[AT] Good tractor work-out...

[Gunnells, Bradley R]

The key here is that you're taking the right approach. Remove it when not in use and be the primary operator. Snowplows are hard on things. There is added weight, sudden bumps and jars that you're vehicle normally wouldn't see. The folks on this list have enough common sense to know their limits and not to abuse the equipment. Like Dave said, pickups aren't made for heavy duty plowing but for personal use you should be fine.

I've got a '79 F150 that has a plow my grandpa had added when it was new. I was under the delusion when I first got it that I could make some money plowing snow. After fuel, repairs and my time I quickly realized that this wasn't panning out. I still use it at home on my lane and it's much warmer than sitting on my tractor in the wind and dark.  :-)

Now I need to dig the plow out and get it put on. May just need it one of these day.

Brad

On Dec 6, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Mike Meulenberg <meulenms at gmx.com> 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
> 
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> From: Mike Sloane 
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> Time: 2012-12-05, 07:24:40
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> 
> 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
>> 
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