New holland l218

[oheimbaugh]

So snow is around the corner and i bought a 8ft push box weighs about 6-800lbs does anyone know if a new holland l218 skidsteer would be able to push that efficiently with the 2 speed engaged or would it be underpowered? I still have yet to buy the skidsteer.

 

[mrbb]

I think you will have the power, but you might not have the traction pending weight type of snow(wet heavy, or very deep, or?? , and the ground your pushing on, (up hill, gravel, packed snow or ice and so on)
lots of things effect what all a machine and push besides HP!

 

[oheimbaugh]

I think you will have the power, but you might not have the traction pending weight type of snow(wet heavy, or very deep, or?? , and the ground your pushing on, (up hill, gravel, packed snow or ice and so on)
lots of things effect what all a machine and push besides HP!

It’ll be working mainly on a asphalt parking lot thats flat we usually don’t get any serious snow I just don’t want to buy this thing and it not be able to push the snow around

 

[mrbb]

its an almost 70 HP 7,000 lb machine
it should NOT have a power issue to push a 8 ft snow blade, as long as its running right!
AND as long s it has traction, traction will be your limit factor more than power!

dirt tires are NOT very good on hard pack snow,
there made of too hard of rubber to grip and have too few bitting edges, but even with them most folks get by OK!

HOWEVER< many folks that plow for income, or just folks that plow a LOT of snow, switch to actual snow tires, to gain the benefits and save time to make
more $$! time matters when your in it for income!
OR??
some folks will also add stud's or add chains to GAIN traction,
saving time spinning, or just running out of traction(not power)
but that cam damage surfaces like concrete or pavement)
so you know!

there are also, tons of youtube videos showing what average skid steers can push in snow, and you will again see, its traction that stops them most times and NOT HP or size of machine! or plow size there using!

 

[JimAnthony]

Traction is your biggest concern with a skid steer. I had steel tracks on mine that were of no use on snow covered unpaved roads. Getting stuck in snow once, I wove logging chains through the tracks to get out of a slight grade. You are more likely to need to plow snow in dark morning hours and consider extra lighting. You would be more versatile purchasing a snowplow if you have pickup truck. New price about $8,000 or try for used.

 

[ward]

When I worked in Virginia, town of Winchester about 2002 we had track machines and rubber tire machines our lot was mostly flat ground, we got 30" of snow over the weekend, ie 15 inches on saturday night and 15 more on sunday night, the rubber tired machines had a hard time making a full push across the lot they would have to raise their bucket about a foot to make it all the way across, while the track machines pushed all the way across and one unit had steel tracks over tires the track machines would not only make a full pass but when they hit the pile left by the rubber tire machines they keep on pushing, that said the steel tracks will get a guy in trouble fast on a side hill, on a side note I used to see studs for tracks and tires that you just screw in using a screw gun using I believe a 1/4" or 5/15 inch socket advertised on youtube.