[AT] Good tractor work-out...

[Dave Rotigel]

Hi Mike,
	NO PICKUP TRUCK is made for heavy duty plowing! Having said that, I plowed my drive (and a few neighbors drives) for years with a F150, a F250, and then a F350. Other than being a bit hard on U-joints the light plowing that I did did NOT seem to do any real damage to any of them. Just don't think you are operating a vehicle designed to plow a lot of snow and you will be just fine!
	Dave
PS, Always remember that free advice is worth EXACTLY what you pay for it!

On Dec 6, 2012, at 9:47 AM, Mike Meulenberg wrote:

> I've been thinking about installing a plow on my chevy 1500, but people are telling me it's too light duty to put a plow with. This would just be for my driveway and barn area, and I wouldn't drive around with it attached. I think I'd be just fine, any thoughts. Your Tundra is a 1/2 ton class isn't it?
> 
> Mike M
> 
> 
> ----- Receiving the following content ----- 
> From: Mike Sloane 
> Receiver: Antique tractor email discussion group 
> Time: 2012-12-05, 07:24:40
> Subject: Re: [AT] Good tractor work-out...
> 
> 
> been there, done that. There is nothing quite like sitting in a puddle
> of melted snow and having one's mustache freeze solid in the middle of
> the night.
> 
> And that is why I gave up pushing snow with an open tractor a LONG time
> ago. I have been using a series of trucks with closed cabs and (some)
> heat for the last 25 years, gradually progressing to finally buying my
> first brand new truck. It is a Toyota Tundra with automatic
> transmission, and it makes plowing almost a pleasure. The only thing I
> miss is the 8' blade on the F350 mason dump - the 7' blade on this truck
> requires an extra pass to get the snow where I like it.
> 
> I do still use a rear blade on the Ford 860 the next day to get the snow
> near the barn/garage doors and other tight spots. And, at age 70, I no
> longer shovel snow. I found a very nice used Simplicity snow blower,
> cleaned up, and put a cab on it for doing the walkways.
> 
> Mike
> 
> On 12/5/2012 3:18 AM, Mattias Kess? wrote:
>> ... but I really hate snow. Yesterday we got the first snow maybe 8"
>> so I plowed and shoveled for two hours yesterday evening when done at
>> nine there were 4 new inches were I begun. Some defrosting wit a
>> little gl?g and some time in the sauna helped to deal with the
>> continuing snowing and wind drifts. Then this morning at 4:45 the guy
>> that takes care of our road it's about two miles of a shared road and
>> he said that he had broken his tractor. So he wondered if I could at
>> least open the road. OK the block heater was plugged in so I was
>> ready to go. Yeah 12-16" with winddrifted parts with more than two
>> foot of snow nice since the blade is something like 1' 8". But the
>> boxer managed really good but the driver could have need some more
>> gl?g afterwards. Temperature was 19 F and wind between 25-30 mph at
>> the open parts so a cab would have been appreciated. But the Boxer
>> endured really good in it's heaviest workout for the last 40 years or
>> something like that. And no I don't have any fancy clips or pictures,
>> It was dark, no powersteering and frozen fingers.
>> 
>> Mattias
>> 
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at
> _______________________________________________
> AT mailing list
> http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at