JEFF B. - All my Cubbies Hibernate in winter. My #1 Snow mover is red, like my 982 but about 4-5 times heavier and almost twice the HP... and yes, has chains & weights. Ohhh...and it IS a GEAR DRIVE! And of course it's a FARMALL.
The weather-guessers have backed off on our snow totals to 3-4 inches this time. Which is about what we got a week ago when they predicted 1/2 to 1 inch. The heavier snow will be around the state line, so you, Wes, Tom will get all the fun. Paul R & I won't have as much to play with.
TOM H. - ANY weights you can find for less than a Buck a pound now days should follow you home. Wish my C/IH dealer would have had more than three sets of Farmall C/H/M weights when I bought them 7-8 yrs ago. I could use another 2-3 sets on my #1 Snow mover since I took the CaCl fluid out of the tires 2-1/2 yrs ago. I got three pair of weights for $185 plus tax. All the "Special" hardware cost an added $10. Depending on how accurate your scale is, that's 850 to 900# of iron for just a bit over $200.
DON T. - Ha-Ha.... sawing a snow blade cutting edge with a sawz-all... Buy a pkg of ten 4-1/2" dia by .090" (approx. 2.2 mm) abrasive cut-off wheels and grind it into pieces. Make a deep enough kerf and you may be able to break if and not have to grind all the way through. 30 yrs ago when I made my belly blade it started life as a heat-treated high carbon steel grader blade cutting edge, 1/2" thk X 7" tall. I went shopping for the best hack saw blades I could find, bought a pkg of ten. Took FOUR of them to cut the ragged broken edge off the blade so both ends were straight, smooth and square. The last six have lasted me another 30 yrs, plus I think there's still 2-3 in my toolbox drawer, so they were VERY good blades, I do use my hacksaw a bit even though I have a 4" x 6" metal cutting bandsaw and a 14 inch Evolution RAGE II metal cutting saw. http://www.lowes.com/pd_349235-29990-RAGE2_0__?productId=3341486&cm_mmc=SCE_PLA-_-Tools-_-PowerSawsSawBlades-_-3341486&CAWELAID=1220890520&kpid=3341486&"cagpspn=pla"
Hitting that old cutting edge with either the band saw or Evolution saw would have been INSTANT DEATH to either blade in those saws. Saw an episode of Modern Marvels the other day on TV about the Eisenhower Tunnel out west of Denver, CO and their snow moving equipment. They use solid carbide cutting edges, MUCH harder than heat-treated high carbon steel. The edges last a single DAY of normal use, maybe two if they're just cleaning up a little snow.
Try to keep the steel cool when you grind it, wipe it down every minute or so with a rag soaked in water. It cuts faster/better when cool.
The weather-guessers have backed off on our snow totals to 3-4 inches this time. Which is about what we got a week ago when they predicted 1/2 to 1 inch. The heavier snow will be around the state line, so you, Wes, Tom will get all the fun. Paul R & I won't have as much to play with.
TOM H. - ANY weights you can find for less than a Buck a pound now days should follow you home. Wish my C/IH dealer would have had more than three sets of Farmall C/H/M weights when I bought them 7-8 yrs ago. I could use another 2-3 sets on my #1 Snow mover since I took the CaCl fluid out of the tires 2-1/2 yrs ago. I got three pair of weights for $185 plus tax. All the "Special" hardware cost an added $10. Depending on how accurate your scale is, that's 850 to 900# of iron for just a bit over $200.
DON T. - Ha-Ha.... sawing a snow blade cutting edge with a sawz-all... Buy a pkg of ten 4-1/2" dia by .090" (approx. 2.2 mm) abrasive cut-off wheels and grind it into pieces. Make a deep enough kerf and you may be able to break if and not have to grind all the way through. 30 yrs ago when I made my belly blade it started life as a heat-treated high carbon steel grader blade cutting edge, 1/2" thk X 7" tall. I went shopping for the best hack saw blades I could find, bought a pkg of ten. Took FOUR of them to cut the ragged broken edge off the blade so both ends were straight, smooth and square. The last six have lasted me another 30 yrs, plus I think there's still 2-3 in my toolbox drawer, so they were VERY good blades, I do use my hacksaw a bit even though I have a 4" x 6" metal cutting bandsaw and a 14 inch Evolution RAGE II metal cutting saw. http://www.lowes.com/pd_349235-29990-RAGE2_0__?productId=3341486&cm_mmc=SCE_PLA-_-Tools-_-PowerSawsSawBlades-_-3341486&CAWELAID=1220890520&kpid=3341486&"cagpspn=pla"
Hitting that old cutting edge with either the band saw or Evolution saw would have been INSTANT DEATH to either blade in those saws. Saw an episode of Modern Marvels the other day on TV about the Eisenhower Tunnel out west of Denver, CO and their snow moving equipment. They use solid carbide cutting edges, MUCH harder than heat-treated high carbon steel. The edges last a single DAY of normal use, maybe two if they're just cleaning up a little snow.
Try to keep the steel cool when you grind it, wipe it down every minute or so with a rag soaked in water. It cuts faster/better when cool.