What is the most efficient snow removal machine?

JDgreen227 · Jan 28, 2014

I really like using my rear blade for plowing in reverse, with one major gripe: The blade tends to ride up on hard pack snow, frequently I want to compress a snow pile and push it backward, and the instead the blade rides up. Has anyone had success in eliminating that by adding weight to their rear blade?

WilliamTO-35 · Jan 28, 2014

I added some weight via concrete blocks to my rear mounted scraper blade once. I broke one of the 3 point lift linkages .
I suppose there's a limit .

WilliamTO-35 · Jan 28, 2014

vtsnowedin said:
I think you need another tractor.:tractor:You can never have too much ability in the garage.

Actually, I did try another tractor once. I borrowed my neighbor's big 4300 series John Deere, with about 75 hp. and a 6 foot rear mounted blade. I still had a lot of trouble clearing 18 inches of snow , due to ice under the snow. I finished the job with my smaller Ferguson TO-35, which I had equipped with studded rear tires that had more traction on ice.

vtsnowedin · Jan 29, 2014

WilliamTO-35 said:
Actually, I did try another tractor once. I borrowed my neighbor's big 4300 series John Deere, with about 75 hp. and a 6 foot rear mounted blade. I still had a lot of trouble clearing 18 inches of snow , due to ice under the snow. I finished the job with my smaller Ferguson TO-35, which I had equipped with studded rear tires that had more traction on ice.

Yup if you can't get the power to the ground your just spinnin.
John Deere Tractor Spinning on Ice - YouTube