How do you plow your driveway?

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With this!!! ;)
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This is the way I do it.
I have a Rincon wih a 60 inch plow that I use. Much easier to manuver. Also have a snow blower if needed.
If I buy a Pioneer, it will not be used to plow.

As far as the OP's question about plowing, try different ways and you will find what works for you.
 
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In all seriousness, I did have a plow for my Honda Forman for light chit then I grew up lol.
Depending on your amount of snow and situation, If I didn’t have the chit ton of snow and length of road at my cabin to plow, for those of you In Reo Linda, thats in the great white north of northern Michigan (why I have the big “V” plow on my truck) I’d have a boss or Western V plow they make for the P1. Seems very Sturdy and moves snow at ease. @Cuoutdoors i believe has the boss V and likes it. Well worth investment depending on your situation.
 
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In all seriousness, I did have a plow for my Honda Forman for light chit then I grew up lol.
Depending on your amount of snow and situation, If I didn’t have the chit ton of snow and length of road at my cabin to plow, for those of you In Reo Linda, thats in the great white north of northern Michigan (why I have the big “V” plow on my truck) I’d have a boss or Western V plow they make for the P1. Seems very Sturdy and moves snow at ease. @Cuoutdoors i believe has the boss V and likes it. Well worth investment depending on your situation.

Yes its a hell of a plow. It's heavy and you'll want better front springs. I'm selling the plow and springs if anyone is interested. Moving up to bigger equipment like you.
 
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This is the way I do it.
I have a Rincon wih a 60 inch plow that I use. Much easier to manuver. Also have a snow blower if needed.
If I buy a Pioneer, it will not be used to plow.

As far as the OP's question about plowing, try different ways and you will find what works for you.
Yea, that is the plan.. just seeing if I can learn from y’all to know what other ways there are...

thanks!
 
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That is a nice plow! Looks like a real drift buster.
Sure is! Gone through drifts and snow as high as the plow itself.
 
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Plow Academy got its first customer this morning.......if only I could teach the dogs to plow, and shovel snow, heck, I'd be happy with just listening more than 1/2 the time. IDOG at least watches out for coyotes, badgers, Mtn Lions and such. She's pretty good, haven't hit one yet. Now if I could get
out pf plowing my own driveway.


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IF it snows in the south, I just wait an hour till it melts. But miss my FJ40 plowing days in Va, back in the 1980s, $1 per minute. Seems like your rigs you be perfect for small bank and store parking lots.
 
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I plow with a 01 f250. $4000 basicly bought a plow with a truck attached. I've used blowers and skid steers semi's and road graders. Theres nothing like plowing in the comfort of the pick up.

If the gravel is frozen you can run the plow on it. If it's soft use the skids.
 
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This is how I've been trying to do it. 1967 John Deere Model 420 Garden Tractor. It does ok up to about 5" of snow, then it just doesn't have enough traction to get up and down our long, steep gravel driveway, or it high centers itself. This shot shows a time after an ice storm. We couldn't get our 4 wheel drive vehicles up the driveway so I had to go down in the 420 with trailer in tow, load up our supplies and then slowly grind our way back to the top.

One of our new 700-2 duties will be to take over plowing duties.

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This is how I've been trying to do it. 1967 John Deere Model 420 Garden Tractor. It does ok up to about 5" of snow, then it just doesn't have enough traction to get up and down our long, steep gravel driveway, or it high centers itself. This shot shows a time after an ice storm. We couldn't get our 4 wheel drive vehicles up the driveway so I had to go down in the 420 with trailer in tow, load up our supplies and then slowly grind our way back to the top.

One of our new 700-2 duties will be to take over plowing duties.

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Nice, even hydralics?
 
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Nice, even hydralics?
Yup. Full hydraulics, front and rear pto, crawler gear, locking rear differential and 3 point hitch. I have the blade on it in winter and a grapple on it in summer. The thing's a beast. They don't make them like this anymore.
 
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