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Mike

12-09-2003 10:56:48




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Have an MF220 diesel with loader and York rake. Getting tired of trying to remove snow from my 600 ft driveway using the loader bucket....takes too long! Mostly I've been pushing as much snow as i can with the bucket, then stopping to move the pile off to the side....repeat.

I've also tried fitting an old 2X6 to the york rake and using it as a drag blade. Works ok, but it doesn't seem to do well at angling the snow off to the side. I end up with a ton of it building up under my rear wheels.

Question: How well do REAL drag blades work at moving snow? Would I be better off removing the loader bucket and fitting a blade up front?

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Snow Slide

12-09-2003 15:09:52




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 Re: Snow Removal in reply to Mike, 12-09-2003 10:56:48  
Buy two good used snowblowers.With your welder and angle iron plus fat bar line both blowers up in front of bucket and start welding, make your own portable attachment easy on easy off, works GREAT neighbors will envy you.



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Mark

12-09-2003 11:57:51




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 Re: Snow Removal in reply to Mike, 12-09-2003 10:56:48  
My back blade on my 8n works perfect in snow.

But I do live in Southern Maryland and we dont get much snow here if at all.



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Mike

12-09-2003 11:53:50




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 Re: Snow Removal in reply to Mike, 12-09-2003 10:56:48  
Thanks for all of the comments. Found another discussion back on about page 6 of this board. Between all of them I've concluded that a back blade is marginal (at best). Like the idea of rigging wings to my bucket. Am also toying with the idea of taking an old western plow blade from the front of the neighbor's pickemup and rigging it to the bucket.

PS... (Nebraska Cowman)I like playing in the snow with the kid. Just hate pushing it off the driveway so I probably won't be moving anytime soon. Also hate sand in my shorts even more so I guess the beach is out of the question too.

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RWK in WI

12-09-2003 16:44:34




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 Re: Re: Snow Removal in reply to Mike, 12-09-2003 11:53:50  
If you can borrow that plow for a try you can see how it would work. Lay the A frame arms of the plow and chain it in place, fasthen the plow lift chain to some part of the loader frame above the bucket and you can see how it would work.
Around here we often put a mounting plate in the bucket to attach the plow lift frame to with two pins and a hook welded to the top of the bucke keep the chain in place. If the blade is hydroturn you will want an aux. hyd. circuit. e-mail me if I can be of more help.

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rustyfarmall

12-09-2003 11:47:43




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 Re: Snow Removal in reply to Mike, 12-09-2003 10:56:48  
Take the bucket off of the loader and replace it with a blade. It's the only way.



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Robert in W. Mi

12-09-2003 11:44:28




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 Re: Snow Removal in reply to Mike, 12-09-2003 10:56:48  
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If you don't like how the bucket works, then my vote is for a blade on the loader arms!! They really do a good job, and you can pile the snow very high if needed! Also you can easily see what you are doing!!

On my tractor i can just push snow untill the bucket is full and keep on going like a blade. I do, do that sometimes, but haveing the blade on the loader arms works a lot better on smaller tractors with less traction.

Robert

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David Mcadams

12-09-2003 11:34:23




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 Re: Snow Removal in reply to Mike, 12-09-2003 10:56:48  
Up here in northern Maine I use just about anything to help get the snow moved. Around the farm I use a 3pt hitch blower and a loader for when it's to wet to blow. Thats the best way to go! I have a back blade, it's very hard to move alot of snow with it. I don't even put it on the tractors anymore. How about adding extensions to the sides of your loader bucket. Make them bolt on and then you can take them back off in the spring. I have done it in the past with small buckets and it works well. If you must have a back blade make it as high of one as your tractor can handle.

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VADAVE

12-09-2003 11:10:52




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 Re: Snow Removal in reply to Mike, 12-09-2003 10:56:48  
The drier the snow the better for plowing. A rear blade works OK in relativly dry snow and not too deep. Remember the tractor has to be able to move through the snow if you are plowing with a rear blade. You can turn around a push it off backward. Which is what i did here with the last wet snow.
A bucket lets you pile it all in one place which you can't do with a blade.



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Nebraska Cowman

12-09-2003 11:01:15




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 Re: Snow Removal in reply to Mike, 12-09-2003 10:56:48  
You would be better off to move somewhere it don't snow. Snow removal takes a lot of time. Rear blades are poor tools at best.



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