Looks like this Bill? A pretty neat old tractor. No hydraulics I guess? Tough guy !!!

 

Pete,
Mine is like the closest one including the snow plow setup in your picture but I have farm tires and chains. Both of those cubs have hydraulics as does mine There is no power angle however just power lift. They are a great little tractor.

 

I just got in about 1/2 hour ago. We ended up with about 5". That makes about 19" on the ground. The snow in my backyard is up to the bench seat of my picnic table.

I made ramps out of 2x8x8's to get the snowblower up onto the flatbed of my 1970 F350 which is about 40" high. Beats having my son follow me around to help lift it on and off....

 

My dad has an old farmall like that. I think his is a 1948. Its been in the family since the early 50's. It doesnt have power anything. Hand crank start, big levers to lift up the attachments.

 

I started p;owing at 5pm yesterday and stopped at 330 this afternoon, about 8". I plow a big kroger store in n. ky,a trucking co,hardware and lumber yard ,3 McDonalds,one has a large truck lotand 7 otherlong driveways but I do have a super duty with a 81/2' snow-way plow with a 32' snow board, moves alot of snow in a hurry, suppose to get some more tonite, I'm gonna go take me a nap.

 

I ran a Sno-Go up here for years. Was on a 966 Cat with cross link tire chains.
Know talk about blowin snow this ol gal could flat blow.



Until ya hit a dog or small child than it would break
the shear pin. Damn crap in the way anyway.


No children that would have amounted to much was hurt
in this story. Lost some damn good dogs though. Sad it was.

Talk about seeing red. That is not just an expression. Funnist
job I ever had, bar none.

The s**t just flew. Literally.

 

We got a quick stealth snowstorm this morning. Small flakes and wind made for some whiteout conditions on roads w/drifting. Had just ran the snow thrower yesterday and pretty much used up a big bag of ice melt that I discovered from last year, was wondering where that was. Well it's on the sidewalks and driveway now. Have plenty of sand still that helps.

One thing have been looking at is homebrew icemelt. One recipe is 7.5 pounds salt dissolved in 5 gallons of hot water and run through a hose sprayer. Been trying to avoid salt because it is hard on concrete and landscaping. The commercial icemelt is a bit spendy. "Kitty litter" is a bad idea, it doesn't work and then turns to goo. Fireplace ashes seems better than nothing. Coal cinders would be great but haven't seen any in years. Dilute detergents supposedly work too, the salt needs some water to be effective.

This is the fourth year on a Toro 210E snow thrower. Went through two gallons of fuel so far this season. It's lightweight to throw in truck and maneuver that I like and doesn't take up much room in the garage. While it is a single stage it hardly ever gets clogged. Up to a point, the more heavy snow the better! It is fun, I won't lie, never had a snow thrower before and dropped 6 bills on this thing, the first morning it snowed was up early like a kid on Christmas. Never did that for no shovel! it's a two-stroke engine that spools up pretty good. It is quite loud, and that's OK with me, tho wear earplugs. It has electric start (with your extension cord) but isn't really necessary.

Only downsides/quirks It does need to be warmed up for a few minutes before use and, before putting away, too. Once had to seal the spark plug boot with silicone grease to stop some stumbling with exceptionally slushy snow. Did I mention it's loud? Yeah. They also recommend cycling the electric start with the ignition OFF before putting it away for the night because the electric start motor will freeze.

For the typical residential driveway, sidewalks and patio it does a good job at getting right down to pavement.

 

Ya know I have a big snowblower,26 inch path,8 horse motor and all that. Does a pretty good job.It's also a lot of work just to use it. At church they had a small Toro in the storage shed. Everyone said it was dead. Not. I managed to get it and found out all it needed was a new plug. That little whammer jammer kicks some serious snow booty.Doesn't have the electric start but it's easy 100 pounds lighter than the big one. A little smokie being a two stroke and quite noisy but better than a shovle any day.

 

Loved the fine print. I needed a laugh!

 

Dang it,had to put my glasses back on to read the tiny stuff.

 

You da man, Garry!!! That's a lot of plowing.

 

I switched to opti-2 oil mix at 70-1 so far in everything for a few years now, lawnmower, weedwackers, saw, sno-blower. Beats having all those different mixes around, and it smokes a lot less. Going to try 100-1, the recommended mix. I bought about 100 of those 1.8 oz pouches on eBay, should never need to buy 2 stroke oil for a while.

 

Had to reopen this thread when i saw this ..... you gotta see this snowplow.

 

Years ago, my Uncle in Carthage, NY got tired of snowplows knocking over his mailbox. He put a railroad tie 4' in the ground and set his mailbox on top. Snowplow never knocked it over again.

But, the school bus that hit it was totaled.

 

You gotta be careful to put the post within your property borders. Most people don't realize their mailbox is sitting within the right of way of the road. I moved mine back 1 1/2 feet after the snowplow took it out and PenDOT said tough luck.