$36, Three Beers And A Little Redneck Ingenuity

[smfcpacfp]

I like it too. It looks like pretty good wood work. I would be hesitant to stress it too much. I would take small cuts and more trips if the snow were deep.

 

[Bob77064]

Good job, and the price is right.

 

[Larro Darro]

Great job. Spray a little paint on that thing, and it will be with you for years.

Larro

 

[wango]

Looks great! That would have taken me at least 10 beers :drink:

 

[rankrank1]

I like it and I do not think that is redneck at all. I bet it works quite well although in my experience any small lightweight tractor can suffer from being pushed around when the blade is angled. Tire chains, weight, or even a combo of both are the only sure fire solutions for countering an angled blade.

Heck my redneck way is to just let the FEL bucket fill with snow and then use the snow pile in the bucket to push more snow. I push with the loader going forward and the box blade going rearward so almost always moving snow and most importantly I never have an angled blade pushing me around. Would not be efficient to do a road or long lane in my Y-pattern or herring bone travel patterns but it otherwise works quite decently and cost me $0.

 

[bellweather]

Very nice. Is there anything to dampen the shock if you hit something hard?

 

[RodSerling]

Looks great! That would have taken me at least 10 beers :drink:

Thanks

I like it and I do not think that is redneck at all. I bet it works quite well although in my experience any small lightweight tractor can suffer from being pushed around when the blade is angled. Tire chains, weight, or even a combo of both are the only sure fire solutions for countering an angled blade.

Heck my redneck way is to just let the FEL bucket fill with snow and then use the snow pile in the bucket to push more snow. I push with the loader going forward and the box blade going rearward so almost always moving snow and most importantly I never have an angled blade pushing me around. Would not be efficient to do a road or long lane in my Y-pattern or herring bone travel patterns but it otherwise works quite decently and cost me $0.

My drive is a 1/4 mile long, The picture is about the half way point. It took forever to do it like that(3 hours). It does pull to the non angle side if the blade fills and I'm going too fast. If that happens I pull the FEL off float and manually plow for a bit until it bites again. If I lean on the discharge side a bit she will hold straight. The first time I tried it I was looking for some spilt brakes. I thought about relaxing the angle a bit but I'm not sure if that would help any.

Very nice. Is there anything to dampen the shock if you hit something hard?

Yes, Me:thumbsup: I am working on a spring loaded cup holder for the beer though.

 

[Jerry/MT]

The ingenuity of folks on these forms never ceases to amaze me!

 

[wmonroe]

Nice setup, you could rebuild it quite a few times and still be way ahead the cost of a front plow.

 

[SensibleNick]

Love it

I'd get some vegetable oil on there and the snow'll slide off it beautifully (that's what we do over here with wooden things to stop them soaking up water)