Winter Safety and snow etc.

old · Jan 19, 2011

Ok since in my area we have snow etc coming in I figured I would put this out.
So if you use a loader or back blade to move snow and do not have your tractor parked in a heated building.
Do you set you loader bucket and or back blade down on the ground or do you set them on a block of wood etc.
To be safe it is best to set them on a block of wood etc.
Reason I say this is the first time you have a frozen down loader bucket or back blade you might find your self cleaning out your shorts and that is if you got lucky.
I have seen and done this my self but the blade freezes to the ground and you go to lift it just to have the front of the tractor come up instead of the blade. Not a good thing it can also happen with a loader bucket.
They are calling for 2-5 inches here tonight.
Be safe out there

Russ from MN · Jan 19, 2011

I do that with my snowblower so it doesn't make a rust stain on the concrete floor.

Greenday · Jan 19, 2011

Hey Old Where are you from?

old · Jan 19, 2011

Well I live in Missouri the lake of the Ozarks area but that is a long ways from where I was born LOL. I was born a rebel in Alabama the town is or was the home of the Allis G tractor

Greenday · Jan 19, 2011

Ok. I thought you were from Missouri. I live up in North West Missouri.

old · Jan 19, 2011

Ya in July of this year I will have lived in this area for 31 years. Longest I have lived any place. It is now a tad after 5pm and it is turning white out

massey 333 · Jan 19, 2011

That is a good idea,but WHAT kind of tractor has a 3-point with enough power to lift the front of the tractor off the ground setting still?

Larry in Missouri · Jan 19, 2011

Whereabouts in NW MO? We just retired and moved to a small town close to where I grew up. Richmond to be exact. Larry

DH in Carolina · Jan 19, 2011

My MF 40B With a blade on back pulling fence posts. DH

old · Jan 19, 2011

Most any ford will do that I know my 841 will and it has a heavy loader on it to boot. As will most any good tractor with a good hyd system on it. Seen more then one 8N with the front tires off the ground because of a back blade that is frozen to the ground

730 virgil · Jan 19, 2011

keep loader or blade up or on block of wood.
some kind of engine block heater helps

Oldmax · Jan 19, 2011

Old we are suposed to get it about a day and a half after you do 3" to 6". not looking fwd to it I set my back blade on blocks. and yes some tractors will pull front wheels of the ground. I tried to pick up 2500 lbs on a set of forks on 3 pt was looking at sky . And all I have is a little 1715 Ford-N/H. Has both names is 96 mod.

Greenday · Jan 19, 2011

Oregon, MO

toadady · Jan 19, 2011

I'm in nothern Howell County, the old 420JD has been sitting in the dry for a couple weeks now,

no white stuff yet, we need the moisture BAD, we are drydrydry,

old · Jan 19, 2011

If I remember right that would be both south and east of me. Springfield says you should be getting some but if you are south and east of me it maybe by morning before you really see it unless you stay up and wait for it that is

Paul from MI · Jan 19, 2011

Started off for a visit to my brothers in Ohio this morning at 5. Found out we had icy roads pretty fast. After a slow trip we got mu lumber planed, and I got to a high school reunion lunch on time. Back home at 6 amd really happy to be here. Enough black ice for a while!!

massey 333 · Jan 20, 2011

Old & DH,I will still say the same thing,different way.No Ford-MF or any other Cat.1 3 Pt.tractor has enough hyd. power to pick the front wheels off the ground with the load at the ends of the arms,if you want to go back 5-6-8 foot,then yes but not at hitch point.We were doing things back when those tractors were new that they were never design to do so I pretty well know what they can and can't do.

old · Jan 20, 2011

Believe what you want but U have done it more then once on more then just my 841 I did it on an 8N right after I rebuild the hyds on it. It only take a little over 800lbs on an 8N to lift the front end up and the hyds on them will if you weight the front down lift well over 1200 lbs been proven time and time again

tjdub · Jan 20, 2011

It's not a problem in Minnesota. Your blade can't get stuck in the ice if it never gets above freezing!

homebuilt · Jan 21, 2011

you guy's don't actually plow 3-6 inches of snow, do you" my wifes minivan will drive through that. we don't plow until it's at least 12". calling for 24" tonight.

old · Jan 21, 2011

Ah but how long is your driveway?? That can be the key as to how much snow has to be plowed out of the way. If I have 3 inches no big deal but if I get 6 inches I have no choice but to plow the driveway. But I also have a mile long driveway with a bg hill right in the center of it with a curve both at the bottom and the tops so no getting up speed to make it up

Shetland Sheepdog · Jan 21, 2011

333, I gotta assume that Physics is not your strong suit! To lift the [u:16c8e8f8b7]front[/u:16c8e8f8b7] of the tractor is going to put the same strain on the 3 point hitch regardless of where the weight at the back is! The only variable will be that the farther back the weight is, the less it will take to offset the weight of the tractor. The strain on the 3 point hitch remains the same because it stays the same distance from the fulcrum (rear axle/wheels)
HTH, Dave

old · Jan 21, 2011

Yep like atlas said many many years ago give me a long enough lever and I will move the world put the load out a foot and ya maybe nothing put it out 10 foot and hold on because you will end up under the tractor

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