Posted by John Schmincke on February 13, 2014 at 23:24:54 from (71.63.107.164):
To start, I do have 28 years experience plowing snow from a 115ft drive and 250ft turn-a-round. Never had a issue after realizing I had to push the 1st snow at least 50 ft into the front & side yards to have room for the next however many dumps we got. Generally I would wait till the level reached about 10" if it was all coming at the same time. I have had times where the levels were hip high from drifts when other areas might be ankle - knee high...again, no issues. Last night I tried to remove 7" from a 100ft L shaped drive with a 47 2N. This turned out to be the worst experience I have ever had. Scenario is the tractor is running great, new "rear" 5ft blade, AG tires but with dual chains. Gotta admit, the old girl spun from time to time, left wheel, then right digging in to get er done. She really huffed along moving a LOT of snow and all at less than half throttle in 1st and reverse with the Sherman in low. In the end, I made a lot of noise ( for those that were sleeping ) from 10pm till 1am, moved a lot of snow but accomplished zilch other than to make a "spot" for our Maltese to take a dump when needed. Most of the problem seemed to be from keeping the "rear" blade under control. After 2 1/2 hours, it seems I have the same amount of snow in the driveway...just re-arranged. Again, let me remind you that I have plowed 6 of my neighbors driveways which all were a min of 100ft and mine. In the morning, looking out the window at last nights efforts will be very embarrassing. Suggestions short of calling AAA.
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