Snow Stuck in the snow

[stevevdw]

I thought of this thread last Sat. night as I was pulling my neighbor's 4 WD plow truck out of a ditch at the bottom of our shared driveway. Boy these ice chains on the L35 dig nice on the 2" of ice we got in West Michigan. I bought the V-bars from tirechains.com with the tensioner for the center of the wheel. Nicest set I've ever had & they really grab. I highly recommend them to anyone. Winter's here, Have fun out there!

 

[DesertRose]

This is my first winter with my own tractor. Because our winters have been pretty mild in Eastern Utah for the last few years I didn't even consider buying a blade with the tractor.

I had the tractor delivered a week ago today and we were still having mild late fall weather. The day after the tractor was delivered, I had to travel to Phoenix, AZ. While I was gone we got about a foot of very wet snow. I have spent the last few days learning to operate my new L3400 in the snow.

I have had a Bombardier Quest 650 4-wheeler with a snow blade for several years but haven't had enough snow to use it much until this week. I have found the most efficient way for me to move the snow is to use the 4-wheeler to plow the snow with the blade set at an angle and then use the tractor's FEL to move the windrows of snow across the road or in the horse corals I pile it up in a corner.

I don't have a lot of snow time with my L3400 but I think I would consider chains if I was trying to plow snow with the tractor. I have R-4s.

One question I have: why do so many of the people who post photos here have the ROPS folded down?

Tom

 

[davitk]

One question I have: why do so many of the people who post photos here have the ROPS folded down?

Tom

Standard garage door height is 7' - 0". My L3240 height is 7' - 7". Add a few low-hanging tree limbs....

 

[Northland]

Standard garage door height is 7' - 0". My L3240 height is 7' - 7". Add a few low-hanging tree limbs....

yes, exactly. I take my pictures just before I put my tractor back in the garage. I have hit the garage roof line three times so far when I forget the ROPS.

I also left my parking brake on the other night when I had the rear blade and bucket down plowing snow. I smelled the brake and left it off. Not the first time I have done that either.

 

[gotcha]

I also left my parking brake on the other night when I had the rear blade and bucket down plowing snow. I smelled the brake and left it off. Not the first time I have done that either.

I use to do the same thing all the time. I put a switch on both the brake and the 4WD on the dash to tell me when they are on. Big help as one see's them as soon as you turn the key on.
The Gotcha Man

 

[Greenfield Dave]

One question I have: why do so many of the people who post photos here have the ROPS folded down?

Tom

Out of embarrassment, I didn't take pix of my $500 mistake in that department.., but trust the other poster, it won't fit in the garage! Mine was 1 1/4" too tall!!

 

[DesertRose]

Standard garage door height is 7' - 0". My L3240 height is 7' - 7". Add a few low-hanging tree limbs....

When I went looking at Kubota dealers I carried a tape measure with me. I had decided on a L3240 before I took along my tape measure. My garage doors have 8' clearance but my barn doors are 7'4" high. I really wanted the L3240 but I just knew the day would come that I would forget to lower the ROPS when entering the barn. I have doors on both sides of the barn and drive through it to get from the road to my horse corrals. I also can get through all of my narrow gates with the L3400 but just barely. The L3240 was just a little too high and wide for me. I decided to go with the L3400 and after 10 hours of operating it, I don't regret it at all. The L3240 would have been nice and I was very impressed with that tractor but I have been going through the barn five or ten times a day so I just knew I had two options if I had gone with the L3240. Lower the ROPS and leave it that way or leave it up and risk hitting the barn. My wife has a friend who's husband was killed in a tractor rollover so she went along with me each time I stopped to look at tractors. She made me promise I would leave the ROPS up and wear the seatbelt. The L3400 allows me to keep that promise without much effort.

Tom

 

[Northland]

That's a good story with a moral Tom.

I am going to build a 20x24" pole barn in the spring to house my tractor + implements as well as my tent trailer and other stuff. I will make sure I have it high enough to accomodate a 3130 sized tractor should I upgrade my B7800.

Keeping the ROPS up all the time would make my life so much easier. I hate moving my wife's car and the tractor around in the garage. She's hates my tractor ever since she tripped over the rear blade

 

[rtdiggr]

When i built my garage [pole barn] i put in 3 10x10' doors in the front and 1 10x10 door in the back, it can't hurt to over build. one of these days i will post pics of the barn i just finished the building [closed in].

Shane

 

[rtdiggr]

Northland i love the pic of your Dane he looks like he is a thinker. How old is he?
Shane

 

[LBrown59]

Inch? is there any other measurement? Ah!

Couldn't pass it up.

You inched up on that one didn't you?

 

[LBrown59]

We won't hold it against you,we will just wait for you to catch up.LOL

He's about 100 meters behind.

 

[LBrown59]

When i built my garage [pole barn] i put in 3 10x10' doors in the front and 1 10x10 door in the back, it can't hurt to over build. one of these days i will post pics of the barn i just finished the building [closed in].

Shane

I like the door in the back cause 9 times out ot 10 what you want is behind whatever's in front of the stall.

 

[rtdiggr]

I like the door in the back cause 9 times out ot 10 what you want is behind whatever's in front of the stall.

yeah i figure i only want to do this once, it probably cost alittle more now but it will save me later.
while i was building it i did knick the 6x6's a couple a times with my loader, you would think a 10' opening would not be hard to get through.
Now that the metal [flashing] is up i have to be alittle more carefull.

Shane

 

[Northland]

Northland i love the pic of your Dane he looks like he is a thinker. How old is he?
Shane

No Shane, Delmar doesn't think too much-he's a 5 1/2 year old puppy. He's a good boy though and fortunately not afraid of anything so I feel confident when my wife runs the trails with Delmar out front.

Now I am have my Molly as my avatar. She's 8 1/2 now. She lies around on the sofa like your Dobie. How old is he/she?

Do you have a picture of your pole barn you can post? I need one of those next spring.

 

[rtdiggr]

Hey Northland i have 2 dobes and 1 shepard she's 13. My avatar is Fergus he is 3 my red dobe is Turbo he is 1 and not our choice of name[he was a rescue dog] but he comes by his name honestly.
Shane

 

[rtdiggr]

Sorry i forgot about the barn. Give me abit i was post it in Projects tonight. He is alittle bit of it though. Shane

 

[Northland]

Hey Northland i have 2 dobes and 1 shepard she's 13. My avatar is Fergus he is 3 my red dobe is Turbo he is 1 and not our choice of name[he was a rescue dog] but he comes by his name honestly.View attachment 90840
Shane

Nice dogs!

Sadly my Molly is dieing of dilated cardio myopathy (DCM) - heart disease that commonly inflicts deep chested dogs

 

[Northland]

Sorry i forgot about the barn. Give me abit i was post it in Projects tonight. He is alittle bit of it though. ShaneView attachment 90842

That's exactly what I want/need! Maybe not quite that large but the same design I was going to do something like this (see PDF) but your design is better.

I will look for your thread in the projects forum

 

[rtdiggr]

Sorry about Molly, it is tuff went best friend gets sick. We had to replace 2 knees in our sheppard we would have lost her about 4 years ago if we didn't.
Dobes can have the same heart condition but we will have to keep our fingers crossed.

How much snow up there now? We have none [yet]
Shane