I realize that there will be someone that will want to throw darts at me for saying the 4 letter word on August 18th, but I'm starting to look ahead. While we don't get all that much snow in NW Ohio, I'm like every other red-blooded guy -I love to play in it. And um.....toys...*cough* I mean tools certainly make it more fun don't they? Last year, I made due with the bucket as we get a lot of drifts in the country.
I would like to be able to keep loader on with a plow hook up.
While I also have a 4' Frontier BB, I don't think it would work very well with our drifts.
So I've been searching the forum and I've been trying to compile a list of options. Maybe we need a sub-post for snow alone?
There really is not $$ in my budget for new implements, but it is one of those things where if the "right" thing came up-then maybe I can make it work. Additionally, I do have access to metal working tools/facilities/help---so that is also an option. Here is what I've been able to find while looking at this/other forums. I'm interested to see what some people have done-and what works great. I was wondering if anyone has used a three point adapter kit for the JDQA and then hooked a street plow to that? I don't plow anything too aggressive and I would be interested in hyd. angle (using curl) since I only have the factory circuits. I understand a little bit of why you want float (in case you hit something) but I'm not exactly clear on how you know if a plow floats on it's own. I thought that if it had springs--this was a float? but some post suggest this is not true. Maybe someone has already brought all of this into a post (and for that I'm sorry to be bringing s*** up in August.
1. 3pt Snowblower ($$$/not justified with our snow amounts and I don't want a neck cramp)
2. Front Snowblower ($$$$$$$$$$/not justified
3. Dedicated JD Plow (nice, but $$$, and I want to keep loader on)
4. Artillian Setup for 54" Plow (would need Artillian+Artillian QH adapter+ Plow+ Mount+ Hoses (~ballpark of $2000?)
5. Plows that "clip" to bucket (look cheap and probably are crap?)
6. JDQA plow (curtis, horst, homemade)
7. BackBlade- Not the best as you are compacting the snow
8. Adapting Street Plow
9. Putting JDQA on a ATV Plow etc.
I know I've missed a few options like a broom, but I'm hoping to discover a possible solution. I see myself staying with a 200cx or 300cx for the rest of my life so I know whatever I go with it will out live me lol.
I would like to be able to keep loader on with a plow hook up.
While I also have a 4' Frontier BB, I don't think it would work very well with our drifts.
So I've been searching the forum and I've been trying to compile a list of options. Maybe we need a sub-post for snow alone?
There really is not $$ in my budget for new implements, but it is one of those things where if the "right" thing came up-then maybe I can make it work. Additionally, I do have access to metal working tools/facilities/help---so that is also an option. Here is what I've been able to find while looking at this/other forums. I'm interested to see what some people have done-and what works great. I was wondering if anyone has used a three point adapter kit for the JDQA and then hooked a street plow to that? I don't plow anything too aggressive and I would be interested in hyd. angle (using curl) since I only have the factory circuits. I understand a little bit of why you want float (in case you hit something) but I'm not exactly clear on how you know if a plow floats on it's own. I thought that if it had springs--this was a float? but some post suggest this is not true. Maybe someone has already brought all of this into a post (and for that I'm sorry to be bringing s*** up in August.
1. 3pt Snowblower ($$$/not justified with our snow amounts and I don't want a neck cramp)
2. Front Snowblower ($$$$$$$$$$/not justified
3. Dedicated JD Plow (nice, but $$$, and I want to keep loader on)
4. Artillian Setup for 54" Plow (would need Artillian+Artillian QH adapter+ Plow+ Mount+ Hoses (~ballpark of $2000?)
5. Plows that "clip" to bucket (look cheap and probably are crap?)
6. JDQA plow (curtis, horst, homemade)
7. BackBlade- Not the best as you are compacting the snow
8. Adapting Street Plow
9. Putting JDQA on a ATV Plow etc.
I know I've missed a few options like a broom, but I'm hoping to discover a possible solution. I see myself staying with a 200cx or 300cx for the rest of my life so I know whatever I go with it will out live me lol.