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Is that for footage of the JD with the snow pusher? First time I've ever watched a random video on RUclips and recognized something. Noticed Texas Corners Brewing first! Hello from Mattawan
I have found that snow removal equipment choice is situation dependent. Different pushers or buckets for parking lots than open areas. Blowers in their place and front mounted one way blades on a loader are good for roadways. in certain situations. At home I have a 100 foot driveway with nowhere to push snow so I use a front mounted blower that does a great job.
Agree. Your tractor, the job, and the local climate drive solutions. If you have wet snow, a blower will clog up and freeze. An important variable is time....... a 48" snow blower vs a 83" blade doing a mile of road, etc. My pet rock is blades need gauge wheels.... only Steiner does that.
I agree that everyone's situation is different. I live in eastern Canada 🇨🇦 in a rural area with a 1200ft driveway. Any piled snow causes the driveway to fill in on a windy day. The snow has to be blown clear for my drive to stay clean.
We've only used rear mounted snow blowers, driving backwards. Though it is a little uncomfortable, it's not that bad driving backwards. Our blowers are 8 feet wide and almost 4 feet high... much larger than in the video. If just a few inches of snow, an 8 ft. snow bucket on the skid steer goes pretty fast but deeper snow is much quicker with a snow blower than can blow the snow 200 feet. We have to move snow quickly at our barns for feed trucks etc to get in and out. I would love to have a front mounted blower but with the size of our snow blowers it requires a tractor with a front mounted 3 point hitch and front PTO. Hard to justify a huge expense for just that.
I agree and would also add that the tractor size and budget are also major factors. I use a 24 HP 4x4 hydrostatic tractor with no loader. For me an hydraulic front blade and rear PTO driven snowblower has proven a winning combination in both costs and efficiency. For light snow, nothing is faster than a blade on a long driveway. But as the snow banks get higher, I use the blade to pile the snow, and blow it. For large snowfall, I use the blower, and clean-up with the front blade. :-)
On the farm we had an 8 ft bucket with a rear mounted blade on a 100 hp tractor. Snowpushers weren't available at that time. After we retired a 24 inch 5 hp snowblower did the trick, but was a lot of work in a rural setting. We got rid of it, a lawn tractor, and 4 wheeler a got a New Holland 25 hp subcompact with 4 ft bucket and 6ft back blade. I don't use that for plowing, but paid $100 for a 5 ft ATV manual snow plow, and rebuilt it and remodeled it to fit the bucket. I added enough plastic cut from the sides of a 50 gallon plastic barrel to make it 8 ft wide. I also have chains remodeled from the ATV for the rear wheels for added traction, but haven't needed them yet. This week we had a ten inch snow with winds of 25-40 leaving 4 ft high drifts in places. No I couldn't punch through them but did move them efficiently. The county snowplow left a 4 ft high pile of snow at the end of the driveway that took a bit to push away. A bigger tractor 60-100 HP would have taken about an hour and half to move the snow that took me about 3 hours. A snow blower would have taken maybe half an hour, but for less than I paid for the back blade, I am happy with my remodeled ATV snowblade.
Living in the snow belt south of Buffalo NY I can tell you the most difficult snow to remove is the early season, heavy and wet lake effect snows. The ground is usually very warm - 2 weeks ago we got 4-7 feet of this snow in my area. It was almost 70 degrees the week before. This leads to the snow melting near the ground and turning to slush. This slush sticks to the augers and the every surface in side the blower - Especially because the surfaces are a little rusty from the summer of non-use. You have to stop frequently and knock the packed ice and snow off the augers. Silicone spray really helps. I sprayed the augers with a lot of silicone and kept the tractor in a heated garage. With these monster lake snows events, you have to keep up with the snow. I run an old wheelhorse 520H with the 2 stage blower. I was blowing 2 to 3 times a day to keep up the snow. If you let it get over 12-18" deep, it's really hard to move it. If you let it get 3-4 feet deep - forget it. You have to hire it out to a large bucket loader as the snow compresses and turns very hard. My sister paid $200 to have her driveway cleared with a loader as her plow truck guy could not move the snow with a pickup mounted plow at 5 ft deep.
Another great video, thanks! I am up in the North Woods of Wisconsin with an average of 111 inches/year, so we run out of bank space pretty quick. My drive is about 800 feet, half blacktop and the other half is gravel. This is my first year with my 1026R/Cab. So far what has worked best for me is the snow blower on front, set high enough not to throw rocks and I have my blade in the back, reversed so I am pulling on the backside of the blade to minimize potential damage to the blacktop/cement aprons. The blower clears out the snow and the blade does clean up. I might be a bit overly cautious right now, but it seems to work pretty good.
It all depends on the situation or more specifically location. Where I am in the snow belt getting pounded with lake effect snow I would not be without a snowblower. When you get snow 2' - 3' at a time sometimes it would take forever with bucket or blade. For the light snows a bucket or blade works great and then take the snowblower and blow it once it is in a pile. 10+ feet of snow a year has to go somewhere and the bucket only stacks so high.
I agree. Blowers are the answer here in the middle of Canada. I would run out room fast with any kind of pusher. I have to make the snow 'disappear' with the blower.
My snow removal plan is to sit on my couch, watch GWT videos while the snow melts, and put more implements on my wish list while staying warm by the fire.
3rd year of using the 1500 pusher with back drag you sold me. The rubber edge is 1/8 inch higher than the side runners. No wear, still looks brand new. No more snow blower parts to purchase. Best attachment for my winter needs. Thanks
Great video once again!! Just took delivery of my new 1025R in October and really appreciate all your videos on it and other implements. Very helpful when weighing options and making decisions. Keep up the great work.
If you are taking about moving Snow , Nothing comes close to a Blower. All your pictures have 1” of Snow , try your Pusher when you have 1/4 mile of driveway and over a Foot of Snow . You will end up with Large piles , a Blower distributes the snow 50’ Back from your driveway and no banks to blow in the next time it Snowing
Very informative video sir. I have about a 300ft. paved driveway on a grade in NE. I start with the loader and edge tamers on my 1025R. Then I move to the HLA 1500 pusher with the back drag as it gets further in the winter. Then when I run out of room, I move to the front mounted blower with the rear blade (to pull snow away from garage, etc.). Reverse order as winter starts winding down so I can get back to using my other loader attachments (Forks, Brush Crusher, etc) as well. Love them all. Winter has been mild lately around here, but at times I wish I had a cab..LOL! Thanks for sharing!
Plows and pushers require space management and are quicker. For small spaces residential driveway snowblower you can throw the snow into a neighbors yard when they aren't looking
Yeah, I hear ya. I have a 1,000' straight asphalt drive and I got a front mount snow blower for my 1025R. Yep, it's a pain to put on and take off but when we get snow it does the job pretty good. For me the snow pusher won't work too good cause no good place to push the snow. The snow blower on the asphalt is great. Blow snow in the morning and if the sun is out, by the afternoon you can see the asphalt. Hard to beat that.
Me too 54” with my 739, blowers are the best but people are cheap and don’t know how to use them efficiently. It’s hard to put on and off and has a learning curve but in the long run there really is no comparison.
As someone that has worked as a snow removal professional, a variable position plow such as the horst snow wing . Pushers are only good for going straight IMO
i used to always have a plow trucks. but always ended up paying someone with a backhoe to push the banks back by mid winter. neighbor that moved into the area had an older Kubota from the 90's with a front mounted snowblower he would let me use when ever we got a big dump of snow. (10+ inches) he moved away and left me without a snowblower. i went one winter without one just plowing before i bought a brand new Kubota with a front mount blower and a factory cab. i love it so much. i will never again go without a blower for snow removal. plus in the spring the yard isn't tore up and don't have huge snow banks that take forever to melt. I have how ever thought about getting a snow pusher to use in the beginning of winter when the ground is soft and we only get a few inches here and there.
Anything that pushes snow is low on my list (with the exception in regards to economics), in my humble opinion. I have been thru winters when the snow just keeps piling up and eventually there is no place left to push or plow it. The blowers, which I have used in one form or another since the early 80s, have always held their own no matter how much falls. It allows you to throw the snow far enough away that it doesn't eventually box you in. And that's my 2cents
And it doesn't end there. Having a rear mounted thrower on a cab tractor means you need a rear wiper-washer and rear-facing work lights for late afternoon snow removal. Ask me how I know...
I have no use for a pusher... I am cleaning a 1/4 mile lane. I previously ran a 72" skid steer blower on the FEL powered by a PTO pump, and an external res that sat on my 8 foot 3 point blade. The worked very well on my MX4800. When I went to a MX6000cab I went to a Normand inverted and a 8 foot hydraulic angle blade with skid shoes on the FEL. it works great for me.
I have my HLA 1500 snow pusher installed on my 1025r. Before the snows come I had to remove the millions of oak leaves on my lawn. This year I blew the leaves into rows 100 feet long. I then used my snow pusher to push the leaves into the woods where they degrade over the winter. This was way easier than trying to blow them into the woods like I've done in the past.
I love your videos just ordered a new 2022 Gator 865R and I am dam excited I take care of large properties condo corporations and retirement homes I I love my John Deere 3720 Deluxe cab with a Hila 2000 I could not imagine not having the hydraulic angle left and right to stack snow and make sure the curbs are clean and pretty. I have not used a snow pusher but I feel like I would be handicapped without the angle as I am a very precise in my snow placement. This quality of work has kept me the same large contracts for 20 years! I have really been enjoying your videos lately! David - D.P. Property Maintenance INC
My winter set-up on my ‘03 JD4010 compact utility is a 3PH snowblower and traditional bucket up front. It’s a pain to work backwards, but the snowblower makes the job so fast that I can tolerate it. I also run skinny AG tires with fluid in winter which dramatically improves my traction. Finally, because my driveway is mostly gravel, I drive on it after the first couple of snowfalls to create a snow pack so that I’m throwing minimal gravel into the yard. Thanks for your videos, lots of great information.
I have a long private road and large driveway. We nornally get a lot of snow here. A front mounted blower is what I prefer and use or a power angle blade would a second choice. I have a rear blade for scraping. A pusher in my application would be 3rd choice.
Thanks for the Canada shoutout. We recently moved into a small acreage and my combo right now is a rear facing snow blower and am waiting for the loader blade to show up. Our driveway isn't all that long but being out of the city want to make sure I can clean it quickly and efficiently in case of any emergency. I was fortunate to get an SB1164 used at a solid price. And of course we have had less snow than usual but even that combo with the bucket has been solid. I do have a mid mount PTO but in the end decided the versatility of having the front end loader available for a blade/bucket/anything else was the more efficient choice. Love your videos, time to open some remote locations north of the border!
Zmi makes a pull blade on top of pusher. I run 1 hla bucket on my mt100 skidateer. We push tons of snow a year. Our kioti dealer sold us the zmi pusher with back drag edge on it and a box blade for cleanup if i need to really scrape down. Zmi is local to syracuse. I prefer a local manufacture.
Have a new HLA 1500 out there waiting for snow and just bought the backdrag kit from Good Works. Super fast shipping by the way! Excited for some snow up here near Buffalo!
I agree the pusher is the best all around. No moving parts to break or freeze up. No hoses or connections to try to hook up in the cold if you're using your tractor for other things. Just latch the quick attach and you're good to go. Back drag edge is definitely a must have.
I love your videos , so, thank you. I live just over the border from you in southern ontario. I was at a Kubota dealer this week and suggested mounting a snow pusher on a mint condition L5740 they have I want to buy and they very strongly suggested NOT doing that since the loader can be easily damaged by hitting something under the snow. Your thoughts?
I got a 48” snow blade as a freebie off an older bigger garden tractor. I bought a 1/4” SSQA plate and some steel to rig up the plow to the adapter plate. All said and done I have a loader mounted plow for my Kubota BX2380 for roughly $250 all in. Now all I need is to put some extenders on each side of the blade to get it to 60” or slightly over and I’ll be ready for some snow!
In light snow, or a small barnyard, snow pusher. Any kind of distance/volume, it is plow time. If there is any kind of depth/drifting it is blower time-to move it downwind.
I really appreciated the video. I've never seen a pusher and had no idea you could attach different plates to the cutting edge. You did a great and very fair demonstration of the pros and cons of each method and equipment. I have a Kubota L3560 with a loader and bucket, a rear blade, and a rear snow blower. I use my bucket a lot for moving snow in tight areas so I went with a 3-pt blower. For my narrow 1200' driveway that winds through the trees. the blower keeps my road open all winter as I have no snow berm. I only move snow once. If I push snow or blade snow I quickly run out of space to pile it and my road gets so narrow the delivery guys won't come up. Here in central-western Montana most winters the snow that falls at Thanksgiving is still here at Easter. When I moved snow by plowing I had to move the snow berm with the bucket several times a winter to keep my road wide enough. Not fun when it's -25ºF. The only caution I would mention with the blower is to be cautious of any stray pieces of gravel you might pick up. It will come out of the exit chute at a high rate of speed. If you point the chute up and move your tractor close to a tree be aware of the ricochets! I point my chute more toward the ground.
I have 2 inverted snow blowers and i leave the buckets on to move the piles made by plow trucks. Went from 12 hrs. Doing 100 driveways with 45" snow blowers to 6 hrs for 104.
I ran my bucket last season and once you got manhole covers, it kinda hurts. So I bought a front loader plow for this season so I don't jar myself and possibly damage my front loader or the tractor entirely.
I have a front bucket on my ford 4600 but for snow removal I use a 9 ft rear blade and 7 ft snow blower to plow 4.5 k of mountain road to the cabin maintains 14 to 16 ft wide road all winter
A 3pt rear facing snow blower is hard to beat especially when you can pick one up for 500 used. Negates the struggle of figuring out where to put the snow.
Your videos are great and informative especially the applications for light snow. From my seat in Wyoming with wind and snow creating incredible drifts moving those drifts has taken me to the Frontier SB 2176 loader mounted snowblower with the Frontier 2134 hydraulic power pack with chains on the front tires. Incredible combination. Moving snow with snowblowers is so much easier than pulling and or pushing. Great combination for your 4 series John Deere tractors.
@@simd510 I bought it brand new with the tractor in 2013 and it has worked perfectly since I think it was around the $13,000 mark fully installed. If something would every happen with it, I would buy another immediately!!
@@simd510 Thru the years I occasionally have seen really nice ones for sale in auctions and they have been very reasonable. Being able to whittle down the drifts really helps. The blower mounted on the front-end loader really helps
I personally use a front blade and a rear blade on my simplicity legacy 4x4. I had the rear blade cut down from 5 feet to 4 feet so as to be able to plow city sidewalks and narrow areas. My customers are all city lots and driveways, I have my cub cadet snowblower if needed, I like having different options. Appreciate these videos, real scenarios with real results.
Great video. I'm actually fabricating some adjustable side skids for my box blade as well so it will keep my forward and rear cutting edges high enough not to dig. I have the edge tamers as well. I think have the ability front and rear will be beneficial. Then i just remove them in the spring. Love your channel.
C, if you were to run the tractors I mount snowplows to, you’d change your mind about pushers. To me it’s like watching a guy trying to start a fire with 2 sticks and Im over here with a propane torch😆
I am in The snow removal business and have been for the last 10 years a snow pusher is a great piece of equipment but it depends on what you're using It's 4 if you're moving piles a snow pusher is not going to work. Each piece of equipment has it's own jobs to perform and they perform them well
The John Deere garden tractor look like he was really handling that snow well. Definitely a good machine to have around for the smaller areas period once again great video thanks for the information👍🏻
A snowblower is the Ultimate snow removal tool.. because in long winters, unless you live on a large open property.. You will run out of room to pile snow You'll have to be able to do something once you can't make your piles any higher
I think I have enough old steel laying around I can fab up one of those pushers... A large 500 gallon propane tank cut up used as the curved inside then box it alittle lol
Hey newbie tractor guy here.... you sure make the wish list for me... lol... thanks for explaining the options for that cold fun on a tractor... this is my first winter with my 1025r.... yes I bought it used and felt totally safe after seeing your videos Merry Christmas 🎄
Yes I can't agree. I have a 1/3 mile road through borough land to get to my property. This road is 80% 1 lane narrow winding and not maintained by anyone but me. A plow or box takes approx 4 hours to clear a major snow event. But neither can get the snow moved efficiently to a place where it can be off the road. Both make side burms on dirt burms and banks that line much of the Rd. I use a 28" walk behind snow blower and throw snow 20' or 30' off the road. I want a big blower for my tractor once I can afford the tractor.
The perfect set up for you at the new property would be pusher up front and a rear mounted hydraulic 8’ blade with an offset feature. Rear blade for you 1/3 of a mile driveway and pusher for dressing up at each end of the drive and house parking when you build there. The rear blade will add needed ballast to the tractor as well!
I'm in Boston, so as far as what type of winter ❄️ snow 🌨️ we get, it's a real roll of the dice. Every Fall I make 1 big guesstimate each year. I have an x595 with both a blower & blade. "Dry" snow, blower never disappoints regardless of how much. "Wet" snow, blade is good up to about 6". More than that, I have to do the driveway in pieces. I could probably fix that with suit case & wheel weights. Driveway is the better part of 500'+. Interesting concept, I don't have a cab, so as my father used to say " It gets colder every year"; I think he was right. Takes about 2 hours to blow a 12" storm; between the driveway & a path out to my compost pile, which is across the back lawn out to the side of the property. Would this be able to use on a lawn?
I love my hla snow pusher. My john deere front mounted snowblower has sat in my shed since I got the pusher. Still looking for a piece of uhmw for the backdrag edge though. Everyone I call around here doesn't have any. Great video as always.
What's the black coating or other material on your loader cylinders, Looks like it's a great idea to protect the rods on infrequently used equipment. Is it just dry graphite lube ? Great content, I've watched them all, start to finish !
T this will be my first year with snow removal I'm thinking I'm going to use a combination of my bucket and a blade I got love to have a snow blower but I don't think it's necessary where I live at a snow Pusher would be nice
P.S. Walk behind 28" Craftsman snowblower with track steering and electric shute on rubber tracks clears my 3/10 mile Rd in 4 hours. So either way, plow/box/blower it takes the same time. I've used skid steer loaders and it takes 4 hours. Blower leaves the cleanest and with steering levers on tracks it's easier work than anything else.
Great video . Sound advice and timely information. a lot to think about. Would really like a snow pusher. Will keep you informed. Have a great day guys and be safe!. Tim
With a snow blower just like any attachment it's best to be wider than the tractor and I would go to a six foot one as you don't want to run over snow if you don't have to in deep snow a rear facing one is better but a front mount one u don't have to worry about looking backwards all the time
Snow equipment is dependent on the situation in general plow is best the use of poly or rubber blades work ok on drive ways and real good on gravel it will fluff stone up for traction but on paved surfaces with abrasives they will sand blast your equipment and on the front can damage your radiator over time. Pushers work ok on lots and short drive ways but in the long distances (miles) they can become extremely heavy and you have to constantly empty them to keep going. Buckets can be the same way. Snow throwers are expensive and remeber you want one wider that the equipment there on also the separate engine ones can be extremely heavy torquing over on your loader.
totally agree with the winner being a snow pusher, totally disagree with that being the best choice for your road. you need a hydraulic plow you can angle the snow off to the side of the rode. you could do your whole road in 15 minutes.
Like on a box blade, all the winter attachments should have teeth that you can lower so they stick out upto an inch that you can use when want to take care of an ice crust.
I really like my snow pushers. I do wish that the 1500 series had that trip edge cause even with a 1025r when I hit a rock in my driveway and you come to a dead stop, it can hurt alittle. One time I was afraid I damaged my loader. That was going slow in low range too. O well, snow pushers is definitely the way to go!
What are some options of plowing a half mile gravel uneven road that has already been driven on and packed down? I won't be taking ownership of my new 1025r with Frontier AF10F - 60" and bucket and backhoe until sometime this next week. I am concerned about the ice that has already accumulated. Do I just plow the snow and then maybe use the bucket to clear ice? That seems like it will damage the bucket. I can't really afford to buy any additional attachments right now but what would you suggest? Thanks to anyone who can give me some advice!
I would just keep plowing the snow if the ice isn't causing issue. If you get warm days, scrape whatever you can with the bucket or plow to get as much of it off the drive. If it gets really bad, you could always lay down a heavy layer of rock salt and scrape it. That would be my last resort as a half mile drive is pretty long and would take a ton of salt. Good luck.
A while back I watched a video of yours that featured some snow plowing in the mountains; I could not fine that one today but I thought you might enjoy this channel, "Thousand Sassa Tyrol|. He has several videos of plowing snow in the Austrian Alps. It is pretty fascinating. I think he runs a Massey.
Nope, Snowblowers are the ONLY way to go. Yes they’re expensive, and sometimes maintenance hogs. But they are the best way. No giant snow mounds blocking buildings or visibility. No piles of turf or gravel to clean up in the spring. You’re always right down to the sub-surface. And finally in the spring. You don’t have to wait for 10ft tall mounds of snow to melt to start your spring yard work.
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Is that for footage of the JD with the snow pusher? First time I've ever watched a random video on RUclips and recognized something. Noticed Texas Corners Brewing first! Hello from Mattawan
I have found that snow removal equipment choice is situation dependent. Different pushers or buckets for parking lots than open areas. Blowers in their place and front mounted one way blades on a loader are good for roadways. in certain situations. At home I have a 100 foot driveway with nowhere to push snow so I use a front mounted blower that does a great job.
I agree with that, pros and cons with every option.
Agree. Your tractor, the job, and the local climate drive solutions. If you have wet snow, a blower will clog up and freeze. An important variable is time....... a 48" snow blower vs a 83" blade doing a mile of road, etc. My pet rock is blades need gauge wheels.... only Steiner does that.
I agree that everyone's situation is different. I live in eastern Canada 🇨🇦 in a rural area with a 1200ft driveway. Any piled snow causes the driveway to fill in on a windy day. The snow has to be blown clear for my drive to stay clean.
We've only used rear mounted snow blowers, driving backwards. Though it is a little uncomfortable, it's not that bad driving backwards. Our blowers are 8 feet wide and almost 4 feet high... much larger than in the video. If just a few inches of snow, an 8 ft. snow bucket on the skid steer goes pretty fast but deeper snow is much quicker with a snow blower than can blow the snow 200 feet. We have to move snow quickly at our barns for feed trucks etc to get in and out.
I would love to have a front mounted blower but with the size of our snow blowers it requires a tractor with a front mounted 3 point hitch and front PTO. Hard to justify a huge expense for just that.
I agree and would also add that the tractor size and budget are also major factors. I use a 24 HP 4x4 hydrostatic tractor with no loader. For me an hydraulic front blade and rear PTO driven snowblower has proven a winning combination in both costs and efficiency. For light snow, nothing is faster than a blade on a long driveway. But as the snow banks get higher, I use the blade to pile the snow, and blow it. For large snowfall, I use the blower, and clean-up with the front blade. :-)
On the farm we had an 8 ft bucket with a rear mounted blade on a 100 hp tractor. Snowpushers weren't available at that time. After we retired a 24 inch 5 hp snowblower did the trick, but was a lot of work in a rural setting. We got rid of it, a lawn tractor, and 4 wheeler a got a New Holland 25 hp subcompact with 4 ft bucket and 6ft back blade. I don't use that for plowing, but paid $100 for a 5 ft ATV manual snow plow, and rebuilt it and remodeled it to fit the bucket. I added enough plastic cut from the sides of a 50 gallon plastic barrel to make it 8 ft wide. I also have chains remodeled from the ATV for the rear wheels for added traction, but haven't needed them yet.
This week we had a ten inch snow with winds of 25-40 leaving 4 ft high drifts in places. No I couldn't punch through them but did move them efficiently. The county snowplow left a 4 ft high pile of snow at the end of the driveway that took a bit to push away. A bigger tractor 60-100 HP would have taken about an hour and half to move the snow that took me about 3 hours. A snow blower would have taken maybe half an hour, but for less than I paid for the back blade, I am happy with my remodeled ATV snowblade.
Living in the snow belt south of Buffalo NY I can tell you the most difficult snow to remove is the early season, heavy and wet lake effect snows. The ground is usually very warm - 2 weeks ago we got 4-7 feet of this snow in my area. It was almost 70 degrees the week before. This leads to the snow melting near the ground and turning to slush. This slush sticks to the augers and the every surface in side the blower - Especially because the surfaces are a little rusty from the summer of non-use. You have to stop frequently and knock the packed ice and snow off the augers. Silicone spray really helps. I sprayed the augers with a lot of silicone and kept the tractor in a heated garage. With these monster lake snows events, you have to keep up with the snow. I run an old wheelhorse 520H with the 2 stage blower. I was blowing 2 to 3 times a day to keep up the snow. If you let it get over 12-18" deep, it's really hard to move it. If you let it get 3-4 feet deep - forget it. You have to hire it out to a large bucket loader as the snow compresses and turns very hard. My sister paid $200 to have her driveway cleared with a loader as her plow truck guy could not move the snow with a pickup mounted plow at 5 ft deep.
Another great video, thanks! I am up in the North Woods of Wisconsin with an average of 111 inches/year, so we run out of bank space pretty quick. My drive is about 800 feet, half blacktop and the other half is gravel. This is my first year with my 1026R/Cab. So far what has worked best for me is the snow blower on front, set high enough not to throw rocks and I have my blade in the back, reversed so I am pulling on the backside of the blade to minimize potential damage to the blacktop/cement aprons. The blower clears out the snow and the blade does clean up. I might be a bit overly cautious right now, but it seems to work pretty good.
Bought my edge tamers last year. Definitely lovem, works great when you have a gravel driveway. Highly recommend them 👍
Glad to hear it Shawn!
It all depends on the situation or more specifically location. Where I am in the snow belt getting pounded with lake effect snow I would not be without a snowblower. When you get snow 2' - 3' at a time sometimes it would take forever with bucket or blade. For the light snows a bucket or blade works great and then take the snowblower and blow it once it is in a pile. 10+ feet of snow a year has to go somewhere and the bucket only stacks so high.
I agree. Blowers are the answer here in the middle of Canada. I would run out room fast with any kind of pusher. I have to make the snow 'disappear' with the blower.
Great run down for the snowy months coming Courtney! And thanks :)). Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Merry Christmas GP, always a pleasure
My snow removal plan is to sit on my couch, watch GWT videos while the snow melts, and put more implements on my wish list while staying warm by the fire.
Haha, solid plan!!
@@GoodWorksTractors Yeah I can still dream. 😎
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Love it
You’ll run out of food because the door will be blocked by snow.
3rd year of using the 1500 pusher with back drag you sold me. The rubber edge is 1/8 inch higher than the side runners. No wear, still looks brand new. No more snow blower parts to purchase. Best attachment for my winter needs. Thanks
Great video once again!! Just took delivery of my new 1025R in October and really appreciate all your videos on it and other implements. Very helpful when weighing options and making decisions. Keep up the great work.
Very welcome, thanks for following along :)
If you are taking about moving Snow , Nothing comes close to a Blower.
All your pictures have 1” of Snow , try your Pusher when you have 1/4 mile of driveway and over a Foot of Snow . You will end up with Large piles , a Blower distributes the snow 50’ Back from your driveway and no banks to blow in the next time it Snowing
Very informative video sir. I have about a 300ft. paved driveway on a grade in NE. I start with the loader and edge tamers on my 1025R. Then I move to the HLA 1500 pusher with the back drag as it gets further in the winter. Then when I run out of room, I move to the front mounted blower with the rear blade (to pull snow away from garage, etc.). Reverse order as winter starts winding down so I can get back to using my other loader attachments (Forks, Brush Crusher, etc) as well. Love them all. Winter has been mild lately around here, but at times I wish I had a cab..LOL! Thanks for sharing!
Plows and pushers require space management and are quicker. For small spaces residential driveway snowblower you can throw the snow into a neighbors yard when they aren't looking
Haha, I like that!
Yeah, I hear ya. I have a 1,000' straight asphalt drive and I got a front mount snow blower for my 1025R. Yep, it's a pain to put on and take off but when we get snow it does the job pretty good. For me the snow pusher won't work too good cause no good place to push the snow. The snow blower on the asphalt is great. Blow snow in the morning and if the sun is out, by the afternoon you can see the asphalt. Hard to beat that.
Me too 54” with my 739, blowers are the best but people are cheap and don’t know how to use them efficiently. It’s hard to put on and off and has a learning curve but in the long run there really is no comparison.
As someone that has worked as a snow removal professional, a variable position plow such as the horst snow wing . Pushers are only good for going straight IMO
I have a HLA 9/14 Snowwing. Cat’s Ass!!
i used to always have a plow trucks. but always ended up paying someone with a backhoe to push the banks back by mid winter. neighbor that moved into the area had an older Kubota from the 90's with a front mounted snowblower he would let me use when ever we got a big dump of snow. (10+ inches) he moved away and left me without a snowblower. i went one winter without one just plowing before i bought a brand new Kubota with a front mount blower and a factory cab. i love it so much. i will never again go without a blower for snow removal. plus in the spring the yard isn't tore up and don't have huge snow banks that take forever to melt. I have how ever thought about getting a snow pusher to use in the beginning of winter when the ground is soft and we only get a few inches here and there.
Good stuff, thanks for sharing!
Anything that pushes snow is low on my list (with the exception in regards to economics), in my humble opinion. I have been thru winters when the snow just keeps piling up and eventually there is no place left to push or plow it. The blowers, which I have used in one form or another since the early 80s, have always held their own no matter how much falls. It allows you to throw the snow far enough away that it doesn't eventually box you in.
And that's my 2cents
Yeah it no contest people are just cheap and haven’t learned how to install and use properly.
And it doesn't end there. Having a rear mounted thrower on a cab tractor means you need a rear wiper-washer and rear-facing work lights for late afternoon snow removal. Ask me how I know...
This video was fantastic. Thank you!
A snow pusher would be great for large parking lots, but in my opinion a snowblower is still the best for most driveways !!
My tractor had trouble handling the snow pusher....until I got an adaptor and put it on the back, now it's a beast.
I have no use for a pusher... I am cleaning a 1/4 mile lane. I previously ran a 72" skid steer blower on the FEL powered by a PTO pump, and an external res that sat on my 8 foot 3 point blade. The worked very well on my MX4800. When I went to a MX6000cab I went to a Normand inverted and a 8 foot hydraulic angle blade with skid shoes on the FEL. it works great for me.
I have my HLA 1500 snow pusher installed on my 1025r. Before the snows come I had to remove the millions of oak leaves on my lawn. This year I blew the leaves into rows 100 feet long. I then used my snow pusher to push the leaves into the woods where they degrade over the winter. This was way easier than trying to blow them into the woods like I've done in the past.
I love your videos just ordered a new 2022 Gator 865R and I am dam excited I take care of large properties condo corporations and retirement homes I I love my John Deere 3720 Deluxe cab with a Hila 2000 I could not imagine not having the hydraulic angle left and right to stack snow and make sure the curbs are clean and pretty. I have not used a snow pusher but I feel like I would be handicapped without the angle as I am a very precise in my snow placement. This quality of work has kept me the same large contracts for 20 years! I have really been enjoying your videos lately! David - D.P. Property Maintenance INC
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My winter set-up on my ‘03 JD4010 compact utility is a 3PH snowblower and traditional bucket up front. It’s a pain to work backwards, but the snowblower makes the job so fast that I can tolerate it. I also run skinny AG tires with fluid in winter which dramatically improves my traction. Finally, because my driveway is mostly gravel, I drive on it after the first couple of snowfalls to create a snow pack so that I’m throwing minimal gravel into the yard. Thanks for your videos, lots of great information.
I have a long private road and large driveway. We nornally get a lot of snow here. A front mounted blower is what I prefer and use or a power angle blade would a second choice. I have a rear blade for scraping. A pusher in my application would be 3rd choice.
Thanks for chiming in John!
Thanks for the Canada shoutout. We recently moved into a small acreage and my combo right now is a rear facing snow blower and am waiting for the loader blade to show up. Our driveway isn't all that long but being out of the city want to make sure I can clean it quickly and efficiently in case of any emergency. I was fortunate to get an SB1164 used at a solid price.
And of course we have had less snow than usual but even that combo with the bucket has been solid.
I do have a mid mount PTO but in the end decided the versatility of having the front end loader available for a blade/bucket/anything else was the more efficient choice.
Love your videos, time to open some remote locations north of the border!
Zmi makes a pull blade on top of pusher. I run 1 hla bucket on my mt100 skidateer. We push tons of snow a year. Our kioti dealer sold us the zmi pusher with back drag edge on it and a box blade for cleanup if i need to really scrape down. Zmi is local to syracuse. I prefer a local manufacture.
Thanks for another detail video, always enjoy them. Love from Michigan
Have a new HLA 1500 out there waiting for snow and just bought the backdrag kit from Good Works. Super fast shipping by the way! Excited for some snow up here near Buffalo!
Awesome, hope you enjoy it! I'm sure you guys will get plenty of snow this winter :)
I agree the pusher is the best all around. No moving parts to break or freeze up. No hoses or connections to try to hook up in the cold if you're using your tractor for other things. Just latch the quick attach and you're good to go.
Back drag edge is definitely a must have.
I love your videos , so, thank you.
I live just over the border from you in southern ontario. I was at a Kubota dealer this week and suggested mounting a snow pusher on a mint condition L5740 they have I want to buy and they very strongly suggested NOT doing that since the loader can be easily damaged by hitting something under the snow.
Your thoughts?
I got a 48” snow blade as a freebie off an older bigger garden tractor. I bought a 1/4” SSQA plate and some steel to rig up the plow to the adapter plate. All said and done I have a loader mounted plow for my Kubota BX2380 for roughly $250 all in. Now all I need is to put some extenders on each side of the blade to get it to 60” or slightly over and I’ll be ready for some snow!
In light snow, or a small barnyard, snow pusher. Any kind of distance/volume, it is plow time. If there is any kind of depth/drifting it is blower time-to move it downwind.
I really appreciated the video. I've never seen a pusher and had no idea you could attach different plates to the cutting edge. You did a great and very fair demonstration of the pros and cons of each method and equipment.
I have a Kubota L3560 with a loader and bucket, a rear blade, and a rear snow blower. I use my bucket a lot for moving snow in tight areas so I went with a 3-pt blower.
For my narrow 1200' driveway that winds through the trees. the blower keeps my road open all winter as I have no snow berm. I only move snow once. If I push snow or blade snow I quickly run out of space to pile it and my road gets so narrow the delivery guys won't come up. Here in central-western Montana most winters the snow that falls at Thanksgiving is still here at Easter. When I moved snow by plowing I had to move the snow berm with the bucket several times a winter to keep my road wide enough. Not fun when it's -25ºF.
The only caution I would mention with the blower is to be cautious of any stray pieces of gravel you might pick up. It will come out of the exit chute at a high rate of speed. If you point the chute up and move your tractor close to a tree be aware of the ricochets! I point my chute more toward the ground.
Your videos are always extremely helpful! Sorting out all these options can be confusing (and expensive).
Great to hear Phil!
Great video! I have an HLA 10 ft snow pusher (3500) mounted on a 321 case wheel loader, which I just got this year and I really like it!
I have 2 inverted snow blowers and i leave the buckets on to move the piles made by plow trucks. Went from 12 hrs. Doing 100 driveways with 45" snow blowers to 6 hrs for 104.
I ran my bucket last season and once you got manhole covers, it kinda hurts. So I bought a front loader plow for this season so I don't jar myself and possibly damage my front loader or the tractor entirely.
I have a front bucket on my ford 4600 but for snow removal I use a 9 ft rear blade and 7 ft snow blower to plow 4.5 k of mountain road to the cabin maintains 14 to 16 ft wide road all winter
A 3pt rear facing snow blower is hard to beat especially when you can pick one up for 500 used. Negates the struggle of figuring out where to put the snow.
Looks like a nice attachment but a blower you can to pick up and blowing it off to the side and no piles . The pusher works great parking lots
I don’t have one yet but I agree ,, what is best size for kubota 4060?
Your videos are great and informative especially the applications for light snow. From my seat in Wyoming with wind and snow creating incredible drifts moving those drifts has taken me to the Frontier SB 2176 loader mounted snowblower with the Frontier 2134 hydraulic power pack with chains on the front tires. Incredible combination. Moving snow with snowblowers is so much easier than pulling and or pushing. Great combination for your 4 series John Deere tractors.
How much did that run you?
@@simd510 I bought it brand new with the tractor in 2013 and it has worked perfectly since I think it was around the $13,000 mark fully installed. If something would every happen with it, I would buy another immediately!!
@@Keeler4418 wow thats not bad. I just got quoted 20k for a 68 inch loader mounted blower with power pack
@@simd510 Thru the years
I occasionally have seen really nice ones for sale in auctions and they have been very reasonable. Being able to whittle down the drifts really helps. The blower mounted on the front-end loader really helps
Great video. Odd question. What are the boots you’re wearing. They look like a minimalist design which is great. Are the good for working in? Warm?
I personally use a front blade and a rear blade on my simplicity legacy 4x4. I had the rear blade cut down from 5 feet to 4 feet so as to be able to plow city sidewalks and narrow areas. My customers are all city lots and driveways, I have my cub cadet snowblower if needed, I like having different options. Appreciate these videos, real scenarios with real results.
Great video. I'm actually fabricating some adjustable side skids for my box blade as well so it will keep my forward and rear cutting edges high enough not to dig. I have the edge tamers as well. I think have the ability front and rear will be beneficial. Then i just remove them in the spring. Love your channel.
C, if you were to run the tractors I mount snowplows to, you’d change your mind about pushers. To me it’s like watching a guy trying to start a fire with 2 sticks and Im over here with a propane torch😆
I am in The snow removal business and have been for the last 10 years a snow pusher is a great piece of equipment but it depends on what you're using It's 4 if you're moving piles a snow pusher is not going to work. Each piece of equipment has it's own jobs to perform and they perform them well
🖐 I Agree .!!! Your so right.!!! Love my JD-3046r with cab.!!!
Nice presentation as usual from you. Thanks for sharing.
I have been a rear blade pushing backwards always great as long as light snow
Don't need another hydralic connection for my front snow plow. Put a winch on it with a spring for a positive pressure return.
The John Deere garden tractor look like he was really handling that snow well. Definitely a good machine to have around for the smaller areas period once again great video thanks for the information👍🏻
Rear mounted PTO forward facing snow blower on my tractor works best for my one mile long driveway.
A snowblower is the Ultimate snow removal tool.. because in long winters, unless you live on a large open property.. You will run out of room to pile snow
You'll have to be able to do something once you can't make your piles any higher
I think I have enough old steel laying around I can fab up one of those pushers... A large 500 gallon propane tank cut up used as the curved inside then box it alittle lol
Hey newbie tractor guy here.... you sure make the wish list for me... lol... thanks for explaining the options for that cold fun on a tractor... this is my first winter with my 1025r.... yes I bought it used and felt totally safe after seeing your videos Merry Christmas 🎄
Yes I can't agree.
I have a 1/3 mile road through borough land to get to my property. This road is 80% 1 lane narrow winding and not maintained by anyone but me.
A plow or box takes approx 4 hours to clear a major snow event. But neither can get the snow moved efficiently to a place where it can be off the road. Both make side burms on dirt burms and banks that line much of the Rd. I use a 28" walk behind snow blower and throw snow 20' or 30' off the road. I want a big blower for my tractor once I can afford the tractor.
No one size fits all. Every situation is unique.
The perfect set up for you at the new property would be pusher up front and a rear mounted hydraulic 8’ blade with an offset feature. Rear blade for you 1/3 of a mile driveway and pusher for dressing up at each end of the drive and house parking when you build there. The rear blade will add needed ballast to the tractor as well!
I'm in Boston, so as far as what type of winter ❄️ snow 🌨️ we get, it's a real roll of the dice. Every Fall I make 1 big guesstimate each year. I have an x595 with both a blower & blade. "Dry" snow, blower never disappoints regardless of how much. "Wet" snow, blade is good up to about 6". More than that, I have to do the driveway in pieces. I could probably fix that with suit case & wheel weights. Driveway is the better part of 500'+.
Interesting concept, I don't have a cab, so as my father used to say " It gets colder every year"; I think he was right. Takes about 2 hours to blow a 12" storm; between the driveway & a path out to my compost pile, which is across the back lawn out to the side of the property. Would this be able to use on a lawn?
Do you know where I can get a inverted snow blower for my b2650?
Would it be worthwhile putting a bevel on the leading edge of the UHMV blade saver?
I have a gravel driveway/parking area , what can i use? for the snow I don't want to move the gravel
Today is my birthday so I'm glad you made a video
I love my hla snow pusher. My john deere front mounted snowblower has sat in my shed since I got the pusher. Still looking for a piece of uhmw for the backdrag edge though. Everyone I call around here doesn't have any. Great video as always.
What's the black coating or other material on your loader cylinders, Looks like it's a great idea to protect the rods on infrequently used equipment. Is it just dry graphite lube ?
Great content, I've watched them all, start to finish !
T this will be my first year with snow removal I'm thinking I'm going to use a combination of my bucket and a blade I got love to have a snow blower but I don't think it's necessary where I live at a snow Pusher would be nice
It's nice, but I is like my front mount snow blower!
I hear ya!
New Kubota owner. Thanks for the great videos and unbiased opinions. What brand of Buffalo plaid jacket are you wearing in the video?
Why didn't you review the quick hitchblowe fromJ.D. FRONT MOUNTED ??
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Walk behind 28" Craftsman snowblower with track steering and electric shute on rubber tracks clears my 3/10 mile Rd in 4 hours. So either way, plow/box/blower it takes the same time.
I've used skid steer loaders and it takes 4 hours. Blower leaves the cleanest and with steering levers on tracks it's easier work than anything else.
Inverted snowblower is king!, atleast in nothern norway :)
Good video! Thank you I enjoy your videos
How much for 72in piece of that fancy plastic and how wide is it thanx
I have a 2025r, use the frontier pusher with the rubber cutting edge. I am too cheap to own a snowblower
Kage innovations could have a huge market in these small tractors. Both a pusher and an angle blade.
if you do long lane ways or a couple of miles of a road.... the snow blade is far more efficient and of course faster
Great video . Sound advice and timely information. a lot to think about. Would really like a snow pusher. Will keep you informed. Have a great day guys and be safe!. Tim
Was just wondering what snow blower is best for a 31hp tractor that the outside of the back wheels measure 5 feet
With a snow blower just like any attachment it's best to be wider than the tractor and I would go to a six foot one as you don't want to run over snow if you don't have to in deep snow a rear facing one is better but a front mount one u don't have to worry about looking backwards all the time
Snow equipment is dependent on the situation in general plow is best the use of poly or rubber blades work ok on drive ways and real good on gravel it will fluff stone up for traction but on paved surfaces with abrasives they will sand blast your equipment and on the front can damage your radiator over time. Pushers work ok on lots and short drive ways but in the long distances (miles) they can become extremely heavy and you have to constantly empty them to keep going. Buckets can be the same way. Snow throwers are expensive and remeber you want one wider that the equipment there on also the separate engine ones can be extremely heavy torquing over on your loader.
Snow blower for me... Picks up the snow and moves it to where I want it in nice pretty pile. LOL
Great overview!
totally agree with the winner being a snow pusher, totally disagree with that being the best choice for your road. you need a hydraulic plow you can angle the snow off to the side of the rode. you could do your whole road in 15 minutes.
Like on a box blade, all the winter attachments should have teeth that you can lower so they stick out upto an inch that you can use when want to take care of an ice crust.
Teeth don't work well on ice. As soon as they start to dig you will spin the tires.
I love my front mount blower on my GC1715.
I really like my snow pushers. I do wish that the 1500 series had that trip edge cause even with a 1025r when I hit a rock in my driveway and you come to a dead stop, it can hurt alittle. One time I was afraid I damaged my loader. That was going slow in low range too. O well, snow pushers is definitely the way to go!
HLA makes awesome pushboxs. Iv used their 10’ pusher at work for years now and it’s solid as a Rock. Great video as always 👍🏻
love my HLA snow pusher that I got from u an so does my neighbors lol.
What are some options of plowing a half mile gravel uneven road that has already been driven on and packed down? I won't be taking ownership of my new 1025r with Frontier AF10F - 60" and bucket and backhoe until sometime this next week. I am concerned about the ice that has already accumulated. Do I just plow the snow and then maybe use the bucket to clear ice? That seems like it will damage the bucket. I can't really afford to buy any additional attachments right now but what would you suggest?
Thanks to anyone who can give me some advice!
I would just keep plowing the snow if the ice isn't causing issue. If you get warm days, scrape whatever you can with the bucket or plow to get as much of it off the drive. If it gets really bad, you could always lay down a heavy layer of rock salt and scrape it. That would be my last resort as a half mile drive is pretty long and would take a ton of salt. Good luck.
Add some chains if you can when you remove the snow and a few rocks are showing and the sun can get to it the snow and ice will melt
I haven't once had to plow my driveway ever since I bought the flamethrower
Well, it got rid of the snow! 😂😂😂
I'm in West Michigan. Will be calling on you for a Zero Turn John Deere next year.
What about the plow tripping saving your you gear
I use a rear blade off my loader with the 3pt adapter.
A while back I watched a video of yours that featured some snow plowing in the mountains; I could not fine that one today but I thought you might enjoy this channel, "Thousand Sassa Tyrol|. He has several videos of plowing snow in the Austrian Alps. It is pretty fascinating. I think he runs a Massey.
Nope, Snowblowers are the ONLY way to go. Yes they’re expensive, and sometimes maintenance hogs. But they are the best way. No giant snow mounds blocking buildings or visibility. No piles of turf or gravel to clean up in the spring. You’re always right down to the sub-surface. And finally in the spring. You don’t have to wait for 10ft tall mounds of snow to melt to start your spring yard work.
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You forgot power brooms
when im shopping for equipment. its frustrating that most places dont list their prices. or at minimum a price range. why is that?