Most of our snow removal happens on paved surfaces. But we have a couple of gravel sections and now a two-track dirt section also. And we’re often asked for advice on removing snow from gravel surfaces. So today we’ve compiled some tips for just that: removing snow with your tractor on a gravel drive.
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Another vote for the Edge Tamers. I also use a grader blade backwards. I pile the snow in an unused part of my drive to help keep the gravel out of the yard. Nothing is perfect however.
I have used a 3-point blade in the past on gravel. I found that I did not have very good control with the blade reversed.
I’ve been using skid shoes on my bucket and they are great!
I have been plowing a gravel driveway for along time now and I have learned not to grade it for a good month before winter to help keep the gravel packed down. If you grade to late in the year, it will be too loose once you have to start plowing snow. I also like to pack the first few snows that stick around so you can't see the gravel at all. To do that, you can just keep ordering more parts from Good Works Tractor so you have more delivery trucks packing it for you!!
I roll my plow blade top forward forward until the ground freezes. It doesn’t dig in as hard.
I put a piece of rubber horse mat between the moldboard and cutting edge hanging down a couple inches on my back blade and a 2" round steel pipe over the cutting edge of my front plow.
The problem I have with leaving just a bit of snow is it tends to melt in the sun then freeze into a sheet of ice. Fortunately I have a pretty small area to deal with.
why are 3/4 viewers not subscribed ? It makes no sense
I have a gravel drive so I bought a 10' 1-1/4" black pipe. Cut it in half to use on the rear blade and FL. I cut a 3/4" slot down the length of both pipes to slip over the the rear blade edge and the other over the edge on the FL bucket. I drilled a hole and welded 1/4" x 2 flat bar to the back side of the pipe and used the bolts on the blade to secure it. The pipe on the FL was secured by a piece of flat stock welded vertically on each end and bolted to the side of the bucket. I used flat washers as spacers between the bucket sides and the flat bar as it will not lay flush at the bottom of the bucket due to factory weldments. Will find out if this $40.00 mod is going to work on either end.
Here in Oklahoma we don’t get many snow events that require removal, but when we do, an angled rear blade with skid shoes (to keep you from gouging) and a side on the leading edge (it keeps you from having spillage) works great.
Dragging a rear blade works great for not destroying an early or late season gravel driveway.
For Southern Colorado not much snow I've been using the box blade angled back
I have 1025R and I use a rear blade to remove the snow in my driveway. I found it easier to drive backwards to shove the snow it is a inconvenience but it doesn't tear up my gravel driveway as a bad.
I tried a landscape rake last year it still picked up a lot of gravel . Good video as usual
I always make a few passes with my rear blade backwards and then after it freezes up I drop the skid shoes and continue normally, this is in northern Saskatchewan so once it freezes stays that way
I wonder with the rake if you added some sort of wire mesh to ensure it captures snow. Otherwise I would only imagine the rake catching heavy wet snow
Great video as always!! From central Iowa and I use both a Snow Pusher and rear blade for my gravel driveway using a Sub Compact. I actually prefer the rear blade for most smaller snow falls (6" and under). I have found that rear blade to work fantastic, even when the driveway is not yet frozen or "Crusted". However, you need to keep the top link very short so the cutting edge of the rear blade is more Perpendicular to the gravel and then it does not tend to cut into the gravel and pick it up.
have been using frontend loader bucket with two edge tamers, they do a great job. They leave a little snow, but do not remove much gravel, which I simple spread back on the driveway. Tried a plow on my ATV, it piled up a lot of gravel on the driveway edges.
We don't get near as much snow as you do, but we can get occasional big ones. I've found turning the rear blade backwards is a great way to avoid damage to the surface and it removes the snow fine. Great video as always!
IMO whether or not the ground is frozen makes a big difference. You can be a lot more aggressive with the rear blade when the ground is hard frozen.
what we do in family and have done as long as i have remembered winters we just pack in the first snow and then just plow right over the next time and thats it just pack down the first snow and then just plow the rest that falls also having a really hard pack drive helps too and that way it isnt such a muddy mess either when theres alot of rain thats how we do it and i personally use a old 2wd ustility size tractor with a home made bucket on a triangle quick hitch and thats it and actually most times just use shovels because the tractor is vey loud starting the whole neighbouhood can hear it and i dont have them near even but yeah it works good enough
I have been using a rear blade for my gravel drive way an yard for a year or better now. Turning it around an using it backwards made a huge difference. Works really good.