Steve Sewell
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In moving the snow off a gravel driveway we all know that it's hard not to dig into the gravel. How do you all keep the rocks in the driveway??
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Deere Scotty
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A good quality blade has both the option for 1) Skid plates, or Shoes, 2) A single or dual rear wheel atachment for the center of the blade only.
Rhino, Bush Hog, Land Pride to name a few have these on at least there mid size models. If You go to a farm store like TSC, or Rural king I"m not sure if they have a blade with these options. If You have a used blade it may have the mounting brackets already on it; Just without the option attached. The Rhino, & Bush Hog websites has several good pictures of the options that are available; if You wish to see what I am talking about.
Scotty
Rhino, Bush Hog, Land Pride to name a few have these on at least there mid size models. If You go to a farm store like TSC, or Rural king I"m not sure if they have a blade with these options. If You have a used blade it may have the mounting brackets already on it; Just without the option attached. The Rhino, & Bush Hog websites has several good pictures of the options that are available; if You wish to see what I am talking about.
Scotty
NW Ohio Tim
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Don't plow snow until you have to... drive over it as long as you can.
Once you get a couple of inches of [i:bc83698962]hard pack [/i:bc83698962]down, the blade will glide over the stones, as long as you aren't trying to lift the rear of the tractor with the cutting edge.
I also quit grading or adding stone to the driveway in mid summer so the stones that are there are pretty well pressed into a base.
Tim
Once you get a couple of inches of [i:bc83698962]hard pack [/i:bc83698962]down, the blade will glide over the stones, as long as you aren't trying to lift the rear of the tractor with the cutting edge.
I also quit grading or adding stone to the driveway in mid summer so the stones that are there are pretty well pressed into a base.
Tim
Fergienewbee
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NW Ohio Tim;
I agree. As long as I can get in and out--1/4 mile driveway--I leave the blade alone. However, too much packed snow base can be a spring-thaw nightmare. I'm more apt to scrape a little gravel then.
Larry
I agree. As long as I can get in and out--1/4 mile driveway--I leave the blade alone. However, too much packed snow base can be a spring-thaw nightmare. I'm more apt to scrape a little gravel then.
Larry
Anonymous-0
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The other thing you can do, is take a piece of schedule 40 soft galvanized pipe, about 2" in diameter, as long as your blade, and cut a slit into one side of it, wide enough to make a tight fit, on the cutting edge. You hammer it on the cutting edge, and the round surface of the pipe won't dig into the gravel.
Anonymous-0
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I have learned over the yrs. to use the back side of the blade.It will do as good a job as the front side .Turn the blade around and it works well shoving snow into piles also
Steve:
Go to this post on the Harry Ferguson Discussion group and you can see the blade modification that I made based on an original idea by Jerry/MT. It works great on gravel, and you can easily remove it to put your original blade back on when snow season is over.
135guy
02-11-2010 19:00:55
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Go to this post on the Harry Ferguson Discussion group and you can see the blade modification that I made based on an original idea by Jerry/MT. It works great on gravel, and you can easily remove it to put your original blade back on when snow season is over.
135guy
02-11-2010 19:00:55
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Anonymous-0
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Tip the top of the blade toward the tractor by shortening the top link. The closer the cutting edge of the blade is to vertical the less agressivly it digs in.
BushogPapa
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1st you need a tractor with a good position-sensitive 3-Point.
My JD 630 is Precise and is probably accurate to within 1/4".
My rear blade is 7' wide.
I Back loose snow out and Cut packed snow going forward.
There are times, going forward, that I have snow I am pushing..6 Feet or more in front of the front wheels, the rear wheels trapping it between them..!!
I use my '52 JD "B" with a Co-Op Loader and blade to pile it UP High..!!
Ron.
BushogPapa
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Sure works well for scraping the (Poop) away from the back barn shed..!!
Ron..
Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
Tilting the blade forward makes it more agressive, not less. On a gravel driveway it's best to leave the snow on the ground till you get a good base packed. Skid shoes will just dig ridges if there's no base. Dave
FarmallZach
Member
we have always cut a piece of pvc pipe and put over the cutting edge of the blade and that way it just rides over the gravel instead of cutting into the driveway
That is what I do. With a good base of ice and packed snow, I seldom move any gravel on my driveway. It is also much easier on the concrete ramp in front of the garage.
We got about 3 inches of new snow last night. But since almost all the snow had melted on the driveway last week, I will not be doing any plowing today. We will just drive over it. If we get a lot more, I will possibly have to plow. I usually don't bother unless there is more than 6 inches.
We got about 3 inches of new snow last night. But since almost all the snow had melted on the driveway last week, I will not be doing any plowing today. We will just drive over it. If we get a lot more, I will possibly have to plow. I usually don't bother unless there is more than 6 inches.
Geo-TH,In
Well-known Member
I made a 7 ft blade for my backhoe. Learn to push the snow into the road and not yard. This keeps the rocks out of your yard. Listen and watch to keep the blade out of the gravel. Grade your drive before the snow falls. You'll pick up fewer rocks if your drive is in good shape.
Best solution is to concrete your drive.
Best solution is to concrete your drive.
I fabbed this up a couple of years ago. 2 inch black pipe. This is an 8 foot blade probably around 700-800 lbs. I used to use PVC on a light weight 7 foot blade but between the cold and the weight I would end up busting it.
I made the tabs out of 1/2 x 2 steel, bolted them through a few of the cutting edge holes and welded it up. Works great, and cheap. Much better than picking gravel out of the lawn in the spring.
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I made the tabs out of 1/2 x 2 steel, bolted them through a few of the cutting edge holes and welded it up. Works great, and cheap. Much better than picking gravel out of the lawn in the spring.
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