Snow plow idea

Tom RS

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I'm thinking about putting a plow on one of my garden tractors for pushing the snow off the driveway.
I would be retrofitting a plow that I've seen for sale pretty cheap.
Good idea or does the garden tractor just not have enough weight to be good for this?
I have a Wheelhorse 14 HP and a JD 111.
Always have used a walk behind snow blower.
Wisconsin winters can bring us some heavy snows up to 8" at a crack.
 
Well your JD 111 does not have a heavy enough transmission/rear end to hold up doing this much. Also in snows over a few inches a garden tractor is not the machine to really get much done.
 
I have my big bad Gravely commercial with a 28 inch "Dog Eater " on it so I am all set. Now the neighbors have one of their big John Deere garden tractors all set up. It has I think 24hp kawasaki on it. Wheel weights and chains with the snow blower. You know I have never looked to see if it is a single or double stage. This machine is a hydrostatic and I am just waiting for them to rip the crap out of the tranny. This machine has the 23x10.5x12 rears so it is pretty big.
 
Forget the Deere, the Wheel Horse will do it. Your going to need chains though.
 
The one in the front left is a 14hsp., used to run a blade or blower good, now it's retired to the tiller for probably ten years.
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I have an old Bolens 1050 that I use only for pushing snow. Old gear transmission. I have chains, wheel weights and a piece of railroad iron on the back that counterbalances what I use on the front. Once I break thru the length of the drive with the regular blade I bolt a 6 foot long plank onto the blade. Having broken through the length of the drive I shave off the sides of snow pushing a pile of snow across the road into the ditch on the other side. We have very little traffic being on a dead end country road, but I'm always careful to look both ways before crossing. I get done as fast as a neighbor using a garden tractor snowblower.
 
Tom this Cub Cadet 125 moved this snow fall in 1978. We had to hand dig until the picture was taken but from there that little tractor moved the rest of it including 200 ft. of driveway.
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Looks like 1979, second week of Jan. in NW Illinois. Once the roads got plowed it was like driving through a tunnel.
 
I have a tractor with loader and a walk behind that's several years old. I actually like the snow blower better. Snow blower throws the snow way out into yard. Loader puts it in piles along drive way and each time it snows the drive way fills in deeper.
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Wheel weights and chains. About three years ago my grandson wanted to push snow(they live a 100yd from us)I put the blade on the 332 JD(diesel 318) When he quit, he had plowed a total of 1/2 mile our lanes,it looked like a hwy when he was done! He is 15 now and I think I will have to use the 656 this year again. :)
 
Just for fun, go on U-Tube and look up how to modify your snow blower to improve performance about Twice. Simple as pie to do and the snow Really flies!
 
I looked at that and mine will throw snow 60ft. and thats far enough for me. I have to be careful around house and buildings so not to pick up stone and put through window.
 
I have a 1,000 foot of driveway and when we get snow up to about 5" I plow it with my 12HP Ford. It has 48" blade, wheel weights, chains and a weight box on the rear.
It does a nice neat job.
I had a 100 feet of driveway at my prior residence and I always plowed it with the little Ford. You have to be sure to start the season by pushing the snow way back.
Here is a picture of the Ford plowing about 5" of snow.
The large older snow banks were made by my Allis WD with a 6' Bucket. I would not recommend attempting to keep a large driveway clear with a garden tractor.
A tip; keep the blade smooth and heavily waxed.
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To get much pushing done you would need rear weight (wheels or box) and chains. Get used to scratching up your concrete permanently with the chains. Wet snow is the worst-it packs and stays in place. I found that where you needed max traction was if the tractor was headed downward as in pushing off the road a bit, you couldn't back up hill without the chains and weight. And blowing removes the snow piles near the path, much reducing the succeeding much larger drift! Stay with the walk behind and wear a pedometer so you can brag about how many steps you did today!

Gee, advice is sure easy and cheap! Leo
 
Had 4'blade on one of my G5200 Kubotas. Needed chains and lots of weight to move much snow. Got a walk behind snow blower and have not put the blade on since. Then got a 4' rear snow blower for my L225DT. It moves lots of snow.
 

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