Generic bucket edge tamers

[JTKub]

To the OP, does your tractor have a cab on it?? I got a rear mount snowblower some years ago and without a cab its like I was almost always working in a blizzard! Snow always all over me. So glad when I sold it and bought a plow for my truck. Just a thought.

No cab on my T224. After all these years of snow blowing, I'm used to looking like a Yeti after some sessions. The way my property sits, I have a pattern to how/where I throw the snow with the wind. I dress for the occasion and feel blessed I'm not shoveling by hand. Sometimes depending on the wind and the consistency of the snow, you're getting it on you no matter what you do.

In terms of my green bucket skids. I haven't decided if I want to try to return them, or if I want to try them this winter and chuck them in the trash if these particular units don't work for me. I really like the idea of the R2 units that bolt onto your bucket using the existing edge bolt holes.

 

[tacticalturnip]

No cab on my T224. After all these years of snow blowing, I'm used to looking like a Yeti after some sessions. The way my property sits, I have a pattern to how/where I throw the snow with the wind. I dress for the occasion and feel blessed I'm not shoveling by hand. Sometimes depending on the wind and the consistency of the snow, you're getting it on you no matter what you do.

In terms of my green bucket skids. I haven't decided if I want to try to return them, or if I want to try them this winter and chuck them in the trash if these particular units don't work for me. I really like the idea of the R2 units that bolt onto your bucket using the existing edge bolt holes.

I used the original design for a few years, and when they came out with the bolt-on model I switched over, and I much prefer them.

 

[CliffordK]

The plastic shoes look interesting. Can you get 2 or 3 spare sets of the shoes?

I'd probably reserve the plastic shoes for work on concrete and asphalt, and take them off for working on gravel or dirt. Perhaps it would depend a bit on where your primary use will be.

Ideally for non marring surfaces like gravel, you could get hardened steel shoes for it.

 

[RayIN]

Exactly why US manufacturing is struggling.

I suspect the new 100% tariff on China imports might fix that.

 

[CalG]

The plastic shoes look interesting. Can you get 2 or 3 spare sets of the shoes?

I'd probably reserve the plastic shoes for work on concrete and asphalt, and take them off for working on gravel or dirt. Perhaps it would depend a bit on where your primary use will be.

Ideally for non marring surfaces like gravel, you could get hardened steel shoes for it.

Break out the hard facing rod and run a few lines!

ps

The edge tamers are the perfect addition when you need to carry just one log on the bucket. Two will load, but it takes some hand work.

I use them that way a bit.