Re: Snow plowing with tractor vs. pickup

Posted by Fawteen on September 08, 2008 at 02:09:34 from (71.173.91.142):

In Reply to: Snow plowing with tractor vs. pickup posted by Wildturkey on September 07, 2008 at 17:11:15:

I have plowed snow with a 4wd compact utility tractor, plowed with a plow on a 1 ton 4wd truck, and blown snow with a blower on a 3PH.

Truck pros and cons: For comfort and speed you simply can not beat a truck. OTOH, if you're looking for a way to tear up the frontend of a truck, mudbogging or rock crawling is about the only thing worse than plowing. It's hard on the transmission too (tho that can be mitigated by good technique) and hard on gas, and most plows are a PITA to put on/take off and you do NOT want it on there unless you are actually plowing. This was on a 1 ton 4wd. I wouldn't even consider putting a plow on anything lighter than a 3/4 ton.

Tractor and plow: Easier on the equipment, way cheaper on fuel. My tractor was too light, didn't take much to stop it. Weight and chains are pretty much a given. COLD! Plows, whether tractor or truck mounted, stack snow up, and in a long winter you WILL wind up running out of places to put snow and have to move it with a bucket.

Tractor and blower: Nearly as fast as plowing. No worries about where to put the snow. No ramming drifts. Easier on the equipment. Downsides would be snow blowing around, looking over your shoulder, picking up the odd rock, tendency to plug in wet snow if you get in a hurry. And cold, of course.

I just bought a new truck and couldn't bring myself to put a plow on it and beat it like I did my last fullsize truck. I bought a used blower and put it on my tractor.

IMHO, if you had a frontmount blower and a heated cab, it'd be the ideal snowmoving setup. However, my rear mount with no cab is working fine for me, and looking over my shoulder isn't near the pain in the neck (literally...) I thought it would be. At less than 1/3 the cost of a new plow for my truck, way less than 1/10th the fuel and I'm still on my first set of front tires on the truck, I'm a happy guy.

And I live in Maine. It does snow occasionally up here...

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