Tangential to your video which purpose is to keep gravel put, I've come up with another method to do so. I use an ATV with a winch operated snow plow. To keep from plowing gravel I use a length of rubber for the bottom edge of the plow. In practice I adjust the plow to just touch down, and then the added rubber folds backward which keeps the plow from grabbing any gravel. I purchased an inexpensive horse mat for the rubber stock. The rubber ends of the plow wear out quicker than the middle. So I split the plow edge into three sections. Two of which are foot long sections for the right and the left end of the cutting edge. Ten years of plowing two tenths of a mile in Michigan and my gravel for the most part stays in place.
When I was in the USAF, temporarily stationed in Alaska, we landed our KC-135A in -60 degree weather. The parking ramp was about a foot thick in packed snow. They only removed all the snow off the runway. In the parking areas, they just leveled off the snow and parked the aircraft on top of the snow. They even painted new taxi lines on the snow.
Before Mr Sicard invented his snow blower, this is what we did here in rural Québec until the 1940s. That is: rolling the snow, it was easier to move around for the snow sleds as well as for Mr Bombardier's snowAutomobiles to ski-doing on it . The problem was in spring . The snow rolling all winter lasts for a very long time in spring creating a very compact and hard surface base which will take forever (until St-Jean Baptiste , 24 juin ) to melt.
Vinny, I do the same thing by driving my truck up and down my driveway (250 feet) many times. I never thought of what you just made. That was one great project!! If I stay here in Minnesota I'll have to build one of those. Thank you for sharing and the video.
Compacting the snow makes for a nightmare in the spring if you live somewhere where snow sticks around all season. I don’t have time to finish this right now so maybe you mentioned this.
I'm just compacting the first 4'' of snow...the rest of the season it's snowblower time... Just like any other years...just faster with the roller this time!
I'm in Florida watching you build this fantastic contraption and subbed because of the comment about not knowing when to throw scrap metal away. I'm exactly the same way.😂
As someone who uses 4-wheel-drive rather than mess with snow removal, I can tell you that you're just making a future ice hocky rink out of your driveway by compacting the snow.
Only if you polish the surface. Doing it with tires like this adds a lot of texture, and further snowfall of course adds its' own levels of coarseness. Also if you rely on 4 wheel drive rather than removing snow, you are in an area that doesn't get much snow, or that always has melts afterward. That does not work where I live.
@@jono3952 absolutely not, any thaw/freeze will smooth out your supposed surface traction and make it very slippery. Or I suppose you think everyone in the world clears snow because they aren’t as smart as you?
What a great way to create a skating rink. Compressed snow makes ice. I live in one of the great snow belts. We average 11 feet in 3 months. Been here for 50 years. Never seen anyone use something like that. I own a snow blower. Its the most efficient way to move snow.
@@Xtrida Driving on glare ice is not logic. I also have a gravel drive. I have 1/2 inch ground clearance so it doesn't throw rocks. Works just fine. I get a packed snow base ..not ice.
@@bobdevreeze4741 You just complained about "Compressed snow" making ice then you claim you have a "packed snow base"...those sre the same things just different ways to say it. 🤦🏼♂️
@@packbadge obviously you don't get much snow.... Do you know what corn snow is.... Ice is on a skating rink it is hard clear and slippery. Snow is much softer and white....
@@bobdevreeze4741 🤣 obviously you are speaking out of ignorance. I've never lived anywhere that doesn't get a lot of snow. Born in Northern Alaska. Raised in Northern Wisconsin. Currently living in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Truckee, CA. We got just shy of 600" last winter...around 57 FEET of snow in a couple months. I think I live in a place that sees far more snow in one storm than you get in an entire winter. Further more...I am a skier who gets 100+ days a year of skiing in. I'm going on month 18 straight of skiing. I am a snowmobiler and avalanche safety course trained. Lastly, I run snowcats for a living in always changing snow types of the Sierra. I can keep going if you'd like. Now what was that about me not living in a snowy area? Also...I played hockey all of my life so...I know plenty about ice rinks as well 😉
Nice build ! The sport/outdoor running /skitrack/ slalom centre in my town uses a tire roller (tow behing) for pre compaction of the track beds when making ski tracks, looks a lot like yours , but I think there is rims on it, eventually liquid filled tiers for loading it down, there is smaller weight on top also. Another sheeper way to mount the tires could be to put a steel tube with bolt on flanches in the ends in the centre and thred them over the tube ,this would make them ride more even ,because of all around support of the tire walls. Eventually there could be air tubes in the tires also , but maybe tricky to get the valves to peak out on the inside of the steel cylinder.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. Having lived in the central New York snow belt my entire life I have to admit I’ve wanted one of these several times. The best is a snowblower on a paved driveway. But the best isn’t always what you have. I’ve performed the snow packing waltz with my car more times than I can remember. Yes the snowpack makes a sheet of ice that lasts thru spring but the rain usually clears it pretty fast. When the April showers start one coat of ice melt usually makes it go away pretty quickly. The only addition you might want to make is I usually add a snow-blown path along the driveway on the frozen grass to walk to the road when needed. Without the ice base. The grass is usually pretty easy to clear off. Also good to make walk paths for the dog to keep him from messing up the driveway where I typically need to walk.
Establish the base layer, but don't keep compacting it all winter. If you have too thick a compacted layer, a few thaw/freeze cycles leaves you with very deep frozen ruts that are not fun to drive in.
Dude, in the US we scrape down to the pavement. And then we refinished driveways when they need it. And we salt. Interesting concept to compact the snow on purpose but when that happens on my drive it's usually the result of not fully plowed or an unplowed driveway freezing over. Kind of like your car waltz, but accidental.
Hahaha! I love this intro! The large parking area near our house is large enough to drive in circles... so every winter, I do a circular car waltz to pack the snow over our gravel driveway. My wife always just shakes her head at me... but with this video, I feel vindicated!!
The lower two arms on the tractor are called "hitch lift arms", those going upwards are lift arm stabilizers. Also consider getting an hydraulic top link, makes the three-point hitch a lot more universal depending on the equipment
I'm OCD about my 1 mile long gravel driveway as well. I could see how this device would be useful before the ground freezes but not so much after. If you just compact 2" of snow doesn't it just turn into a sheet of ice?
So many comments do not understand your contraption or when to use it. I thought you explained it perfectly. I don’t think they listened very well….hahaha! As a gravel driveway owner who gets over 300” of snow a year…this is great👌I use the drive back and forth in my truck 10,000 times method. Makes snow blowing a breeze! Now make a contraction to help me when I have to crawl up on the snowbanks on the side of my driveway and blow the tops of the banks off, so I can blow the driveway again😂
Our town has a snow roller festival. It's made from wood and was horse drawn, goes back to the days of kick sleds. As for my driveway, we compact thr first snowfall then use the blower the rest of the year to keep the mud issues down.
Fun build! I don't know if your tractor can handle the extra weight, but simply capping the ends & filling up the tires with sand should correct the bouncing issue some. No need to be extra careful sealing up the tires, as if a little sand leaks out it will just improve your traction a bit.
Before watching this video, I have biked over flattend snow a lot. It does not work lmao. The snow tries to pull control away from you at every moment I prefer the snow to be thrown to the side
if you get under 100 inches of snow a year will work, but over that and and in the spring you will dig those tires in every morning and get stuck. Been there done that.
I actually liked your flying machine. I am very interested in that fixture table you are contemplating. I could use one in my garage. As always, great videos!!!!
It's pretty much irrelevant if that thing works perfectly flawlessly or not; you're 'handy', that is the greatest discovery. On to the next fabulous project.
What would happen if you set an angle of 45 degrees or more? Like a hay rake? The tires would still be packing but also pulling the snow to the side and making it thinner. Thinner would deteriorate faster.
Winters in Maine used to be consistently cold so it was easy to make a good ice base for a gravel driveway that would last 5 months. Not any more. It’s becoming more trouble than it’s worth to use my PTO snowblower. The lack of a hard base and frequent rain and slush is too much for the thing. I’m thinking about building a blade for simple back - up snowplowing.
🤣Great sense of humor. Of course there are many ways to construct a compacter for the snow but ya work with what is on hand. Now come spring ya might want to drill wee drain holes in those tires so they don't collect rain and skeeters.
The amount of snow we're having, no matter how much you compact it it'll get way too high too fast. Also with temperature differences (we had like -20c one day, -5c the next day, +2c the day after, then -10c again) it will turn into a skating rink real fast. The only way to avoid it is to remove all the snow promptly before it can thaw and refreeze
I'm thinking a cardboard sono footing tube filled full of concrete with all thread rod centered thru it could work too. A lawn seed roller or even a Fred Flintstones car wheel from a junkyard in Bedrock.
Yes sure...all of those! 🤣 But the 400lbs feels heavy at the back...So a big sono field with concrete...man that thing would have been too much for my lil Massey!
Great build ! I had guy come and buy eight tires from me to build the same implement for a sled club. Love the channel and the natural funny guy you are.
@@VinyB57 mine were on rims he ran a large pipe through the centre bore of the rims. Seemed a bit easier, however I admire using what you have. Keep up the creativity!
I also leave in canada and usually in the beginning of the season you do not turn the snowblower on. You lay it on the ground and backdrag with it for the first snow storms until the desired first layer thickness is achieved.
I compact the snow by dragging some truck tires around behind the 1/2 ton truck and when it becomes soft in the spring push it away with the loader. Nice job on your build
I welded up some brackets on my snowblower and on a couple of old snowmobile skis. Couple of removable pins and can change from doing the long stone portion with skis on, then take off for the asphalt in 2 minutes or less. It raises the blower up about 1 inch. Does not take up much space to store the skis and the blower never digs into the uneven stoned driveway.
The bottom arms are called the *LIFT ARMS* , the bar between their end is the *DRAW BAR* and above that you have the *TOP LINK* which usually has a ball joint on the end and is threaded for length adjustment. A snow roller is fine.. if you don't want a foot and a half of solid ice in March that takes until June to melt and deep heavy ruts
Genius! First time here your a man after my own heart. I always use what ever i save for projects and i save everything. My wife hates it but if she only new.Great job/ Be safe
This was my thought of what I wanted to try and do this winter. we had a new layer of gravel put down on our drive, 1/4 mile, in early fall, a little short time to pack by driving on it. Didn't get around to making it, but my thought was to just leave the rims on, and probably foam fill the tire so I wouldn't have to take it all apart to fill the middle tires wit air. Or maybe having 2 rows of tires with the spaces staggered so I could still get to the valve.
Love the project and outcome have the same ocd with making life's mundane chores take less time plus do it all on the cheap. The bottom arms on your tractor are called Plow Arms or Lift Arms and the top middle one is the Top Link(can be solid, adjustable thread or on the high price end of the scale hydraulically adjustable)
Well the algorithm worked for you this time! First time seeing this channel (that I remember anyway), and I could use something like this for my son’s driveway. I’ve struggled getting a base so I can snow blow without chucking rocks and/or breaking shear pins.
I have a trick for that wholesale problem by a spring or a couple springs for different size bits make the springs hair longer put them in when you go to cut and after you pull it off it’ll push the piece back out
Nice! The only thing I can see possibly becoming an issue is the bounce. You may end up with a rippled surface. Solid discs instead of cross-bars would eliminate that, though. On a scale this small, it's unlikely to be an issue, though.
Top link and lower link arms …. Around where I live we used to roll snow on the roads, but stopped because of those first few melts it turns to a very slippery ice.
@@VinyB57 Just great yours is cold mine needs to be replaced. Just can’t catch a break. Fortunately we’re having a heatwave currently (Regina Saskatchewan), so maybe alls not lost yet, but the days far from over! 😣
I compress my driveway every winter here in Canada. I havent shoveled snow in almost 10 years. I have never gotten stuck either. In the spring, I have a solid raised block of ice to drive on while my neighbors have already gone to pure mud. When the weather gets super warm, my ice block melts and I have maybe 3 days of mud because it drys out incredibly fast and melts onto the lawn.
I love my 1 ton dodge dually for this purpose. The first one or two snow falls I pack the driveway and parking lot. Then plow the rest of the winter with my tractor. Like you I’m also OCD so your thumbnail drew me like a moth to the flame lol
This method of packing is used at winter test facilities to condition the initial annual snowfall into a solid base layer. Then also used daily to condition the snow surface for a consistent surface for tire and vehicle testing.
Excellent upload, and narration. I did the snowy drive polka for thirty years using the transit van I drove for my company, (no worry about the amount of diesel used!). It had nice wide tyres.
You had me at the "$10.00 budget" part! Gotta love 3" channel, especially pre-owned, it's like a 2x4 to a carpenter. "Rustoleum rusty metal primer", is all I use, 2 coats for a finsih and 16 years later it looks like I applied it yesterday, I've grown to like the red oxide look, fast drying also. You could have used coupling nuts to join short sections of all thread together, they're like a really long nut, but I get it, you didn't have any handy, but had the rebar.
Yea Viny, don’t think about the algorithm. Keep making the great content and the views will come, as new people discover your channel they will go back and watch all the old videos! I watched the smartbusa series only after finding your trailer build videos and have been subscribed since then!
Well, this is thinking outside the box but it seems to work as intended! I have the same problem, gravel driveway. We usually wait until the snow has froze and driven on it to accomplish your same principal and then used the snowblower. So I know the concept works. I'm curious how much you have used it and the depth of snow you have tried it in? Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Get a two inch ABS pipe and cut a slot down one side, then slip it onto the cutting edge of your blower. This prevents the blower from picking up the gravel.
Please don’t get caught up in the algorithm. UA-camrs who only produce videos to please the algorithm either burn out or are insufferable to watch. I really like this channel for the awesome fabrication and I really like your level of complexity. No big fancy machines that the typical home gamer could never afford but also not as low tech as to resorting to glue and tape. Im really looking forward to the table build series and I plan on building one myself if I find a good local contractor for laser cutting.
I always drove over the first snow to pack it on the gravel portion of my driveway. I also set my skid shoes about an inch down to lift the blower over any rocks so the blower does not pick them up.
I deal with a dirt and sand road and made the same, only i stacked the tires 6’tall with an 8’ pipe center as a hub, and poured the cement directly in to the tires, to create weight and center the hub. No bouncing
HEEEYYY thanks buddy!!! In time spent on this project, it was a failure. Too comparaison, this video is not even a day old and it got more views.....then the entire flying machine series...😭 And I don't make stuff for views...but this project was 100% youtube driven! the first and last! Thanks for you positif comment about this project! 👍
Great on the fly engineering. This is awesome. And you had the algorithm in your favor too, because somehow you popped up on my feed. You got one new subscriber for sure.
I imagine it is bouncing due to the change in elasticity due to the rebar structure causing a harmonic. The only way to possibly mitigate that is to fill the tires to attain some sort of consistent elasticity throughout the rotation of the tires. if you could use a hitch it might reduce the bounc a little rather than using t he 3 point connection
Great idea. Look at places like Bemidji in Northern Minnesota. They scrape and sand, letting traffic compact the snow on all the roadways. The compacted snow is up to the curb by the end of the winter, and it all melts off beautifully. Adding the sand also gives grip so you never have to bother with removing snow down to the street *or* salting everything. Great system.
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Farmers....the original re-purposers.!!
Tangential to your video which purpose is to keep gravel put, I've come up with another method to do so. I use an ATV with a winch operated snow plow. To keep from plowing gravel I use a length of rubber for the bottom edge of the plow. In practice I adjust the plow to just touch down, and then the added rubber folds backward which keeps the plow from grabbing any gravel. I purchased an inexpensive horse mat for the rubber stock. The rubber ends of the plow wear out quicker than the middle. So I split the plow edge into three sections. Two of which are foot long sections for the right and the left end of the cutting edge. Ten years of plowing two tenths of a mile in Michigan and my gravel for the most part stays in place.
When I was in the USAF, temporarily stationed in Alaska, we landed our KC-135A in -60 degree weather. The parking ramp was about a foot thick in packed snow. They only removed all the snow off the runway. In the parking areas, they just leveled off the snow and parked the aircraft on top of the snow. They even painted new taxi lines on the snow.
what!! Insane 🤯
I can confirm that. I was at the AF Base in Fairbanks from 69-72. At -60 degrees the snow stops being so slippery.
Lol. Just put underground heating in places where it snows
@@Kawka1122this has the same sentiment of someone going “ duh to end world hunger grow more food”
@@Kawka1122 painting the snow is much cheaper than spending gas/electric bill for the heating.
Before Mr Sicard invented his snow blower, this is what we did here in rural Québec until the 1940s. That is: rolling the snow, it was easier to move around for the snow sleds as well as for Mr Bombardier's snowAutomobiles to ski-doing on it .
The problem was in spring . The snow rolling all winter lasts for a very long time in spring creating a very compact and hard surface base which will take forever (until St-Jean Baptiste , 24 juin ) to melt.
and as im sure you dont wan tto resurface the road every spring like i saw them doing in alaska..
its best for a blower lol
@@jigglie8077 You know here in Qc there is no QC to check the quality of road works...
Nothing like the melting and freezing turning your driveway into a hockey rink.
Correct!
Vinny, I do the same thing by driving my truck up and down my driveway (250 feet) many times. I never thought of what you just made. That was one great project!! If I stay here in Minnesota I'll have to build one of those. Thank you for sharing and the video.
Lawn roller with sand. Save some fabrication and probably money also.
Hey, glad it inspired you! 👍
Be nice if we even got snow this year here in Minnesota.
So instead of clearing the snow you compress it into ice which is far worse?
@@drew651 This... really, just... this.
Either fill with sand or old oil (as long as you never plan on draining it)
Compacting the snow makes for a nightmare in the spring if you live somewhere where snow sticks around all season. I don’t have time to finish this right now so maybe you mentioned this.
You didn’t he get that there is a reason why ski slopes stay white longer than open terrain
I'm just compacting the first 4'' of snow...the rest of the season it's snowblower time... Just like any other years...just faster with the roller this time!
@@VinyB57 iSnow that lasts a eternity maybe you get a ice sheet in spring this is stupid warm weather will probably give you the joy that is ice
We had 11" of ice last Spring. We plowed, snow blowed, it still packed down. We needed to hire a Bobcat to dig us out.
@@FreezyAbitKT7A thats an exoected result
Red Green reference that's great 😂
Absolutely
Good to know I’m not the only one old enough to get that line lol
and right after the duct tape moment lol
He does seem the type to keep his stick on the ice.
I got his autograph
I'm in Florida watching you build this fantastic contraption and subbed because of the comment about not knowing when to throw scrap metal away. I'm exactly the same way.😂
As someone who uses 4-wheel-drive rather than mess with snow removal, I can tell you that you're just making a future ice hocky rink out of your driveway by compacting the snow.
Only if you polish the surface. Doing it with tires like this adds a lot of texture, and further snowfall of course adds its' own levels of coarseness.
Also if you rely on 4 wheel drive rather than removing snow, you are in an area that doesn't get much snow, or that always has melts afterward. That does not work where I live.
@@jono3952 LOL...Nope. You are wrong on all points.
@@chaseme9860 Well alright, I'll go tell my driveway it's breaking the laws of physics then...
@@jono3952 Okay, you go do that.
@@jono3952 absolutely not, any thaw/freeze will smooth out your supposed surface traction and make it very slippery. Or I suppose you think everyone in the world clears snow because they aren’t as smart as you?
This channel is still the most under appreciated on UA-cam Tube…..Viny B and EdGasket deserve 500K followers.
Agree!!
Hey thanks man! Appreciate it! 👌👌
I just found this channel, I agree 100%. This is the first video I’ve watched.
Amen. Presentation and technique are fantastic,😊
Just discovered your channel and it is great. Your presentation and technique are absolutely outstanding.
First time watching your channel. I enjoyed your dry humour. 🎉 was the icing in the cake. I am now a fan.
Those are the "top link" and the "lift arms"
you mean the shawshank and stem linkages?
@@herzogsbuick No, I ment what i said
@@Markus314159 are you sure? where i grew up, everyone called them the bubba bar and the go-up noodles
What a great way to create a skating rink. Compressed snow makes ice. I live in one of the great snow belts. We average 11 feet in 3 months. Been here for 50 years. Never seen anyone use something like that. I own a snow blower. Its the most efficient way to move snow.
Quite litterly is the point of it so it keeps the gravel in place is his logic
@@Xtrida Driving on glare ice is not logic. I also have a gravel drive. I have 1/2 inch ground clearance so it doesn't throw rocks. Works just fine. I get a packed snow base ..not ice.
@@bobdevreeze4741 You just complained about "Compressed snow" making ice then you claim you have a "packed snow base"...those sre the same things just different ways to say it. 🤦🏼♂️
@@packbadge obviously you don't get much snow.... Do you know what corn snow is.... Ice is on a skating rink it is hard clear and slippery. Snow is much softer and white....
@@bobdevreeze4741 🤣 obviously you are speaking out of ignorance. I've never lived anywhere that doesn't get a lot of snow. Born in Northern Alaska. Raised in Northern Wisconsin. Currently living in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Truckee, CA. We got just shy of 600" last winter...around 57 FEET of snow in a couple months. I think I live in a place that sees far more snow in one storm than you get in an entire winter. Further more...I am a skier who gets 100+ days a year of skiing in. I'm going on month 18 straight of skiing. I am a snowmobiler and avalanche safety course trained. Lastly, I run snowcats for a living in always changing snow types of the Sierra. I can keep going if you'd like. Now what was that about me not living in a snowy area? Also...I played hockey all of my life so...I know plenty about ice rinks as well 😉
Around here they use rollers like that for packing snowmobile trails. The only difference is instead of a 3 point hitch they use a trailer type hitch
How much do you charge to get into the ice rink in the spring!
I love all the innovative ideas, Viny. I am very much looking forward to your tool series build videos.
Glad you do! 👍
Nice build !
The sport/outdoor running /skitrack/ slalom centre in my town uses a tire roller (tow behing) for pre compaction of the track beds when making ski tracks, looks a lot like yours , but I think there is rims on it, eventually liquid filled tiers for loading it down, there is smaller weight on top also.
Another sheeper way to mount the tires could be to put a steel tube with bolt on flanches in the ends in the centre and thred them over the tube ,this would make them ride more even ,because of all around support of the tire walls. Eventually there could be air tubes in the tires also , but maybe tricky to get the valves to peak out on the inside of the steel cylinder.
Another great video Vinny!
That “top bar bit” is called the “One-eyed third leg”
Top link
@@Paulman50 I know; but Vinny said “points for funny responses”
Yes, bonus point for you mate!
@@Paulman50 Yeah When I grew up on the farm it was either top link or center link. The term was used interchangeably
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and videos. Having lived in the central New York snow belt my entire life I have to admit I’ve wanted one of these several times. The best is a snowblower on a paved driveway. But the best isn’t always what you have. I’ve performed the snow packing waltz with my car more times than I can remember. Yes the snowpack makes a sheet of ice that lasts thru spring but the rain usually clears it pretty fast. When the April showers start one coat of ice melt usually makes it go away pretty quickly. The only addition you might want to make is I usually add a snow-blown path along the driveway on the frozen grass to walk to the road when needed. Without the ice base. The grass is usually pretty easy to clear off. Also good to make walk paths for the dog to keep him from messing up the driveway where I typically need to walk.
Viny B, the two complement each other, they both have their work to do and it seems to be just fine.
All the best, until the next one.
Cheers 👍💪✌
Exactly! Cheers mate!
I have saved pieces of "scrap" steel multiple times and then needed that exact dimension and knew exactly where it was! Great feeling.
"A grinder and paint, will make me the welder I ain't"
Grader blade ? Front end loader ? Push or pull snow to another location ?
Establish the base layer, but don't keep compacting it all winter. If you have too thick a compacted layer, a few thaw/freeze cycles leaves you with very deep frozen ruts that are not fun to drive in.
Dude, in the US we scrape down to the pavement. And then we refinished driveways when they need it. And we salt. Interesting concept to compact the snow on purpose but when that happens on my drive it's usually the result of not fully plowed or an unplowed driveway freezing over. Kind of like your car waltz, but accidental.
We do the same thing here. They used to compact snow in the 30s and 40s. Nobody compact snow.
Hahaha! I love this intro! The large parking area near our house is large enough to drive in circles... so every winter, I do a circular car waltz to pack the snow over our gravel driveway. My wife always just shakes her head at me... but with this video, I feel vindicated!!
The lower two arms on the tractor are called "hitch lift arms", those going upwards are lift arm stabilizers. Also consider getting an hydraulic top link, makes the three-point hitch a lot more universal depending on the equipment
Hey totally forgot about that i tend to just call yhem tri points hitch
I take my coffee with two milk.
Loved this video, as I have the same issue. Get a snow packed base prior. You have inspired me.
Glad to hear you're inspired! The snow roller makes a big difference, I swear by it! Your coffee is coming right up!
When he caulked the weld i spit me coffee out. That was epic !!!
That was the best,,,,,,!
I'm OCD about my 1 mile long gravel driveway as well. I could see how this device would be useful before the ground freezes but not so much after. If you just compact 2" of snow doesn't it just turn into a sheet of ice?
So many comments do not understand your contraption or when to use it. I thought you explained it perfectly. I don’t think they listened very well….hahaha! As a gravel driveway owner who gets over 300” of snow a year…this is great👌I use the drive back and forth in my truck 10,000 times method. Makes snow blowing a breeze! Now make a contraction to help me when I have to crawl up on the snowbanks on the side of my driveway and blow the tops of the banks off, so I can blow the driveway again😂
Our town has a snow roller festival. It's made from wood and was horse drawn, goes back to the days of kick sleds. As for my driveway, we compact thr first snowfall then use the blower the rest of the year to keep the mud issues down.
I love the Red-Green reference. "If they don't find you handsome, they should find you handy."
Fun build! I don't know if your tractor can handle the extra weight, but simply capping the ends & filling up the tires with sand should correct the bouncing issue some. No need to be extra careful sealing up the tires, as if a little sand leaks out it will just improve your traction a bit.
Brilliant - perfect for the foundation build!!
Before watching this video, I have biked over flattend snow a lot. It does not work lmao. The snow tries to pull control away from you at every moment
I prefer the snow to be thrown to the side
Nice work! My question would be if you compact it do you not need to blow it? and if not would it not become icy after the temp rises and falls?
I compact the first 4-6 inch then I blow any new snow fall.
New viewer, "Peux pas tout awère" made me crack up
if you get under 100 inches of snow a year will work, but over that and and in the spring you will dig those tires in every morning and get stuck. Been there done that.
I actually liked your flying machine. I am very interested in that fixture table you are contemplating. I could use one in my garage. As always, great videos!!!!
Hey big thanks, glad you liked the flying machine, you are one of the few...😅
Pretty cool! This guy is brilliant, with a creative mind.
Hey, thanks!
It's pretty much irrelevant if that thing works perfectly flawlessly or not; you're 'handy', that is the greatest discovery. On to the next fabulous project.
What would happen if you set an angle of 45 degrees or more? Like a hay rake? The tires would still be packing but also pulling the snow to the side and making it thinner. Thinner would deteriorate faster.
Winters in Maine used to be consistently cold so it was easy to make a good ice base for a gravel driveway that would last 5 months. Not any more. It’s becoming more trouble than it’s worth to use my PTO snowblower. The lack of a hard base and frequent rain and slush is too much for the thing. I’m thinking about building a blade for simple back - up snowplowing.
🤣Great sense of humor. Of course there are many ways to construct a compacter for the snow but ya work with what is on hand. Now come spring ya might want to drill wee drain holes in those tires so they don't collect rain and skeeters.
Maybe I will! 👍
The amount of snow we're having, no matter how much you compact it it'll get way too high too fast. Also with temperature differences (we had like -20c one day, -5c the next day, +2c the day after, then -10c again) it will turn into a skating rink real fast. The only way to avoid it is to remove all the snow promptly before it can thaw and refreeze
I'm thinking a cardboard sono footing tube filled full of concrete with all thread rod centered thru it could work too. A lawn seed roller or even a Fred Flintstones car wheel from a junkyard in Bedrock.
Yes sure...all of those! 🤣 But the 400lbs feels heavy at the back...So a big sono field with concrete...man that thing would have been too much for my lil Massey!
Great build ! I had guy come and buy eight tires from me to build the same implement for a sled club. Love the channel and the natural funny guy you are.
Thanks Scott....you have to pay for these..?🤔
@@VinyB57 mine were on rims he ran a large pipe through the centre bore of the rims. Seemed a bit easier, however I admire using what you have. Keep up the creativity!
Looks like the algorithm worked on this one. First time viewer and i like the content. I'm happy this is one of your most popular videos.
I also leave in canada and usually in the beginning of the season you do not turn the snowblower on. You lay it on the ground and backdrag with it for the first snow storms until the desired first layer thickness is achieved.
That's exactly my point! Especially on a gravel driveway! 👍👍
@ You are right, especially on gravel !
I compact the snow by dragging some truck tires around behind the 1/2 ton truck and when it becomes soft in the spring push it away with the loader. Nice job on your build
I welded up some brackets on my snowblower and on a couple of old snowmobile skis. Couple of removable pins and can change from doing the long stone portion with skis on, then take off for the asphalt in 2 minutes or less. It raises the blower up about 1 inch. Does not take up much space to store the skis and the blower never digs into the uneven stoned driveway.
The bottom arms are called the *LIFT ARMS* , the bar between their end is the *DRAW BAR* and above that you have the *TOP LINK* which usually has a ball joint on the end and is threaded for length adjustment.
A snow roller is fine.. if you don't want a foot and a half of solid ice in March that takes until June to melt and deep heavy ruts
Genius! First time here your a man after my own heart. I always use what ever i save for projects and i save everything. My wife hates it but if she only new.Great job/ Be safe
This was my thought of what I wanted to try and do this winter.
we had a new layer of gravel put down on our drive, 1/4 mile, in early fall, a little short time to pack by driving on it.
Didn't get around to making it, but my thought was to just leave the rims on, and probably foam fill the tire so I wouldn't have to take it all apart to fill the middle tires wit air.
Or maybe having 2 rows of tires with the spaces staggered so I could still get to the valve.
Love the project and outcome have the same ocd with making life's mundane chores take less time plus do it all on the cheap. The bottom arms on your tractor are called Plow Arms or Lift Arms and the top middle one is the Top Link(can be solid, adjustable thread or on the high price end of the scale hydraulically adjustable)
thanks for you comment! 👍👍
I love watching metal workers! This is a great video!
Well the algorithm worked for you this time! First time seeing this channel (that I remember anyway), and I could use something like this for my son’s driveway. I’ve struggled getting a base so I can snow blow without chucking rocks and/or breaking shear pins.
I have a trick for that wholesale problem by a spring or a couple springs for different size bits make the springs hair longer put them in when you go to cut and after you pull it off it’ll push the piece back out
Fantastic fabricobbling Viny. I also love to make things with "Late American Discard". Great video thumbs up.
Thanks for watching
Amazing how quick projects like this get really heavy. Sneaks up on a guy.
Nice! The only thing I can see possibly becoming an issue is the bounce. You may end up with a rippled surface. Solid discs instead of cross-bars would eliminate that, though. On a scale this small, it's unlikely to be an issue, though.
Top link and lower link arms …. Around where I live we used to roll snow on the roads, but stopped because of those first few melts it turns to a very slippery ice.
I bet it does!
Yes I wanted a coffee! Seems to be taking an outrageous amount of prep! Guess I’ll have to get my own. Thanks for the offer though.
You're sure? It's still hot.... well hot-isshh..never mind, it's cold now! 🤦♂️
@@VinyB57 Just great yours is cold mine needs to be replaced. Just can’t catch a break. Fortunately we’re having a heatwave currently (Regina Saskatchewan), so maybe alls not lost yet, but the days far from over! 😣
I compress my driveway every winter here in Canada. I havent shoveled snow in almost 10 years. I have never gotten stuck either. In the spring, I have a solid raised block of ice to drive on while my neighbors have already gone to pure mud. When the weather gets super warm, my ice block melts and I have maybe 3 days of mud because it drys out incredibly fast and melts onto the lawn.
Pretty cool, all the machining and welding were impressive.
Thank you very much!
I love my 1 ton dodge dually for this purpose. The first one or two snow falls I pack the driveway and parking lot. Then plow the rest of the winter with my tractor. Like you I’m also OCD so your thumbnail drew me like a moth to the flame lol
This method of packing is used at winter test facilities to condition the initial annual snowfall into a solid base layer. Then also used daily to condition the snow surface for a consistent surface for tire and vehicle testing.
Awesome job. I do the same thing with my car, tried packing with my snowmobile but not enough weight. Good job.
Hey thanks! With ski-doo! What never seen that before! 😏
Nice what year is your tractor and model. I have a 1983 mf 210-4 myself. Sort of wish I had a loader
Mine is waaay younger, it s a 1984 😅
First time at channel.
LOVED the Red Green reference! Well done.
Excellent upload, and narration.
I did the snowy drive polka for thirty years using the transit van I drove for my company, (no worry about the amount of diesel used!). It had nice wide tyres.
You've got a extremely well equipped shop, and a classic creative mind to put that gear to good use. Great channel, new sub.
Hey thanks for the sub! 👍
You had me at the "$10.00 budget" part! Gotta love 3" channel, especially pre-owned, it's like a 2x4 to a carpenter. "Rustoleum rusty metal primer", is all I use, 2 coats for a finsih and 16 years later it looks like I applied it yesterday, I've grown to like the red oxide look, fast drying also. You could have used coupling nuts to join short sections of all thread together, they're like a really long nut, but I get it, you didn't have any handy, but had the rebar.
I loved the 'fix for ugly welds' what a great hack
Glad you liked it! 😉
Awesome Viny! Looking forward to the fixture table
Thanks Tyler! 👍
Top link or third link ie. 3 point hitch... :D Bottom links or lower links possibly draft arms not sure about that one though
Super vidéo awesome !! I’ve been thinking of doing something like that for the first snowfalls ! Less hard on snowblower and plows !!
Yea Viny, don’t think about the algorithm. Keep making the great content and the views will come, as new people discover your channel they will go back and watch all the old videos! I watched the smartbusa series only after finding your trailer build videos and have been subscribed since then!
Thank Paul, if you know about tje trailer and the smart, you ve been around for a while! Thanks for the support👍
Well, this is thinking outside the box but it seems to work as intended! I have the same problem, gravel driveway. We usually wait until the snow has froze and driven on it to accomplish your same principal and then used the snowblower. So I know the concept works. I'm curious how much you have used it and the depth of snow you have tried it in?
Thanks for sharing.
🙂
Was liking what I was seeing. But, the Red/Green Show reference warranted an immediate subscribe.
Hey thanks!
Third link, top link, center link all names for the top turnbuckle for the 2 pt lift
Subscribed. This is like red green meets this old house in the 80s.
Get a two inch ABS pipe and cut a slot down one side, then slip it onto the cutting edge of your blower.
This prevents the blower from picking up the gravel.
Thanks for the tip Tim
I can understand why my views are down but not yours… you have great content that’s both informative and entertaining.
Great job as always 🤙
Hey thanks man, glad you appreciate my content, keep up with yours! 👍
Truthfully nice job and funny. Normally these type of videos suck. But, this was great. Keep it up and good luck on U-Tube!
Building things in the garage then running them outside on a tractor sure beets doing dishes & laundry. Fun times in the old workshop for sure.
Please don’t get caught up in the algorithm. UA-camrs who only produce videos to please the algorithm either burn out or are insufferable to watch. I really like this channel for the awesome fabrication and I really like your level of complexity. No big fancy machines that the typical home gamer could never afford but also not as low tech as to resorting to glue and tape. Im really looking forward to the table build series and I plan on building one myself if I find a good local contractor for laser cutting.
Hey thanks! Glad you'll be interested by the table! 👌
Found this channel today and loving it. Thanks!
What about a sled attachment or oil drums instead of tires?
Sure, works too!
I always drove over the first snow to pack it on the gravel portion of my driveway. I also set my skid shoes about an inch down to lift the blower over any rocks so the blower does not pick them up.
Same here! 👍
I deal with a dirt and sand road and made the same, only i stacked the tires 6’tall with an 8’ pipe center as a hub, and poured the cement directly in to the tires, to create weight and center the hub. No bouncing
The flying machine was not a failure! I really enjoyed watching it 👍😀
HEEEYYY thanks buddy!!! In time spent on this project, it was a failure. Too comparaison, this video is not even a day old and it got more views.....then the entire flying machine series...😭 And I don't make stuff for views...but this project was 100% youtube driven! the first and last! Thanks for you positif comment about this project! 👍
It seems the algorithm went your way. Glad I found your channel!
I do that, but if you make the snow pack too thick its a muddy slushy mess in the spring or a mid winter thaw.
Great on the fly engineering. This is awesome. And you had the algorithm in your favor too, because somehow you popped up on my feed. You got one new subscriber for sure.
Hey nice, glad you liked it and yes, the algo went my way on this one! 🎉🎇
I imagine it is bouncing due to the change in elasticity due to the rebar structure causing a harmonic. The only way to possibly mitigate that is to fill the tires to attain some sort of consistent elasticity throughout the rotation of the tires. if you could use a hitch it might reduce the bounc a little rather than using t he 3 point connection
That's pretty cool!
Great idea. Look at places like Bemidji in Northern Minnesota. They scrape and sand, letting traffic compact the snow on all the roadways. The compacted snow is up to the curb by the end of the winter, and it all melts off beautifully. Adding the sand also gives grip so you never have to bother with removing snow down to the street *or* salting everything. Great system.
What program do you use to design your tools ? Great video
Hye thanks, Solidworks!