How common is snow plowing?

[Blmpkn]

I picked up a big craftsman lawnmower that came with a 42" blower attachment a month or so ago, super excited to get to use that thing. 56 torques should take care of the pile at the end of my driveway just fine.

 

[rubydist]

The snow throwers work great until they hit a big chunk of ice and shear the shear bolt. Or worse yet, don't shear the bolt and tear up the gearbox instead. I've had both of those happen more than I would like to recall....

And you guys with blades on the back of your tractors must not get much snow at a time - you cannot move 3 feet of snow with that setup. On the farm we used to have a V plow that fit on the loader. That took care of pretty much anything, except for the time in 66 that it snowed 3 feet and the wind blew for 4 days like a hurricane and we ended up with 12' of snow on the road by the shelterbelt. That took a Cat with a dozer blade a couple days to clear. The drifts in the shelterbelt were over 20' deep.

 

[Roert42]

How big of a road your driveway is on kinda dictates how tall the plow wash at the end of the driveway will be. If you live on a state route, the plows will go by at 30-35 mph. This will send half the snow 15-20' Into your driveway as they drive by.. so if you got a foot of snow.. the plow wash makes the last 15-20' of your driveway 2 feet deep.

If you live on a little private road like I do that's plowed by a pickup that's doing 10mph... the plow wash at the end of the driveway doesn't extend down the driveway as far.. BUT its a lot deeper. Seems like the pile we get at the end of our driveway with 1 foot of snow is over the controls on my blower.

Plus the highway plows like to take out mailboxes with how fast they throw that three foot wall of slush.


The township guy who plows my road is normally nice enough to angle the plow so I don't end up with much snow in the driveway.

 

[Curious Hound]

The snow throwers work great until they hit a big chunk of ice and shear the shear bolt. Or worse yet, don't shear the bolt and tear up the gearbox instead. I've had both of those happen more than I would like to recall....

And you guys with blades on the back of your tractors must not get much snow at a time - you cannot move 3 feet of snow with that setup. On the farm we used to have a V plow that fit on the loader. That took care of pretty much anything, except for the time in 66 that it snowed 3 feet and the wind blew for 4 days like a hurricane and we ended up with 12' of snow on the road by the shelterbelt. That took a Cat with a dozer blade a couple days to clear. The drifts in the shelterbelt were over 20' deep.

With big storms, you have to clear it multiple times during the storm. You can't just wait until it stops snowing.

 

[19Walt93]

When I used a snow blower I used to like watching small stones fly out of the chute looking like tracer bullets. Otherwise it sucked. Plowing snow is kind of like mowing the lawn, it's almost fun the first couple of times and then it's becomes a chore. When I plowed for my neighbors I kept track of the storms, an average winter between 1976 and 1987, I'd plow 13 times. One of those years I plowed 13 times just in December and really got sick of it.
Now for more than 5-6 inches of snow I use the Kioti, for smaller storms I use a John Deere lawn tractor with a 46" blade, tire chains, and ballast hanging on the back. I have to be careful with the Kioti because if it bumps anything it causes major damage, with the John Deere I can fly around like a maniac.
My road has very little traffic so I take my tractors right out in the road and I'm careful to not leave a mess for the town plow and he doesn't bury my driveway when he goes through.

 

[Snoranger]

Huh?
What?!?

(Wiping the sleep from my eyes)

How am I getting blamed? What did I do?

That sounds like something a guilty person would say.

 

[Snoranger]

My biggest issue during a snow storm is work. I’m a mechanic for the county. (At least until next month, then I’ll be a supervisor. ) I leave my house when the first few flakes start to fall and don’t get home until the snow has stopped and the roads are clear.
I’ve come home after 96 hours at work to find a 6’+ snow bank at the head of my driveway. I just parked at my neighbors place and left the snow there. When I woke up, my neighbor had already cleared my driveway with his skid steer and moved my truck.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

And you guys with blades on the back of your tractors must not get much snow at a time - you cannot move 3 feet of snow with that setup. On the farm we used to have a V plow that fit on the loader. That took care of pretty much anything, except for the time in 66 that it snowed 3 feet and the wind blew for 4 days like a hurricane and we ended up with 12' of snow on the road by the shelterbelt. That took a Cat with a dozer blade a couple days to clear. The drifts in the shelterbelt were over 20' deep.

1-2' at a wack usually. If it rolls over the top big deal, just hit again.

Back in '09 the county was pushing out drifts with dozers, drifts were over 10'

When I used a snow blower I used to like watching small stones fly out of the chute looking like tracer bullets. Otherwise it sucked. Plowing snow is kind of like mowing the lawn, it's almost fun the first couple of times and then it's becomes a chore. When I plowed for my neighbors I kept track of the storms, an average winter between 1976 and 1987, I'd plow 13 times. One of those years I plowed 13 times just in December and really got sick of it.
Now for more than 5-6 inches of snow I use the Kioti, for smaller storms I use a John Deere lawn tractor with a 46" blade, tire chains, and ballast hanging on the back. I have to be careful with the Kioti because if it bumps anything it causes major damage, with the John Deere I can fly around like a maniac.
My road has very little traffic so I take my tractors right out in the road and I'm careful to not leave a mess for the town plow and he doesn't bury my driveway when he goes through.

Back in the day when tractor mounted snow blowers first came out the local CaseIH dealer blew out the lanes on his equipment lot. Big surprise was that he also blew out all the cab windows with gravel too.

Kioti... where are those built?

 

[Ranger850]

all that time ya'll spend blowin' snow plows, or whatever, could be spent NOT doing that if you lived in FLORIDA.

 

[Uncle Gump]

But then we would love in Florida...

I use to walk through snowdrifts to school... uphill... both ways.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

all that time ya'll spend blowin' snow plows, or whatever, could be spent NOT doing that if you lived in FLORIDA.

Then what would we do with our free time?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

But then we would love in Florida...

I use to walk through snowdrifts to school... uphill... both ways.

At least now you don't have to worry about wooly mamouths anymore... yet.

 

[Roert42]

Kioti... where are those built?

Korea.

 

[superj]

or south texas.

 

[Snoranger]

Then what would we do with our free time?

It’s Florida, so I would have to assume meth.