Thoughts on moving snow with a 35hp CUT

[TheMan419]

My experience is that a truck with a plow is best, as long as you have enough room to store the accumulated snow until spring thaw.

Lacking room, or if you can’t plow immediately after the snow falls, a front mounted blower on a tractor wins every time.

A loader is, in my opinion, about as useful as a teaspoon for regular snow removal, at least in the snow belt.

I live in the land of lake effect. I only use my bucket to move snow. Largest storm we got this winter was 12 inches of some heavy wet lake effect snow. No problem getting my driveway cleared. Wish I could say the same about the road I live on.

That snow all came primarily overnight. The road was not plowed out until almost noon. Of course I had plenty of supplies on hand and can work from home so no big deal. Had I NEEDED to get out the F150 could have gotten down the road.

 

[chim]

Those wings look nice and will probably divert freshly fallen snow into the maw of your blower. I'd be interested to know how well they work in compacted, once (or more than once)-moved snow such as the plowback the highway dept. leaves across the end of your driveway.

It worked well as long as the banks hadn't been there for any length of time. Thawed and refrozen piles were FEL work.

 

[ncoonen]

I thought I'd close the loop on this thread with thanks to all who provided input and suggestions. I ended up buying a WoodMaxx SB-72 snowblower that will surely simplify my snow management issues. There are a lot of positive reviews of this unit around TBN and I will just add that those accolades seem justified. I haven't used it yet but it sure seems like it is solidly built.

...ned.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

That's the one on my "buy" list too.

Let me know how you like running it on your tractor once we get snow again.

We have about the same size and power.

 

[wawajake]

You have solved your problems, so you dont need me to tell you to buy a blower, great looking unit. Two passes down driveway and your able to get to work , and clean the rest up after your home sgain ....no more winters waking up to look out window at 2 am .