All ready for the snow
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All ready for the snow
Just bolted on all the snow gear, so I thought I would post some pics of the truck, the way I run it in the winter.
We built the rear plow about 10 years ago, it's been on 5 different trucks so far.
http://respeedandfab.com/pics/MVC-102F.JPG
http://respeedandfab.com/pics/MVC-104F.JPG
http://respeedandfab.com/pics/MVC-105F.JPG
http://respeedandfab.com/pics/MVC-107F.JPG
We built the rear plow about 10 years ago, it's been on 5 different trucks so far.
http://respeedandfab.com/pics/MVC-102F.JPG
http://respeedandfab.com/pics/MVC-104F.JPG
http://respeedandfab.com/pics/MVC-105F.JPG
http://respeedandfab.com/pics/MVC-107F.JPG
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All ready for the snow
That is slick all right Yeti. I've never seen a rear mounted plow before, and I'm from Canada! I should show that picture to my old boss.
Here's a question for you though, what kind of snow removal do you do?Wouldn't bobcats, loaders and graders be more effective?
Don't get me wrong, I can see how that setup would be fast and effective in the right conditions: light snow fall, fairly open parking lots, but it must be a little tricky in smaller spaces and heavy snow falls.
Just curious, I miss my snow moving days.
Waxy
Here's a question for you though, what kind of snow removal do you do?Wouldn't bobcats, loaders and graders be more effective?
Don't get me wrong, I can see how that setup would be fast and effective in the right conditions: light snow fall, fairly open parking lots, but it must be a little tricky in smaller spaces and heavy snow falls.
Just curious, I miss my snow moving days.
Waxy
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Yes the front crash bar gets removed for the plow.
Back when we did the rear plow setup, most that had them had dedicated rear bumper, that big piece of angle was more or less a permenent fixture, my partner thought up the idea of useing the hitch as a mounting point and being able to just slide it in and out of the reciever, so you wouldn't have the angle piece on year round.
I run the pump in the tool box with quick connects, so in the summer everything comes right off.
Can't drive bobcats and loaders on the streets, so for what I do, residential driveways and medium lots, this works great. Back in, drag forward, lift and back up, push it all forward. Snow gets pushed to the front lawn area of the houses.
The parking lots I have, all have room to pile the snow, so I don't have to worry about removal.
Back when we did the rear plow setup, most that had them had dedicated rear bumper, that big piece of angle was more or less a permenent fixture, my partner thought up the idea of useing the hitch as a mounting point and being able to just slide it in and out of the reciever, so you wouldn't have the angle piece on year round.
I run the pump in the tool box with quick connects, so in the summer everything comes right off.
Can't drive bobcats and loaders on the streets, so for what I do, residential driveways and medium lots, this works great. Back in, drag forward, lift and back up, push it all forward. Snow gets pushed to the front lawn area of the houses.
The parking lots I have, all have room to pile the snow, so I don't have to worry about removal.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 16-Nov-02 AT 02:39 PM (EST)]>Waxy,
> If you really miss 'em I got a shovel here for ya!
I can't remember the last time I shovelled.
I wouldn't get out of my machine for all the tea in China. I used to clean sidewalks, parking curbs, stairs, you name it with the Bobcat, I wouldn't even get out to open the gate at the shop, just open the latch with a tooth or the corner of the bucket and bump it open.
Thankfully the boss didn't seem to notice (or more likely didn't mind) if I happened to be gone a little longer while I swung by my house and saved myself some shovelling.
Waxy
> If you really miss 'em I got a shovel here for ya!
I can't remember the last time I shovelled.
I wouldn't get out of my machine for all the tea in China. I used to clean sidewalks, parking curbs, stairs, you name it with the Bobcat, I wouldn't even get out to open the gate at the shop, just open the latch with a tooth or the corner of the bucket and bump it open. Thankfully the boss didn't seem to notice (or more likely didn't mind
) if I happened to be gone a little longer while I swung by my house and saved myself some shovelling. Waxy
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yeti, you started with the rear angle, but where did that come from? that seems to work better the pulling in and backdragging the lenghth of the truck then backing in to push snow out.
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I'll tell you this, I hate snow, but love to snowboard.
So I figure I can make some nice pocket money waking up a couple hours early , pop in a CD , and play with some buttons and push some snow around.
If you got it, might as well charge people to move it for them!!
Heck, last year, without busting my butt averaged 3 hours in the truck, maybe 15 days total over the winter.
I get $275 per driveway x 18, and I get paid up front, weather it snows or not.
I get $1000 for each of my 6 lots.
Season goes from Oct 1 to March 31.
This year, Iv'e collected over 10k and it hasn't even snowed yet!!
Kind of like auto insurance, pay even if you don't use it.
Plus, this is money the wife can't count!!!!
Please don't snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I figure I can make some nice pocket money waking up a couple hours early , pop in a CD , and play with some buttons and push some snow around.
If you got it, might as well charge people to move it for them!!
Heck, last year, without busting my butt averaged 3 hours in the truck, maybe 15 days total over the winter.
I get $275 per driveway x 18, and I get paid up front, weather it snows or not.
I get $1000 for each of my 6 lots.
Season goes from Oct 1 to March 31.
This year, Iv'e collected over 10k and it hasn't even snowed yet!!
Kind of like auto insurance, pay even if you don't use it.
Plus, this is money the wife can't count!!!!
Please don't snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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From: Calgary Canada
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 16-Nov-02 AT 03:16 PM (EST)]>Can't drive bobcats and loaders on the streets, so for what
>I do, residential driveways and medium lots, this works
>great. Back in, drag forward, lift and back up, push it all
>forward. Snow gets pushed to the front lawn area of the
>houses.
>The parking lots I have, all have room to pile the snow, so
>I don't have to worry about removal.
That would be a sweet set up then.
I used to have to load and unload the Bobcat off a trailer for every little driveway and try to drive around unplowed residential streets in a tandem truck pulling the Bobcat. Needless to say, we tried to stick to commercial properties where we could work at night (and therefore drive around on the streets) or tried to get 4-5 homeowners together for a discounted rate.
If you don't have to haul the snow away, you're setup would be WAY faster and probably just as effective. Not to mention EASIER.
Waxy
>I do, residential driveways and medium lots, this works
>great. Back in, drag forward, lift and back up, push it all
>forward. Snow gets pushed to the front lawn area of the
>houses.
>The parking lots I have, all have room to pile the snow, so
>I don't have to worry about removal.
That would be a sweet set up then.
I used to have to load and unload the Bobcat off a trailer for every little driveway and try to drive around unplowed residential streets in a tandem truck pulling the Bobcat. Needless to say, we tried to stick to commercial properties where we could work at night (and therefore drive around on the streets) or tried to get 4-5 homeowners together for a discounted rate.
If you don't have to haul the snow away, you're setup would be WAY faster and probably just as effective. Not to mention EASIER.
Waxy
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>yeti, you started with the rear angle, but where did that
>come from? that seems to work better the pulling in and
>backdragging the lenghth of the truck then backing in to
>push snow out.
Dam if I know the origins, they have been around here for years.
We just made it easier to mount and dismount.
It does make it alot easier to do driveways, cuts around 3 minutes off the time and saves on pulling in, dragging back, backing out, backing in and pushing out.
I just back in, drag the length of the truck, back up and push out.
There is enough down pressure to lift the rear wheels of the ground also, so you can really clean up nice.
>come from? that seems to work better the pulling in and
>backdragging the lenghth of the truck then backing in to
>push snow out.
Dam if I know the origins, they have been around here for years.
We just made it easier to mount and dismount.
It does make it alot easier to do driveways, cuts around 3 minutes off the time and saves on pulling in, dragging back, backing out, backing in and pushing out.
I just back in, drag the length of the truck, back up and push out.
There is enough down pressure to lift the rear wheels of the ground also, so you can really clean up nice.
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 16-Nov-02 AT 03:34 PM (EST)]I uploaded them to my website, respeedandfab.com.
Then open the site, rhight click on the pic, go to properties, copy and paste the url to this post.
You can usually copy and paste the url for a pic from any site to your post and it wil show up.
Then open the site, rhight click on the pic, go to properties, copy and paste the url to this post.
You can usually copy and paste the url for a pic from any site to your post and it wil show up.
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>Heck, last year, without busting my butt averaged 3 hours in
>the truck, maybe 15 days total over the winter.
>I get $275 per driveway x 18, and I get paid up front,
>weather it snows or not.
>I get $1000 for each of my 6 lots.
>Season goes from Oct 1 to March 31.
>
>This year, Iv'e collected over 10k and it hasn't even snowed
>yet!!
Holy Crap!
:-staun
Around here you can charge maybe $50/hr, 1 hr min, so $50 a driveway.
A prepaid contract is unheard of!!!!!!!!!1
You have contracts to clean lots, but if it doesn't snow you don't get paid. When it does snow you work 24 hrs a day till you're done, sometimes takes a week!
Winters with no snow are the hardest part of running a lanscaping/excavating business here, they've forced a lot of people to go under.
You've got it made in the shade!
Waxy
>the truck, maybe 15 days total over the winter.
>I get $275 per driveway x 18, and I get paid up front,
>weather it snows or not.
>I get $1000 for each of my 6 lots.
>Season goes from Oct 1 to March 31.
>
>This year, Iv'e collected over 10k and it hasn't even snowed
>yet!!
Holy Crap!
:-staun
Around here you can charge maybe $50/hr, 1 hr min, so $50 a driveway.
A prepaid contract is unheard of!!!!!!!!!1
You have contracts to clean lots, but if it doesn't snow you don't get paid. When it does snow you work 24 hrs a day till you're done, sometimes takes a week!Winters with no snow are the hardest part of running a lanscaping/excavating business here, they've forced a lot of people to go under.
You've got it made in the shade!
Waxy
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Yes but Living in Snowfalo (buffalo)he's problaby plowing snow when you and I are suntanning or boating! he he he !
Nice setup Yeti!Oh nice truck too you better chk you front hubs looks like ones missing!!!!!!!!!!!!
Later Rich
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Nice setup Yeti!Oh nice truck too you better chk you front hubs looks like ones missing!!!!!!!!!!!!
Later Rich
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