I got the Cub ready for plowing today. Ive had the plow on it for a while, but the lights were not working when I tried them a few weeks ago. I had them working in the spring.
The dash mounted 25 amp fuse was blown. I found another in my shop but that blew immediately when I replaced it. 3/4” long, 1/4” diameter fuses were not real easy to find but I did locate some on Amazon for $3.00 each and got a pack of (5).
Before blowing a 3rd one, I checked for a short and found it on the second fixture I checked (front left). A screw connector to one of the new $7, 6 volt lights I installed in the spring loosened up over the summer and caused the hot wire to touch the fixture edge. It was a very quick fix. I put one of the new fuses in and all (3) lights are now working again.
I need the lights for snow plowing because I work full time and then some in a factory all day long, at this time of year, so all of my snow plowing (except weekends) is done in the dark.
I really wanted to get the Cub ready for the early snows, because its plow has very nice, well adjusted shoes on it. If I plow early snows, before the ground is frozen good, with the rear blade on my larger tractor, I end up with lots of stone up on the grass. That’s always a pain to clean up in the spring.
After I got the lights working, I bolted a 150 pound steel plate to the drawbar to increase my rear
ballast. The rear R1 tires are loaded and have good tread, so with that extra weight, this little puppy ought to push snow pretty good. I have chains for it also, but I won’t put them on until the ground freezes up.
All I need now is some snow. I can hardly wait. There’s some in the forecast tomorrow. Hopefully, it will be enough to stick and give me some fun work to do. I also topped off the fuel tank with ethanol free gas.