Re: What's a better plow tractor/truck?? Don't reply unless you are seriously opinionated or have nothing to do.

Posted by Doug on February 13, 2000 at 16:25:33 from (206.62.210.223):

In Reply to: What's a better plow tractor/truck?? Don't reply unless you are seriously opinionated or have nothing to do. posted by Mark on February 13, 2000 at 15:34:38:

I work for the Illinois Dept. of Transportation (IDOT) as a supplement to my farming income. So I have a fair amount of knowledge in the snow removal department. (Emphasize Fair) I would love to set up the ultimate snow removal machine, but that would require 6-wheel drive, Cummins Power, Allison Automatic Transmision, and lots of Iron. But we can't go that route due to the constraints of money.
If I were you, my tightwad instincts would try the 504 route. I am not sure how turf tires would do with the chains, but I don't see why they wouldn't work. Could you possibly put Chloride in the tires or is this used for lawn work where the added weight is not desired. 12 inches of wet snow is not an easy job for anything. You definately need some weight. You should find a way of putting more weight on the tractor to push serious amounts of snow.
Do you have to push the stuff up-hill? If you can always push it down, then you can surely get by with some slight modifications to something that you already have. I am assuming that you have a blade that angles, because you could'nt push 5,6,or 7 feet wide swaths straight forwards very easy with anything.
The other thought that just popped into my pea-sized brain is this: You stated that you could spend $1000 to $1500 for a truck. Is this the only job it would have for the most part? Old trucks are money pits in my opinion and should be avoided. I was wondering if you could find a good used mounted blower for one of your tractors. Snow blowers are for sure the best way to remove snow because you can always throw it somewhere and never have those piles to be in the way. I know you can find blowers laying around somewhere, but it might take a day or two to find one. If you look hard enough, or wait about 6 weeks , they will get pretty cheap too.
Well, whatever you decide, good luck.

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