Pros and cons of snow removal options
- Thread starter torch
- Start date
When I bought a cub cadet snow blower, had to choose between the track version or the wheel version. I thought of this picture if I bought the track version. Did buy the wheel version. Sold it 3 years later and bought my 1880. No regrets.
johnjk
Well-known member
Lifetime Member
Equipment
B3200 w/loader, Woods RC5 brush hog, 4' box blade, tooth bar, B1700 MMM,
Where I live my most popular option is solar. See how much is on the ground with coffee at 5:30AM and if the sun doesn’t melt it by noon, check the following morning with coffee. We haven’t had measurable snow in 4 years and not looking like it again this year.
All joking aside, the rear blade and FEL handle anything I need to move.
All joking aside, the rear blade and FEL handle anything I need to move.
Snow and melting are natural occurrences. Nature put it there, and let nature take it away. I am living a hermit life, and I will not move snow this year unless my wife comes home.
airbiscuit
Active member
Equipment
New Holland T2310, New Holland TC21D, Kubota l3010 GST, Farmall H
I just found the RSV thread that explains the situration...yup, I'd move the snow for her too.
Hi Everyone, About Snowplowing in Vermont with my B7100HST:
I ended up filling the rear tires with WindshieldWasher fluid, and modifying old pickup truck chains for the front wheels. I just have the bucket and was concerned about digging in. I decided to add "snowshoe" skids to the bottom of the bucket for the Winter. They are pressure treated 2x4 material. So the bucket edge is 1-3/4 off the surface. That worked well especially for deeper snow as I could keep on without digging in. That much snow left was not problem for a Subaru/Tahoe.
But I realized I could angle the bucket on the forward edge of the skids and still not dig in. So sometimes I really cleaned the driveway up. A few photos here, but an online album with more is HERE.
Also see the Easy Way to tighten the chains and have they stay tight all winter.
THANKS for all the many Helps and Helpers here! Regards Terry
I ended up filling the rear tires with WindshieldWasher fluid, and modifying old pickup truck chains for the front wheels. I just have the bucket and was concerned about digging in. I decided to add "snowshoe" skids to the bottom of the bucket for the Winter. They are pressure treated 2x4 material. So the bucket edge is 1-3/4 off the surface. That worked well especially for deeper snow as I could keep on without digging in. That much snow left was not problem for a Subaru/Tahoe.
But I realized I could angle the bucket on the forward edge of the skids and still not dig in. So sometimes I really cleaned the driveway up. A few photos here, but an online album with more is HERE.
Also see the Easy Way to tighten the chains and have they stay tight all winter.
THANKS for all the many Helps and Helpers here! Regards Terry