moves snow faster than a snow plow, I've had plow trucks and there is nothing faster.

There is nothing better at moving snow than a snowblower. You can put the snow exactly where you want it and there are no snow banks.

In my opinion, the best set up would be rear blower and loader for short runs.

Front mount blower for longer runs.

If you do not get consistent heavy snows then a front mount snow plow would work out great and be fast.

I hope to get rear mount blower. Right now, I use large walk behind snowblower and then use my Loader when digging out mail box and the like.

If I had unlimited funds I'd get front mount blower and be done with it.

Joel
 
   / Snow removal advice #26  
Will,
I don't have a pic that I can think of, and quite frankly my welding skills should never be photographed. With that said the mount is made up of 2 in angle iron and some steel plate. Depending on your tractor, the mount would be different but whats needed is to put the forces back on the tractor frame.

The key I found was to have the plow when in the down position as near to parallel and as close to the front of the tractor as possible.

I took the original A-Frame off the plow and shortened it by 6 inches and narrowed it considerably. Also for lift I use a hydraulic cylinder direct to the plow and use the float on the loader valve... This configuration gives me down pressure.

I'll look and see if I can find any pics...

Regards,
Chris
 
   / Snow removal advice #27  
I can only offer my limited experience, but I went from a SS to a compact tractor equipped with FEL/ rear blower. It's worked very well for my 500' or so of gravel and the 3000 sq ft or so of concrete I have to clear. I keep the blower set high, so there's about 1 1/2" of snow left after I clear....but the gravel stays there too. Another thing I did was put larger "shoes" on the blower skids. I made my own about 12" long and 4" wide, then bent each end up and trimmed the ends to a triangular shape. Welded them to the blower skids, and they have actually worked out surprisingly well. Plus, having the FEL available allows me to deal with the drifts I get that are too deep for the blower...one section of drive has had 5' drifts; glad we only get that every other year or so!
 
   / Snow removal advice #28  
It has been said already, but does bear repeating ... Try the back blade/FEL combo for a year. You can pick up a light duty blade at TSC that will be more than adequate for most of the snow we get. I'm not that far from you in Cecil county MD. If you put a strip of rubber stall mat between the blade and its cutting egde you'll be able to plow the pavement/concrete clean and not push all of your gravel off the driveway. For me, leaving the FEL available to remove the occassional drift or to move firewood is important. Do a search and you will find many threads on modifying the cutting edge of a blade.

Good luck.

Frank aka farmeratheart ...
 
   / Snow removal advice #29  
Somehow never noticed the snow removal forum on TBN, excellent!! Anyone want to help a newbie on snow removal? I have a brand new JD 6330 cab tractor and 673 loader. In Kansas I think I can dig out ok if heavy for us snow comes, but is there a snow blower for this size tractor any of you would steer me to from your own knowledge or experience that will make the job go well? I hate to scrape off a lot of my gravel on the driveway, and it's 1900 feet to the road, all level. Just beginning to look around
 
   / Snow removal advice #30  
brucew44guns said:
Somehow never noticed the snow removal forum on TBN, excellent!! Anyone want to help a newbie on snow removal? I have a brand new JD 6330 cab tractor and 673 loader. In Kansas I think I can dig out ok if heavy for us snow comes, but is there a snow blower for this size tractor any of you would steer me to from your own knowledge or experience that will make the job go well? I hate to scrape off a lot of my gravel on the driveway, and it's 1900 feet to the road, all level. Just beginning to look around

Lots of snow blisters for you to choose from. Lucknow, Farm King, Provonost, Meteor, and the list goes on. you can choose from pull type, and I really think with that length, that is the way to go. Lots in use up here. Dad had one for 30 years, never a worry of getting stuck.
 

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