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<blockquote data-quote="Wolfshadow" data-source="post: 29987" data-attributes="member: 3211"><p>I have pushed snow with my bobcat in California, Idaho and Colorado. Colorado snow was a joy to push, with or without tracks. Ca. and Idaho snow.....what a pain! Too much moisture and not enough cold air.....in other words..ICE I tried my "L" tracks in the snow and discovered two things very quickly....on asphalt, you will skate with no means of control. On gravel, the tracks pack up with ice and you will feel like a bobble head as you try to keep your bucket or blade edge in a float. Skid steer tires and tracks are just not ideally suited for snow. The best snow tire is tall, skinny and heavily siped. Wide and heavily lugged tires, like ours, become frozen rubber stones in the snow. A tire has to remain flexible to provide grip, in cold and hot conditions. I found that having my tire shop sipe my vehicle tires helps a lot in the snow. I haven't tried it with the bobcat tires, but I suspect that the siping machine is not able to cut deep enough on skidsteer tires to help. It seems like the only way to go is with chains. I have experimented with chaining just the front or just the rear. Chaining just the rear seems to work best. If you plow blacktop or concrete, you're going to "nick" it up. Try to avoid 360's and ease your turns. And if you are plowing commercially, make sure you warn your clients about the "nicking" and have them sign a release of damage agreement. CYA!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wolfshadow, post: 29987, member: 3211"] I have pushed snow with my bobcat in California, Idaho and Colorado. Colorado snow was a joy to push, with or without tracks. Ca. and Idaho snow.....what a pain! Too much moisture and not enough cold air.....in other words..ICE I tried my "L" tracks in the snow and discovered two things very quickly....on asphalt, you will skate with no means of control. On gravel, the tracks pack up with ice and you will feel like a bobble head as you try to keep your bucket or blade edge in a float. Skid steer tires and tracks are just not ideally suited for snow. The best snow tire is tall, skinny and heavily siped. Wide and heavily lugged tires, like ours, become frozen rubber stones in the snow. A tire has to remain flexible to provide grip, in cold and hot conditions. I found that having my tire shop sipe my vehicle tires helps a lot in the snow. I haven't tried it with the bobcat tires, but I suspect that the siping machine is not able to cut deep enough on skidsteer tires to help. It seems like the only way to go is with chains. I have experimented with chaining just the front or just the rear. Chaining just the rear seems to work best. If you plow blacktop or concrete, you're going to "nick" it up. Try to avoid 360's and ease your turns. And if you are plowing commercially, make sure you warn your clients about the "nicking" and have them sign a release of damage agreement. CYA!!! [/QUOTE]
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