Plowing a old dirt driveway

[CJD3]

For those of you that have to plow a old dirt driveway…

We have 5 families on my drive. Kids, fedex, ups and every other yahoo that delivers drive like assholes up an down it splashing the small potholes into big ones. Spring time usually is the time we chip in and get a couple trucks of stone but over the winter it gets bad until we fill the holes with snow.

One guy had a brilliant idea. Instead of skid shoes, he cut a slit on a maybe 2” pipe and spot welded it to the plow.
What do ya think?

 

[Hedgelj]

Let us know how it works, I'm gonna have over 500 feet of driveway and i know there are others with longer

 

[hickslawns]

Works. They make these and sell them for commercial guys. They are removable. The only thing I am not sure about is how the stay in place without sliding off the end of the blade.

 

[CJD3]

The only thing I wonder about is if it will float or just leave a thin layer. My drive is over a 1/4 mile back into the woods running east/west. The first half is open field which can be pron to drifting shut, (in big windy storms) the second half is in the woods and is simply a matter of moving it to the side. The potholes can be like cancer throughout.

Phil, he spot welded it every few inches to the cutting blade. They could be ground off to remove if needed. It's on a jeep with a plastic plow which is going to be less abusive on the front end but not have as much down pressure.

I was thinking of doing it to my 60" Moose plow on the 4 wheeler...

 

["J"]

Move south, problem solved!

 

[Clay Showalter]

Move south, problem solved!

No sorry the south is closed

 

[Buckmaster]

Let me know how it works…1300 footer here.

 

[CJD3]

Move south, problem solved!

Been there. Done that.

 

[jagermeister]

In fresh, powdery snow I bet it will work great. It’s that wet, packed, half-ice type snow that I think it might struggle with. Let us know how it works!

 

[Jackalope]

Shit I thought you were grading. . I was thinking come on man you know that ain't gonna work. Then I read @jagermeister post and thought. "Ohhhhhh snow"

 

[giles]

This is how they pick up corn piles in grain facilities. I think it will work if he can still steer. Faster is better when picking up corn. I don't have any experience with that on snow.

 

[Quantum673]

Like JB said I think it is going to do well for that dry powdery snow. I think it will float above the slick, wet, heavy snow. I think that cutter blade is going to be needed to stay under that heavy packed stuff. Very interested to see how it works out though.