Big Mountain Snow Plow Blizzard 2024
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- Опубликовано: 9 янв 2024
- We got almost 20" of new snow from the blizzard over couple of days. It was time we went out to the overlook and it was really piled up! I'm glad we went out as we are also expecting more snow. The John Deere 624K is the right machine and we're very fortunate to have it to keep the mountain roads open. More snow is coming!
This should be my last comment on this video, just wanted to let you know I came on your channel by accident and I'm glad I did. It is one of the most enjoyable video channels I have seen. I'm 75 now and unable to work but I moved heavy equipment and oversize loads all over North America for about 45years and to be able to sit and watch something I thoroughly enjoy is very soothing. Thank you for your time doing these videos and I'll be sure to look for other ones. God Bless!
Thank you sir! Your comment really touched my heart. I'm glad you like them as I share my tractor seat virtually with others. Who would think that people find this interesting! May God Bless you and your family!
Wow 45 years!! Thank you for your service to your country. I know thats usually reserved for military members but people like you make America the great country it is. Weather you are keeping the roads clear for the trucks that transport food and merchandise or driving those said trucks without you America would collapse so thank you for 45 years of your life in service to your country and fellow Americans!
From someone who travels these roads doesn't matter where your doing this those people are greatly grateful that you all do what ya do. So thank you.
Lucky man to have a loader to push with. One hell of a drive way
Wow, thanks for taking us along on a nice ride through the mountains. That’s a nice machine you got there stay safe.🙏
Thank you too
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Thanks for the ride in the snow, loved it!!!!
Really nice report. However, after watching you clear snow with your hands, I'm hoping that someone gives you a broom for your birthday. It was great to see how beautiful the whole area is. You gave us a unique tour of the gorgeous Sierra foothills.
Same thing I was thinking. I am also OCD. I would have removed all the snow off your vehicle to reduce weight.
I agree with the person that said to plow drifts in opposite direction so winds won’t cause increased height if your drifts!!
Is that ALL YOUR LAND??? It is gorgeous!!! Looks like you live in Gods Country!!!
It takes a lot of machinery to take care of a spread that big!!!
I found this so relaxing and peaceful. A world away from living in the big city but a reminder of some times spent in the Sierras in my youth. I felt like I was there on your mountain, or God's mountain really...it felt that way. I can still imagine breathing in some mountain winter air. Amazing sense memory that is just a breath away. Thank you!
Beautiful country.
BTW: Your plow blade is engineered to push the snow off to the right. The ‘funnel’ end will discharge the snow further away from the edge of the road with a sloping bank.
Fully understand. It's a good blade however sometimes I need to push going down hill to the left with the bulk of the snow. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you for a wonderful video! You have an incredible tool for moving snow quickly in that John Deere tractor and plow, and you certainly have need for it, with where you live. Beautiful scenery, awesome country. You don't have many neighbors, I imagine. You are very blessed.
Thank you very much!
Great to see such a beautiful landscape, would have stopped 40 times! Well done, I hope you get paid well for the trouble.
Thank you for the video, you are showing what most of us will never see in our lifetime! Appreciate you & be safe👍
I lived in the mountains for many years, both Sierra Nevada, and then Oregon, and this brought back some dear memories. I used to commute 40 miles to work, over the summit on I-80, and many times while the hwy was still being cleared. (Even closed, they let me, a local through.)
It made me smile when you said you moved there from North Dakota, while I moved from there TO se ND.
Thanks for taking me along on the trip. I LOVED being on the mountain roads in winter.
Thank you for your memories. What I find amazing is that it changes all the time. God's handiwork produces some amazing views and some wildlife along the way.
So nice to see someone who knows how to properly plow snow a real rarity on RUclips videos. Dealing with drifts can be challenging . Nice plow set up too.
Excellent angle! Thanks for sharing.
The most beautiful scenery, a John Deere loader, what more can you wish for.
I've been very blessed to find this machine and it works very well. Thanks for watching!
nice vid.
who own's that road.
people say why get a big loader= when you need it, you need it.
This is a great video. Shows me how big and deep the valleys are I didn't get to go on many trip to visit places when I was younger so it is good to see them from on videos or how ever I can. Thank you for the scenic route. Lol
What a great video, I'm from Cowansville, Quebec, Canada, its nice to see snow, we are in an open winter here, milder than normal temperatures ,very little snow ,good luck with the plowing, i am in an apartment complex now, but have opened up many driveways, back in the day when i had my property,,,,,
Hello from a former North Dakotan, I grew up in the Red River Valley. I too remember a few good blizzards growing up! Love the Shelter Belt reference, if I remember correctly at one time Grand Forks County had the most Shelter Belts than any other county. I do know that a lot of farmers have removed quite a lot due to age/die off and for more tillage.
Very similar to what we have up here in B.C. I plowed snow as a kid on an MF 135 with a blade on the loader attachment.
Love looking at the Cascade mountains!
Thank you for the beautiful ride I'm getting too old to do any trekking around and I enjoyed riding with you
Wow! Wow! Wisconsin should have no complaints. Wonderful video. Spring is on it's way.
So beautiful, I'd love to plow snow with that rig. Very satisfying would enjoy life in that area. Blessings brother.
I really enjoy your videos and commentary thank you for sharing
Great video. The views are amazing . Oh how I would love to plow that road !
Very beautiful area. Very interesting to watch.
Love the view from your office window. Looks and sounds a lot like Colorado.
New to your channel, thanks for sharing your video's. I use to plow snow while in the seat of my D4 open cab 4 miles every winter as a necessity for us and others on an unimproved county road. Thanks again for sharing your seat time with us.
welcome and thanks for the comment. Open cab is another whole level! that's dedication for sure!
That's one hell of a piece of equipment to plow a personal rd .
Beautiful landscapes, I hope You have a happy life there buddy:))
Thank you for the wonderful video!
I happy for you to have such a beautiful place to be. Really liked the video and listening to you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful area, nice ride!
Beautiful!!
If you can still get it through your gate, a cheap trick we used to do is scrounge a piece of conveyor belting to bolt onto your plow blade at the left edge. Heavy belting in an arc is surprisingly strong and will grab or kick quite a lot of snow. Thus widening your path but still flexible around trees, posts and rocks.
Alan, I really like this idea! Do you roll a belt around a loop and bolt it back to the blade? Do you have any pictures as this is a good idea. thanks so much!
@@almosthomeranch8447 The application really depends on what width and thickness of belting you can locate. Typically, it runs about 3/8” to 3/4” thick and can be a myriad of widths. Let’s say you found some 3/8” thick x 24” wide. That would likely be pretty flexible and you might not be able to extend it very far. Let’s say your plow blade arc measures 40” from the top of the cutting edge to the top edge under your rubber flap. You would want to cut a 40” x 24” piece and lay it in against the end of the blade, with the 40” length running vertically. Try clamping it down temporarily with a couple large welding type clamps near the top and bottom. Then experiment with how much you have extended out beyond the end of the blade and still have it quite stiff. Remember, the snow exerts a lot of pressure, so the thicker and stiffer the belting, the better (to a point that is). We found it’s best to use a piece 3/16” or 1/4” steel strapping, hammered to match the blade arc to bolt thru on top of the belting to help prevent tear-out. Keep your bolts fairly close together (like 6”), but that spacing will depend on the belting’s thickness. Also, you don’t want to bolt very far away from the inboard edge of the belting to prevent snow from wedging underneath.
Sorry, I sold my plow so no pictures. Hope this helps!
I just thought of another pretty important tip, be sure to bevel the inboard edge of the belting to help snow slip up and over the belt’s thickness. If the belting does not have steel reinforcing in it, you can bevel that edge with a circular saw.
Cheers!
Beautiful ranch you have there Mr. Stay Safe and Warm.
Thanks 👍
That view at 29:40 and 55:50… Breathtaking! Def makes me miss the mountains in Colorado.
WoW! Just beautiful!
I've got another video in the sun that you would love. It premieres tonight at 7pm. stay tuned!
One more good reason I need a full on front loader. Although my wife might not agree since our drive is only about 200’ and is mostly plowed by the town. But still!
A snow blower attachment for the payloader would work better for not having banks left!
A few more very heavy snowfalls and high winds filling in the roadway and even that machine won't be able to clear the road. with the blade. Only a snowblower can move the material far enough away that the machine is not working against itself.
You've got the longest driveway i've ever seen, good thing you have a big tractor, shoveling that by hand would take you to July/August of 2026 . Lol. Great video, thanx for the ride along.
Stumbled upon your video of pushing snow. Most enjoyable, thanks for taking us along. Your location is very interesting, would like to follow your road on google earth. At 77 I and living on east coast I doubt I'll make it back out that way again. Pulled our camper through Oregon and Washington in 2018. Best wishes.
beautifur land. awsome pictures
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Great video. Keep up all your hard work
THIS IS THE JOB I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
long road thanks for the ride
Would be pretty with some horses & a sleigh!
What a gorgeous area to live.
I love riding with you.
These trees are fab. They define this state. There is no place like Cali in the entire Uni, and that's a fact.
Nice Video. Sending warm thoughts. Aloha
Good stuff!!
That's a nice plowtruck
That sure is a lot of Snow!
27:40 Epic change of scenary! 😲😲
Very nice video! Greetings from Sweden
Greetings and how's the winter been in Sweden this year? I've always wanted to see that countryside.
Good video buddy. If you decide to put a wing on you'll wish you had it sooner. Really pretty country up through there. Well done chum.
wow really cool
JAN 10 2024...Thanks for Video! Kids lobe this
Majestic views.
It's nice to see you running chains buddy. So many people out there don't have a clue how much difference between with or without chains. I setup an old Case with a 10ft on the front and I put a 10ft wing on the right side to counter act the push and it worked really great. Just thought I'd share that with you because it is well worth it. Take care chum.
I enjoyed watching your video. Had know I idea how much snow had fallen. I live in Wisconsin
nice setup, what you need is a little bit wider and a funnel on both ends. that would be a master piece for your mountain.great vidio my friend.
Yeah, that would be nice to find that type of blade. Appreciate the comment.
That blade is designed to be winged to the right at all times. The funnel helps throw it farther. Looks like you would really benefit having a snow blower in that machine. Would take longer to clear the road but the benefit of throwing it far it always a huge plus. I habe a little 4066r deere with a pronovast cyclone blower. Throws it about 75-100’.
Wish we got snow like this here in western washington, and when we do its only around for a day or 2, snow plowing looks so much fun!
it is fun usually for the first couple of hours then it's a job. :) but I enjoy it
Wow sure is beautiful there, I just subscribed I’ll be watching more this is pretty cool 👍👍😎
thank you kindly!
We have an old-time V-blade on our 1960 Hough loader...not that new hydraulic "split" kind they have for trucks. It works best when you maintain speed..We make a single higher-speed pass downhill and the snow curls up a good 4-6' high before coming off the blade. If we need to do pushbacks..we'll take a pass up the hill again with 1/2 the blade and down again on the other side with the other half of the blade. We just got lucky that the V-blade came with the loader when we bought it. It's the single best implement we could put on it. We plowed prior with an IH tractor and plow, and it was tedious but do-able. If you can find an old V-blade..I strongly suggest you get it and have a shop weld a QA to it for the loader.
That's a good suggestion and if anyone comes across one setting in a field I'l love to know about. Or, of course if someone would like to donate one that would be even better! thanks for the comment!
What a beautiful window to look out of that is one awesome office doing a good job at what time did you start no one else about the best time when it’s deep like that in the grand canyon the should give you a blower 👍
What a great life!
This place is away from people! Love it!
Amen!
We is all 412K sat in the seat with you.
Wow! A lot of snow like Buffalo, NY, my hometown! Not so much, yet, though.
24” in 24hrs is the record in a day where im located. Mtns of NC. Worst storm was Blizzard of 93’ we got between 36” & 48” in three days. Military had to do food drops for remote hillbillys/billyettes, and livestock. One very remote older billyette shot at one of helicopters that was attempting to drop her food. True story!
thanks used to plow snow with a Gallion road grader
What state is this in absolutely beautiful
awesome video
Thanks!
Thank you for video my snow JD Loader friend 😊. I remember going out from are yard on to start are plow route. It was a very deep snow on city roads. We could NOT get a block. The people just abandon there cars in drive lanes. At 3:30 AM we were finally able to go three plows side by side to clear main highway. Those were LONG 12 Hour shifts. People just go out and drive in the snow, then just Leave there cars in traffic ( plow) lanes, then bitch why the roads are NOT cleared.
thanks for the note. Very little traffic up here (especially when the road get's snow shut). Very peaceful sometimes in the solitude. :)
This rig would be awesome with an 8’ blower instead of the blade! I use something similar to this in Alaska for 3 decades only difference was the blower! I was throwing snow 60 feet off roadways!
That's what I think. Plowing up ridges will leave you with a potential disaster. as it will drift in worse than ever!
In the open areas, I would be really tempted to push the snow to the lee side of the road. To reduce the size of the drifts on the road itself.
Nice loader. Gorgeous scenery. Thanks for making and posting!
Do they make a wider V-plow? Seems like then you could just rip down the middle and throw the snow farther to the sides.
Dam listening to that front end loader trying to start as it was turning over I didn't think it was going to start or that it even did when it did lol
Where is this? Beautiful!
A snowblower attachment would be a good idea lol
I was about to say the same thing lol
Fellow North Dakotan here, that is a lot of snow to push. Good choice of equipment. Looks like you're doing a great job. If I have one piece of advice that will save you lots of time, let the wind do the work. Push the snow to the side of the road to where the wind does not blow it back onto the road.
... On your second pass, try to only use 75% of your blade to push the snow. Otherwise you end up pushing snow onto your cleared area.
Some good comments and here's a shout out to another ND neighbor. You know how hard those drifts can be back there. I remember going snowmobiling in the ditches thinking it would be soft but it would be like concrete. What memories!
I only wish our 624s (rentals) had such clean cabs lol... They get a beating up here in the oilfield, though. Only six more months until our one day of summer! Lol
too funny... I didn't think my cap was that clean. Now I need to clean it!
As a guy that lives in the middle of the Mohave desert where we never see snow this looks nuts. I kept looking for signs of a road 😂. Cool job. Where is this???
I used a 12' Monroe on a GMC TopKick to plow park roads in Michigan and they do make sturdy plows. I also operated a JD 544 with a 14 avalanche blade and even without chains, it was unstoppable. Running a larger blade on that 644 would work especially if you ran wheels or skid shoes. If you could increase your speed it would roll the snow farther necessitating having to lay the shoulders back less often !
I'm running skidder chains on front and that makes a big difference. Thank for the suggestion and when there is a good base down I do try to blade a little faster but sometimes it's very rough as it's a dirt/rock road. Thanks for watching!
Nice...........
I always plow everything so when the wind is blowing the snow away from the Rd.... Not back on the Rd..... But great video
Thanks for the ride and company. Where is this?
May 8 2024 leadville,co we got 20 inches overnight it was like moving cement.
We run 5 cat 980M's, I always volunteer for early morning overtime plowing, haven't really come across many things I cant move
Working at a steel mill. U should've seen the chains. We had to use on our loaders. Cleaning the pit out. Where the liquid slag was.
Yeah, I'm sure they had very heavy chains. It really saps the power though. When I have them off in the summer it's like I'm free!
Hey, time for the sleds, boys!
in the beginning it looked so much like a video game lol
Would be possible to have Closed Captions enabled on your posts, please? That way, we could turn down the incessant drone of the 624K and still be able to hear your commentary . Otherwise, really love and appreciate your videos. 😀
I see you’re putting the snow on the wrong side of the road where it is drifting put it on the opposite side. The way you’re doing it you’re going to get deeper and deeper snow drifts but I’m enjoying your video. Keep up the good work.
I was reading all the comments to see if someone was thinking this as well. Definitely at the top of the ridge it needs to go to the opposite side. Looks like fun time though thanks
Never push snow into the wind
I plowed roads for over 20 years.....he also should be driving a little faster to throw the snow off the road further
Yup sure is lmao
The man who showed me always said dirt up hill snow down hill that way it will dry faster and not spend weeks melting over the ditch
Picture? OK! (screenshot 📷)
Neat! 😅
If I wanted to listen to someone talk to themselves while operating equipment I could have gone to work today and listened to myself 😂😂😂😂
Up in these mountains there’s not a lot of people to talk to. That’s why he’s talking to us ,most enjoyable , if you need quiet time go sit in your tractor talk to self
Nice scenery, but youre lucky that you know, or assume you know where your road is. I wish I could cruze in 100% confidence with any heavy equipment driving though a no cell phone service or 2-way radio zone area if I were to get sunk or rolled over in a ditch; and yes takes 2 seconds for it to happen.
This reminds me of the movie The Shining, and your the star.
I worked as first responder for 15 years and I got tired of pulling stiff popsicles out of cars & snow banks.
Be safe my friend. Be safe..
I don't take your words lightly and I fully understand what you are saying. Things happen and I hope/pray that things go well each time I go out. I don't take risks when I'm plowing. sure appreciate your comment sir!