Recent content by Parshal

Good idea!

After a few more uses with the PVC I've found the PVC has cracked and come off the blade. I'm thinking I need to use larger diameter PVC so as not to stress it so much given the thickness of the blade. Or, figure out how to cut 1/2" from the tube rather than a single saw line down the tube.

Our snow is more like Boise where it melts in a couple days and we typically have sunshine right after a snowstorm. It stays in the shady northern exposures a bit longer. The driveway outside the garage is unfortunately shaded but does eventually melt. With the blade and PVC I get a hardpack...

I actually have an 8' blade. It took about 5 - 7 minutes to hammer the PVC on the blade once I got the tractor moved out into the open. Interestingly, I cut mine to 7' by mistake and had to cut another 12" piece so I have a "seam" on the blade near one end. It will be interesting to see how...

I almost went with 1.5" which I think might have worked better as well. I hadn't measured the thickness of the blade which is why I went with 2". Once this one wears out I'll replace it with the 1.5" just to see.

My driveway is sand right now so it ought to last a very long time. We hope to put down gravel in the summer.

So, I played around a bit with the upper arm and I was able to get it to skip a bit less but it still did it. I took the experience of other posters on the thread and got some 2" PVC and put it on the bottom of the blade. Wow, that really works. I can remove most of the snow and what's left...

Slide and roll? I think I've been using the wrong terminology. This angle mentioned above is pitch, correct? This is the "angle" I was questioning in my first post.

Thanks for the help!

This is what I was thinking, too. I was wondering if it's biting too much if it's rutting.

Around here the snow usually melts within a couple days and it's usually dry fluffy snow. I have an area in front of the garage and another parking area by the house that don't get much sun so they don't melt quickly. I plan to use the blade to move the snow from there out to a sunny area near...

I'm actually not sure of how fast I'm going but it's 2nd gear (L4200 manual shift). I have no draft control. The ground was frozen solid when I did this since the temperature never reached higher than 20 degrees F for five days. Without the shoes I'm scraping dirt off (I have a thin layer of...

I used my new Bison blade (hydraulic angle NVHA-240)for the first time with the recent snow. It has skid shoes and I'm using it on a dirt driveway until I get gravel down in the spring. My question is about rutting. The blade essentially bounced or skidded creating shallow ruts. I assume...

Well, I was able to start it at 2 degrees when it had been sitting for days around 0. It cranked after ~6 seconds, ran for a moment and died. Cranked again in less than 5 and stayed running. I'm impressed given the age and temps.

So, I replaced the glow plugs and temperature sensor for the plugs. I pulled the old plugs out and tested them side by side with the new ones using jumper cables off the battery. The old ones got red hot but nearly as much as the new plugs so I went ahead and put in the new ones. It didn't...