[AT] Plowing snow

Mike meulenms at gmx.com
Sat Mar 7 09:01:29 PST 2015


Farmer, we have some north south roads by us where the west side of the 
road is open field and about 6' higher than the road. Naturally when we 
get a blizzard with a lot of blowing and drifting, those roads drift 
completely shut, and the drift is deep, real deep. For that type of job 
the county has a huge road grader that they attach a huge V-plow to. 
I've watched them clear those roads with that grader and am always 
amazed at the power and traction that thing has. I haven't seen it 
stopped by anything yet.

Mike M

On 3/7/2015 8:36 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
> I've kind of had this plowing snow thing whipped... Son Scott loves plowing
> snow and keeps "something" around to do it. When I got to where I couldn't
> he just started coming down and plowing the barn lot / driveway and a
> series of paths from the house to the farm shop and back to the east barn
> where the horses are sheltered. If it keeps snowing he plows before work
> and again at night. Funny thing is that he prefers to plow with a large
> quad instead of a bigger tractor. It does fit in tight spaces easier. He
> does have a MF-175-D and I have an old county highway truck blade that will
> fit on it facing backward. It isn't the most handy thing around but will
> break through the big drifts well if on a larger tractor. Several years ago
> we had a badly drifted section of road between his house and mine that the
> county couldn't break through. They had one plow truck stuck at the south
> end, another stuck at the north end and a third stuck trying to pull out
> the one at the north end. These were regular dump trucks loaded with sand.
> Scott went to the barn down the road and got my Deere 4020 which had that
> blade on it and cleared the whole blocked section. The thing that allowed
> it was that unlike the county trucks he could swing around and shove it off
> into the fields instead of it just piling up. He was also able to get it
> cleared around the county trucks and then cleared that after they left.
> That old blade worked well on his 1755 Oliver too. We have never had it in
> anything smaller and I don't know how it would do, its pretty heavy.
> I think we have this winter mostly dealt with now even though it could
> still get messy in a short burst or two. After what has seemed like forever
> at zero temps the 10 day is now calling for the mid 40's today and
> tomorrow. The rest of the 10 days are calling for mid 50's except for one
> day at 60... I'm not sure that I remember how to walk on unfrozen bare
> ground.
> :-)
> It isn't even supposed to drop below freezing at night...
> The horses are going to be very happy as the grass gets uncovered, it's
> actually pretty green under there.
> I'm seeing some bud changes and the mix of birds at the feeders has been
> changing over the last couple of weeks as some move north.
> We have a herd of geese that stay here over the winter but this week we saw
> several groups flying over. These are not the local guys commuting to work
> and back, these were migratory geese in formation and up high. Excuse me
> now while I go out and dance on the sidewalk.
> :-)
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 12:13 AM, Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net> wrote:
>
>> On 3/6/2015 9:35 PM, George Crawford wrote:
>>> I have to feel a bit sorry for you folks having to deal with the cold
>> and snow. Being from the Pacific NorthwestI really do sympathize with those
>> of you still snowed in and freezing.George
>> Its not so bad when you have lived in those conditions of winter all
>> your life. We learn how to dress, when to stay indoors, all that good
>> stuff. If you can get into the new ATIS forum you can see a picture of
>> me sitting out on the Cockshutt 40 and snow blower quite comfortable at
>> +20 degrees.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
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