We got a good snowfall yesterday, depending on the report you listened to, it was somewhere between 6" and 12". I'd guess we had about 8" of snow. And being early in the season, I did not have the blower attached to the tractor. To make matters worse, the blower was behind a couple other implements
So I put a rear blade on the tractor, offset it and angle it and go about to pushing with the FEL and scraping with the rear blade. What a PITA. And slow too! Especially with a snow that is deep enough to roll over the top of the blade.
I get serious and go to dig out the blower. What a nice toy that is. Mine is a 60" unit and even on the smaller tractor, 8" of snow doesn't even begin to test the blower. It eliminates drifts, piles and everything in its path, and is much faster than the blade.
So I'm getting close to the house, and normally I end up with snow blown onto the front porch, I normally shovel a path to the door. Last night the lovely Mrs_B sees me coming, sees that the kids left their winter coats on the porch after spending an afternoon on the tobaggan run we set up down the hill. She comes out the door as I am coming toward the porch blowing snow The diesel engine is making noise I don't hear the screams At least I didn't hear the screams until I finally came inside
So I put a rear blade on the tractor, offset it and angle it and go about to pushing with the FEL and scraping with the rear blade. What a PITA. And slow too! Especially with a snow that is deep enough to roll over the top of the blade.
I get serious and go to dig out the blower. What a nice toy that is. Mine is a 60" unit and even on the smaller tractor, 8" of snow doesn't even begin to test the blower. It eliminates drifts, piles and everything in its path, and is much faster than the blade.
So I'm getting close to the house, and normally I end up with snow blown onto the front porch, I normally shovel a path to the door. Last night the lovely Mrs_B sees me coming, sees that the kids left their winter coats on the porch after spending an afternoon on the tobaggan run we set up down the hill. She comes out the door as I am coming toward the porch blowing snow The diesel engine is making noise I don't hear the screams At least I didn't hear the screams until I finally came inside
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