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Old 12-28-2022, 02:35 PM   #6
1976gmc20
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Re: Snowplowing Questions

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1. Early in the fall if you get plowable snow set the plow shoes up a bit so you will do a bit less "landscaping" to the lawn if the ground isn't frozen.
2. Push the early snow back farther than you think you will need. Once the snow banks sit for awhile they get really hard.
Yes!

1. I don't know about a pickup plowing snow, but when I set the skids down so the front blade sits off the dirt, the front of the tractor just went sideways even in "float" on sidehills or with the blade angled. I had to retract the skids so the cutting edge contacts first and then carefully regulate the depth with the control.

2. I have a rear blade that sticks out about 18" outside the tires on each side that works well for "winging" the snow back off the driveway. Actually I use the rear blade about 90% of the time except breaking trail in deeper snow and pushing snow off our parking and turn-around area. If you get a really big snow all at once, you may want to plow the edge(s) off first and then go back and plow the middle out to the side(s) so you have a place to put it.

It takes a while to get a pattern that works for your property, so you're not always changing the blade angle or plowing the same spot over and over.

My driveway cuts across a hill so I plow all of it to the outside and as much over the edge as possible. Otherwise, the snow gets pushed against the bank on the inside and builds up, and then it all melts and runs across and down the road in the spring.
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