Ready for snow?

[F. Marra 17 110]

Late post from the weekend storm, but wheelhorse 414 w/ bervac got it done. central jersey, 11" snow with ice cap. 24" drifts against the garage. fun day cleaning the snow. the mailman loves the tractor, bogs down a little when going into the deep wet road plowed pile but as you can see from the picture it makes it happen.

[ebinmaine 76,876]

I heard this morning that the recent storm dropped 23.6 inches of snow on Boston proper. 

That's the 8th LARGEST storm total on record!!

[Brockport Bill 2,194]

On 1/25/2026 at 1:26 PM, OutdoorEnvy said:

Well found out the hard way I am not ready.  Need chains in the worse way.  Couldn't hardly move, was just spinning out, even in low range gears.  My neighborhood as inclines and I barely made it back home.  It was downhill on the way to the entrance and getting it home was awful.  Had to push it up the drive way while it was in reverse low range.  AG tires are probably the worse option.  I could switch out some turf tires but it's hard to picture that being much better or worth the effort.  Gotta go find the snow shovel I guess. 

 

luv the SEAT  !! I have read threads on fb that advocate for Ags for snow use - - cant imagine them being functional - - which you confirmed -- yes, maybe ags for tiller doing gardening in dirt but doesn't seem logical for snow -- i will make one suggestion tho --- suggest you put treatment on blade so you don't have that volume of heavy snow stuck to blade -- especially since you have to manually lift the blade -- use car wax - or pam -- or non stick snow treatment product - or wd 40 - fluid film, etc? if blade has lots of rust  -- suggest you sand off rust and paint it so you have smooth non friction surface so snow slides off - Good luck !

[Brockport Bill 2,194]

On 1/25/2026 at 6:57 PM, c-series don said:

@nylyon I recently looked into purchasing a new one from Original Cab and was happy to see that they are indeed still available. However they are not giving them away if you know what I mean!! I have a cab on my sweeper tractor and a cab on my snowblower tractor. Having used it today in this dry snow with the wind blowing in several directions I was so happy to be in the cab. When I was done the cab was covered in snow but I wasn’t! I was thinking about buying one for my 418-C with the plow but I think my wife might freak out when she sees the price. I’ll probably wait until I find a nice used one. If, like you I had her blessing I would have ordered it already. 

 suggest you start a petition of Forum members signatures supporting a cab purchase for you to show your wife from all of us - show her all the names - and at the least she will have a giggle - and at best, she will buy it for you as next birthday or christmas present -- or just because you're a good guy! 

[Bar Nuthin 2,156]

45 minutes ago, Brockport Bill said:

I have read threads on fb that advocate for Ags for snow use - - cant imagine them being functional

 

Ags with wheel weights have performed quite well for me in some fairly deep snow. I will add that I'm on relatively flat blacktop and haven't had to deal with much in the way of ice. 

I've got nice chains but haven't had a need to use them yet.

 

It's too much work and expense to keep the blacktop in good shape to risk tearing it up with chains.

Edited 9 hours ago by Bar Nuthin

[Brockport Bill 2,194]

it certainly was a mess clearing the 15 inches in the Hudson River Valley of NY -- plus, now we have forecast for possible second storm this weekend -- YUK - my body is just thawing out from last Sunday!! Thankfully, the C175h handled most of it -- but i did need to use the walk behind Ariens blower for some of the piles, edge rows etc --- needed to create some space for February and March !!!!!!!!!!!!! oh yeah, plus the end of the driveway was 4 ft high from Town plow --- so blower was needed for some of that -- didn't want to abuse WH as bulldozer.

 

[Sarthurs01 1,026]

The snow blower wouldn’t fire so it was all up to the charger.. never skip the beat!

[Handy Don 15,685]

3 hours ago, Bar Nuthin said:

It's too much work and expense to keep the blacktop in good shape to risk tearing it up with chains.

Well it does look pretty, but personally I worry about function a lot more than appearance. 😁

[WHX?? 54,106]

5 hours ago, Bar Nuthin said:

blacktop in good shape to risk tearing it up with chains.

 

Just yakin about that here fellas. 

 

[OutdoorEnvy 1,805]

6 hours ago, Brockport Bill said:

I have read threads on fb that advocate for Ags for snow use - - cant imagine them being functional - - which you confirmed -- yes, maybe ags for tiller doing gardening in dirt but doesn't seem logical for snow

 

It was mainly the inclines with frozen ground that did me in.  Wasn't really solid ice.  Just frozen slick.  It did alright once it thawed some and the ground became wet.  Still planning for chains.

 

Thanks for the compliment on the seat.  It's awesome, wish I would have gotten it years earlier.  Makes the back not hurt after long hours.  Thanks for the advice on the plow blade too!  I'll try it next opportunity!