Snow snow removal.

[600rider]

I would like to just get this out there. For me the FEL is less than an option for snow removal!!! I have had three plowing sessions this year total of about 36 inches of snow (normally we get 250 to 300 inches) and have used the front blade the first time then the front mt snow blower and now my FEL which I bought in August last year. By far the snow blower is the best snow removal tool I own followed by the blade. In the future if anything happens to either of these two I will put the box blade on and use the FEL as last resort! I know there are a lot of guys out there who will take offense at this, but I mean to offend no one. It is just my opinion! If you use your FEL for snow removal and like it .....more power to you!

 

[LarryD]

I only have a box blade and the FEL. Of course I don't have anything close to the amount of snow you see. 2 events this year of 3" and 17". I didn't do anything with the 3" but had to push some of the 17" snow off the drive and clear a path along the fenceline for feeding the horses. The FEL did well enough.

Now if I was looking at snow removal more frequently then I would have a front blade minimum with a watchful eye out for a blower.

 

[Thomas]

I can understand you choosen snow blower w/that much snow fall..less work,but going out and puttering w/FEL at times sure better than catching cabin fever.

 

[RaydaKub]

I bought my tractor last fall and while my wallet recovers (with 2 kids in college), the FEL is all I have. I've decided that there isn't any snow that I can't take care of with enough time, but the efficiency of the FEL just isn't there. No matter how you use it, the snow will bunch up and fall over both sides, even more so if you have to turn. So you make at least another lap to clean up the spillage.

I hope to get a blower in a year or 2. My driveway is 25 feet of concrete, then 140 feet of pavement, and with this year being mild, it hasn't been an issue for me, but I'd love to get a blower, probably just keep it cheaper and use a rear mount. Can't justify the cost of front mount.

 

[20 20]

(normally we get 250 to 300 inches)

Hey 600rider, I believe your quesstimate is a little on the high side for average snow fall in Union city PA. It be closer to 115". Not saying that isn't a lot

 

[600rider]

20 20, I live out in the snow belt and we do in fact get that much snow. Now 25 miles north in Erie at the airport where they report the snow for Erie, they get about 115 inches a year. Check snow fall totals for Edinboro, Waterford, Union City or Corry and you will see how the rest of us live!

 

[crazyal]

Sounds like you get lots of lake effect snow, you can have it. I've never sat down and tried to figure out how much snow a year we get, just sounds like it could lead to depression. But being only a could miles from a ski area I'm sure it would be easy.

 

[George2615]

For me a snow blower does a much neater job than plowing but it was too slow for me and a pain in the neck with a 3 pt. blower so I sold mine. Since then I use either the loader bucket or take it off and use a plow blade attached to the loader arms. I am in the snow belt of upstate NY just SE of lake Ontario.

 

[grsthegreat]

For me the FEL snow plow is used to get the roads in shape for the snowblower later on. The plow is way faster, but it builds up the sides too high. The blower shoots it out 20-30 feet so is less of an issue. I have a loader moutnted blower and its nice to clear a 7' path per pass.

 

[Don87]

20 20, I live out in the snow belt and we do in fact get that much snow. Now 25 miles north in Erie at the airport where they report the snow for Erie, they get about 115 inches a year. Check snow fall totals for Edinboro, Waterford, Union City or Corry and you will see how the rest of us live!

121.6 for Corry according to this:

Annual Pennsylvania rainfall, severe weather and climate data


I live about 12 miles east of Chalk Hill, Pa. I'm in the snowbelt also.

 

[slofr8]

Hey 600rider, I believe your quesstimate is a little on the high side for average snow fall in Union city PA. It be closer to 115". Not saying that isn't a lot

Dam* 115 is enough. We had over 200" here a few years ago and it was WAY more than I needed!
Dan.

 

[brewdog]

I have my FEL as my only snow fighter hardware. Seems like we only got a a foot or so this year. I tried using a piece of plastic pipe over my cutting edge on the bucket and it worked great.

 

[Don87]

I used my FEL for the 10 inches we just got. Wind was blowing hard and I didn't feel like using the blower.

 

[20 20]

Check snow fall totals for Edinboro, Waterford, Union City or Corry and you will see how the rest of us live!

Didn't mean to upset you but the cities you listed are what I reseached. Not saying there weren't years that went above but they still don't reach averages of 250 or 300 inches. Buffalo area is on record for being one of the highest snow fall places in the US{especially in 76-77} every year and they don't see 250-300" of snow. Again not trying to burst you bubble and do understand you get a lot of snow but not an average of 250" or 300", 115 is the average.

 

[RoyJackson]

I use the loader almost exclusively. Although I'd like to have a QA plow, with 150' or so of drive way...just not worth adding another implement.
I expect I'll get one of those clamp on plows sooner or later though.

Gotta say, I do expect to see some great deals on snow removal equipment later this year!

 

[oldballs]

Concerning this academic discussion about snow (today is the first one), I find my walk behind snowblower a PITA because it is throws too much rock since my drives and the neighbors' are mostly gravel. The FEL and Back Blade on the Kubota does a neat, controlable job. Last year when drifts piled up against garage doors and driveways (mine and neighbors), the FEL allowed me to move it away in large piles. Although not as efficient as a Front Plow the Rear Blade works pretty good forward or backward. My neck doesn't work all that good however.:laughing: That walk behind snow blower does work well in tight place where the patio's are and can make nice paths over turf areas to sheds etc.
If I had long runs over solid surfaces in a high snow belt, I'd have a tractor mounted snow blower however....with a heated cab and some extra dollars for maintenance.

 

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[suzy]

I use the loader pushing forward and for moving a pile further out. I push with the back blade when I back up. Seems pretty efficient. I also have a gravel drive and road and barnyard and can go right up beside the vehicles and plow out enough room to move them both over and plow out that side, without taking out any windows on the house or vehicles (or throwing gravel all over what passes for a lawn). It isn't very noisy and I can listen to the radio or music and face forward more than 1/2 the time!

 

[TrenaryDucks]

121.6 for Corry according to this:

Annual Pennsylvania rainfall, severe weather and climate data


I live about 12 miles east of Chalk Hill, Pa. I'm in the snowbelt also.

According to your link:

State snow record for 1 season - Blue Knob, south-central Pennsylvania, 1890-1891, 225.0"

 

[BeeferMan]

...I know there are a lot of guys out there who will take offense at this...

Don't know why anyone would take offense. I've never had a front or rear mount blower. Before I put the blade on the truck I used the FEL. It beat shoveling.