Whats the best way to plow snow?

Thank you

Russ
Living in the great white north, I've given lots of thought to the issue and tried a few things.
I dismount the backblade and disassemble it to separate the blade from the 3ph assembly and turntable.
I mount some 'eyebolts' on the blade which match up to the loader arms. I also mount skid shoes on the blade so it will ride about a 1/2 inch off the gravel drive. It works very well and with the loader arms I can make a very impressive snow pile (easily 10' tall).
You may notice that I have a snowblower on the back as well. It does 80% of the clearing of my 800M driveway (~2500 ft) but I use the front blade to clear the snowplow drift and parking area.

I can run the whole length of the driveway usually in 2nd or 3rd gear and sweep it clear.

I have cleared the whole driveway with the front blade but it takes too long since my blade is mounted straight not angled. If I had an angling mechanism in my setup it may be possible to push it to the side better. However, the snowblower has the advantage of avoiding the build up of a tall snowbank which would tend to drift in.

Good luck to you.
John

• My 8N page

There are a few ways to go with rear blades. I use the blade turned towards the tractor and usually have it set at about a 30 degree angle to the right. I have found that I can pull a great amount of snow this way...it woorks very well on my 150' paved drive and my 1/4 mile gravel road. If the 8N starts to bog down with too much snow I raise the blade as I go to 'lighten the load', then I just make another pass to move what I left behind the first time.

I would would say that you should be carefull using the brakes to turn on pavement when you got tire chains on...you can gouge the pavement pretty good.

I'm sure other guys have different ways and they will share their methods. I have a neighbor who turns his blade around and backs up to push the snow...personally looking back like athat kills my neck after a while.

At the least I would go with a set of chains and reccommend that you push the snow back further than you think you will need to, otherwise you may run out of room to place the snow in the middle of Feb.

...and make sure your lights work, front and back, make it a lot easier and safe.

Regards.

Sal