How do you deal with snow?

[Stmar]

I agree... just skim.. but I had a neighbors gravel driveway I did to help. I found a bit pf prep prior to frozen ground and yes... snow. I would go across the fields with my front blade and grade the driveway smooth. Man... that really helped when the snow did come... enough so that I would grade between snows.... made my life so much easier...

I keep my drive graded so no ruts and minimal humps. After I grade I use a drag to smooth it out, an old harrow with the spikes removed with an old cutting blade attached for weight and surface drag.

 

[TRA]

I keep my drive graded so no ruts and minimal humps. After I grade I use a drag to smooth it out, an old harrow with the spikes removed with an old cutting blade attached for weight and surface drag.

Right now, I just have a box scraper. But im thinking of a front plow, once I put in the gravel road.

 

[Butch]

Front plows have down pressure...I use that to take off the heavy stuff and float the blade letting two round 8"x 1" armor plate skids ride on the gravel. If the gravel is frozen... it works pretty good. Since I have had the front blade... the drag blade on the back is only for counter weight

 

[BX25DMan]

Hello everyone,
I am new to this site and new to Kubota. We have had JD4110 for the last ten years for snow removal and driveway maintenance. We got our new B2650 HDSC a few weeks ago and waiting for snow. Thanks for all of the great information.

Son, you've hit the mother-load!!

 

[John T]

First year with the BX
It sure helped with the hard-to-reach places

I can’t get to with my snowplow.

Next year I will definitely take the mower deck off in the fall.

Did a great job though

We got about 13 inches last night.

Colder than a witches broomstick too

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[rkidd]

Being a retired equipment operator, I am just used to running loaders, so I just use my front loader. That way I can push it and wing it off the drive on the down wind side, without leaving big windrows on the edge of the drive to drift back in at that height. Can pile up the snow if we get alot here in the snowbelt, and can rescue the neighbors and push there snow back when they run out or room.

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[North Idaho Wolfman]

The only sane way to deal with snow!

 

[Tughill Tom]

The only sane way to deal with snow!

I think your on to something... I like it!

 

[mendonsy]

The only sane way to deal with snow!

I think you need one of those little plastic palm trees sitting on the counter to go with that!

 

[Butch]

Damn.... I wondered why they put seat belts on botas....

 

[bgk]

The only sane way to deal with snow!

I’ll second that, but some of my homemade rock n rye!

 

[Butch]

I have a "Copper Snowman" with a long copper nose.... at the end of the nose is connected a 1/2" copper tube slinky.... he is my friend.... he has been known to spit out brandy, rye "stuff".... ect

Not a large snowman... I'd say he is pretty close to a 10 gallon vessel.

Seat belts definitely required... even in a recliner...

 

[bearbait]

This should be all gone by the end of the week, + temps after today, crazy winter so far.

 

[nbryan]

B2650 ROPS with B2782B 63" front blower w/hydraulic chute, and Land Pride BB1560 box blade.

Friggin' awesome.

Watch for certain sized gravel stones in driveway, I'm going through auger shear bolts steady, until first passes firm up and smoothes the pit run gravel. Next year I'm putting crushed gravel topping on top of driveway and parking area, in time for it to be nice and compact/solid for next winter.

Find a squirt can with a nozzle that can handle winter grade chain bar oil in the cold. Re-lube the chain drive every 4 hours max.

The zerk for the u-joint attached to the blower at the pto input shaft is difficult to get to. Rotate shaft until zerk faces down and raise shaft - you should be able to feel the zerk behind the pto safety shield and fit the gun nozzle. Can't see the zerk, but it works.

 

[Tire Biter]

After dealing with snow for 58 years, I retired and moved to southern Tennessee. If it snows here, it’s melted in a few hours

 

[RICH02]

I had enough of lake effect snow and traded for a cab tractor and Im glad i did .

 

[torch]

 

[mpham]

Torch: I think I saw one of those in the Doctor Dolittle movie. A pushmepullyou.
Nice!

 

[bearbait]

That's pretty cool, good job torch, I'm sure you need every bit of that where you live, lol

 

[skeets]

Dad had the best idea he said God put it there and he can take it away! Butch, I think I may have met a cousin of your snowman, but he had a bad case of reflux