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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 02:43 PM
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Ours changed to rain mid/late morning. I saw it coming down as snow again just a little bit ago but it seems the rain is still fighting it out. I won't be cleaning the driveway off until the snow comes back for good.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 02:58 PM
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You might want to get out and do it before it freezes up like concrete.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 03:02 PM
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I'd rather be plowing concrete than driving on a skating rink. It should be back to snow soon anyway.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 03:07 PM
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Very true Greg.
But my tractor does not do as well as your truck with frozen blocks of snow.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 03:08 PM
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Agreed, I wouldn't want to be tackling this stuff with a tractor. Even some snow blowers are going to think twice before tossing this heavy stuff.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 03:11 PM
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Even with it being a 4wd it still had a rough time.
It will handle 10-12" all day but not this heavy.
I looked into a blower for it but just the attachment is about $2800.

 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 03:25 PM
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I paid less than that for my plow. They love to bend people over on the attachments.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 03:41 PM
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Very true Greg.
That is why I don't have one.
A bucket for the front is about the same but would be much more versatile.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 03:59 PM
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That is a nice tractor I have a 425 2WD how do you like the 4WD? And is it a diesel
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 04:06 PM
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Good evening all. 9-10 inches in the driveway here in Newington. I was up at 3:00am and nothing. Went back to bed and at 5:30am about 4 or 5 inches. That was fast. My truck liked the snow the most just look at the snow smile on the tailgate.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 05:13 PM
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Good evening everyone. Had a snow day today, we didn't go into work. That gave me the time to get quite intimate with my snow blower and clear my entire freaking driveway. The good news was that the blower works really well, I really like the hydrostatic drive. Bad news is the sheer length of my freaking driveway. Took me over three hours moving as fast as the machine could move.

Here was a victory shot of me at the very end:



 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 06:19 PM
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glad to see the snow blower worked.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 06:58 PM
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That is a nice tractor I have a 425 2WD how do you like the 4WD? And is it a diesel
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My dad has a 435.

I love the 4wd. It really helps with my 700ft driveway.
I picked it up used about 7 years ago with only 119 hrs on it.
No it is a gas 25hp.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 07:00 PM
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Tom I am glad your blower worked.
It was a good test for it.

John that smile looks good.
 
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 07:36 PM
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Well that storm was interesting...

3am nothing on the ground

6am 6 inches on the ground

When I finally made it home the truck did NOT like pushing through the ~foot of snow/ice. Made like a 4wd battering ram and got up 20' at a time for that first pass.
 
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