Snow Stuck in the snow

Northland · Dec 8, 2007

We got another 12" (30cm) of snow last night! It's crazy how much snow has fallen the past 10 days-must be 4 feet now

rtdiggr · Dec 8, 2007

Would you like me to do my rendition on Doug and Bob Mckenzie?????????? When Geddy Lee kicks in that is my favorite part

Northland i have posted my barn up in the Projects area.

Shane

curtisfarmer · Dec 8, 2007

Just bought chains for my L48.....$400, but after plowing 10+ driveways the last couple of years which are 1,000' +/-, I decided they are worth it. This upcoming storm will tell the difference. The L48 is heavy and slow......and I feel that the chains will give me that extra grip going uphill. I wiped out last year causing more damage than the chains cost so I figured they are worth it.

LBrown59 · Jan 23, 2008

gotcha said:
I was told by my local dealer that one should not use chains on the front wheels as it can damage the transfer case due to, to much torque on it. Have any of you heard the same thing???
The Gotcha Man

I've heard it more than once.

LBrown59 · Jan 23, 2008

swmpbgy1 said:
It figures......when I bought my 2230 in 2004, the snow here in WV stopped flying. Now that I have a 3030, It'll probably never snow here again!

LOL.....
Swmpbgy1

We got one 4'' snow since I got my BX23 in Sept. of 2004.
I've never had THE bx23 hungup.
Did you keep the BX2230 after getting the 3030?
I'm keeping my BX23 after getting the 2 BX1500s month before last.

LBrown59 · Jan 23, 2008

DesertRose said:
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 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

I got a front blade for my BX1500 to grade with not to remove snow with; but it's there for that if needed.
I use the BX1500 and blade then the BX23 FEL for that.
I have R1s on both tractors and don't need chains.
Must be cause they aren't afraid of the ROPS Police.

atgreene · Jan 23, 2008

I run iron on all four wheels of my 4150. I keep an implement on the rear to act as a counter weight so the front wheels don't grip too much and have had no issues.

My Kubota 345 DT snapped a front drive gear while moving snow a few years ago. Kubota doesn't make that part, of course, so we ended up doing some machine work.

Here's a couple of the 4150 pushing open a road.

ChuckinNH · Jan 23, 2008

One year the snow was very firm in my field, though something over two feet deep, and I was trucking along, not sinking in very far with my BX22. Everything was going fine until I hit a spot the sun had softened, and the tires broke through the crust. With bar tires, you can stir the snow pretty well when suspended on your belly, but you don't go far! I tried using the loader, but I was hung up pretty well. The backhoe was also bottomed on the snow, and that little bucket was difficult to use to help on the slight slope I was on. One neighbor actually saw me using a shovel, and she thought that was pretty funny. Of course just relieving a bit of snow under the belly enabled me to use the loader, and I got moving pretty quickly............. plowing a road to where I was going.

Too bad it was before I got my digital camera!

Tango Hotel · Jan 24, 2008

Renob said:
Sorry, never been stuck in the snow. Mud, yes, but not snow. Here are a few pics of a BX with no chains in an Upstate NY snowfall.

I suppose now I'm doomed to get stuck this winter for shooting off my big mouth!

ROPS save lives!!!
Good snow fall!

Renob · Jan 24, 2008

Tango Hotel said:
ROPS save lives!!!
Good snow fall!

Tango,

Believe me, I use the ROPS. I've got the marks in my garage door opening to prove it...............The driveway is dead flat, so the door trim buster stays down!

SPYDERLK · Jan 24, 2008

LBrown59 said:
I've heard it more than once.

Who knows why the people you hear it from say it. I just know it only makes illogical sense. See post #50.
larry

PhraminP · Jan 29, 2008

Most of the time the ag tires work fine in the snow. I have done some sliding or spinning where chains would have helped. I have gotten the B7510 stuck a few times in the last week by dropping the front wheels over an ice lip into the soft snow at the edge of the road. I have used the bucket to lift the front and usually it puts enough weight on the back wheels to get me out. Chains would have made that more effective. Twice I used the truck to tug it out.

Why get so close to the soft stuff you ask? I am lifting and pushing snow as high and as far out as the bucket will reach. The snow keeps coming! The piles along the road (I maintain a 1 mile private road) are 5-6 feet or higher. Sometimes I have been able to climb the pile to get it higher. 13 hours logged on the Kubota last weekend. I actually plow with a pickup but the road keeps getting too narrow. It has been many years since this part of Idaho has had to deal with this much snow. It sure is beautiful.

Jim

Renob · Jan 29, 2008

Jim,

Post a picture of all that snow if you get the opportunity.

Northland · Jan 30, 2008

I'm 35 km north of Sault Ste. Marie just off the NE shore of Lake Superior. A major winter storm came from out west last night and is hitting us hard. All the schools, highways, malls etc., are closed today.

see
Montreal River, Ontario - Radar Imagery - Environment Canada

I'll post some clean-up pictures later tonight or tomorrow-once thee storm ends

rtdiggr · Jan 30, 2008

We had the wind come thru and is still here now. The Burlington skyway is closed right now maybe no work for me tonight

i did lose my daughters trampoline.Shane

gerford · Jan 30, 2008

Heres a pic of my bx23 stuck. I was plowing downhill and had to shove some of the snow off the side to make room for more storage. I pushed the snow off the side and tried to back up and no go. I just spun the wheels and couldn't go anywhere. Even my f350 had a tough time pulling it out. I've got chains on order. You can get it stuck just like any other machine. I tried plowing up hill, so I can back out downhill and it works, but not as well as having gravity behind me. When the snow gets really deep, chains are needed in Colorado.

DavidVT · Jan 30, 2008

I don't count getting stuck if I can get myself out with my FEL....

However....

I pushed some snow down an embankment with my quick attach mounted truck plow..... I got stuck....

So I tried to use this QA mounted truck plow like I would the bucket to push myself out....

I found out the hard way that my plow's hydraulic lines were too short for this kind of move...

It was very ugly and then I had to use the Dodge to pull out the Kubota..

OOPS...

(Industrials without chains..)

teachdocs · Jan 31, 2008

gerford said:
Heres a pic of my bx23 stuck. I was plowing downhill and had to shove some of the snow off the side to make room for more storage. I pushed the snow off the side and tried to back up and no go. I just spun the wheels and couldn't go anywhere. Even my f350 had a tough time pulling it out. I've got chains on order. You can get it stuck just like any other machine. I tried plowing up hill, so I can back out downhill and it works, but not as well as having gravity behind me. When the snow gets really deep, chains are needed in Colorado.

Gerford,

Great pic of what I had in mind when I started this thread.
Not sure chains would help out much in this situation.

In your honest opinion, is this a result of the tractor or the operator?

Thanks again for sharing your adventure.

gerford · Jan 31, 2008

It must be the tractor.
The problem I have is that behind the tractor the drive gets really narrow where it crosses the ditch so the snow has to be pushed down the drive and then off to the side. There is no room to just push it to the side. I tried pushing the snow uphill above the ditch, but the tractor won't do it. The tractor pushes really well downhill, so thats what I was doing. The problem arose when I tried to back uphill after pushing the snow to the side. The back end slid downhill and I was stuck sideways. We had some warm weather earlier and then it got cold, so there is a layer of ice underneath the snow pack. The tires do like to spin, especially when plowing uphill. I finished the job by pushing the snow straight down the drive, and then pushing it off to the side from the downhill side. There were a few more times when I thought I was stuck, but managed to get it free.
I started another thread about having more weight on the backend by mounting the backhoe, but somebody mentioned filling the rear tires. I may try that.

vic4news · Jan 31, 2008

teachdocs said:
Gerford,

In your honest opinion, is this a result of the tractor or the operator?

Thanks again for sharing your adventure.

I would say it's the tractor. My tractor wouldn't be much use if I had to stay
on the driveway in order to avoid getting stuck. I need to be able to move snow
and access some trails. I can drive through two feet of snow when I need to with chains on the rear tires.

Vic