How do you plow snow?

[dnw64]

I started off using the bucket and rear blade on my tractor. Then I got an 8' V plow for my truck. Last thing I did for snow removal... moved from Maine to Virginia... problem solved.

One of my uncles moved from upstate NY to VA 10-15 years ago and is constantly making fun of me for having to deal with snow...

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Where i live, if you have lettering on vehicle it requires commercial tags and commercial insurance policy

Even if the lettering says "not for hire", like in my case?

And that's on a vehicle registered and insured as an RV.

 

[Highlandr]

Back in the day...

 

[hayden]

Finally finished moving my 84" hydraulic snow blower over to the new tractor. So far it works well, and no more bogging down the tractor engine.

 

[gstrom99]

Where i live, if you have lettering on vehicle it requires commercial tags and commercial insurance policy

How would the ins co know it's lettered? I have to send pics to Haggerty for my antique/classic veh's, but not my "regular" car ins co.

 

[Tomtint]

So we got a little snow over last weekend.. it was not much but just enough to be a PITA. And it was cold… like 10-15*… the past year I put hundreds and hundreds on tons of millings on my road and it’s held up pretty well. I was really hesitant to plow it .. I ended up using my skidsteer with a Boss snow box that I have not really used much before. ..it worked really well.. very little if and damage to the road ..and super fast. ..that said.. the road was probably pretty frozen.. it’s almost 45* today so the melt off is going on. I wouldn’t run the box over it now.

 

[tacticalturnip]

I started off using the bucket and rear blade on my tractor. Then I got an 8' V plow for my truck. Last thing I did for snow removal... moved from Maine to Virginia... problem solved.

I escaped once, joined the Army and ended up in Texas. I don't know what brought me back to Maine and her winter.

 

[dnw64]

How would the ins co know it's lettered? I have to send pics to Haggerty for my antique/classic veh's, but not my "regular" car ins co.

I believe he did have to send pics. It's 60+ years old, so it could be in almost any kind of condition and they want to get a sense.

 

[John_Mc]

How would the ins co know it's lettered? I have to send pics to Haggerty for my antique/classic veh's, but not my "regular" car ins co.

In places where this is required, it's generally the state that is requiring the commercial registration, not the insurance company. If law enforcement sees what appears to be a commercial truck without commercial plates, they can pull you over and ticket you.

 

[dnw64]

In places where this is required, it's generally the state that is requiring the commercial registration, not the insurance company. If law enforcement sees what appears to be a commercial truck without commercial plates, they can pull you over and ticket you.

Vermont doesn't have commercial registration. Commercial vehicles are registered the same as any other. A Ridgeline and Freightliner will both just have "TRUCK" registrations and license plates. Yes, the Freightliner will pay more*, but that's the only difference.

*Only the actual registration. Sales Tax on vehicles registered for more the 10,099# is capped at $2,486, or the equivalent of the cost of a $41,433 purchase price. So the Ridgeline will pay more in sales tax, but less on registration.

 

[RayIN]

How do I plow snow? Reluctantly.

 

[John_Mc]

Vermont doesn't have commercial registration. Commercial vehicles are registered the same as any other. A Ridgeline and Freightliner will both just have "TRUCK" registrations and license plates. Yes, the Freightliner will pay more*, but that's the only difference.

*Only the actual registration. Sales Tax on vehicles registered for more the 10,099# is capped at $2,486, or the equivalent of the cost of a $41,433 purchase price. So the Ridgeline will pay more in sales tax, but less on registration.

I'm aware of that. I live in Vermont. Not all states have the same rules... which is why I started off that post with "In places where it is required..."

When I lived in Ohio, my brother was pulled over by a cop in Ottawa Hills for driving a truck with my uncle's lumber company painted on the doors and hood but with regular plates on it. The cop told him he needed commercial plates for a commercial vehicle. My brother explained that it was not a commercial vehicle. My uncle had given it to my parents and we just used it as a personal vehicle. No commercial activities took place with the truck. The cop continued to insist. When my brother pointed out that the lumber company was in Worcester, MA, yet there it was in NW Ohio with Ohio plates, registration and insurance, so it was unlikely the truck was advertising a commercial enterprise, he was finally let go with a warning "not to loiter in the neighborhood."

We've always suspected that the real reason he was pulled over was that he was driving a total beater truck in a very nice neighborhood. (He was visiting my grandmother, who lived there.)

 

[Rockbadchild]

expected 20inches over today and tomorrow... this was taken today snow banks already getting pretty tall.

that's my little massey with the articulated snow blade

 

[grsthegreat]

Looks a lot like mine

How would the ins co know it's lettered? I have to send pics to Haggerty for my antique/classic veh's, but not my "regular" car ins co.

my insurance company always inspects my vehicles before issuing a new policy. And they take pics.

 

[grsthegreat]

I escaped once, joined the Army and ended up in Texas. I don't know what brought me back to Maine and her winter.

Probably Texas and her summers

 

[tacticalturnip]

Probably Texas and her summers

That may have had something to do with it.

 

[fishhead]

Tim Allen would be proud.

i'm surprised at how much that's lugging, fairly small blower and likely a ton of power. Probably just way too small a fan and chute-kills the efficiency.
should put that on something way larger

 

[bdhsfz6]

Wow! Just think of all the money airports could save using that, instead of one of these:

 

[gstrom99]

How do I plow snow? Reluctantly.

I start off in December with a "this is fun" attitude. The fun seems much diminished though, come February/March.

 

[tacticalturnip]