Lavoy got enough yet????
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Rick
Snow
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Willyr
- 2010 crawler
- Posts: 695
- Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:03 am
- Location: Downeast Maine (North of Ellsworth)
snow? whats that?
former owner of a 1956 420c
All help is greatly appreciated.
Proud owner of a project 1952 JD 60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFehqXVd9z4
All help is greatly appreciated.
Proud owner of a project 1952 JD 60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFehqXVd9z4
WELL COME ON DOWN ,
you can work on my crawler in the nice warm 57* sunshine.
its dry too. you'll be able to work without gloves or insulated coverall's...OH THE JOY!!!
heck i have to PAY TO PLAY in the snow..... 70 miles N. of me there was an 18" snow last week,
with the sunshine, no wind, and 37*, we were in it all day with just a long sleeved t-shirt.
you can work on my crawler in the nice warm 57* sunshine.
its dry too. you'll be able to work without gloves or insulated coverall's...OH THE JOY!!!
heck i have to PAY TO PLAY in the snow..... 70 miles N. of me there was an 18" snow last week,
with the sunshine, no wind, and 37*, we were in it all day with just a long sleeved t-shirt.
440icd/602/8a,,440icd/831/ripper,,440icd/831/3pt.,misc. 440 parts, i have 5 of these now, but i can stop anytime 
This is my secret to snow. Get prepared and it will never come.
This is the 7' two-stage snowblower I have for the heavy Ohio snows. They do come when unexpected.
The blower is working overtime scaring the snow away. Note how the ground is bare grass, it is working that well.
The blower is hooked to an International 1066 tractor. It has a 540 PTO, but I connected it to the 1000 PTO so the engine can just idle along. If I need the speed, I just rev it up some and the snow blows to the next county. I added a small hydraulic motor, pipe and cable to turn the chute from the seat hyd controls. Maybe I should shoot some good dozer yellow paint on it the next time I have the paint gun fired up.
This is the 7' two-stage snowblower I have for the heavy Ohio snows. They do come when unexpected.
The blower is working overtime scaring the snow away. Note how the ground is bare grass, it is working that well.
The blower is hooked to an International 1066 tractor. It has a 540 PTO, but I connected it to the 1000 PTO so the engine can just idle along. If I need the speed, I just rev it up some and the snow blows to the next county. I added a small hydraulic motor, pipe and cable to turn the chute from the seat hyd controls. Maybe I should shoot some good dozer yellow paint on it the next time I have the paint gun fired up.
JD 2010 Crawler with Loader
This is going to go down in history as the year that the snow won and my dad lost...
First I have been telling him for years he needs a brace on his shop chimney since it just sits there poking through a hole in the roof. Roof finally got enough snow on it to form a glacier strong enough to ride up over the snow guards and bulldoze the chimney.
So we needed either the 40 foot ladder or the crane truck with basket to fix the chimney and have heat, both of which were in the storage barn, which the man has cleverly saved fuel by not keeping the road to it plowed out. Since the crane truck has to come out to get the ladder out anyways, he pulled out into the 3 foot deep snow in 4WD. Impressively, he made it a full 40 feet before hopelessly sinking it.
He has a Ford loader tractor with chains and a Fisher plow mounted inside the bucket, which is pretty formidable in the snow. It also SHOULD have a 7 foot Blizzard snowblower on the back, but of course that is sitting down in the barn behind a pile of junk that was deemed not worth the time to remove.
Over the course of 2 hours he gradually poked a hole through the snowpack with the plow. It was so hard to push that he realized he was not going to be able to drive down the steep part cutting a path ahead of him, and therefore would never make it back up. Thus, we retrieved the ladder on foot for the chimney repair and abandoned the crane.
Now he is thinking of hiring someone to bring a bulldozer to get the rest of the way down there so he can get the crane unstuck and put it back in the barn. I would gladly let him bring my 420 over (is it even possible to get those stuck in the snow?). But I will give you one guess where the trailer is!
First I have been telling him for years he needs a brace on his shop chimney since it just sits there poking through a hole in the roof. Roof finally got enough snow on it to form a glacier strong enough to ride up over the snow guards and bulldoze the chimney.
So we needed either the 40 foot ladder or the crane truck with basket to fix the chimney and have heat, both of which were in the storage barn, which the man has cleverly saved fuel by not keeping the road to it plowed out. Since the crane truck has to come out to get the ladder out anyways, he pulled out into the 3 foot deep snow in 4WD. Impressively, he made it a full 40 feet before hopelessly sinking it.
He has a Ford loader tractor with chains and a Fisher plow mounted inside the bucket, which is pretty formidable in the snow. It also SHOULD have a 7 foot Blizzard snowblower on the back, but of course that is sitting down in the barn behind a pile of junk that was deemed not worth the time to remove.
Over the course of 2 hours he gradually poked a hole through the snowpack with the plow. It was so hard to push that he realized he was not going to be able to drive down the steep part cutting a path ahead of him, and therefore would never make it back up. Thus, we retrieved the ladder on foot for the chimney repair and abandoned the crane.
Now he is thinking of hiring someone to bring a bulldozer to get the rest of the way down there so he can get the crane unstuck and put it back in the barn. I would gladly let him bring my 420 over (is it even possible to get those stuck in the snow?). But I will give you one guess where the trailer is!
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Stan Disbrow
- 350 crawler
- Posts: 2898
- Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:13 pm
- Location: Raleigh, NC
Hi,
What you need on that 1066 is the reversed operator's platform they used on the industrial fork lift variants!
Look, ma! It's a ScareSnow!!!
Later!
Stan
What you need on that 1066 is the reversed operator's platform they used on the industrial fork lift variants!
Look, ma! It's a ScareSnow!!!
Later!
Stan
There's No Such Thing As A Cheap Crawler!
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
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Stan Disbrow
- 350 crawler
- Posts: 2898
- Joined: Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:13 pm
- Location: Raleigh, NC
Hi,
Well, you'd only need the forklift parts should it fail in its task of scaring the snow away, and you actually needed to use it, that is!
Later!
Stan
Well, you'd only need the forklift parts should it fail in its task of scaring the snow away, and you actually needed to use it, that is!
Later!
Stan
There's No Such Thing As A Cheap Crawler!
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
Useta Have: '58 JD 420c 5-roller w/62 inside blade
Useta Have: '78 JD350C w/6310 outside blade
Useta Have: '68 JD350, '51 Terratrac GT-25
Have: 1950 M, 2005 x495, 2008 5103 (now known as 5045D)
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