[AT] snow plowing

[Gene Dotson]

    To be practical, one has to prepare for ordinary conditions and do the 
best you can in unusual conditions like this year.

    After tha big blizzard in Ohio in 1978 and the heavy snow 2 weeks before 
that, A local farmer bought 2 5 ton military trucks with huge mounted 
snowblowers. Thinking he would get a lot of work with them the next big 
storms when we were paralyzed. Both trucks sat behind his barn for at least 
the next 10 years and were never needed. He finally sold them to someone in 
Colorado. Likely got some use there.

                        Gene


>>
>> You need a wing and a deflector on that blade.
> I guess that would help Steve but I am already exceeding the capacity of
> that blade by about 100 percent. The Cancade was a light duty dozer
> originally designed for about a 50 hp tractor so I am pushing my luck
> already. Its also too narrow at eight feet but again, a wider blade just
> puts more strain on the rest of the frame. It is already bent in the
> pivot area.
> The light weight is an advantage in that it does not overload the front
> end of the tractor and take weight off the driving wheels. The big
> strong Leon and Degelman dozer blades could take all the abuse I'd ever
> give them but at huge cost. Heavy to install and carry around too. This
> one I just drop the whole push bar off every spring. Takes maybe half an
> hour . So its a trade off either way. I guess I'll stick with what I have 
> .
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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