I've been chipping frozen, packed dirt out from under my tilt rams again, once or twice per day, just like last year, and I hate it. (This is down at the backing plate; packs like concrete.) I also clean/chip out around the pivot knuckle (I guess you'd call it), which REALLY stinks. Last night I got an epiphany; why not drop the implement, extend the rams till that pocket of frozen dirt is level, and pour antifreeze on them? Ha. This morning I was hauling out muck; piece of cake. Why didn't I think of that last year? Any, FWIW. j