Putting a 2.75" hardened steel pipe on rear blade for plowing in soft conditions?

[Too many Kubotas]

For me, I can put the lift arms at just about ground level and it doesn't make a difference.

And I already make it a bit harder for myself by not keeping the pivot for the blade vertical (to be able to lift it higher), meaning that I have to adjust the tilt of the blade every time I change the angle.

 

[In.the.Piñons]

That’s why if you adjust the top link so the cutting edge points to the rear and positioned like a squeegee it will skim over the gravel. It won’t sink in if the cutting edge is angled correctly.

I tried again the other day to shorten the top link as much as possible and it was still digging in to much. Admittedly, the part of the road I was experimenting on is pretty soft though.

Then I tried to reverse the blade (with the pipe still on it) and that stopped all the vibration/chatter I was experiencing when the blade was facing forward.

So I guess the chatter didn't come from the pipe springing back and forth on the mold board like I suspected originally.

With the blade is still reversed, it doesn't solve all my problems, but since the first 5.5" that's in contact with the ground is smooth, that might be enough to let the snow slide down the blade. Maybe. Guess I'll wait until there's snow so I can try it out.

But I'm still pretty stoked anyway as I now know I can "back blade" with the pipe on.

I do that a bit here and there in winter to help smooth out any stutter bumps that start to form on the hills (where the sun melts the snow and drys out the road). Changing to the box blade or LP is too much work just to touch up a few sections here and there. I just make do with what I can accomplish with the blade until the spring.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

With the blade is still reversed, it doesn't solve all my problems, but since the first 5.5" that's in contact with the ground is smooth, that might be enough to let the snow slide down the blade. Maybe. Guess I'll wait until there's snow so I can try it out.

If the snow is only about 4-5 inches deep, and cooperative, yeah hopefully it'll work. Or at least help.

I have gotten used to having to back up and push the collected snow off to the side every now and then. Life is so much easier when able to run the blade in the correct position when there's solid snow/ice on the driveway.

 

[spruce Deere]

My gravel driveway is a mile long - right down the section line. I have a 1000 pound Rhino rear blade. Reversed when not hard frozen - straight on when hard as bedrock.

Not had to plow snow since the winter of 2020-2021. Nobody can convince me that we aren't experiencing dramatic changes in the weather.

Ya know oosik, you should have bought those tractor tire chains you were pondering over a while back then it might have snowed some.....

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Ya know oosik, you should have bought those tractor tire chains you were pondering over a while back then it might have snowed some.....

Nope, it doesn't work that way.

The more equipment and the more prepared I get, the less it snows.

 

[In.the.Piñons]

Nope, it doesn't work that way.

The more equipment and the more prepared I get, the less it snows.

Yep, that's a fundamental law of the universe.

Don't ever buy a recreational toy for the winter. That will really mess things up for years to come. I watched a nature documentary on that a few years back. Apparently, that's how most of the deserts formed.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I'm debating putting the snow chains on the skid steer for this winter.

Last winter I did, and there was no need whatsoever to use the snowblower. Or the blade or plow on the M6040.

Heck, I could've used an RC car with a 4" wide blade to clear the snow we got.

 

[In.the.Piñons]

I'm debating putting the snow chains on the skid steer for this winter.

Last winter I did, and there was no need whatsoever to use the snowblower. Or the blade or plow on the M6040.

Heck, I could've used an RC car with a 4" wide blade to clear the snow we got.

RC car, you say? It better be a gas one, cause I know how you feel about EV's!

 

[Too many Kubotas]

RC car, you say? It better be a gas one, cause I know how you feel about EV's!

At least an EV that small I could bring inside so it would be warm enough to charge it.

 

[In.the.Piñons]

At least an EV that small I could bring inside so it would be warm enough to charge it.

Charging inside the house!!!??

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Charging inside the house!!!??

Why not? I can run a cord (the extension kind) into the fireplace.

If it burns in there, it burns.

 

[In.the.Piñons]

Why not? I can run a cord (the extension kind) into the fireplace.

If it burns in there, it burns.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Buy him an EV and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Buy him an EV and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!

Really? Buying an EV automatically makes you end up in Hell?

 

[jyoutz]

Lookn' good, but as TMK said, we need to see what it looks like on back of the blade. Got a pic?

 

[Gregster613]

I have a hydraulic top link now, so it will be easier to play with that, but I've always angled the blade and offset it. In fact I now have title, angle, offset, top link and gauge wheel controls on hydraulics.

I can try again, but I think my blade wasn't designed to back blade snow. I should get rid of those vertical posts (previous owner modification).... that might help and I haven't found a good use for them.

I'd guess those pipes were used with/for a pair of gauge wheels perhaps?

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I'd guess those pipes were used with/for a pair of gauge wheels perhaps?

This is how his blade used to look, set up for a pair of small skids.

When mine starts digging into the gravel I know it's time to lift the blade an inch or two.

 

[Gregster613]

This is how his blade used to look, set up for a pair of small skids.

When mine starts digging into the gravel I know it's time to lift the blade an inch or two.View attachment 4670880

Okay, I see that and like you I've no other idea of what he might've used the pipes for.

 

[In.the.Piñons]

Really? Buying an EV automatically makes you end up in Hell?

Says the guy with a Dodge Demon or Hell Cat!

 

[In.the.Piñons]

Thanks for that. It looks like the back of your blade is pretty smooth vs my blade which has a bunch of perpendicular reinforcements all along the bottom of the blade where is meets the moldboard. That might account for the difference in the snow clearing capabilities of the two (back) blades.

 

[In.the.Piñons]

Okay, I see that and like you I've no other idea of what he might've used the pipes for.

I think they're too close to the ground to accommodate gauge wheels.

I tried making some huge skids for them that were 12" wide, but they just sank in, caught the earth and forced the blade into the ground. Total fail on my part lol.