More Snow Stuff??

[J. Peterson Grading]

Since this is all we seem to do anymore.

We have been hauling snow for the last couple days now. Here are some pics.

J.

[J. Peterson Grading]

When the piles thaw and freeze up again they tend to get real hard. So we stab and break them up with a set of forks. Some chunks are big enough to just load with the forks as well.

J

[Junior M]

Did you get another spill guard built?

[J. Peterson Grading]

Put one on a snow busket.

[oakhillslandscaping]

i have a few questions i like the idea of mid sized loaders and amd looking to do the same in the future, i have run only run new holland,kubota and takuchi mid sized loaders does the volvo have the same plate size as a skid steer?, and if i remeber correctly from the last snow thread you use sectional plows? how do you like those?

[J. Peterson Grading]

L20Bs Have skid loader plates stock. When you go to an L30B and L35B they have a large wheel loader type mount standard and a Skid plate as an option.

I have 3 sectional Plows as well. 1 goes on my PT80 and the others on the L20s. The sectional plows are the best thing ever made for plowing hands down. They clean to bare pavement every time!! In hard pack, they will break it up enough so your melter will work faster. I have found that we have used alot of salt this year due to all the Ice we have had here, not due to trying to melt off what our plows don't remove. Roughly a 30% savings. Which pays for one of the boxes.

We have had some trouble with the rubbers breaking on the Artics. But the trade off between a clean lot and a few broken rubbers is minimal.

J.

[bobcat_ron]

That is such a nice loader.

[Junior M]

L20Bs Have skid loader plates stock. When you go to an L30B and L35B they have a large wheel loader type mount standard and a Skid plate as an option.

I have 3 sectional Plows as well. 1 goes on my PT80 and the others on the L20s. The sectional plows are the best thing ever made for plowing hands down. They clean to bare pavement every time!! In hard pack, they will break it up enough so your melter will work faster. I have found that we have used alot of salt this year due to all the Ice we have had here, not due to trying to melt off what our plows don't remove.

We have had some trouble with the rubbers breaking on the Artics. But the trade off between a clean lot and a few broken rubbers is minimal.

J.

A rubber breaking is never good :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Just had to throw that in there.. :laugh:

You must get a good deal from Volvo, do you lease or just a long term rental on those little loaders? Can you little cab overs pull the loaders? How much can they pull?

Do the loaders have hydraulic quicktach?

[J. Peterson Grading]

Thank you Ron. They are nice. I am looking at buying a used L30B. Depends if we have a good January or not.

J.

[J. Peterson Grading]

Most dealers in the snow belt have a winter rental rate. I get these guys for about a grand a month. I am limited to something like 300 hrs a season on them as well. Which we don't get close to ever.

The cab over pictured above dosn't do alot of pulling anymore. it did and did it well, I took it out of that type of service due to high miles and it tends to get a bit hot when under a real heavy load. (Mostly pulling) We don't tow the loaders ever. We have a shop that is centraly located in our town that all my loaders run out of. We just drive them everywhere.

J.

[stuvecorp]

If you're hauling snow then January is off to a good start.:clapping:

[J. Peterson Grading]

We have hauled on 3 site so far and I have 2 more sites to haul off of. Plan on doing it monday. But we have 3 storms lined up for this weekend and next week. So yes. A good start.

Lol

J.

[treemover]

nice pics...it looks like it is time to but a tandem or tri dump on the wish list. how far are you hauling that snow??

[ksss]

nice pics...it looks like it is time to but a tandem or tri dump on the wish list. how far are you hauling that snow??


Thats what I was going to say. Kinda hard to get anything done with such a small truck isn't it?

[Gravel Rat]

Your better off with a rolloff box for hauling snow in easier to load and will come out without jamming up a tailgate. Even a highlift tailgate would jam up with those frozen chunks.

Most small wheel loaders you can road them no diffrent than a backhoe you just don't make any sudden movements with the steering wheel with a wheel loader.

[J. Peterson Grading]

Short hauls, by the hour. We had a 10yd truck running as well.

I am not going to by a tandem just for this, and I wont pay someone else to bring theirs.


J.

[DUSTYCEDAR]

could you show us what broke on the box plows as i am looking to get them.

[stuvecorp]

We use to build up big sideboards to haul lots of snow but if you are by the hour it dosen't matter. At the one we had a 621 loading a quad and a single axle with big sideboards, the boss liked it because he was billing three machines and only paying two guys.

What do you like about the Artics? Is it the steel edge?

[ksss]

Short hauls, by the hour. We had a 10yd truck running as well.

I am not going to by a tandem just for this, and I wont pay someone else to bring theirs.


J.



That would be good gig to get. Surprising though, you would have to be dang cheap for a customer to hire a 4 yard truck to haul snow at least here.

[ClevelandPusher]

What is that loader you are using? Whats the biggest size box pusher you could put on that if you had 2-4" on a 100 yard push?

Thanks

[ProTouch Groundscapes]

Your better off with a rolloff box for hauling snow in easier to load and will come out without jamming up a tailgate. Even a highlift tailgate would jam up with those frozen chunks.

he could just undo the top pins and drop the tailgate down instead. no worries about getting stuck.

could you show us what broke on the box plows as i am looking to get them.

hes talking about the polyurethane blocks that allow the individual sections of moldboard to flex up and down. you have to be very careful when stacking snow with an arctic pusher b/c the force pushes the sections downwards and the poly blocks flex alot and can snap. good thing they arent THAT expensive.