Let's See Your Snow Moving Equipment...
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MacMcMacmac
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No, THIS looks like something Hitler would use to mow down undesirables. Like the rocket plane with no landing gear, operator safety is a very low priority.
http://www.gilsonsnowblowers.com/snowvintage.html
That's a neat site, if you like Gilson snowblowers, which apparently at least one person does.
http://www.gilsonsnowblowers.com/snowvintage.html
That's a neat site, if you like Gilson snowblowers, which apparently at least one person does.
readhead
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Don, where did you get the cab for your tractor? I have a BX25D and it is pretty much the same size. I need access for the back hoe.
MacMcMacmac
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I bought a Brute from WalMart in 2010. I bought it after returning a $1700 John Deere when it finally occurred to me it was practically the same machine for $700 less. Honestly, for the amount they get used, snowblowers are about the worst machines going in terms of hours of use per dollars spent. How many machines are just re-branded Murrays nowadays? Brute, B&S, Snapper, some Simplicity, John Deere, Dynamark, Canadiana, and probably more. Actually, I asked at Lowe's a few weeks ago when they were getting their John Deere's in, and they told me they don't make them anymore, so I guess you can scratch one marque off that list. The Brute has been....ok for the money, but it suffers the same problems as other variants with snow getting down on the platter and losing drive to the wheels. I also had the platter back off the shaft it was on, so that you couldn't disengage drive to the wheels. That was a workout. Eventually, I pulled the bottom cover off, and hammered the platter back on the shaft with the end of a hammer handle. Not too impressive. The lack of any throttle control also bugs me. I don't care if it's synthetic oil, you can't tell me going from -30C stopped to full throttle is doing the motor any good. It gets the driveway done in 30 minutes instead of 3 hours after a heavy dump, so it's still worth it. The winter of '07/'08 taught me that 3 hrs of shoveling every weekend was really a lot more than I was interested in taking on.
DonPowers
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Its a Curtis Cab, got it through the Kubota dealer, also had them put in a heater.
Link to Curtis for BX 25D below
http://www.curtisindustries.net/kubota-compact-tractor-bx70-series/
bobcatdan
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Mikefromcny
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jumpstart
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1,350 foot long gravel driveway. 2000 John Deere 4500 for moving the snow banks back when they get out of hand. Also use a 84" box blade on the rear to scrape the driveway down when it gets frozen later in the winter. Don't have a picture of the truck, but it's a 2000 Dodge Ram with a Snoway plow.
Slednut
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WynneContracting
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Mine looks like this:
All I can afford also...
csp
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And the only picture you took of it was in your garage?
Slednut
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I didn't want to get too off topic, but here are some pics from the ride. We had a huge forest fire a few years ago which has opened up a lot of new areas for us.
BTW, I don't have pictures but I have a John Deere garden tractor that I only use for plowing snow. Even though its only rear wheel drive I made some chains for the front tires so it would turn better. It works really good, has anyone else tried it?
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wildstyle
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My set up.
97 john deere 425 with a Femco cab 44" blower and a 54" plow depending on the snow conditions
bobcatdan
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No need for chains, the simplicity is a 4x4.
ishiboo
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2015 Kioti NX6010, Frontier RB2308 8' back blade (full hydraulic, though I have the "tilt" cylinder removed for snow just offset and angle), Western 7.5' truck blade I welded to a SSQA bracket with chain float. Bought the blade, mount and pump for $400, sold the pump and mount for $250, bought the SSQA plate for $120. So I have a total of $270 into the front blade setup.
Works awesome! Also have a newer Cub Cadet tracked blower I despise, have owned it a few years and maybe 4 hours total on it.
Works awesome! Also have a newer Cub Cadet tracked blower I despise, have owned it a few years and maybe 4 hours total on it.
kaymccampbell
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AnthonyJ124
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Some of these tractors make me wish I had more land and more driveway... Golly.
Got my snoway mounted and did a quick cleanup of the long part of our driveway before it turned to a skating rink last night.
First impression is the angle and lift is almost too fast, but I'm used to an old Meyer. Guess I need to adapt to this decade's technology. Downpressure works good too.
Got my snoway mounted and did a quick cleanup of the long part of our driveway before it turned to a skating rink last night.
First impression is the angle and lift is almost too fast, but I'm used to an old Meyer. Guess I need to adapt to this decade's technology. Downpressure works good too.
mrpowderkeg
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It's winter again... Oi! The skid steer works best at my home and shop out of town, it's kind of fun to be able to dive over most anything snow related, it's on top of a 4 foot snow bank in the pic. However getting moving with tracks on ice can be interesting. Once moving, it will push snow until I have to stop for fear of breaking the front window, it will push snow till the bucket is full, then keep pushing it with the cab window. I need snow bucket.
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zmotorsports
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Here's mine.
And here is my review of it on my youtube channel.
I used to use a Polaris ATV with a 48" blade but sold it and converted to a snowblower to disperse the snow more evenly and not just have large piles.
Mike.
And here is my review of it on my youtube channel.
I used to use a Polaris ATV with a 48" blade but sold it and converted to a snowblower to disperse the snow more evenly and not just have large piles.
Mike.
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1953mercury
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This is what I used to use on our 1/8 mile driveway (about a 20 minute job) and still would if we didn't run away to beach for the winter. After 11 yrs of running a commercial snow removal business and 50 some years of winter I can in all honesty say I really don't miss it. Mike
Toro 621zr is what I have now. We get 1-2 snows of 12"+ a year, and a bunch of 6" or less. If it's a deep one I just make sure I get out there once it's 6" deep and get it cleared. It'll eat through 12" or more, just takes longer. Had a 2 stage for a while but it was a b**ch to drag around. This thing is a breeze and will even eat right through at the curb after the city plow comes by. Neighbors have 2 stages and I can go circles around them with this. 2 have come over and asked what it was when they saw how well it works. 
ishiboo
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It's winter again... Oi! The skid steer works best at my home and shop out of town, it's kind of fun to be able to dive over most anything snow related, it's on top of a 4 foot snow bank in the pic. However getting moving with tracks on ice can be interesting. Once moving, it will push snow until I have to stop for fear of breaking the front window, it will push snow till the bucket is full, then keep pushing it with the cab window. I need snow bucket.
I started with a snow bucket on a similarly sized machine (773). I switched to a truck plow on the skid steer and never looked back. I would still occasionally switch to the bucket for stacking, but the plow worked way better than a bucket.
As above if you have basic welding skills, you can put a blade onto a SSQA bracket pretty easily.
I just got this little girl:
I have the smallest Land Pride 60" rear blade and have a 54" front blade. The front blade is from an auction a couple of years ago and is an Ariens brand. One of my upcoming projects is to make a mount and hook it to hydraulics on the front end loader arms, with the bucket removed. It's going to be a while before that gets done, though.
Rear blade and a bucket, for me. Of course, we are going to need more than the <1" of snow we have received thus far, this winter...
I have the smallest Land Pride 60" rear blade and have a 54" front blade. The front blade is from an auction a couple of years ago and is an Ariens brand. One of my upcoming projects is to make a mount and hook it to hydraulics on the front end loader arms, with the bucket removed. It's going to be a while before that gets done, though.
Rear blade and a bucket, for me. Of course, we are going to need more than the <1" of snow we have received thus far, this winter...
gnpenning
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bandaidmd
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You a member of Orange tractor talks ? I have a B2620 but no BH
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bandaidmd
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Here's my snow arsenal, I just use the bucket to push with and a weight box on the 3ph. I have rear chains but haven't had to use them in the 4 years I've had the tractor, rears have around 300# each of liquid ballast.
I split a piece of water pipe to go over the cutter bar of bucket to help with digging into my gravel drive.
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Here is what I use. A CAT 963. Have not found a snow I could not move.
This is quit old, but do you put a split pipe on the cutting edge so you don't scrape the driveway? [emoji1]
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No, but I'm on tractorbynet and mtf, some.
ishiboo
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Bleh... I sold my old plow for way more than I paid for it in summer... bought two new Western blades to build SSQA brackets for. I'm not ready for this **** again.
Here's a couple of mine. We have wheel loaders on the farm so we contract snow removal for a few select customers including a large old age care center. (Emergency access lanes are a priority).
Most years we don't even get any snow on Southern Vancouver Island.
Terry
Most years we don't even get any snow on Southern Vancouver Island.
Terry
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TractorJeff
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We were hauling topsoil this past Sunday! I'm not ready to hook up the snowplow and put on tire chains....