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Snakebit12
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Have your wife shovel it.
That's the equivalent of option 6...wait until it melts!
Snow Removal On a Chip & Tar Driveway
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That's the equivalent of option 6...wait until it melts!
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Snakebit12
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After hours of web-surfing, I have found what I think would work:
These were posted on this forum 12 years ago by a member who has not posted since March 2017. I have PM'd him but don't expect a reply.
This setup appears to be heavy duty - enough to handle the weight of the blade and FEL on float. But it is NOT a Woods accessory (per their tech support).
The curvature of the brackets seems way too precise (i.e. engineered) to simply be someone's fabrication. So, I am guessing that this is someone's accessory...but whose?
Does anyone recognize this assembly?
These were posted on this forum 12 years ago by a member who has not posted since March 2017. I have PM'd him but don't expect a reply.
This setup appears to be heavy duty - enough to handle the weight of the blade and FEL on float. But it is NOT a Woods accessory (per their tech support).
The curvature of the brackets seems way too precise (i.e. engineered) to simply be someone's fabrication. So, I am guessing that this is someone's accessory...but whose?
Does anyone recognize this assembly?
leonz
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He probably has a machine shop.
The nearest current product that woods would have is the RB1010 back blade with the single tail wheel and 2 hydraulic cylinders one of which controls the fine depth of the blade and the second that controls the blade angle.
You could always buy a sheet of rubber free stall mat and cut it into slices and bolt it to the bottom of the blade to clear off the snow on your driveway.
The nearest current product that woods would have is the RB1010 back blade with the single tail wheel and 2 hydraulic cylinders one of which controls the fine depth of the blade and the second that controls the blade angle.
You could always buy a sheet of rubber free stall mat and cut it into slices and bolt it to the bottom of the blade to clear off the snow on your driveway.
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Snow Removal On a Chip & Tar Driveway
Those are some fine looking brackets welded on there. The only issue I see is that they don’t allow the blade to lower very much with those wheels attached. Having the ability to fine tune the blade depth above or below ground would be a nice setup.
Those are some fine looking brackets welded on there. The only issue I see is that they don’t allow the blade to lower very much with those wheels attached. Having the ability to fine tune the blade depth above or below ground would be a nice setup.
ZTMAN
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Sounds like you are looking at some good options. I will tell about a quick redneck solution is that I discovered by necessity.
Wife invited some city slickers to MY camp for a weenie roast in Dec. She said it would be fun. As fate would have it, eight inches of snow hit the night before. Access to the camp is by a gravel/shale lane that is about a half mile long. Not an issue for the vehicles I have but the city slickers were coming with their Eddie B boots.
I hooked up an old skid to the back of my 4 wheeler. One end with a three foot rope, the other end four foot so the skid would be angled. Put three CMUs in the skid for weight and took off. Was amazed that it pushed the snow to the side of the lane so well. No digging or damage to the gravel either.
One city slicker asked me how much I had to pay to have the lane plowed. I showed him my "plow."
Wife invited some city slickers to MY camp for a weenie roast in Dec. She said it would be fun. As fate would have it, eight inches of snow hit the night before. Access to the camp is by a gravel/shale lane that is about a half mile long. Not an issue for the vehicles I have but the city slickers were coming with their Eddie B boots.
I hooked up an old skid to the back of my 4 wheeler. One end with a three foot rope, the other end four foot so the skid would be angled. Put three CMUs in the skid for weight and took off. Was amazed that it pushed the snow to the side of the lane so well. No digging or damage to the gravel either.
One city slicker asked me how much I had to pay to have the lane plowed. I showed him my "plow."
darmstrong2319
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What about snow tamers I think that’s what they’re called would something like that work? I seen them on a video and after install they pushed the blade across the yard without gouging the turf.
TMGT
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We use rotary brooms at work to clear snow off the pavers, (it's a LARGE area also), as long as you dont let it get too deep. Works great and doesn't do any damage.
They run them on about 3 skid steers, 2 tractors and a couple UTV's.
They run them on about 3 skid steers, 2 tractors and a couple UTV's.
It must have been a premade bracket, but they are mounted upside down. Notice the curved section should have been facing down to allow the wheel clearance when rotating 360*. The flat plates with 2 holes were probably meant for the top of a mower deck.
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Snakebit12
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That is an interesting observation on the 360 rotation...makes total sense. Perhaps installing it with the curved side down raises the post cylinder too high for the wheel to hold the blade above ground level?
I too suspect that it is a pre-made bracket...why would a fabricator add those flat plates?
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Reb954
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It also doesn't look like the wheels can be raised enough to get the blade to ground level.