Anyone Plow With Their Cruiser?
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Yes, you are right. Slow speed and torque. Exactly what some of us prefer - just like wheeling.
I also know a just a smidge about plowing. Did it for 5 years. Of course it's not easy. If it was, it wouldn't be so expensive to hire someone to do it right?
I also know a just a smidge about plowing. Did it for 5 years. Of course it's not easy. If it was, it wouldn't be so expensive to hire someone to do it right?
[quote author=Pitbull link=board=2;threadid=10886;start=msg98995#msg98995 date=1075907776]
I own a Landcruiser so I don't need to plow, I just drive over it until the weather changes and it melts.
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This is so true
I spent ~2.5 hours on the weekend chipping away snow that had compacted like a glacier on my sidewalk (never buy a corner house) and had created quite a large berm in front of my driveway (~3 feet tall). I was going to shovel it out of the way, then I just grabbed the keys and drove over it a few times - problem solved!
Cheers, Hugh
I own a Landcruiser so I don't need to plow, I just drive over it until the weather changes and it melts.
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This is so true
I spent ~2.5 hours on the weekend chipping away snow that had compacted like a glacier on my sidewalk (never buy a corner house) and had created quite a large berm in front of my driveway (~3 feet tall). I was going to shovel it out of the way, then I just grabbed the keys and drove over it a few times - problem solved!Cheers, Hugh
Jim_Chow
V8_Fan
[quote author=MTNRAT link=board=2;threadid=10886;start=msg98004#msg98004 date=1075754319]
Parker21, I think that if you were only to do your own driveway the wear and tear would be small. However if you were conned into doing you neighbours driveways as well, you would soon find out why the guy clearing your drive charges what he does. Just to get you 80 set up to plow would be $$. My advice would be to look for a used skidsteer (bobcat), and use it for only your personal use. Would last forever and do a better job than a plow on a truck. I have a tractor with a snowblower on the back and am looking at the skidsteer option for next year.
Cheers,
Sean
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Yeah, I'd try to find a small front loader. That's what my father-in-law did...got a Toyota front loaded w/ heated cab, 4wd lo mode only, about a 5 ft wide front shovel, chains. The drivetrain is a LOT more heavy-duty in those things than on a cruiser, as they're designed to be abused for years. One more toy to buy. You just need a barn to park it in.
Parker21, I think that if you were only to do your own driveway the wear and tear would be small. However if you were conned into doing you neighbours driveways as well, you would soon find out why the guy clearing your drive charges what he does. Just to get you 80 set up to plow would be $$. My advice would be to look for a used skidsteer (bobcat), and use it for only your personal use. Would last forever and do a better job than a plow on a truck. I have a tractor with a snowblower on the back and am looking at the skidsteer option for next year.
Cheers,
Sean
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Yeah, I'd try to find a small front loader. That's what my father-in-law did...got a Toyota front loaded w/ heated cab, 4wd lo mode only, about a 5 ft wide front shovel, chains. The drivetrain is a LOT more heavy-duty in those things than on a cruiser, as they're designed to be abused for years. One more toy to buy. You just need a barn to park it in.
[quote author=Pitbull link=board=2;threadid=10886;start=msg98995#msg98995 date=1075907776]
I own a Landcruiser so I don't need to plow, I just drive over it until the weather changes and it melts.
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I am in the same logic boat as you...and yes, I have lived where it snows quite a bit.
Jackson, Wyoming as well as Houghton Michigan (averages around 250 inches of snow per year)...When I lived in Laramie, Wyoming, they only plowed the main north-south street and the main east-west street as well as the interstate. I figured if they don't need to plow roads when it got 18 inches of powder, neither do I. I haven't shoveled snow since I left Michigan Tech.
When I lived out in Jackson, we had to ski in and out to our house...by the end of the snow season, we were usually skiing over the top of a 4 foot fence, with about another foot of snow on it...
People are way to picky about shoveling. If you want to shovel, you might as well own a jeep and turn in your man card, because you're too big of a metrosexual for a cruiser
bk
I own a Landcruiser so I don't need to plow, I just drive over it until the weather changes and it melts.
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I am in the same logic boat as you...and yes, I have lived where it snows quite a bit.
Jackson, Wyoming as well as Houghton Michigan (averages around 250 inches of snow per year)...When I lived in Laramie, Wyoming, they only plowed the main north-south street and the main east-west street as well as the interstate. I figured if they don't need to plow roads when it got 18 inches of powder, neither do I. I haven't shoveled snow since I left Michigan Tech.
When I lived out in Jackson, we had to ski in and out to our house...by the end of the snow season, we were usually skiing over the top of a 4 foot fence, with about another foot of snow on it...
People are way to picky about shoveling. If you want to shovel, you might as well own a jeep and turn in your man card, because you're too big of a metrosexual for a cruiser
bk
