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going backwards in snow

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Boog

01-27-2005 05:33:23




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Hi all. I have learned that my tractor does not go backwards very well at all in snow. I couldn"t even back a hay rack into the barn yesterday. It didn"t help that the ground was not frozen hard yet as I began to dig some ruts. I have a loader on the front and 850lbs of rear wheel weights. What else can I do? Is there an easy way to put a hitch on the bucket to push wagons with it? Thanks for any suggestions.

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Boog

01-28-2005 05:57:51




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 Re: going backwards in snow in reply to Boog, 01-27-2005 05:33:23  
Thanks for the comments. I know guys who use chains and swear by them. I just hate to think of "another" thing to purchase for the machine, but now realize they may be almost necessary. I like the bar bolted to the bucket idea also. Thanks again.



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Carl S in NH

01-27-2005 17:10:15




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 ball hitch in bucket in reply to Boog, 01-27-2005 05:33:23  
I worked for a guy recently that had ball mounted on a thick steel bar. He'd drilled two holes through it and matching holes in the bottom section of the bucket. Then he bolted the bar & hitch to the bucket so that the ball on the steel bar extended beyond the forward edge of the bucket. He could remove it when he wanted to use the bucket for other purposes. I used the tractor to push a large cart carrying leaves from the yard. It was lots easier to steer going forward than trying to back up a cart. You might try something like that.
But I agree with everyone else's comments: get yourself a set of double ring chains if you plan to use a tractor when there's any snow about. Good luck!
Carl S.

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farmweld

01-27-2005 09:56:06




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 Re: going backwards in snow in reply to Boog, 01-27-2005 05:33:23  
take and level your bucket out and get the cuttin' torch and cut a hole for the hitch pin... then weld reinforcments around the hole so you have no integrity comprimized, even though a hole for a hitch pin shouldnt have any affect on the steel of the bucket, better be safe than sorry.



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Joe in Minnie

01-27-2005 09:23:12




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 Re: going backwards in snow in reply to Boog, 01-27-2005 05:33:23  
Have you thought of putting Salt Fluid in the Rear Tires, if you don't have chains, Fluid will give you close to 1000 lbs more, and that makes a Big Difference, I can tell a big difference on my tractor right a way. that should do it...



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Jim.UT

01-27-2005 08:19:01




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 Re: going backwards in snow in reply to Boog, 01-27-2005 05:33:23  
Tractor tires are direction specific. Those chevron lugs are specifically designed to give traction going forward. They don't do so well going in reverse. Chains help a lot.



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old

01-27-2005 07:11:33




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 Re: going backwards in snow in reply to Boog, 01-27-2005 05:33:23  
Yes you can put a hitch in/on the bucket, I have an OC-3 with a ball welded in the center of the bucket. The guy I got it from us to use it to put boats in the lake and that is why he had the ball in the bucket.



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bobcaygeon steve

01-27-2005 06:16:53




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 Re: going backwards in snow in reply to Boog, 01-27-2005 05:33:23  
Rod and Don are right.
No Chains = stuck all the time
Chains = never stuck

Thats my experience...



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Rod in Smiths Falls, ON,

01-27-2005 05:49:52




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 Re: going backwards in snow in reply to Boog, 01-27-2005 05:33:23  
Put some chains on it. I hated the prospect but eventually spent a half-day adapting an old set to my MF35. They made all the difference for blowing snow on a dangerous slope which had gone icy.

The worst part of it was realizing that I had become my father. He always swore by tractor chains.



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Farmall Don

01-27-2005 06:07:31




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 Re: going backwards in snow in reply to Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, , 01-27-2005 05:49:52  
Took the words right out of my mouth.



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Brian 1

01-27-2005 06:31:10




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 Re: going backwards in snow in reply to Farmall Don, 01-27-2005 06:07:31  
The older I get the smarter my Dad gets



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Brian G. NY

01-27-2005 08:13:33




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 Re: going backwards in snow in reply to Brian 1, 01-27-2005 06:31:10  
When I was 16 I couldn"t believe how little my Dad knew. When I reached 21, I couldn"t get over how much he had learned in such a short time. Chains are the answer when the ground gets frozen.



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puller

01-27-2005 09:21:42




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 Re: going backwards in snow-try sky hook in reply to Brian G. NY, 01-27-2005 08:13:33  
sky hook works real well also, tho many people don't have access to one.



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