What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

[ray66v]

honestly if I were buying new would go 5ft or maybe 6ft on subcompact then weight it as needed. this light 7ft will drag me around when angled and blade full of wet stuff. do most of blade work backing though so it will bleed off w/o trapping rear tires.
am running 2" spacers, and mid mount mower is really close. didn't think 3" would work.
but 7ft is just too wide, however it was free so...

Have you tried using that blade, at less of an angle?

I have a 6' snow plow that fits on the FEL arms.

If I angle it 45 degrees, the tractor will want to turn some when pushing deep snow. But, if I angle it 22.5 degrees, it goes straight.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

My problem with anything less than max angle is the snow won't slide off to the side, and that is going near or at max speed in high range ... Of course the rusty surface may have something to do with that too?

Only time I've used 0° angle is cleaning up near the house/garage ... Otherwise it's at max angle.

And I turned it around to drag a path across the lawn to the barn ... Which still left about 2" of snow on the ground ... But at least it didn't tear up the grass!

 

[irvingj]

Well, not much moving around here this morning!

Everything is coated with a layer of ice, looks like we have about 1/4" here. I could probably get up the driveway with the aggressive chains I have on the rears of the LRB, but I'm not so sanguine about getting back down without sliding off to the side.

I purchased a Japanese Kei car -- a very cute little 4WD SUV-- through Hemmings last week... it's supposed to be delivered today (from Miami) but I doubt that'll happen!

Guess we'll just sit and wait (and hope) the temps rise like they're forecast to and stuff begins to melt.

 

[Dmacleo]

cool thing about KEI vehicles is you can toss them in a 7ft wide trailer and haul around with a crown vic
yeah dealing with the ice an snowfall right now at 0715 in central maine.
got 2019 silverado running to melt just in case.

 

[Dmacleo]

Have you tried using that blade, at less of an angle?

yes, many times. but at some point (basically length when going fwd) snow will collect enough to build up to point that it affects rear tires. generally around 60ft fwd in a 4+ inch snowfall.
when pushing backwards never happens.
its all a matter of knowing what to do.
when blower not on I nail it all with bucket then use rear blade to collect the bucket bleedoff. combo of fwd and rev works well.
I do most work at the 22deg mark, very seldom do I go beyond that.
and it is fast.
when blower on the whole removal plan changes of course

 

[ray66v]

yes, many times. but at some point (basically length when going fwd) snow will collect enough to build up to point that it affects rear tires. generally around 60ft fwd in a 4+ inch snowfall.
when pushing backwards never happens.
its all a matter of knowing what to do.
when blower not on I nail it all with bucket then use rear blade to collect the bucket bleedoff. combo of fwd and rev works well.
I do most work at the 22deg mark, very seldom do I go beyond that.
and it is fast.
when blower on the whole removal plan changes of course

It is an advantage for me to have the plow in front.

Beside not having a stiff neck, the snow doesn't build up under my tires. And, I can keep the backhoe on for ballast.

In 4wd, the pile I am pushing has to be the size of a small car, to stop me. It's impressive what that thing can move.

 

[kenmbz]

My tires were better today at breaking up the sheet ice than the plow blade was.
Worth a try I guess.
Was hoping it would get warm enough to melt the ice, oh well, 700+ feet of sheet ice down to the road, wish I had a salt truck.

 

[ray66v]

My tires were better today at breaking up the sheet ice than the plow blade was.
Worth a try I guess.
Was hoping it would get warm enough to melt the ice, oh well, 700+ feet of sheet ice down to the road, wish I had a salt truck.
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Ice with R4's has to be like lce skating.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

That's why I have chains, front and back, plus strap on ice cleared for my boots ... I've never taken to skating!

 

[kenmbz]

We only get ice like this every decade or so, usually snow where the tires do fine.
Only time I would have liked to have chains, but even so, I didn't slide, but did go uphill backwards to scrape ice going down hill.