Leaving Plow and Wheel Weights on all year?

[Handy Don 12,733]

Unless you have a smooth, flat, hard surface (i.e. blacktop or concrete) or else you are willing to plow off some of the surface as well as the snow, you cannot expect to get a “squeegee clean” plow job.

For years I’ve been re-spreading a yard or two of gravel back down my elderly neighbor's driveway after his contracted plower puts it in a pile of snow up at the edge of his lawn!

[Alrashid2 329]

Glad you guys are around! All the websites online were saying the angle that corresponds with the top hole for gravel driveways so I was thinking to use that

 

So just to confirm, bottom hole, which would make the plow the most vertical, is the right way for an uneven driveway

Edited December 21, 2024 by Alrashid2

[Bar Nuthin 827]

I had a partial sheet of HDPE plastic, so I cut a strip and put it behind my wear bar - intention is to preserve my blacktop driveway.  I gave it a test run scraping off a bazillion ornamental fruit pears (more like berries) off of my drive. It became apparent that my old drive is not very flat, with all sorts of dips and low spots. While it should be fine for plowing snow, once it wears out, I'll replace it with a strip of rubber. Luckily, there are plenty of used horse mats available around here for cheap.

 

Edited December 21, 2024 by Bar Nuthin

[SylvanLakeWH 26,218]

1 hour ago, Alrashid2 said:

So just to confirm, bottom hole, which would make the plow the most vertical, is the right way for an uneven driveway

No. You want the bottom hole so the top of the plow is leaning away from the tractor, with the bottom closer to the tractor... that way the blade is dragging not digging... less vertical.

 

Like this

 

 

 

Edited December 21, 2024 by SylvanLakeWH

[Ed Kennell 39,311]

2 hours ago, Handy Don said:

 

For years I’ve been re-spreading a yard or two of gravel back down my elderly neighbor's driveway after his contracted plower puts it in a pile of snow up at the edge of his lawn!

For years I dreaded the back breaking task of hand raking the stones out of the grass back on to the stone road.

Now when I see a thaw coming, I plow the snow back onto the road to melt and deposit the stones where they belong.   Saves about 90% of the hand raking.

[pfrederi 18,025]

24 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

For years I dreaded the back breaking task of hand raking the stones out of the grass back on to the stone road.

Now when I see a thaw coming, I plow the snow back onto the road to melt and deposit the stones where they belong.   Saves about 90% of the hand raking.

Between me and the township pushing stones into he yard  the answer is!!

 

 

[Handy Don 12,733]

1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

For years I dreaded the back breaking task of hand raking the stones out of the grass back on to the stone road.

Now when I see a thaw coming, I plow the snow back onto the road to melt and deposit the stones where they belong.   Saves about 90% of the hand raking.

Clever system--I’ll keep it in mind!

Lucky for me the edge of my neighbor’s lawn is a low stone wall so the stones are in a heap right in front to it. I can use a dozer blade for the bulk of the task (if it wasn’t this easy, I’d have had him get the plow guy back to fix it!)

[Alrashid2 329]

4 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

No. You want the bottom hole so the top of the plow is leaning away from the tractor, with the bottom closer to the tractor... that way the blade is dragging not digging... less vertical.

 

Like this

 

 

 

Ahhh I see now! Not sure why my mind was having a hard time picturing it

Thanks for the photos!

[Ed Kennell 39,311]

14 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

 

 

 

 

I just noticed the blade angle pin puller.   Cool idea.    Brings back memories of the a plow I had on a 4 wheeler with the same arrangement.

 

[SylvanLakeWH 26,218]

41 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

 

I just noticed the blade angle pin puller.   Cool idea.    Brings back memories of the a plow I had on a 4 wheeler with the same arrangement.

 

Thanks Ed.
 

Blade came with no cable, triangle pivot or handle and it was pretty rough. Went with what we had in the "supply room"... 

 

Required getting off the tractor to change but it worked... also encouraged me to develop a Zamboni pattern to plowing so I didn't need to get off the tractor too often...

 

Sent that blade along with the E-141's... probably will get a bit less use down in the St. Louis area...

[Ed Kennell 39,311]

4 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Required getting off the tractor to change

Oh, I thought it was like mine where the lever contacted the frame pulling the pin if the the plow was raised to the max.  

[SylvanLakeWH 26,218]

1 hour ago, Ed Kennell said:

Oh, I thought it was like mine where the lever contacted the frame pulling the pin if the the plow was raised to the max.  

Nope, but cool idea!