Hello from Michigan, I have found that if you don't want to go back over what you have plowed already ,speed is the key, it will help move the snow farther away from the blade. Also with a long driveway, go down the middle with the blade straight then angle the blade and push the snow to both sides.
Flip your scarifiers around and the box blade is an awesome snow tool as well. Can doze it backwards, and clean up blade trails going forward. Can also get up close to obstacles like garage doors and pull it out. Will take a while to figure out the most efficient way to do your lot...... Montana Dan
I've always manually "edged" the buildings before plowing/blowing the snow. The time and effort it takes to do so is a lot cheaper than the mistake that will cost you. But that's just me. - Nice rig, I like it.
I used to do this with my atv and a plow. Now I have a BX23S with a front end snow blower. I move the snow once. No moving piles anymore. I do like the plow that you have. I had to get off the ATV to angle the blade.
I have a snow blade for a skid steer loader. A few things that I have learned, some the hard way. On my skid steer the plow frame needs to be level with the loader arms all the way down so that the blade is always at the same angle to the ground. I just run the loader frame all of the way down. If the height of the back end of the snow plow frame changes it will change the blade height when sitting on the skids. I use a whole bunch of large flat washers to adjust the skid height. They are a bit expensive but it makes very fine adjustments possible. The extras are always up on top so they don’t get lost.
Find a piece of pipe that just fits over the riser on the shoe and use your band saw to cut different thickness spacers. Cheap. Then store on top like he said.
A lot of people gravel drives take a length of black pipe, use an angle grinder and cut a strip down the middle, then tack it onto the existing cutting edge, it certainly will save gravel but if you get 1" of snow then ice on top I dont thing you'll like the results of the front blade, although if you have a rear blade it should counter act that.
yep thats how we do our gravel lots. plow shoes were waste of time, dug in anyways. pack in the first snow event, hopefully freezes up and makes a 'barrier' atop the gravel, so the pipe will glide over over plowing the snow mostly down, come back with bare cutting edge to do a final scrap
I am having a dilemma. I now have a case 1845 skid steer. I found a kabota B1402 M with a front end loader with a 4 foot bucket. It also comes with a 4 foot Roto tiller and rough cut mower. My skid steer is great for clearing snow but that’s basically all I use it for. I would definitely get more use out of the Kabota tractor. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Would the Kabota be good for snow removal?
Problem with plows on FELs is they stick out to far and like to push the tractor sideways. As you use it more you'll probably find you can go faster than you think you can now and the plow works better at those speeds
👍Looks like you have a pretty good feel for the newness of this project. Just like any other attachment; it will train you to its needs and capabilities..😎
@@C_J_81 Thats an issue. I plow twice as fast as him with a smaller B7100 tractor, but its a plow setup not a loader. I can see racking the loader arms and really having an aw chit.
This is why I just use my loader bucket. Gets the job done quicker. You can’t angle the dam things becuase the plow pushes the nose of the tractor the opposite way and not enough weight on steer tires
I plow my driveway with a 12 hp lawn tractor and a 46" blade . Your tractor would probably be a little large for getting into the smaller places I plow and I have to push everything onto my property because not allowed to push snow into the street, but it gets done, if it is too deep I pull out the snow blower. LOL
Put chains on your tires. I have a small new holland 25hp4x4 and you can't stop it with the chains and a bit of skill. I love the angle blade I may have to get one and put the bucket and snow blower away.👍
I've thought about that. Do you have chains on the just the front, or front and rear? The way they build the B2601 I don't think I can get chains on the rear without adding wheel spaces, which is kind of a dumb design.
@@adamj8293 it is very tight on the rear tires. I just make sure the chains are fairly tight. I have a couple hydraulic lines that are close. I do need to get wheel spacers for the front tires if I want to put those chains on. I have turf tires, which are nice on the grass but suck in the winter. Also my oversized snowblower on the backend helps the chains bite in.
I been planning to build one of these myself. I got a plow blade from a side by side. its missing all the attachment parts so I need to do some building of that part. I been putting it off now for 2 years that I have had the plow blade. its made by Warn. did you notice a lot of side forces pushing the loader frame right or left? that is my biggest concern is tweaking the loader arms with so much side force.
I’ve heard other people mention that but I didn’t notice enough side force to concern me. The front end of the tractor is light enough that it will slide the front tires before it will bend anything. At least that’s what I think based on my limited experience with the plow. I suppose you could slam some frozen piles and cause a problem but as long as you aren’t reckless I wouldn’t be concerned. Especially with a side by side blade, it’s probably a lot lighter than what I have.
@@jimsteele7108 where you out of? I like the cast machines for sure. The old gehl are solid offerings as well. I've tossed around the mini loaders a ton.
You could’ve welded your quick attach plate further up on the A-frame because you don’t need to have a pivot on your Snow plow It looks like it works well
YOUNG MAN , WHERE I LIVE IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA WHEN DOES SNOW HERE , REALLY OVER ALL , WE CALL IT ICE SNOW DON'T LAST LONG , BUT I THINK ONE TIME LAST ABOUT 4 DAYS ALL OVE LOUISIANA EVEN WAY SOUTH LOUISIANA TOO
Always push 2 rows out of garage and 2 rows opposite direction .....don't let wind rows to get bigger than 50% of height of blade id give you a c plus grade
I agree on the backdragging. They work well for scrapping concrete clean too. I may end up putting mine on. I haven't beause the overall length with front blade and rear scraper is a bit obnoxious and takes up more of my shop than I like. If we keep getting big snows I'll probably go ahead and do it. Thanks for the comment!
Great job. I’ve enjoyed using my new plow on my John Deere 2210. We made some videos of it if you get a chance to check them out, we’d appreciate the views. Beautiful blue sky in your area that day.
Hi Adam...Im in the process of taking my old western plow setup and mounting it to a quick connect plate...I'm really excited... Do you have any fears of bending your FEL??..I see some people comment about this in other forums
I’ve read that too but really don’t think it’s very likely. In my experience the machine will slide before the loader would bend because the tractor is so light. I suppose you could bend something if you plow like a wild man, but use a little common sense and you’ll be good!
I mounted a western plow directly to the front of the tractor. Take the loader off Use loader control for angle and lift. Simple. Cheap. I purposely made the mount bracket the weak point so as not damage tractor or blade. Can switch between loader in snow plow in 15 minutes most.
@@adamj8293 I have a BX and I have been contemplating a similar build. I watched your video on the build which was quite informative. I am rethinking my prior thought that an older, truck mounted plow would be too heavy.
@@tacticalchef3369 find an older Meyer plow; they are smaller overall than a Western plow, so lighter; I found an old Meyer 6 1/2" plow and did something similar as he did for my B7500 loader. I was concerned with weight too.
I'm sorry... Whilst I DO NOT CARE what color your hardware is, you NEED better hardware! Better hardware equates to LESS time 'cleaning up' and a MUCH 'CLEANER' clean!
young man , u look like u are pretty tall have u every look at a bigger kubota loader tractor L2501 , BETTER STABLE AND BIGGER FRAME , HAVE GEAR DRIVE TRANMISSION because H S TRANMISSION HAS NOT MUCH POWER , IF I LIATEN TO ALL THAT " WHING" ALL DAY LONG I WOULD GO NUTS !
