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Dave___in___CT
 
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Snowremoval Woes With a Tractor & Loader...
Original Message Jan 12, 2005 4:17 pm |
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Hi... I clear snow with a compact utility tractor with a front-end bucket loader and a 3-point-hitch mounted grader blade with side wings... Well... my asphalt driveway is old, cracked, and wavy... Today was the 3rd time I ripped up some of the asphalt with the loader bucket...   The corner of the bucket caught the edge of the asphalt... not too much damage... I hope... Sometimes the equipment is too big for snow removal ! But... still gonna' keep using the tractor... it's especially nice with the wet heavy snow like today's... Especially the dreaded EOD... I have 100' of that ! The neighbors appreciate it when I wisk away their EOD piles... ...hopefully I won't wisk away their driveways !  Dave...
Whether you think you can or you can't... you're right.Henry Ford  BCS Tractor & snowblower
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Dave___in___CT
Deliberate often...
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Location: West-Central Connecticut
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Re: Snowremoval Woes With a Tractor & Loader...
Reply #2 Jan 12, 2005 5:00 pm |
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Yeah Marshall... The sound of a diesel in the mornin'...  I'm spoiled now... my new tractor has a heated cab with front & rear wipers... No more fighting the elements and getting frozen fingers and toes ! Dave...
Whether you think you can or you can't... you're right.Henry Ford BCS Tractor & snowblower
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Marshall
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Re: Snowremoval Woes With a Tractor & Loader...
Reply #3 Jan 12, 2005 5:18 pm |
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Yeah Marshall... The sound of a diesel in the mornin'... I'm spoiled now... my new tractor has a heated cab with front & rear wipers... No more fighting the elements and getting frozen fingers and toes ! Dave... There's nothin like roughin it! 
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Dave___in___CT
Deliberate often...
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Location: West-Central Connecticut
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Re: Snowremoval Woes With a Tractor & Loader...
Reply #5 Jan 13, 2005 11:06 am |
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Yeap... two 12v cigarette lighter outlets... The strobe warning light on the roof uses one... ...so there's one still free for a beer cooler... Dave...
Whether you think you can or you can't... you're right.Henry Ford BCS Tractor & snowblower
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spottedpony
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Re: Snowremoval Woes With a Tractor & Loader...
Reply #9 Jan 13, 2005 6:38 pm |
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Hi... I clear snow with a compact utility tractor with a front-end bucket loader and a 3-point-hitch mounted grader blade with side wings... Well... my asphalt driveway is old, cracked, and wavy... Today was the 3rd time I ripped up some of the asphalt with the loader bucket... The corner of the bucket caught the edge of the asphalt... not too much damage... I hope... Sometimes the equipment is too big for snow removal ! But... still gonna' keep using the tractor... it's especially nice with the wet heavy snow like today's... Especially the dreaded EOD... I have 100' of that ! The neighbors appreciate it when I wisk away their EOD piles... ...hopefully I won't wisk away their driveways ! Dave... try a trick that i started doing years ago for snow removel.....get some 2" x 1/2" teflon strips and bolt (with plowshare bolts) to each side of the bottom edge of the bucket. these will act as runners keeping the bucket and cutting edge off the driveway eliminating alot of damage and you can tilt the bucket a little when you need the cutting edge down flat on the surface. it might take a bit of engineering to mount similar skids on a grader blade, but ive mounted them on a box blade also with very good results.
This message was modified Jan 13, 2005 by spottedpony
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jubol
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Re: Snowremoval Woes With a Tractor & Loader...
Reply #10 Jan 13, 2005 6:40 pm |
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Sp, Great Idea!! Fred
Husqvarna STE927(11.5HP) snowblower, MTD Pro Series 18/42 Lawnmower, MTD 6.5 HP Self Prop Lawn Mower, Weedeater 1500 Blower, Web Gensis 2000
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Dave___in___CT
Deliberate often...
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Location: West-Central Connecticut
Joined: Sep 17, 2002
Points: 3159
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Re: Snowremoval Woes With a Tractor & Loader...
Reply #11 Jan 13, 2005 6:54 pm |
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Sp... Thanks for the tip ! Sounds good ! Dave...
Whether you think you can or you can't... you're right.Henry Ford BCS Tractor & snowblower
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It's not very portable though!
