993 Winter Warrior

[Shadow99]

Hey Guys,
Got another attachment for my 993, Mother Nature won't be an issue this winter! Was using a grader-blade last year to remove snow & FEL to pile it up, it worked as long as snow wasn't deeper than 6", then more snow would go over GB then get pushed by it.
Picked up a used Ford 715 60" 2 stage snowblower last weekend, have to re-engineer a mechanical arm for chute rotation. Cause there are no aux. outputs on my machine (yet).
And I still haven't had time to machine up my oil-filter adapter, incase any of you were wondering if I finished that project yet, still on back-burner.
See last years set-up & this years below.

Rick

 

[Shadow99]

Ok, how's this for upgrades? Added (2) 3800 lumens flood lights front & rear, anybody looking at machine may suffer from "flash-burn!"

Found a better arrangement for starting engine in very cold temps, than the old method of heating up oil & jamming girlfriend's hairdryer into air filter, while trying to reach & turn key. Used the same old heating-pad (i used last year for oil pan), but folded it over the air-pipe, that goes from air-filter to 90' bent rubber hose into intake manifold. Cover that with a piece of fiberglass insulation, close hood & cook on HIGH for 45 minutes to an hour, UNPLUG & REMOVE HEATING PAD BEFORE STARTING TRACTOR! Get INSTANT starts, no hesitation, no hard cranking, NO GIGGLE-JUICE!!!
Pic #1 (Step 1, install heating pad), Pic #2 (Step 2, cover w/insulation), Pic #3 (Step 3, close hood & cook it)


All my snow melted, nothing but an ice skating rink now! Need more snow to play!!!
Rick