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Wow, Chris, that was a doozy! Outright complete destruction. Hopefully insurance covered it.

My guess my radiator is/was on this ship ;-)
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I finally got my tractor back at mid January. They had to remove a radiator out of a new tractor into mine since I really needed the damned thing to plow. It took so long that by then I had saved up for a used plow on their lot, so got that delivered at the same time.

Glad I got that plow. We had a heavy snowfall overnight last week, about a foot. My little ATV was having none of that, but the tractor with front chains chewed through that and a good chunk of my gravel driveway in places where I screwed up.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother.

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Originally Posted by liquidsquid
I finally got my tractor back at mid January. They had to remove a radiator out of a new tractor into mine since I really needed the damned thing to plow. It took so long that by then I had saved up for a used plow on their lot, so got that delivered at the same time.

Glad I got that plow. We had a heavy snowfall overnight last week, about a foot. My little ATV was having none of that, but the tractor with front chains chewed through that and a good chunk of my gravel driveway in places where I screwed up.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother.


I hate using a plow on a gravel drive. Seems more gravel ends up in the grass than on the drive. That's why I have a snowthrower that mounts on the garden tractor. It's small, only 42" wide, but I am patient, and it sure beats walking and pushing on handlebars.


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I have considered trading the plow in for a 3pt blower. Just had a bad experience with a less powerful tractor and blower in wet snow. The chute kept clogging and finally a rusty bar to the top of the blower (it was old) snapped off and dropped it into the driveway. I barely got out of the shed and 20ft up the driveway for an hours work.

Took the ATV and its County plow for a high-speed clearing maybe 15 minutes to do the whole thing. It did peel up a lot of gravel in that wet snow.

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Originally Posted by liquidsquid
I have considered trading the plow in for a 3pt blower. Just had a bad experience with a less powerful tractor and blower in wet snow. The chute kept clogging and finally a rusty bar to the top of the blower (it was old) snapped off and dropped it into the driveway. I barely got out of the shed and 20ft up the driveway for an hours work.

Took the ATV and its County plow for a high-speed clearing maybe 15 minutes to do the whole thing. It did peel up a lot of gravel in that wet snow.

Way more expensive, but a front mounted hydraulic blower/thrower will be a lot easier on the neck and back.


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This was at my sisters property where Rex busted the cylinder. He is a lucky man.

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Originally Posted by airborne3118
This was at my sisters property where Rex busted the cylinder. He is a lucky man.

I talked to Rex that night. He was still shaking.


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I finally got motivated to fix the box blade that I wrecked while cleaning out my pond.
New OEM parts and the shipping to get them here was going to run past $275, which seemed a bit steep to me.
Instead I decided to buy some steel and build a new hitch from scratch. Spent maybe
$75 if the cost of welding wire/rods, shield gas, and electricity to run the welders is included.
This new hitch should be much more durable than the original.

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