clearing snow

[D.B. in Mi.]

I finally got to clear the driveway from the snow we got on Wedensday. I thought I have read that some put a piece of pipe on the cutting edge of thier backblade so they dont plow rocks out of the drive. Does this work? It seams to me it would leave a good layer of snow behind, which would later turn to ice.
Does the pipe work and how do you get down the the bottom of the snow, or top of the drive?

 

[Anonymous-0]

They are common on pickup type snow plows around here in Northern Michigan. Typically, they are used for the beginning of the season when the ground isn't frozen, then are removed after that so the cutting edge will remove most/all of the snow each time you plow. The ones we used were just a piece of pipe with a slot cut in them to go over the cutting edge, and they usually had a small tab welded on each end for a small bolt to hold them in place. Remove the bolt, drop the pipe off, and you are back to using the cutting edge. They save a ton of raking/shoveling in the spring removing sod, rocks, dirt, etc. from the grass.

 

[Dan67]

I use a piece on the bottom of my cutting edge also. After every thing freezes hard i remove it. well worth it, idont have hardly any gravel to get out of the yard in the spring

 

[trouttman]

I turn my straight back blade backwards, it doesn't dig in to the gravel. Then for the thin layer left or any ice I use a root rake, it will help breakup any ice and get down to the gravel without scraping it away.

trouttman

 

[HomeBru]

I'm with Troutman, blade backwards until the gravel starts to freeze together and then scrape. The kids prefer me to keep a little snow on the drive so they don't tear the bottoms of their sleds when pulling behind the 4-wheeler.

 

[CJ in Michigan]

I hang my front plow and tighten the cable so the blade is a half-inch from touching the ground. By the time the snow is packed on the road later in the season the blade has sagged down enough to make full contact.

 

[D.B. in Mi.]

Looks like i'm gonna have to find me a piece o pipe. getting tired of rakin stones out o the yard.

 

[trouttman]

(quoted from post at 18:16:30 12/06/11) Looks like i'm gonna have to find me a piece o pipe. getting tired of rakin stones out o the yard.

Not trying to be a smart a--- but turn it backwards, you don't need to find or buy anything and if won't pull all the gravel in the yard.

trouttman

 

[D.B. in Mi.]

(quoted from post at 19:20:30 12/06/11)

(quoted from post at 18:16:30 12/06/11) Looks like i'm gonna have to find me a piece o pipe. getting tired of rakin stones out o the yard.

Not trying to be a smart a--- but turn it backwards, you don't need to find or buy anything and if won't pull all the gravel in the yard.

trouttman

i have an old Fergison back blade and the blade is very vertical with no adjustment, so when I turn it around it still digs in pretty good. But thanks.

 

[sfurn52]

(quoted from post at 06:18:05 12/07/11)

(quoted from post at 19:20:30 12/06/11)

(quoted from post at 18:16:30 12/06/11) Looks like i'm gonna have to find me a piece o pipe. getting tired of rakin stones out o the yard.

Not trying to be a smart a--- but turn it backwards, you don't need to find or buy anything and if won't pull all the gravel in the yard.

trouttman

i have an old Fergison back blade and the blade is very vertical with no adjustment, so when I turn it around it still digs in pretty good. But thanks.

you should be able to adjust the angle some with your top link.

 

[D.B. in Mi.]

next snow ,I'll have to try that. Thanks.