Snow Equipment Owning/Operating My First Snow Plowing Video

[wvpolekat]

Made a quick video last night while plowing a couple inches of snow off my road. Mounted the camera on the SMV triangle bracket, so it shakes a bit. It's not terribly exciting, just watching snow roll off the blade. What I found interesting was how much the blade moves around.

Starts with a couple of passes down my driveway, then a pass each way down the road. You can see and hear the tractor slow down and labor more as I go up hills, and at one point towards the end I had to raise the blade to get going again because I lost traction and momentum going up hill.

Enjoy. Comment.

YouTube - Plowing Snow Kubota B7500

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Great video!!! :thumbsup: Do you use one of those waterproof sport cameras?

 

[wvpolekat]

I used my son's Creative Vado HD. While not waterproof, it has a little rubber jacket that keeps the water off it.

Creative Vado HD Review - Digital Camcorders - CNET Reviews

 

[Ductape]

Pretty neat. For your next video, you'll need to come up with a mount with less vibration....... but still cool to see.

 

[wvpolekat]

Yeah, this was just quick and dirty. I tie wrapped it onto the SMV triangle. I knew it was going to shake, but it was easy. It does have a place for a tripod mount (1/4-20 I think) that I could probably pretty easily find a way to make a mount with. May take a trip to lowes today and see what I can cobble up.

 

[kebo]

All I saw was a big hammer!! You have a pretty long driveway there, but the Kubota made pretty quick work of it though. Good job.

 

[wvpolekat]

All I saw was a big hammer!! You have a pretty long driveway there, but the Kubota made pretty quick work of it though. Good job.

Driveway is only about 40 yards. The majority of that is road. Since it's a private road, the HOA has to pay to have it plowed. With only 7 homes in the HOA, it adds up quick. So, I do the majority of it. I think the road is about 1/4 mile. I have burned more diesel plowing this year than I did mowing last summer.

Maybe next video will be forward facing, but not much to see that way.

You like my BFH storage spot?

 

[IC Smoke]

Great video!!!

Id like to get one of these camera's this year to take some action shots:

GoPro Official Store: Wearable Digital Cameras for Sports

 

[JohninCT]

Yeah, this was just quick and dirty. I tie wrapped it onto the SMV triangle. I knew it was going to shake, but it was easy. It does have a place for a tripod mount (1/4-20 I think) that I could probably pretty easily find a way to make a mount with. May take a trip to lowes today and see what I can cobble up.

Cool video. Maybe you could mount the camera on a broomstick or some sort of pole and have it face rearward so you can get more of a view of the whole tractor and blade at work.

 

[wvpolekat]

Hmmm, getting ready to make another run. I will see what I can rig up.

 

[wvpolekat]

Strangest thing. If you don't charge the camera, it doesn't work.

 

[wetstuff]

vwp: Some of these also puke out very fast when the battery is cold. Keep it in your jacket 'till you need it.

There's an excellent, cheap suction mount. It's called the PanaVise. They are listed on Amazon for like-$20. ..all the rules apply: clean surface, etc...

ICS: The GoPro works pretty well but your need the fingers of a 9yr old child. (GoPro buys their suction mount from PanaVisa, but uses a proprietary mounting system so it does not work with the usual 1/4-20 threads other cams use.) With the tiny buttons, it's probably better to setup/start in a heated garage before you battle the cold

The VADO vwp used is probably the best/cheap cam - and less than 1/2 the GoPro. You just need more light back there - these lens' are pretty small. (I have about 5/6 brands, incl. GoPro, and the Vado works great. ..I always buy used on Ebay or refurbs.)

Here's the PanaVise holding a Kodak Zi6 a couple of weeks ago. I was testing a new headlamp attached to my FEL. Dumbazz made the cord too
short so I could not raise the bucket high enough to properly aim the lamp?! I cudda stayed out longer -to let it get darker- but I got 'code'. Cheers.

Jim



http://wetstuff.com/movie/JD_lamp.mov

 

[JDGreenGrass]

That blade looks familiar. Very versatile......