Plow tractors

[Agvg]

Just a pic from the gas station

 

[ovrszd]

Great picture!!!! Makes me cold..... :cold:

 

[Agvg]

Poor drivers probably has been in the seat the last 24h, living on coffee and burgers from the gas station.

 

[ovrszd]

Poor drivers probably has been in the seat the last 24h, living on coffee and burgers from the gas station.

Yes!!!! I run a road grader taking care of 50 miles of gravel roads. I've been that guy!!!!

 

[ovrszd]

Forgot to mention, I'd like to see a picture of your Ursus??? I've never saw one. Thanks!!!!

 

[nybirdman]

Interesting how in Europe they use huge tractors with front plows or snow-blowers instead of trucks.
I would assume they don't salt/sand the roads at all.

 

[Agvg]

It so much snow so they don't sand at the moment, for sanding main roads they use this:

 

[Agvg]

Plow trucks are used on large high ways, but most is cleared with tractors, it's a multitool, lot of farmers do plowing in the winter, and it's a lot easier to get drivers for tractors, taking driver license for large trucks are very, very expensive so few bother to do that just to has it as a sidejob.

 

[Agvg]

Plow truck with salting equipment I do believe.

 

[Agvg]

Typical plow attachment

 

[Agvg]

A video of plowing roads with tractors, goes quite fast

Fendt 820 vs Tellefsdal 3300HDP - Brøyting - YouTube

 

[Agvg]

My ursus in -14c today, was out and started my van to get it warm.

 

[nybirdman]

Plow trucks are used on large high ways, but most is cleared with tractors, it's a multitool, lot of farmers do plowing in the winter, and it's a lot easier to get drivers for tractors, taking driver license for large trucks are very, very expensive so few bother to do that just to has it as a sidejob.

That's a pretty interesting concept.Farmers making a little extra money and using their equipment.Those Fendt's are quite amazing.

 

[Thomas]

Seen videos and operators are scared using high range on mountain roads.

 

[Agvg]

Must have speed to throw the snow

 

[ovrszd]

Thank you very much for all the pics and video!!!! And thanks for the pic of the Ursus. That's a first for me!!!!

 

[ovrszd]

Most European tractors have a very fast road speed. The Fendt tractors use a variation of CVT. Very smooth, seamless speed transition. Very effective horsepower. That video operator knows within a few inches where the edge of his blade is!!!!! He's done that work many, many hours!!!! Great video.

 

[Agvg]

Fendt transmission is very fuel efficient in this type of work, high road speed with low load.

But they are very expensive tractors.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

There are several of those Fendts around here... They are going 33 mph down the road when I'm behind one...

They look pretty big against my little sno-plow tractor!

SR

 

[Agvg]

A lot of very expensive equipment witch i sometimes wonder how they manage to earn enough to pay leasing and driver.

A lot of the farm entrepreneurs don't clock so much hours a year on the attachments.