jayhaitch
Silver Member
Please!
I've been clearing snow with my new MF GC2310 TLB, using the bucket. 16 hrs of pure loader work so far. Except, I've been stuck several times slipping off the packed gravel drive into powdery unpacked snow. Grrrrrr. Once, I was stuck so bad several neighbours came to help shovel. I couldn't even pull it out with my 4x4. Now I'm not totally a clutz (though my brain does hurt sometimes......) so I'm wondering if it's me, or the tractor, or both.
I've got the loader and BH attached as it came from the dealer. I've learned to keep the bucket tilted up just a tad to not gouge into the gravel. I'm using float mode, pushing snow, but regularly I find I lose steering control, even in 4WD. The front wheels are at full lock, spinning under power, and the tractor is going straight. Why?
I know the weight distribution has about a 40/60 rearward bias, but I thought in float mode the bucket shouldn't be pushing up on the front end unless the cutting edge is biting into the gravel. Snow is lighter than dirt, so is my problem the BH? Should I take it off to put more weight on the front end? I'll be buying a box scraper for summer use, so I could buy it early and use it for ballast. Or is there something in my technique I need to improve?
Thanks.
I've been clearing snow with my new MF GC2310 TLB, using the bucket. 16 hrs of pure loader work so far. Except, I've been stuck several times slipping off the packed gravel drive into powdery unpacked snow. Grrrrrr. Once, I was stuck so bad several neighbours came to help shovel. I couldn't even pull it out with my 4x4. Now I'm not totally a clutz (though my brain does hurt sometimes......) so I'm wondering if it's me, or the tractor, or both.
I've got the loader and BH attached as it came from the dealer. I've learned to keep the bucket tilted up just a tad to not gouge into the gravel. I'm using float mode, pushing snow, but regularly I find I lose steering control, even in 4WD. The front wheels are at full lock, spinning under power, and the tractor is going straight. Why?
I know the weight distribution has about a 40/60 rearward bias, but I thought in float mode the bucket shouldn't be pushing up on the front end unless the cutting edge is biting into the gravel. Snow is lighter than dirt, so is my problem the BH? Should I take it off to put more weight on the front end? I'll be buying a box scraper for summer use, so I could buy it early and use it for ballast. Or is there something in my technique I need to improve?
Thanks.