Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[Quinn629]

1996 Ford 1620 that just turned 1000 hrs linked to Ford 715A blower. Heated cabin.

 

[GlennaR]

My Snow weapon:
2oo5 Kub L28oo HST with 249 hours. It clears n maintains near 2,ooo+ feet of driveway
along with 4 small to medium size parking areas in the Poconos of PA.

Evolution of my "Snow Weapons"

a. In the early 60s my dad purchased a old John Deere farm tractor with a home made plow to clear-out 15o-2oo foot driveway. He was stationed in Hawaii for 15 years prior to retirement in 1958 and I think he just wanted to play in the snow.......
b. Few years later my parents moved again (my Dad was career navy, we mover lots) just a few miles away. Guess it was noting for my parents to move.
The new house had a 1,ooo' drive way and my father soon realizing he needed to trow the snow up n over the burn to keep the driveway open.
c. So he got a Gravely 2 wheeler with a snow blower that I operated as much as I could for him the next 3o years even after I moved out. It was a beast to use but it did a good job.
d. I purchased my own house fresh home from Nam in the winter of 71-72 10 miles from my parents n paid the neighbor to plow.
e. The neighbor retires from plowing suddenly and stops plowing. By that time my parents were older n moved next to me on a parcel of land I had purchased with a trailer on it next to my home. I tried my best to keep the now two 8oo foot driveway open with my dad's 2 wheel Gravely. Luckily it was opposite my parents old driveway and was flat but 1,6oo' blowing with a Gravely two wheeler was a big n slow job......
f. Than a friend informs me Gravely makes a 4 wheel tractor (stupid me, I did not know this) so I end up with two 8ooo series Gravelys, one with a plow n the other with a blower. They did great job and were fun to use. Also I mowed the lawns with the one.
g. My parers getting even older n needing more care I buy a 64' long by 26" wide modular house in November of 2oo1, convert it into a two family and we all move in Jan 26, 2oo2 BUT now I have an additional 4oo' feet to plow.
h. So that winter after finishing the house I am looking for a used back hoe I could pay cash for and on the way to look at an old junker, the wife riding along says "I rather you just buy a new one and not have any maintenance headaches". In a few hart beats I did a 180 at the next exit n turned around and when directly to the local Kub dealer. It was January, perhaps the best time to buy ground digging tools. The first one I looked at was 24 months same as cash. I made part of the deal that I only wanted my wife's name on the loan n title so we could build up her credit just to make this a muti purpose purchase n make the wife happy..... It was home in our driveway in a few days. And now some 8+ year later if has just south of 250 hours currently and below are a few fresh fotos from the last storm.

 

[xring100]

My Snow weapon:
2oo5 Kub L28oo HST with 249 hours. It clears n maintains near 2,ooo+ feet of driveway
along with 4 small to medium size parking areas in the Poconos of PA.

Evolution of my "Snow Weapons"

a. In the early 60s my dad purchased a old John Deere farm tractor with a home made plow to clear-out 15o-2oo foot driveway. He was stationed in Hawaii for 15 years prior to retirement in 1958 and I think he just wanted to play in the snow.......
b. Few years later my parents moved again (my Dad was career navy, we mover lots) just a few miles away. Guess it was noting for my parents to move.
The new house had a 1,ooo' drive way and my father soon realizing he needed to trow the snow up n over the burn to keep the driveway open.
c. So he got a Gravely 2 wheeler with a snow blower that I operated as much as I could for him the next 3o years even after I moved out. It was a beast to use but it did a good job.
d. I purchased my own house fresh home from Nam in the winter of 71-72 10 miles from my parents n paid the neighbor to plow.
e. The neighbor retires from plowing suddenly and stops plowing. By that time my parents were older n moved next to me on a parcel of land I had purchased with a trailer on it next to my home. I tried my best to keep the now two 8oo foot driveway open with my dad's 2 wheel Gravely. Luckily it was opposite my parents old driveway and was flat but 1,6oo' blowing with a Gravely two wheeler was a big n slow job......
f. Than a friend informs me Gravely makes a 4 wheel tractor (stupid me, I did not know this) so I end up with two 8ooo series Gravelys, one with a plow n the other with a blower. They did great job and were fun to use. Also I mowed the lawns with the one.
g. My parers getting even older n needing more care I buy a 64' long by 26" wide modular house in November of 2oo1, convert it into a two family and we all move in Jan 26, 2oo2 BUT now I have an additional 4oo' feet to plow.
h. So that winter after finishing the house I am looking for a used back hoe I could pay cash for and on the way to look at an old junker, the wife riding along says "I rather you just buy a new one and not have any maintenance headaches". In a few hart beats I did a 180 at the next exit n turned around and when directly to the local Kub dealer. It was January, perhaps the best time to buy ground digging tools. The first one I looked at was 24 months same as cash. I made part of the deal that I only wanted my wife's name on the loan n title so we could build up her credit just to make this a muti purpose purchase n make the wife happy..... It was home in our driveway in a few days. And now some 8+ year later if has just south of 250 hours currently and below are a few fresh fotos from the last storm.

That's a very unique way to integrate a subframe mounted plow and utlize the loader for lifting it. I like the creativity.

Someday I'd like to build a subframe mounted snow plow for mine. I need to upgrade the house panel so i can run a 100 amp service to the barn.

 

[duroc]

View attachment 411234 1996 Ford 1620 that just turned 1000 hrs linked to Ford 715A blower. Heated cabin.

Nice looking setup! That cabin looks like it might fit my NH T1510. Any idea who the manufacturer is? I also like the fact that the overall height is below the rops.

 

[skyhook]

My Snow weapon:
2oo5 Kub L28oo HST with 249 hours. It clears n maintains near 2,ooo+ feet of driveway
along with 4 small to medium size parking areas in the Poconos of PA.

I noticed you added a few sections to your plow, looks good.
Hows that "one" cylinder setup working out for you.

 

[grsthegreat]

this is the earliest I've ever taken off my chains. Its been in the forties and fifties all week and its supposed to get warmer. The chains are wrecking my property

 

[Tony H]

I love launching it high and far!! I just pay attention to the wind and thankfully it's very consistent at our house. You have to concentrate more vs the plow, especially with obstacles, but it's much more fun and efficient. I would like a cab one day, but it's tough to justify for us. I also like bringing the tractor in the garage at night and keeping her toasty warm so no cold starts.

That looks like a very large Blower.

 

[IXLR8]

this is the earliest I've ever taken off my chains. Its been in the forties and fifties all week and its supposed to get warmer. The chains are wrecking my property

I just put my front chains on as the V-bar chains on the rears only were not enough any more to get around and move all the snow we have!!

 

[Slickheadhunter]

We're getting another foot tonight!

 

[wmonroe]

We're getting another foot tonight!

Lucky! It's been cold here and some small snows but I'm wanting a good couple feet in one storm.