What did you do in your garage today..?
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I always keep critical equipment inside. It was my fathers idea and I think a good one. I've been able to sell old equipment for surprisingly decent money because it was kept inside and was relatively rust free and in good shape. No point in having an empty pole barn with equipment rotting away outside.
Loaded tires are necessary in such situations for sure and yeah, tractors aren't as easy to operate as we like to believe, especially older ones.
I need to get the tube replaced in one wheel, as it's soft and the valve cap is corroded on. If I remove it I'll have a flat tire and a mess. I had the other replaced a couple years ago. It's a $500 job, and a pain in the arse. But at least it's not my arse.
Honestly, I've never driven this particular tractor. They sold the one they had when I was a kid and picked up this one when a neighbour died a few years ago. I have no idea if it has a diff lock. It has to have split brakes so you could do it manually if you had to. My brother can drive a tractor but afaik, can't drive standard. I suspect he is letting the clutch go quickly and not giving the tires a chance.
Tractor is inside. There is space so the blower could be inside but it isn't. Not my circus, not my monkeys.
That blower is a conventional open auger (twin auger IIRC) that blows while you are in reverse.
The ones on the tractors around me that clear driveways are more like a lawnmower deck with the dangerous bits protected. They let them eat. Keep the revs up, back up to garage, put it in road gear and rip down the driveway. Discharged snow is probably ~10"x6". Impressive.
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Mad Mike
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Shear pins lose over half their strength if they are in wallowed holes. Simplest solution is to bore out the holes then use tight fittings soft bolts or brass rod.
I wouldn’t recommend that. I lent a neighbor my almost new Crafstsman snowblower about 12 years ago, he broke a shear pin and replaced it with a bolt without telling me. Later that winter I was clearing the windrow at the end of my driveway, a chunk of ice gets jammed up in the augers and takes out the gear case. That’s when I noticed the bolt. It cost almost as much to fix it than than buy a new one. I decided to replace it with a Honda which I never lend.
I have never seen one without a lock by your right heel. If it is newer it's probably 4wd as well.
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It is 2wd. Probably 80's? A jd industrial tractor. Their old tractor was a mf 35 diesel deluxe. It had no diff lock.
It will have one some kind of lever by your left heel shocked the Massey didn't have on as even tractors from the 50s I have used had it.
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Does it have loader that tends to make 2 wd tractors way worse in snow will probably be fine once the blower is on the back.
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Yes. It has a bucket. I suspect you're right and the weight of the blower would help. The problem now is the space and effort between them. My brother is there every weekend but was too busy building countless tree stands to get anything useful done.
You could dig a path to the blower with the loader if inclined. It is also possible to walk the tractor through almost anything with the loader. But it takes a bit of skill and patience.
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I'm going in January. I'll see how things look. Since apparently zero effort was made to prepare and I've never seen it hooked up, I am concerned that they will have parts on the ground somewhere buried in snow (things like arms or pins).
Worst case it will be clear by the end of May and can be set up for next winter.
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