Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[aeblank]

Never heard of Beaver Creek. Turns out I'm less than an hour away (Cadillac). Go figure.

I drive home last night through 4"+ of fresh stuff. Get home (45 min) and barely a dusting. Go figure.

 

[civilian]

Never heard of Beaver Creek. Turns out I'm less than an hour away (Cadillac). Go figure.

I drive home last night through 4"+ of fresh stuff. Get home (45 min) and barely a dusting. Go figure.

is Beaver Creek near Otsego lake? Jon

 

[aeblank]

is Beaver Creek near Otsego lake? Jon

Where 127 and 75 split, per the Google maps.

 

[civilian]

Where 127 and 75 split, per the Google maps.

there is a Beaver Creek Resort? that is west of Otsego Lake. I think there is a township of Beaver Creek in the Grayling, MI area also. Jon

 

[rt014]

This new hydraulic plow in conjunction with my Yamaha Rhino are a great combo:

 

[dnw64]

Here's my M-F GC2300 with 2360 Blower. Mods as follows:

Curtis Cab (velcro re-done this year)
Curtis Heater
36" Light Bar on top of cab
(2) 18W LED work lights near bottom of ROPS
Linear Actuator on Deflector
1/8" UHMW on back of chute/deflector
Spare garage door opener clipped to cupholder...

I have a set of Euro-style chains but haven't felt the need for them yet.

 

[dnw64]

Never seen chains on front only

I did that on my old Ford HD Industrial as well as my plow truck. On the tractor it's because I was cheap and could run 16" truck tire chains (which I already had) on it, instead of spending $500 on rear chains. On my plow truck it's because I was cheap (are you sensing a trend here?) and there is more weight on the front of a p/u than the rear, so it is actually more effective.

In either case, having more control over the direction you're going is a big advantage over skating around wherever the plow wants to push you*. For sure, chains on all four would be the ultimate, but even just the front is amazing.

*I ran an angle plow on the tractor too - just an old manual job I rigged to the bucket.

 

[Wild and Free]

This new hydraulic plow in conjunction with my Yamaha Rhino are a great combo:View attachment 533358

What is that contraption on the rear end? Never seen or heard of a hydraulic plow. Need more info on this one to help quench my intellectual thirst for knowledge.

 

[s219]

What is that contraption on the rear end? Never seen or heard of a hydraulic plow. Need more info on this one to help quench my intellectual thirst for knowledge.

Log skidder plate with winch.

 

[rt014]

Log skidder plate with winch.

Correct. On the rear is a Farmi logging winch. On the front is a WR Long hydraulic angle plow.

 

[Rustyiron]

Christmas snow!

 

[Wild and Free]

Correct. On the rear is a Farmi logging winch. On the front is a WR Long hydraulic angle plow.

Ah Ok gotcha,I was looking at the skidder attatchment and not thinking about the front plow lol.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

You can see my machine in the bottom-right corner. Lol.
I really should get chains!

 

[Thomas]

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Heard this afternoon might be noreaster coming this weekend.

 

[Pixguy]

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Heard this afternoon might be noreaster coming this weekend.

Woo hoo. ;-/

 

[Thomas]

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Don't you dare do a snow dance.

 

[Pixguy]

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Don't you dare do a snow dance.

My sarcasm wasn't clear enough I guess.

Trust me, when you live on a hill that we do, even the 2" we got overnight is a chore.

 

[RoyJackson]

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Heard this afternoon might be noreaster coming this weekend.

Well, I kinda hope not...what say we give it a few weeks before another storm...?

 

[shaeff]

I have no pictures to share, only serious amounts of frustration! We got about 6" of heavy, wet slushy snow Christmas Eve into Christmas Day. I was almost excited to finally try out my 6' blower. That lasted about 10 seconds.

Fired up the machine, let it warm up a few minutes. Drive over to the area of my driveway that needed to be cleared, drop the blower, engage PTO, reverse low gear and off I go.

The snow just piled up in front of the blower. Nothing even made it into the auger. It was literally like using a snow plow. When it did pick up snow, it quickly plugged up the chute. As my frustration began to intensify, one of my tire chains slipped off. How frustrating!

I've had these chains on for a year with no issues, now in the midst of my frustration the right side comes off. Great.

I just gave up, I had to be somewhere an our away in just 40 minutes. My brother plowed me out with his truck.

Winter- 1
Shaeff- 0

Back to your regularly scheduled program.

 

[beenthere]

I have no pictures to share, only serious amounts of frustration! We got about 6" of heavy, wet slushy snow Christmas Eve into Christmas Day. I was almost excited to finally try out my 6' blower. That lasted about 10 seconds.


Back to your regularly scheduled program.

Must not be Germantown, WI.. as it has been too cold for slushy snow. Maybe out East somewhere?