C with snow blade

DanMD

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I am planning on moving into the country in the next couple of years. I have a .5 mile lane to keep clear. I was curious how good the Farmall C with the snow blade would be for this task?

Thanks,
Dan
 
I think it would be just fine. Many people use cubs to do just want you are wanting to do, and I use a Super A with a 60" front blade. The only issue I have is that even with wheels weights front and back, it still gets very light in the rear when trying to back up with the blade lifted. I usually end up sticking 4 100lbs suitcase weights on the drawbar to keep the rear tires from spinning so much. A lot of people use chains on the rear when scraping, but it seems to tear up the soft blacktop on the driveways pretty bad sometimes, and I don't want to do that. Especially since I usually end up scraping several neighbors driveways and wouldn't want to tear up their driveway.
I may use my H with the loader to remove snow this winter if we actually get anything, but the Super A with the front mount blade does a really good job.
 
Does the blade pivot? And can you ever find these for sale or you just gotta buy a tractor with one already on?
 
It pivots.
Its an actual IH attachment, model A-60 for the Super A, and C-72 for the C/Super C.
The one for a cub is a Cub-54 I believe.
The cub ones seem to be the most common around here, but you can find the occasionaly one for a Super A. I have only seen a couple for the C for sale locally, maybe there are more in your area.
Here is a pic of the C-72, It is from this site where someone posted it mounted.
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For a half mile driveway, I'd get an old 4X4 pickup with a plow. Infinitely faster and infinitely more comfortable, both.
 
We love ours, but we are in Maryland which is not
Wisconsin. Chains are mandatory and some extra
weight on the rear axle is needed. We are good up
to a foot of wet snow, after that the loader comes
out. Steering is iffy when it?s icy, so working brakes
are a big help.
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Half a mile and I might be thinking about a plow on a pickup. This was fun 25+ years ago, not so much now.
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I love mine. I live in MO so we dont get large amounts of snow but it does a good job on what we do get. I do almost a half mile of one lane drive and my neighbors driveways. My biggest complaint is that the heater sucks.
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I also had used mine for snow removal. I enjoyed it also. My C has two set of weights and I also had chains for it. I made the frame and the blade. On a calm sunny day life is great, but if it is a cold and windy night, it will still do the job, but you will not be as happy plowing the snow.
Northern WI.
SDE
 
I built a plow and frame using the C-72 as a guide for my Super C. I put the grading blade on the back end for some push/pull action, but it probably helps a lot with traction because I don't use chains. I have not had a problem at all.
 
(quoted from post at 04:05:16 07/16/18) Half a mile and I might be thinking about a plow on a pickup. This was fun 25+ years ago, not so much now.
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In the equivalent latitude areas of Ontario the snowblower is the only way to go. If you get more than 6 inches on a long 1/2 mile laneway you are dreaming if you think that a push blade can keep the road open without running up and down constantly. Been there, done that.Then when the banks build up you are done in. I have a short laneway and the old IH model 80 snowblower on the 686 does a good job in one pass and leaves no banks. I usually make two passes to get the road about 15 feet wide.
 
Yes, these blades were sold as "leveling and grading" blades for farm use. Using them as a snow plow is a secondary use.

I used the model 60 on my Super A to prep the groundwork for my garage to get the concrete floor poured. It did a great job and was very good at this, you just had to remember it wasn't a skid steer.

I've also done a bit of ground work with it leveling around the house and it does a great job. It just needs to be respected as a 65-year-old piece of equipment and not ran full bore slamming it into hard surfaces. I use it to keep our big brush pile pushed up until it is ready to burn also.
Of the implements I have for my tractors, this blade and a close second, the loader see more use than anything else.
 

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