So I thought I would ask the smart guys on here, long driveways, plow the snow off to one side. Should I plow it off to the prevailing wind side (West) to block future snow from drifting, or the opposite side so the snow has a clear path to drift over the "bank"? What's the opinion here? I've been pushing it to both sides, go down and push it to the west then come back up pushing to the east, but this might be hurting me as it gives a "basin" for the snow to drift to.
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Sparktrician
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Depending on how much, or deep the snow is, "plowing" is the worst thing you can do with it. My two grandparents houses and mom and dads house have drives that are 1200'+. If ANY wind was expected, we wouldnt touch the drives untill the wind was over. Else you would have a drive as deep as the piles on each side. I now have a 8' Snowblower that I mount on our 4440 Deere. Oh the cab makes it so nice....A whole lot better than the 806 IH and loader...NO CAB!!!
The snowblower "moves" the snow away, so it cant cause any drifing, the driveway wont drift any deeper than it was to begin with.....Good luck!!!
The snowblower "moves" the snow away, so it cant cause any drifing, the driveway wont drift any deeper than it was to begin with.....Good luck!!!
rustyfarmall
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I push the snow all the way out to the road, and then shove it into the grader ditch. I've got a relatively short driveway.
buickanddeere
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As previously stated. Plowing is counter productive. It just makes snow banks which worsen the drifting. Then there is a factory of running out of room to push the stuff.
A snow blower gets rid of the snow.
A snow blower gets rid of the snow.
Brokenwrench
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Plow it to the downwind side, but..
If you can`t get it well away from the driveway, it`s gonna drift in no matter what side you put it on. Blower does work much better if you expect to get a fair amount of snow.
My driveway is a 1/2 mile long and just steep enough on the sides where I can`t hang a plow or blower very far over the edge. No matter what I do, once we get over about 1-2 feet of snow I end up using the skid steer to doze snow in a few spots 20-30 feet back on the east side(north-south driveway) to give it room to blow across. Otherwise every time theres a 20 mph wind, whether it snows or not it fills back in as fast as I can move it.
If you can`t get it well away from the driveway, it`s gonna drift in no matter what side you put it on. Blower does work much better if you expect to get a fair amount of snow.
My driveway is a 1/2 mile long and just steep enough on the sides where I can`t hang a plow or blower very far over the edge. No matter what I do, once we get over about 1-2 feet of snow I end up using the skid steer to doze snow in a few spots 20-30 feet back on the east side(north-south driveway) to give it room to blow across. Otherwise every time theres a 20 mph wind, whether it snows or not it fills back in as fast as I can move it.
I dunno. I don't think you've got much snow if you're asking the question tho...
I shove the damn stuff where ever I can. Back off the driveway as far as is practical. We get storms from the SW, W, NW, N, and NE, so it doesn't really matter which direction you push it.
We've also had it bad enough that the blower couldn't get it back any appreciable distance out of the hole... That's when you break the Cat loose from it's sleep and spend a day busting piles.
Rod
I shove the damn stuff where ever I can. Back off the driveway as far as is practical. We get storms from the SW, W, NW, N, and NE, so it doesn't really matter which direction you push it.
We've also had it bad enough that the blower couldn't get it back any appreciable distance out of the hole... That's when you break the Cat loose from it's sleep and spend a day busting piles.
Rod
Doug in Illinois
Member
Too late after already snowed and frozen. But,
what about some snow fence to keep it away from
the drive in the worst places? The drive back in
Nebr is short, but would still pile high B4 we
put in snow fence. Makes a difference. DOUG
what about some snow fence to keep it away from
the drive in the worst places? The drive back in
Nebr is short, but would still pile high B4 we
put in snow fence. Makes a difference. DOUG
flying belgian
Well-known Member
Illegal to push it in ditch here in Mn.
I've been doing the contract snow plowing for a township in southern Minnesota for 27 years, and the country dwellers still push the snow from their driveways in the road ditch for hopes the plow driver wings it into the ditch. I've gotten out several times to tell the guys not to do that, but after a few snows they are right back at it. They don't think ahead, that if we get some thawing temps, those piles of snow can turn to rock hard lumps of ice, and then when I hit them, things can break and I don't like that.
Looks like an old fashion winter like we remembered when we were kids.
Looks like an old fashion winter like we remembered when we were kids.
Did you ever think about putting something on the back of that tractor to push snow with? You can build a snow pusher if you don't want to spend money for a blade. Use 2x8xeither 6', 7' or 8' and build it to look like a door. Then mount it to the 3 point. You can push going back and then push with the loader going forward. The heavier the better. Balances tractor and provides more traction.
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