It's good to have a Bobcat

[galaxie428]

We haven't had a lot of snow but there was some drifting in front of our house Saturday morning. This is where our sidewalk is. The bobcat came in pretty handy. This drift was not there Friday night when we went to sleep but it was there when we got up Saturday. I sure am glad I did not have to use a shovel on this!

 

[Bob77064]

It's good to have a retriever too.

 

[PapaPerk]

That's one big drift! Wow!!!

 

[afoster]

I'm curious how you find the general purpose tires for working in deep snow. I'm assuming it is not an option without the rear ballast. But even with the ballast is the traction acceptable.

 

[galaxie428]

It's good to have a retriever too.

Yes, she comes in pretty handy. She is a pointing lab though she is still a pup and still learning. She did point a 1/2 dozen covey's of quail and a few singles but she also flushed as many. I was moving the snow out from around that little tree in the pic because she likes to chew all the branches off. She already has the lower ones chewed off, the snow drift would allow her to eat the rest!

That's one big drift! Wow!!!

It always drifts there but never this much. And, we have had much more snow and it has not drifted that much. The wind has been horrible this year though.

 

[Thomas]

That's what I call seat time..dang.

Every job has boss,looks like he/she doesn't give to many breaks.

 

[milkman636]

I'm curious how you find the general purpose tires for working in deep snow. I'm assuming it is not an option without the rear ballast. But even with the ballast is the traction acceptable.

I find that they do good with weight, lots and lots of weight. I wish that my CT335 rims had the holes to add rear wheel weights.

 

[milkman636]

I'm curious how you find the general purpose tires for working in deep snow. I'm assuming it is not an option without the rear ballast. But even with the ballast is the traction acceptable.

I find that they do good with weight, lots and lots of weight. I wish that my CT335 rims had the holes to add rear wheel weights.

 

[galaxie428]

I'm curious how you find the general purpose tires for working in deep snow. I'm assuming it is not an option without the rear ballast. But even with the ballast is the traction acceptable.

I don't really have anything to compare it to. I suspect ag tires would be much better but I use the tractor to mow with also so I went with the gp's. Like was mentioned, the extra weight helps. The ag tires I bet would allow me to "dig in" better but would tear up my yard too much.

 

[lostcreekranch]

I don't really have anything to compare it to. I suspect ag tires would be much better but I use the tractor to mow with also so I went with the gp's. Like was mentioned, the extra weight helps. The ag tires I bet would allow me to "dig in" better but would tear up my yard too much.

Do you have liquid ballast in your rear tires? Make all the difference in the world for traction.

 

[jejeosborne]

Looks like you are a good fit for a snow fence.

 

[galaxie428]

Do you have liquid ballast in your rear tires? Make all the difference in the world for traction.

No I do not. As I mentioned, I also use it to mow and it is already heavy. I don't want to add any more permanent weight to it that I need to.

Looks like you are a good fit for a snow fence.

I have snow fence, I just never think about putting it put. Plus, the lab in the pics would have it eaten to pieces in a day. There is nothing that is safe in the yard.

 

[jejeosborne]

No I do not. As I mentioned, I also use it to mow and it is already heavy. I don't want to add any more permanent weight to it that I need to.

I have snow fence, I just never think about putting it put. Plus, the lab in the pics would have it eaten to pieces in a day. There is nothing that is safe in the yard.

Looks like the snow is safe in the yard. Maybe you should flavor the snow and see if it disappears. Lol

 

[galaxie428]

If I could make it sparkle like a light, I bet she would eat every bit of it. She loves lights. We have surveilance cameras at the house and I logged in one day from work to check on the house and I watched her pull 15 solar lights up along the house, one at a time, and eat them. I really don't think she ate the glass, I found most of if broken up in the yard but the lights were ruined. Those are not the only lights she has ruined. My wife calls her "dam dog". (I know that is the wrong spelling)

 

[tman1020]

i find the gp tires the best i have used short of chains for snow. not filled and the only weight i have is a 400 pound cab and a rear grader blade.

 

[Dr_Zinj]

I'm curious how you find the general purpose tires for working in deep snow. I'm assuming it is not an option without the rear ballast. But even with the ballast is the traction acceptable.

I have the same machine and tires as Galaxie has, only I have the tires loaded with beet juice and a back blade on the 3 pt instead of the ballast. Total weight is a bit over 3000 pounds.

I can drive forward and wing off about 6 inches of snow without spinning the tires, except for one spot on the drive that takes a fairly steep upturn. Blading in reverse I can handle almost twice that depth before the snow tops the blade and builds up under the tires killing my traction.

Oddly enough, dropping the FEL and pushing through with it doesn't make any appreciable difference than the backblade as the snow eventually builds up in front, and what falls back into the cleared path again builds up under the tires and kills traction. Which is why with deep snow I end up herringboning the snow off all the way up the drive.

All that is one reason why I've been considering whether or not to get a front mount blower for it.

 

[jaotguy]

3rd pic says it all .... what? why did you stop short of the tree!

 

[tman1020]

Dr zinj i think a front mount blower would be sweet in your situation. they r slower going and most times loader has to be removed but i cant see a better way to move large amounts of snow. especially if u dont need loader in winter. sure would be nice if it was blower cab combo.

 

[galaxie428]

3rd pic says it all .... what? why did you stop short of the tree!

That was my attempt to start clearing out the snow from around that tree that has already had most of the lower braches chewed off by the dog. If I had left the snow drift there, all you would find is a nub left. My wife's father gave us two tulip poplars about 4 years ago, one had grown to about 6' and the other about 10'. This past summer I was out in the front yard and thought something looked like it was missing. After walking around a bit, I realized that I was missing two trees. Both of them had been eaten down to 3" nubs!

I now have cages around them and they are coming back, we will see if they come out of it this summer.

As my wide would say, DAM DOG!

 

[afoster]

I have a CT335 with AG tires and filled. Yes I get great traction, but they sure tear up the landscape and I do notice the extra weight when carrying the tractor on a trailer. So the reason I asked about the GP tires was to get an idea how much traction I might loose in snow if I switched over to them.