I have a 1650 with cast centers and 16.9x34 tires full of fluid and 2 sets of wheel weights. If I went to pressed steel wheels with 18.4x34 Firestones and no fluid and no weights, how much weight would I drop? It is not for a pulling tractor. The rims have bad rust and junk tires. I have found a set of like new 18.4x34 Firestones on pressed steel DMI wheels for a good price but not sure how it would do for cleaning snow off the driveway and maybe the road. I know it would lose a lot of weight where it is needed most for traction.
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farmerwithmutt
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If you're just pushing snow get a 3 point blade or even a weight box to help out. That way you can take it off later. One other thing is maybe putting on chains even that weight would help.
oliverplow
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Yes, you are going to need chains to push snow. Will you have room under the fenders for chains? I would find something to put on three point for weight also.
Traditional Farmer
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If you have a front blade just find something heavy to mount on the rear 3pt hitch,if nothing else you can make a pretty good weight 'box' out of a 55 gal barrel full of concrete.Or get fluid in your new tires and put the weights over on your new wheels.
greg oliver
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My White has no fluid or weights with press steel rims and weighs over 7000 lbs. I push snow with no chains but you have to be thinking ahead all the time! Years ago I had chains on her and roughed up the fenders a little and not a lot of room between the tire and fender.
Married2Allis
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Greg, is that the sled dog compound up on Oliver Hill?
greg oliver
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No but I almost ended up in the dog house last week!
Your tractor is about what I was thinking I would end up with. I have a 6' and 7' 3 point hitch blade to choose from. In a "normal" winter, I may have 6" to 8" to move at a time, not like the north country where the snowfall is measured in feet. But around here, it can be wet and heavy and sometimes a little ice under it. With all the rain we have been getting and all the fog in July and August, I want to be prepared.
farmerwithmutt
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I had a w d with no fluid and a d 15 on a blade my 1550 has fluid. The biggest trick is when moving snow and it's deep hold the blade off the ground that way you Keep weight on the tractor a cheater is throw a weight on the blade. It will take 2 passes but it will work. The only place you might run into is with ice a little lime or sand is handy for that. If you have a good heavy blade pushing backwards and slowly lifting you transfer weight to the tractor. Don't try that on a cheap blade I did then had a 2 part blade.
Brown Swiss
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Are they going to bolt up? Did you look at the bolt pattern on both?
Married2Allis
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ATV seems to get around by itself in the snow OK, but as far as plowing -- pretty much just a toy ... it actually ends up driving up over the snow because there is no weight. Watch ATV plowing snow. Funny!
Centerplate
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Bolt your wheel weights on the DMI dual wheels.
I could make a video, but it might be boring. Be nothing but a white out from the snow flying.
I can go down my 800' drive and back and down and back by the time the tractor makes it down once. It only has a 4'
plow on it and takes more times back and fourth, but it can do it as fast as anyone cares to do it and I haven't had
enough snow to even slow it down. I've had over a foot of snow. Less than a foot of snow is nothing for it, might as
well be driving in the summer.
The plow pulls the front end down into the snow making riding over it kind of difficult. It does do a better job at
plowing stone drives, it doesn't throw the stones.
I've worked on a lot of different machines from atv's to motor cycles to cars to trucks to tractors, as far as my atv
goes it's a tinker toy and I have no idea how a tinker toy can do so much but it can.
I can go down my 800' drive and back and down and back by the time the tractor makes it down once. It only has a 4'
plow on it and takes more times back and fourth, but it can do it as fast as anyone cares to do it and I haven't had
enough snow to even slow it down. I've had over a foot of snow. Less than a foot of snow is nothing for it, might as
well be driving in the summer.
The plow pulls the front end down into the snow making riding over it kind of difficult. It does do a better job at
plowing stone drives, it doesn't throw the stones.
I've worked on a lot of different machines from atv's to motor cycles to cars to trucks to tractors, as far as my atv
goes it's a tinker toy and I have no idea how a tinker toy can do so much but it can.
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