[AT] Vertigo

[Mike Sloane]

Well, in that case, all you need is either to drive forward through the 
snow, which is what I do, or rig up the blade to sit up front.
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If your New Holland tractor is 4WD or FWA, you should have no problem 
working that way.

I find that pulling the blade forward is only a problem when the snow is 
really deep - maybe a foot or more. Then the tractor has to work really 
hard, first pushing through the snow and then pulling the blade behind 
it. One big advantage of a rear mounted blade facing forward is that you 
can back right up to a garage/barn door and pull the snow away. I should 
also note that the three point hitch is essentially a "pulling" hitch - 
whey they are used for pushing, it tends to put a strain on various 
components.

Any front mounted blade is far superior for snow clearing, but it does 
take a fair amount of hardware to fit one up. I had an old Dodge truck 
with an all-hydraulic plow, and, when the truck died, I was very tempted 
to see if I could rig the old plow up to one of my tractors. But the guy 
who bought the truck wanted the plow, so that was the end of that idea.

Mike

Dick Day wrote:
> Sorry, communication skills are not my greatest virtue.
> 
> I do not have a blower now. I never bought one due to the fact that my 
> tractor is lacking a mid-mount PTO.  I use a box scraper, the loader and a 
> modified rock rake for handling snow.
> 
> Dick
>