phil314
Senior Member
I'm finally getting the hang of angling the plow, but it's still too fast.
Also the 2500psi angle cylinders don't like 3500psi much.
I'm going to need some plow upgrades.
A couple things....WOW, that's quite a driveway, looks like the plow works great, seems like the drifting makes keeping the driveway clear a full time job and looks like you've had some "practice" at it, and did I mention that's quite a driveway.....
You should have planted a wind break 30 years ago
Yeah, it's about 1250ft of fun.
The plow works ok. It's a western unimount from a truck adapted to work on a skid steer. It's NOT a good choice for using on a skid steer, but I didn't know better back then and it's what I had. I've got plans to upgrade it some this summer.
you could get a couple screw in restrictors for your couplers to slow the angle down......
Will your neighbor let you plow the snow into a snow fence in his field?
Can you clear more of the snow on the upwind side of your driveway so that the drifting doesn’t clog the actual driveway so quick? That’s what I do on mine
Is your driveway slightly elevated?
Anything you can do to make it drift less in the first place will cut your work down. Looks like you're already plowing to one side (the leeward side). A blower might be a consideration, but they're slow and you almost need a heated cab (b/c some snow blows back in yer face). But they DO work great! My neighbor has a drive that looks almost like yours. He has a blower on a skid and when the wind is right he can shoot a rooster-tail 50'. Gets the snow up and out of the driveway. No drifting back in. One trip down, one back.
Plow on a pick-up is a great way to go. Warm, and quicker. But you gotta run what ya brung, right?