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<blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 4888" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>If you do very much snow removal a plow is a real blessing.</p><p>Put the shoes on the bottom and lift the edge up when ever the ground is not frozen.</p><p>I usually carry the plow 1 inch above the ground the first time or two I do the lane and let some snow freeze down. The rest of the time I remove the shoes and let it scrape clean to the frost.</p><p>I have a 8' snow bucket, but the outside corners dig in when the machine goes through humps and holes in the drive because the bucket is 3 ft wider then the machine. Its ok but no trip edge and dumping takes time.</p><p>My snow blade has enough play in the pins to allow the blade to float side to side and prevents the corners from digging in.</p><p>It is a 7' meyers that we widened to 9' with a extension on each side angled forward at 30 degrees. This is the best of both worlds. It prevent snow from trickling around the sides and acts like a pusher or box blade when straight. I can carry twice the volume of snow across the parking area. I can also angle it left or right from within the cab when I want to angle blade. </p><p> They pickup blades are however somewhat light duty for a skidsteer and can be broke. Also you need flow restricters in the hydraulics to slow the angling to a controlable speed (or else you have to idle the engine everttime you want to change plow angle)</p><p><img src="https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Skidsteer%20Ca/IMG_0624.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Skidsteer%20Ca/IMG_0027.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Skidsteer%20Ca/IMG_0033.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>The rubber cutting edge on the extensions is just the face cut out of a heavy truck tire, inside facing forward</p><p>This is the newest snow toy. If it would just snow more (instead of this freezing rain cr*p) I could use it.</p><p><img src="https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Skidsteer%20Ca/IMG_0616.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Its great where drifting is a problem or there is no place to pile snow (blower geatly reduces the volume), but the blade will clean more area in a shorter time. Plus no trip edge on the blower stops me dead if I hit something frozen in the ground, so I have to travel slower.</p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skidsteer.ca, post: 4888, member: 307"] If you do very much snow removal a plow is a real blessing. Put the shoes on the bottom and lift the edge up when ever the ground is not frozen. I usually carry the plow 1 inch above the ground the first time or two I do the lane and let some snow freeze down. The rest of the time I remove the shoes and let it scrape clean to the frost. I have a 8' snow bucket, but the outside corners dig in when the machine goes through humps and holes in the drive because the bucket is 3 ft wider then the machine. Its ok but no trip edge and dumping takes time. My snow blade has enough play in the pins to allow the blade to float side to side and prevents the corners from digging in. It is a 7' meyers that we widened to 9' with a extension on each side angled forward at 30 degrees. This is the best of both worlds. It prevent snow from trickling around the sides and acts like a pusher or box blade when straight. I can carry twice the volume of snow across the parking area. I can also angle it left or right from within the cab when I want to angle blade. They pickup blades are however somewhat light duty for a skidsteer and can be broke. Also you need flow restricters in the hydraulics to slow the angling to a controlable speed (or else you have to idle the engine everttime you want to change plow angle) [IMG]https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Skidsteer%20Ca/IMG_0624.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Skidsteer%20Ca/IMG_0027.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Skidsteer%20Ca/IMG_0033.JPG[/IMG] The rubber cutting edge on the extensions is just the face cut out of a heavy truck tire, inside facing forward This is the newest snow toy. If it would just snow more (instead of this freezing rain cr*p) I could use it. [IMG]https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Skidsteer%20Ca/IMG_0616.JPG[/IMG] Its great where drifting is a problem or there is no place to pile snow (blower geatly reduces the volume), but the blade will clean more area in a shorter time. Plus no trip edge on the blower stops me dead if I hit something frozen in the ground, so I have to travel slower. Ken [/QUOTE]
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