9" snow pusher or 9' snowplow?

[screamin400]

Just got offered an 8' Curtiss plow for 2200. Still thinking about a pusher along with the snowblower. The pusher may be best for me.

 

[nybirdman]

Stay away from any plow that is rigid mounted to the quick-tach plate. A snowplow needs to be able to float with the contours of the ground like it does on a plow truck with a chain for a top attachment to lift it. If it's rigid mounted then you have to constantly adjust the height unless you have just a flat driveway. If you rely on the loader float function then you lose front wheel traction (and steering traction) because the weight of the loader itself is shifted to the blade instead of keeping it on the front wheels.

I'm currently building one for my 2655 using an 8' fisher plow. I thought about going 9' too but just don't need that extra width and got an awesome deal on the 8' plow on craigslist. I also plan on running chains on all 4 wheels since after the first storm of the year my driveway is more like an ice road.

Good advice;rigid mount is o.k. for paved drives,not so good for dirt or gravel.

 

[MossRoad]

I've got a power angle snow plow on my FEL arms. It has gauge wheels, so you can easily adjust if the plow rides on the wheels or the lip hits the pavement just by curling or dumping the joystick an inch or two. I leave it an inch or two off the surface in gravel, and drop it to scrape the pavement. Being able to lift a plow up 5' makes it easy to pile snow, and knock back snow banks, too.

 

[Tomtint]

I have both a 8' snow plow welded directly to the QA plate. And a 8' Boss snow pusher. The snow box is to wide and heavy for my L3700SU, unless I'm only moving. 1-2". The snow box is far more efficient on my skidsteer. As someone stated before,I don't think a rigid mounted plow is the best for atractor, but for a skidsteer it is great for scraping hard pack off asphalt

 

[screamin400]

Looked around a little bit today and talked to another dealer to get his input. I will be doing mostly city paved small driveways. I am thinking pusher on front with blower on back. The angling of the blade could be nice but not sure the length of what I am plowing will matter unless I do get some commercial lots. We get heavy snow. I am thinking an angled blade will push my front end over and stress my loader arms. I think my own driveway would be about the only one with gravel on it.

 

[leonz]

You have to have a lot of weight to create the adhesion you need for plowing or pushing. A snow pusher can be overwhelmed very quickly and you have to dump off part of the load to be able to continue pushing the snow.

It sounds like you would be much better off using a front mounted snow blower and a pull type snow blower or rear blade on the rear if you have enough horse power and weight as long as the rear tires are loaded.



If you invest in a plow or a snow pusher you need to invest in an under body frame for the attachment rather than putting anything on the loader bucket.

Having a plow will help you with moving light snows and making windrows of the snow and then you can use the snow blower to get rid of the windrows.