Subcompact Tractor Loader Attached Snow Plow! John Deere 1025R
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- First big snow, Tractor Time with Tim uses the Artillian Snow Plow on the 2021 John Deere 1025R to plow out the long driveway. The Original Tractor Cab keeps TTWT warm while Christy captures video in the blizzard!
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Christy deserves a medal and day off from snow. You complain about the audio but I am ok with the voiceover. But Christy riding the loader arms and hanging on the cab in that cold and wind is heroic stuff. And look at how the wind is blowing the snow all over the place. Make Christy a hot mug of cocoa.
💥 Despite your audio issue, once again you go above beyond to get great video shots. *Thank you Christy!*
*Keep on tractoring!*
I agree!
Nice Job Tim! I love mine too! Works great being able to angle the plow on the fly, still my custom made pushbox will always be my favorite plow just because of its simplicity and affectedness but the Artillian plow is my next favorite for sure and does a better job in deep/heavy snow!
Tim, I have the frontier blade on my 1025R and it’s controlled by summet hydraulic 4 valve kit installed on the rear. This is absolute game changer for me. I love my downward pressure and float feature. My customers like that I can pitch the blade more aggressively and scrape the ice underneath the snow. I don’t think I would like the chain hanging feature for my operations. The fixed blade on the frontier is perfect for me. Howard in Ohio.
Gopro’s always seen to want to shut off in the cold
Nice job with the snow
Any reason you didn’t put an attachment on the back for ballast? Turning radius?
I found it handy to have the box blade on the back so I could use it to back up close to the building
Laziness….and I really needed the weight on the front for steering.
Hey Tim I might have a solution to your rock driveway problem. I mounted two trailer jacks with wheels on both sides of the plow behind the blade. You can crank the wheels down and it sets your depth. Then you can crank it up to do bare driveways. Same reason I did wheels on my 3pt snowblower so it doesn’t rip up my gravel drive. Keep up the great work and I look forward to more. If you want pics or more info I’d be happy to share.
Interesting idea.
Tim I've seen this in action blew me away simple and very effective ! The 3 point rear blower with wheels was genius ! He blows grass with zero damage ... I think his ag tires does more damage lol ...
Issues aside great video time and thanks for posting! There's just no easy way to plow a gravel driveway. I've tried everything myself. I resorted to installing casters on the backside of my plow to help it float above the gravel once adjusted. Even then, if the ground is soft enough, there is so much weight on the casters that they sink. Asphalt isn't in the budget for a driveway of our size right now.
After 50 years of plowing a gravel driveway the only solution I have found if you HAVE to plow is to use a rear blade and push backwards against the curved side of the blade. This pushes the snow fine but minimizes the amount of rocks and gravel that is dug up. I also put fiberglass driveway markers along the edges where the gravel meets the grass and then never push anything past the markers. Since I use a blower for large snows and only use the blade for small snows I don't have issues with huge piles of snow along the sides of my driveway.
@@eosjoe565 Usually i use my blade backwards for the first 2 or so snowfalls this leaves a nice base that freezes into the rocks and makes a flat surface to plow the rest of the season. Eventually ill have a blower maybe =(
Just keep reminding yourself it's global warming 😆 🤣 😂
Tim, to help keeping the snow from sticking to the plow when warm, spray it with PAM cooking spray. As far as minimizing the amount of gravel you scoop up, try splitting a piece of PVC pipe and slide it onto the bottom of the plow. We may need it again the end of the week (from a fellow Hoosier)
Snow Stuck to Blade?? Try PAM, Its NOT just for Cooking!
I don’t know how much freezing and thawing you get there but in MB we pack the first couple of snow falls with the truck. That gives a good base to use the snow blower on or plow with a floating blade.
You've talked & talked about the spreading of loose gravel on top of a good, solid, 3"inch road baseed driveway over & over. Ive told ya over & over to put down a top layer of at least 3/4" road base on your solid base. pack the 3/4" inch down real good so that when ya have to blade in the winter, you're not loosing any material like ya do with the "LOOSE" gravel. I saw that "loose" tumbling round in the mix of the snow & im just sitting here, shaking my head. . . . .🤦!!! Tractor safe🚜& stay warm. Thanks for sharing the video.
I have seen people run a length of steel tube as a "cutting edge" to prevent picking up gravel and loose dirt on unpaved surfaces. Cut a slot, slide it over the cutting edge, and weld it on. It won't scrape clean, but it only leaves an inch or so of snow to drive on. Might be worth a try!
I use the edge tamers on my 3025e and look forward to the comparison of the fork blade, snow pusher, and bucket with edge tamers. 🙂
I have an old 8' fischer plow I made a mount for the loader of my Kubota L3901. It's a bit on the big side for the tractor but it handles it fairly well. Two nice things about loader mount is being able to pile snow high as you said and that you have pretty much a six way blade by how you angle and use the curl cylinders. I have used it for light stone grading and loose dirt in the summer.
This video convinced me of one thing, even if I only use it every 5 years or so, nothing beats a front snow blower for removing deeper snow.
Yep. Blower is best for deeper snows.
Deep snow for a blower, yes. For the slush dumped by the place at the road, a blade is more beneficial. Hopefully my heavy hitch rear blade arrives soon to help with clean up from this storm.
A 3pt blower for the 5075 and the heated cab would have been great here
@@fyrman9092 For sure... plus, if that slush has a high salt content from the road it can really cause corrosion on the blower innards if you don't have a means of rinsing things off afterwards. And who has outdoor rinse water in 15-degree weather. Not much to harm on the blade. :-)
Tim, I picked up a new Hiniker Poly backed 7 ft plow that was new on an online auction but with no mounting brackets. I fabricated the mounting brackets and welded it to a quick attach skid steer plate with 2 double acting cylinders to run the angle off the 3rd function. Using this type of set up I can run the plow in float mode almost 100% of the time because you can set your bucket gauge to keep the bottom of the loader arms from dragging, plus I can put down pressure on the blade to scrape packed snow, I have it on a Kubota MX 6000. Now, I have an asphalt driveway which is a game changer but also plow the neighbors gravel driveway, once the first snow is packed and frozen on that driveway, you can run the float there as well. I also have an 1 1/2" UHMW cutter bar on the plow which helps as well. I can see your struggle with the chain lift type of plow. Thanks for the videos.
to small of a tractor for that much snow. ya you get it done at some point. lots of gravel in the yard. Id rather use the bigger tractor with a bucket personally . poor wife stuck out in the cold for way to long .
Get a 72” fel mounted blade, add Artillian extensions, a roll-over guard, and gauge wheels. I make thick plastic edges.
Solutions vary by the kind of snow you get and where you’re plowing. Blowers don’t handle wet snow well. Plowing 2 miles of road is different than plowing a gravel driveway.
I had zero problems plowing like this ....float works well....plowing a mile of secondary road. Make sure the blade is not locked.....there are little surprises in the road.....although rare.
Great video. I enjoyed watching you clear the snow. Definitely the extra pass is for fun. I enjoy taking extra passes when I blow my driveways. If we get a lot of snow I like to clear a path through my backyard to the meters for when the meter reader guy comes by to check the meters. Not necessary but is fun to play in the snow. Definitely need a cab for my John Deere.
I have an L3010 Kubota with a 7’ land pride rear blade. I have a long gravel driveway and the only way I have found to push the snow without tearing up the gravel is pushing backwards with the back side of the blade.
That plow does a good job! Bring it up here to Ontario Canada if you'd like more practice. :) I'm thinking of getting the Rode 2 as well, because I'm only using the DJI audio and I would like better audio. Thanks for showing us your snow video. Keep warm.
Ttwt. I have my snow plow hard mounted to skid steer plate. And i can run float control. What forum did you mention so i can chat and share pics.
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Tim,
You mentioned that the front end moved on you with the blade angled. Then I noticed your front weight bracket was empty. I have the same setup minus the cab and adding the 42# weights to the front really helps the steering. We have had a lot of significant, heavy/wet snowfalls this year so I have been experimenting with the Artilian setup. It is my first season with it and I like it so far. It definitely has a learning curve if you are used to a frame mounted plow.
I use my regular road blade to push the snow on my gravel driveway (1500 ft.) but I attached two detachable 8" swivel wheels on the back of the blade, one on either side. Using the top link, I can adjust the amount of clearance so as to not disturb the gravel. Works very well. One pass down and back and I'm done! A few of my friends have used my idea and really liked it. Solid wheels work best. Pneumatic tires bounce too much and give a wash board effect. Actually, I go backwards so I'm not riding in unplowed snow and the snow doesn't gather under the tractor.
This video convinces me that I made the right decision to go with the Heated TekTite Cab and 47" JD Front Mounted Blower. Granted it is not as fast as a blade, but the cab is warm and the snow gets moved a lot further away from the cleared area. Of course you southerners only get that kind of snow once in a great while, living in the Lake Effect Area of Northern Michigan, I see it quite often and would run out of places near the house to pile that much snow. I agree with Christy, I hate the cold and I was born here, I wish I could be warm all the time, but having lived in the Notfolk area, I also hate the heat and Humidity more, so I guess I am stuck. Great video by the way. As for the warm blade, that is why I store my 1026R and front blower in the NON-heated Garage.
Tim, After fighting the snow in WI and a LONG drive for over 20yrs, I gave up on my various snow plows and attached a snowblower to my JD 4720. Along with the difficulty of removing the snow with a lot of gravel, the other problem we encountered with a blade was tunneling on the sides after numerous snowfalls and the snow not melting. The blower works great, just have to keep it up above the gravel. We are biting the bullet and asphalting the drive a section at a time so that it is more affordable. The hard surface is a DREAM to clear and melts in the sunshine. Maybe not a solution for others, but is working great for us!!!!!.
Got estimates of $60,000 3 years ago to concrete our driveway. Would probably be $100,000 now!
Maybe someday!
🥶🥶🥶Burrr all that snow,we don't get that stuff in southeast Georgia 💯🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲👍👍👍👍🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💯
Add the GoPro USB Pass-Through Door, a USB-C portable charger, and a USB-C cable and Christy won't have to worry about the cold and the GoPro batteries ever again!
We run a work saver snow pusher with rubber cutting edge and a 48 inch snow blower on the back or the weight box with 400 pounds in it. Best part is we put chains on all four wheels. If I had a redo the HLA snowpusher would have been a better choice
Good video. I too don't have the exact solution for adjusting my plow shoes. I find myself digging into gravel, or my grass at times. And if I try to keep the plow up in the air a tad, I get that bunny hop too like you do. I am going to try a strip of that UHMW for next Winter. I have the front black 66" plow via fron 3pt for my 2032R. I would think you'd have better plowing success going back to your direct attach yellow blade. Oh... wow on Christy and her video recording!!! I'll be sure to show that to my wife and let you know what she says about doing that next time I plow hahahaaha. PS: I spray my plow with a good coat of PAM. It does work.
Edge Tamer needs something equivalent for blades. Most feet on plows are too small and dig into soft ground.
Get rid of the plow feet and weld a pipe to the bottom instead of a blade. I used a 3” schedule 80 galvanized pipe I got from the scrap yard. My plow has a back blade and front blade so I basically just rested it in between the two and stitched it in. When it wears out I’ll rotate it or replace it. NO MORE ROCKS IN THE YARD!!!
Tim and Christy, I thought the video turned out great even with any audio issues! We really like plowing with the Artillian plow.
wd40 on your Plow goes a long way. Each time I go out bucket and Blower get a Good Spray. God Bless from the Great White North!!!
Hey Tim and Chisty. That was very good footage of the front mounted blade considering the overall situation. Honestly very impressed by how Jonny handled that amount of snow over that distance with a blade. Looks like you may have been better served by the blower? Unfortunately stone cleanup remains a fact of life regardless of what we use. Cleanup required in the Spring unless we have paved ways. Thanks for sharing!
Tim I take a video and edit video for a living. I have some beautiful cameras but when it comes to the tractor videos it’s the GoPro all the way! The stabilization is incredible! Pretty much the only camera that I use for my tractor videos!
We had a bad gopro 3.5mm adapter. It wouldn't accept powered mic. Lost a whole day of footage. After much back and forth with Gopro they sent a new one and it works now.
Lucky you with that cab. My son has 1025r with John Deere snow blade but couldn't cough up the $6 grand for that cab! It really moves the snow. What kind of blade do you have?
Thoughts on chains to help with traction? I looked into a blower for my 2305 but couldn't justify the cost. Plus I would have to remove it constantly to push round bales so nope. My rear blade isn't elegant but it gets the job done.
My 54” snowblower (1025r) floats very well. I think I get much more snow than central Indiana.
I'm curious, do you have a blade for Johnny 5? You could do 90% of your place with it. You'd have cab heat to boot. You also wouldn't have any problem pushing that amount of snow, unlike Johnny 1. Would go many times faster (not that more seat time is bad).
You all got more than we did, and hopefully no ice. The same storm put down roughly 1/4" of ice here in PA along with about 4" of snow. Thank goodness you didn't get the 2038 or the Kubota out because I can only imagine how miserable it would've been for both of you. I almost expected to see a rear blade in use for the top end of the driveway, and some additional ballast. On the topic of avoiding rocks/dirt being picked up, using a snowblower on gravel is not fun since you've got to angle the chute downward to avoid rocks being thrown real far. Been there before with a walk behind unit. It was hard to avoid when we just shoveled our small driveway.
I have a 3pt. Blade mounted on my fork frame rigid with blade shoes made on both ends I plow rigid and tilt to control to ride on shoes or use cutting edge on paved or concrete I plow approx 1/4 mi County rd and 4 driveways with jd 2305 1025 predissesor
My hat is off to Christy for what she goes through to bring us your great videos! Thank you Christy! I hope you treated her to some hot chocolate and a cheeseburger to warm her up after the shoot!😃
I converted an 8ft pickup plow to fit my kioti ck2610. It works great. But it picks up gravel and dirt. I will just clean that up before I start mowing grass.
Get yourself a pack of rustoleum NeverWet. Your plow will shed snow like it was free. Rocks will wreck the coating though. I use a pusher. Go remove that pile in front of your implements. Come spring it'll be a big block of ice. I've had to chain-saw a pile of frozen snow into manageable blocks and it's no fun.
Tim, spray silicone is the best I spray my whole plow to keep snow from sticking and don't bring in snow to the shop .I have a 80" Frontier all angle that replaces the bucket their is a learning curve but over the years I'm not much of a sod buster for my yard, great fit 16" snow no issues with 3320 with Femco heat Houser that sends the engine heat to me while the banks go up over 8' 😃
I have a Exstream Metals Prodoct 6' blade on my 2038R. My shoes are set so the blade is about 1 1/2" off the ground and i have good luck on the gravel drive just lowering till rest on ground flout does not work the loader arms dig into stones. I run in high range to help the snow roll off blade.
Great video but have to say I'm not impressed. A smaller machine with a snow blower would way quicker. Are you trying to show how putsy it is to plow with a blade or bucket? If you have gravel you need skid and raise them up to create about 1-2 inches gap.
I usually use a UTV to move snow but had to use my 1025r to move that last snow storm. Why no weights on ur tractor?I used 160 lbs up front and and over 500 on the rear. Made steering and traction perfect.
Maybe you can give Christy the cab tomorrow while you are on Vinnie. 😆 lol Seriously, I wonder if the good folks at Edge tamers could come up with something for a plow?
Tim U2 did your very best with your videos like you always do I recognize the fact that you want to put out QUALITY contact all you can do is give it your absolute best maybe you can put in a requisition with Jesus for some newer equipment the stuff you really want for your videos
Work with what you got I guess, but that equipment is far too small for that size of driveway and that amount of snow. You would be far better off using a pickup truck or a larger tractor. Probably cut your time by 90% or so.
my float position always digs in , curtis plow on a ssqa (B2620 kubota) If we got more snow here in my part of Md. i would prob build a longer skid shoe in place of the round disc style.
Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Don't worry, after doing that about a million times is when it occurs to you a snowblower is the ticket because you only touch the snow once for the most part. That and you actually get the snow away from your driveway versed just piling it up on the sides.
I have blacktop and my 1025R bucket works best in float mode doesn't scar up the driveway much. It seems the best way is with a bucket with the edge tamers for rock driveways. Here in southwest Michigan have been getting feet of lake effect snow at a time so the blade is not much of an option here
Tim, Go Pro makes a white battery which handles the cold no problem. Andrew Camarata, has talked about that they should just make them white batteries standard & discontinue the blue batteries all together 🤣 Just wanted to make you aware of the option/accessory Go Pro has 👍
My Westwood blade from the mid 90s has two 6" diameter slightly domed pads behind the blade on threaded adjusters, these stop the blade getting the stone 99% of the time. If you adjust them correctly !!
two tips for any one plowing, from a professional plow driver: to save time and money wax your plow before use, not every time, just when you see what the snow is doing to tim, clinging to the plow, before next use give it a good coat of swix skii spray wax for the temperature it is, determines the stickiness of the snow or go to the dollar store get several long thin candles or a fat thick one, and tip the plow back in your over head shelter or in the shed and hold that candle at the highest point of the plow and heat up that candle til it melts and rub it on the plow down to up while heating it to melting and melt a light coat of wax onto the plow. normally i wait for the hottest part of summer and lay the plow down and tape the candles to the high points and let the heat and sun do the work and really get a good soaking into the pores, i also do this for the chute slides on the snow blowers if you want to do it tot he snow blowers also.
wax repels water and won't let water bond to the surface, it does wear off with useage. haven't tried car wax yet.
short of using candle wax tip #2 before use and your surface is dry and warm, use cooking spray like pam...like the wax is serves the same purpose and can be applied on the spot before each use, be warned, it's effects don't last as long so your mileage will vary vs wax.
#3 let your snow equipment sit in out door temperature for atleast 30 minutes so that the heat it retained doesn't melt and bond snow to it as it melts and refreezes into ice.
Christy is the best camera stabilizer i can see how much vibration and shaking and sway just by watching the cab of the tractor which already reduces alot of vibration compared to the tractor frame she's standing on. great work camera lady! i personally like the voice overs as i don't need the full upclose and personal volume of the tractor engine, which is still good to hear some what so we can understand when the motor and machine strain happens and watch what's going on to cause it. the ability to hear this is the key to understanding a machines limitations.
Tim, looking at all the melt areas in this video take pictures and look at them in the summer to see where your drainage and rain issues are going to be points of origin and worst areas of offense causing the run off problems. with that said, don't change anything by those pine trees, that is perfect as those trees are growing still even in the middle of winter evidence is the fact they still have green in their needles for photosynthesis, evergreens still need watering even in the winter! just don't let them drown which is when the soil becomes and stays mud for over an hour per day. being muddy for 2-3 days every once in a great while won't hurt them, being muddy for a week or two will kill them, i guess the roots need to breathe too, and it will take a month before you notice they have died the damage will show by brown starting to color the needles, that's when it's already too late the water has either crippled the tree for life or it's not going to make it
for end of the road rock, or just rock driveways in general i first pack the rock down hard and smooth before temps drop into the 30's then when snow comes leave an 1" of snow over it and wait for it to semi melt and freeze into the rock before i put my skid shoes to 1/4" above which is pretty level for rock driveways with out peeling and destroying the frozen rock surface layer which will help keep the rocks out of the yard.
the whole problem you're having is the loader arms don't float like a pick up trucks plow will just gravity drag. john deere really messed this ability up since the 1970's. you need a separate bracket that has bottom pivot ability or the 400 series lawn tractor snow blower 4 lift bar arms that just has a hydro ram cylinder to set the lifted height, unlike the new quick hitch stuff which eliminated that ability 100%
also never pile snow up by a building you need to clear it away from. at some point you're going to have a very thin layer of ice and it will cause you to crash either into the doors or the walls which will be a costly mistake of $3000-$7000 to fix and that is well down the road of after letting old man winter into your building probably for several days to several weeks which can lead to a whole host of other damages inside such as water and vermin or frozen pipe damage.
always pull the snow atleast machine length +1/2 machine length away. i had a guy hit black ice with a skid steer at BAE defense contractor and struck the building so hard and damaged it so badly a snow drift of 4 feet high formed inside within an hour almost up to the cannon barrel of the paladin artillery piece they were working on inside from a 4-6" gap he created in the block exterior to interior wall and up about 12' into the steel siding portion of the building. you are close enough to your brick house wall, all your meals will probably be from fast food and eaten in the motel you'll be staying at.
I dread picking gravel up in the spring. So I have designated stopping points so I only have 3 areas to rake up. I use a 400 Suzuki eiger 4x4 to plow with.
I have a Frontier Blade, AF10e I think. I do use it in float position, works really well. I use the bucket with edge tamers (thank you TTWT for those) until my driveway is frozen, then switch to the blade for the rest of the season. I use to use an ATV for plowing, I’m so much happier with the tractor and plow. I prefer it to snow blowing (did that for a few years). I do have a grade to my driveway and I have to plow down it or I spin tires a lot. Good video even with the sound issues, although I was confused by some of your choices on pushing direction/location, but you know your driveway better then I!
Compared to you, I’m an amateur. No idea the best place to push.
I tried a loader mounded blade with a chain and just didn't like it. Took the chain off and welded in a tube to make it rigid. I found that if i lowered the loader arms down to a certain point, I could put it in float, BUT it wasn't perfect. Now I have blade mounted on the tractor, and I prefer it. The other thing I found was with the loader mounted blade, it tended to kick the front end away from the blade angle more often then with the frame mounted blade.
i haven't really looked in to it myself, but I have heard of pipe split and put over the cutting edge then it can't dig into the gravel. they say P.V.C. but I'm not sure how it handles the cold.
I plow commercially, I use a piece if pvc or sch 40 pipe with a slit on the edge of my truck blade to stop the rock/dirt/grass pickup issue.
Just a helpful comment... I'd get a digital recorder or old phone and record your voice on that as a backup, just clap your hands in front of all the cameras you're using (plus the digital recorder)so later you can line up the audio in post.
I have the frontier blade and i can't run it in float either, i have the same problem with taking rocks out of my driveway making for extra landscaping in the spring. People say to put a PVC pipe on the blade, but i wish someone would create an edge tamer type thing to replace the round snow shoes that come with it. I see they have them for truck plows or 4 wheeler plows but not the frontier.
i've never thrown rocks into the yard because I'm too cheap to put rock on my driveway. Maybe someday, but its been fine for 20 years without it.
I have a Yanmar with a loader attached plow. It has a backhoe on it. I couldn't use the float with the back hoe on it. The front end would come up in the air. I took the back hoe off. Then the rear wheels didn't have any traction. I built a rear platform for it. I have pails of sand on the back for ballast. Now, I can use the float and still have steering. I adjusted the feet on the plow so that it would leave about 1 inch of snow. I also put chains on the rear tires. It's an excellent combination. I also put an FM radio on it so I had something to listen to while I'm plowing.
An external USB battery pack and a bunch of handwarmers attached work to keep a Go Pro running in the cold. More to manage, but can be rigged into one manageable unit.
Been a long time since we've had a bad winter like we had every year in the 70's and 80's.
Back then you got storm after storm with no melting in between so you had to push the first snow as far back as possible so hopefully by the last storm you could still have one narrow lane open.
I try and spray silicone on my blades before the storm. It helps for a while till it wears off. Some folks have suggested Pam but I haven't tried it yet
If Surrey in UK had that Much Snow it 100% Grind to Halt see what 50mm does here
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Although it was just for fun, making that extra pass is crucial to be prepared for the next snow storm so you have a place to put it instead of a frozen pile in your way :-)
A bit of silicone lubricant spray on the plow blade will keep the snow from sticking. Great for snow blowers and hand shovels as well.
Really don't like the skid shoes on my JD blade... I've seen them being made three to four times bigger in diameter and float really well. Gonna try that next snow season, maybe even attach a pair onto the rear blade too.
Ug, you need a yard guard on that blade. Basically a three inch round pipe with a cut out slot for your cutting blade to insert to. Gets bolted or pinned in each end to hold it on. Floats over gravel or yards without damage. Plus you could use down pressure to back blade in front of garages etc.
Twice it looked like you did a lot of bouncing. The blade would then lift causing a small pile which caused more bouncing. Did you feel that and if so did you discover how to stop it? It would seem you would need to go at a different speed to minimize the harmonics when going back over it.
Yep…slow down a bit.
I do not have the Frontier blade, but a generic skid steer quick attach blade. in float it doesn't want to drag the bottom of the loader arms or the ssqa adapter brackets. its just like have the loader bucket slightly above the ground.
What size hp is that tractor am looking at a massey ferguson gc1723e.
How do you like cuz I'm thinking about buying something like
Waste of money all these over priced attachments. Loader , tamers, push it. Done.
Where is your driveway markers for the long section of driveway?
I know it was day light, and it appears the 911 grill guard blocked a lot of the headlight.
Bought one from titan, the forward projection is much less than yours.
I've heard that a piece of pipe with a slot cut in it put over the cutting edge helps to save grass and gravel and keep it from scraping up loose driveways although I've never tried it myself.
Trying to find a quick attachment loader plow that would not require 3rd function
I have always read of issues using float, weight just wants to dig. I have no experience, but it would make sense to me to put it in float and once it settles, then take it out of float. Then you know you are level.
A coat of car wax on a warm blade will make that snow slide like magic. Or spray furniture polish
I keep fogging up my window too. I wish there was a de-fogger I could get. I'm about to pay them to take it off.
Your blade is too small or you are plowing too fast. You really need a front-mount snowblower for that amount of snow. I also can't see if you have shoes on the blade to stay above the gravel until the drive is frozen.
You should contact Maywes and see if they have a skid plate/wear plate option that could be retrofit to your blade.
Someone told me they had good results by welding a piece of 2" steel pipe to the cutting edge to prevent pulling up the gravel
You would need to put a pipe on the cutting edge of your blade. You can make one for all your blades easy and cheap.
I use the float on my loader mounted Frontier and I actually wish for some additional weight occasionally.
A great video in spite of, and in some ways because of the technical challenges. I am sure many appreciate your openness about the technical challenges related to producing your great content.
I would think Artillian could adjust the angle of the plow bracket down on the mounting end and up on the blade end so you could use the float function.
As long as you can get the video you can always voice over 😜 and I think a front mounted snow blower would be better.
Get a piece of 1" or 1 1/4 pipe as long as your blade and slice it long ways so it fits over the cutting edge, next weld flat stock on each end of the pipe on the back of the blade and bolt it to your blade and insto presto no more rocks in the yard