Goodness gracious, down here in South Louisiana, we wouldn't have electricity for a month after something like that!! Of course, we'll never have snow like that 😏 Another great video with great aerial views 👍🌟 God bless y'all. Stay warm 💞
Hey Adam. Great nighttime video showing the driveway markers on the angle so they are not right along the driveway and no worries of breaking them off. Thanks Adam and Doug for that tip from previous videos!
You should consider getting a set of v-bar tire chains for atleast the rear of your side by side. I bought a set of 4 for my quad and they make a world of difference when you're trying to push the snow bank further off the side of your driveway. They help keep your machine straight and not get pushed sideways from the resistance for the snow. One thing I ran in to was when I tried installing chains on the front tires though is I had to install a wheel spacer so the chains didn't interfere with the shock. Even though I have them, I usually only run chains on the rear.
Hi, nice to have right equipment, live northeast of you in Bradford, Pa, we got about 3+ feet over the last 10 days. Glad to have a nice snowblower and a Kobota BX 2380
I think if you used your loader for the snowbank operation you would get more usable space in the same time by lifting and dumping at the end of each cycle.
Hi Adam Been plowing our own 750 foot yard using a Honda Rubicon atv for 5 years or more. One trick my buddy showed me was to plow twice as wide as the road. That way you are less likely to run out of room. But if I owned a tractor I would use that. Much more durable machine. Especially the frame. Take care.
Yes.i use a Kubota sxs with a 60 inch plow and you always have to think ahead.start way wider then you think as it piles up fast over the winter.and you have to think about were the water will run in the spring when the piles melt
Oof. Watching you pushing back the banks with the box blade in reverse reminded me why I finally bought a front blower for the tractor! lol After spending 2 hours doing the same thing on both sides of a friend's driveway while they were out of state (the banks had frozen solid by the time they left) my back killed for 2 or 3 days! I was also twisted around a lot for about a week helping neighbors dig out when we got 44" overnight, so after both events I decided enough was enough! haha
The ice should be thick enough now to use the side by side (better to use the 4 wheeler, lighter) on the pond to remove most of the snow (if you have traction devices for your tires). Used to tow my kids around on saucers with the 4 wheeler. Thanks for the pond update. Dennis from Oregon
Adam, Get some edge tamers for your bucket They should let you dig into that snow bank and push the snow a little further off the drive without damaging the yard like the box blade will.
You learned a valuable lesson. At the beginning of the season always push the snow back as far as you can! The last season I used a plow it seemed we got snow every 5 to 7 days so even towns and cities were running out of places to put the snow. I used the loader to move the banks along my driveway further back onto the lawn. The next year I bought a snow blower for my tractor so I don't have that problem any more.😁
Been using a blower on our garden tractor for 30 years, this winter we had to tear it down because of a water pump failure. Our son paid for a snow plowing service for us. We're in NE Ohio and get pretty much the same snowfall here as Adam. The plow guy got stuck in the same snow that is in the video.
Hey Adam. Good use of your box grader which reminds me that I'll need to get my DK45SE and 80 inch snow buck out today to do a pushback as well. Thanks for video as always. Todd at granitestatewoods.
That snowstorm gave us mostly rain here on Cape cod Massachusetts and melted the snow we got las weekend and got a light dusting of snow in the early morning now we in a deep freeze...Enjoy your day
Great job Adam! We were wondering how much snow you got. Up here in Rochester Vermont we got 18” !!! I wish we could have that side by side, as well, but we have more hilly and big rocks on our property. I want it for going around all our trees and picking up limbs, etc…but a vehicle won’t work. I wish our 16 year old grandsons were here to help us old folks, but sports in their NJ home comes first. Love the videos!! Keep up your good work!!
Awesome snow. Sadly we don’t get a lot of snow, the last time we had something approaching that amount was in 2010/11. Great place you have too. I enjoy your videos.
I have a Ranger 900 with full cab, glass front and rear and cab heat for plowing. It will cool me out of the cab! The Glacier Pro plow with power angle and tilt has served me well since the winter of 2017-2018. My only complaint is the skid feet wear out too fast. I have the Polaris rubber flap on the top edge of my blade. It keeps some of the snow from spilling over the blade, except when it’s really deep. I also took a strip of rubber conveyor belt and sandwiched it between the wear bar and the blade. It really helps to increase the life of the wear hard and skid feet, plus the blade will not dig into and tear up my gravel parking area like it did before.
Hey, Adam! Thank you for making these videos and sharing the process of moving your property to perfection! I wonder why don’t you get a big loader and move some snow somewhere above your new pond, so that when it melts it would help filling the thing little faster? I’m no expert to that, so would love to hear your opinion. *sorry for my english
Yassssss sirrrrrrr, good ole mother nature gettin even with us over here in the south end of the fingerlakes region of NY too. We`re around 2+ft total so far. Thankfully we have the right equipment here at home to make fast work of it easily. I enjoy plowing snow. Its the sub zero temps and high winds that get to me anymore. It wont be to long Adam, and you`ll be sweatin in the summer heat out there brother. And all those bugs and insects that come with summer, lol. Hey great video footage! I wish i had the patients and time to do videos. But, i`ve got way to much work and no time for it.
Enjoy your videos here in Brunswick Ohio we got close to 2 1/2 feet of snow in the last two weeks running out of places to put it, I'm ready for winter to be done
Great video, music and editing Adam. Wow, you certainly get plenty of advice from the comment section😬 Fortunately most of it is kind hearted and supportive. Keep up the great work. Bless’ns to ya, Tedd
I will say becareful pushing backwards into packed snow with the 3pt hitch. I snapped a three pt lift arm in half doing that once. I hit a frozen spot that I didn't see.
I have the same Equpment as you except a 900 ranger. Works great when it's 20 below. The Ranger is done joy riding for 2 months now, too deep. I have A blade in back of my tractor I turn at an angle go forward, or backwards if I get lots of snow. If I get banks like you have, I use my FEL and do the bucket at an angle, lift, dump, repeat to make the drive as wide as I want. Then blade to make new rows. Without a bucket I would be screwed with my long drive. Water will keep coming up on any lake/pond as long as wet snow is on top, sheltered ponds with lots of weight will stay slushy.
My 1400 ft driveway years ago i also ran out of room plowing snow. So i got a lucknow 7ft three point hitch snow blower. Then I got a 10 ft snow pusher for the front of the tractors.
Here’s an idea for you. Use your dump trailer to move the snow on the edge of your driveway to the area between the pond and your house. When it melts it will help fill your pond!
Trick to keep the snow from sticking to the plow or blade is to spray it with cooking oil then the snow will slid off and not get as hot from friction. Might let you get the snow farther away from the drive
@Eric Montgomery Before the snow season starts, I put a good coat of car wax on the plow blade. Also when I was a kid, and used the ole 'Flexible Flyer sled, used Ivory bar soap on the runners. That works too.
Hi Adam, I know that this isn’t a video about firewood, but I have heard you say in past videos that you wished that you had a dry kiln for your firewood. An alternative to that is a greenhouse. If done right, it works the same way as a solar kiln. It isn’t as fast as a boughten kiln, but during the spring, summer and fall you should be able to dry a load of firewood in a month vs. a year. I use it for my wood and it works great with no cost for the drying of the wood, just the price of the greenhouse. It may give you something to think about.
That snow build up is why I don't mind my snow blower, it's nice to just send it away. Snow plow berms can last into May or June depending on the year. Plows are much faster and more convenient though
Guy i know has a plow for his truck and a snow blower for his tractor, uses his truck until he cant push it over the bank and then uses the snow blower to relocate the snow banks into the woods and then uses his truck again. Might be a thought for next year
That Polaris seems to push snow without any problem. I’m surprised, I have plowed with far heavier equipment and usually 12-15 inches of snow pushes me more than I push it.
A snow blower does a much better job at sending the snow much further from the driveway. I stopped plowing about 18 years ago at home. I got a snow blower at Conneaut about 4 years ago. Now never an issue with snow banks right next to the driveway. I think that i would be fine even if we got snow like 77-78. And 78-79. The two worst snow year that I remember as a young teenager. I made so much $ those two winters. My cousin and I were a shoveling team. We never gave a price. Told the people what ever they wanted to pay. We actually made more $ this way for the most part. We also did some for free.
I agree. If he got one for his tractor it would work quite well. Since he has a good sized driveway/laneway to get to the main road a pull type snowblower may be a good option. It will allow you to drive forward while the snow is being cleared behind you. It takes a minute to wrap your head around the fact that you'll be drive over the snow with the tractor before it gets cleared. It's not an issue. There are many youtube videos that show them in action.
Hey Adam,saw your video about the ck3510 thing's that needed fixed. Like the video and I also have a ck3510 SEL here in western MD. Could you share some insite on where you got your dump trailer to haul your tractor. Thanks!!
Adam hard to beat the good ole Polaris Ranger. I’m pretty sure it’s the best money I’ve ever spent. Although it’s pretty safe to say I won’t have a snowplow on the front of mine. Take care, Ben.
Amazing job Adam! Think about the snowblower towards the end, do you have an option for a snowblower attachment for either your tractor or 4 wheeler? I know they are probably expensive, but it would save you the drift issues. Just a thought. Blessings!
We honestly haven’t gotten this much snow since we moved into this house so this is the first time in 3 years I would have had a use for a tractor or utv snowblower. If we continue to get winters like this one I will definitely look into it
@@HometownAcres After using my bucket, 8' blade, and box blade for snow on my JD 5075E for the past 5 years, I got an 8' blower it this year. Talk about a game changer, it's slower going but it's gone. I keep the feet down as to not pick up a lot of gravel and then blade the remaining 1"-2". I've done either the loader bucket bank or box blade push-back many times. With the blower, 1 pass and it's blown out into the yard where it can't accumulate on the driveway. Nice video.
I can't get over how those small machines are able to push that snow. When we do get snow (every couple of years) it is so thick and heavy, it is basically white water. And nobody owns a snowplow.
Jasper we dodged the bullet on this one. It had the potential to be a 1994 scale event, but luckily the cold stayed away until the rain was almost over.
I say no one has a snowplow down here. We actually have one big yellow one we keep in the sky. But it was broken last year and the solid sheet of ice we had didn't melt because it was so cold even when ghd sun came out. I can't imagine what "cold" is like for you.
We are just far enough south of you that we don't get any lake affect snow or that I-80 belt weather. you have been getting pummeled this year. I think about buying a plow for my side by side but we typically only get enough snow lately for maybe 2 plows a year.
Hey Adam, sure is a lot of snow we got that same system here in Newfoundland, Canada we ended up with a total of 76.4 cm which is almost 2 and one half feet, lucky for us we had very little snow to start with, it has been a mild winter here so far we have had a lot of rain. Hopefully when I get this cleaned up I will get a ride on snowmobile. All the best.
A quick question from a person who has not seen snow in his life as we do not get snow here in Bangalore India. You have a pond in your property with spillage control or excess overflow. Will it be difficult for you to move this snow pile towards the pond so that it fills up when the snow melts. Will this be a costly affair.
Are you the winner in snow wars? Even for y'all that'z a lot of snow? How much before it turns into work? Im guessing if you think about chains , they would be on the side by side? So you still can get out of the cold? Did you plow any out in the hood? As usual the drone footage waz great!
I never tried this but maybe rig up something like a snow pusher with a rope and attach it to your tractor then pull it just to clear the snow off since there's not enough ice to hold your tractor then that water can freeze n become more ice. Just a drinking idea lol 😂
???? What brand of s x s do you have. I have a 2004 Yamaha Rhino that I'm wanting to upgrade. I'm just wanting something like you have....no hot rods. Thanks.
That’s a Polaris Mid Size 570. They work well for tighter trails and lighter duty hauling. Smaller and less powerful than the full size 900 or 1000 models but still very capable as you seen here. If you are in extreme cold climates be aware that the heaters don’t work as well on the 570 vs. the full size models so if you plan on full cab with heat be mindful of that. If money isn’t a road block for you then there’s nothing finer than the Full size Northstar edition with heat and air conditioning. Total package there!
Just be thankful you don't have to do this with a lawn tractor it's even longer and deeper and once you get it built up like that you can't plow it anymore it just makes it smaller and smaller
All of that snow should be pushed down the driveway past the fence and piled up in an open area. That will keep that parking area up by the garage open all winter long. It will also prevent the the driveway getting covered in ice when it melts or sloppy in the spring.
Have you noticed any benefit to having the driveway markers this year with all this snow? And just think of the sloppy mess we are gonna have when all this starts to melt!!
It literally took me 10 minutes to plow and 30 minutes to push the snow banks back with the tractor. You’re suggesting that I pay somebody a couple hundred bucks to come move my snowbanks back for me and save 30 minutes of time simply because my equipment may not be the ‘most’ efficient? There’s enough in this world I have to pay other people for, if I can do something myself I will. Even if it takes a bit longer than a professional might do