dannyk
Silver Member
- Joined
- Jun 14, 2001
- Messages
- 179
- Location
- Northern Minnesota
- Tractor
- Kubota and John Deere tractors 20-40HP; skid steer loader
I need some advice for removing wet snow this spring. I have a 753 Bobcat with tracks and a 74" snow bucket. The rig works great on frozen ground, but now the top inch or so of the ground has thawed, and we got more snow. The bucket edge angle is such that as soon as I contact the ground, the machine wants to dig. Because of this, removing snow can cause a serious mess. Has anyone used a bucket with skid shoes, or some other technique for getting the bucket bottom parallel to the ground instead of digging in? It has occurred to me to buy a set of mushroom skid shoes for a Western truck plow and bolt one of them to each end of the bucket, and then run the bucket in float so (hopefully) the shoes won't dig into the soft ground. Any other suggestions?