tkhoffman
Well-known member
Hey hey.. 3:30 this morning.. got to try out the Cub.
Snow started heavy last night so we got up early to get the driveway cleared and get ourselves off to Work (wife had to be in at 6:00) This was my maiden voyage pushing snow with Tug. I absolutely need to change the trani/hydraulic oil. Tug took 15 minutes at 30% throttle, in 17 degree temps for the hydraulics to start to work didn't even try to move forward.. As a Newbie; here was my thoughts. Plowed with the 42 at about 30% throttle. Plenty of power/push. Backing up over some 6" packed snow lost traction. Even with Chains,1 set of Wheel weights and 75lbs on the rear hitch. What surprised me was the side slide when pushing such light snow. It seemed to happened at slow speeds.. granted the Plow FULL and slightly angled.
All in all, had much fun, didn't even notice how cold and windy it was. Wind was howling. The plan of attack didn't go as planned, like everything else, I will work out the efficient way of doing it. When I get home from Work I will do some cleanup.. maybe get some pics then. Too dark this morning and I was in a bit of a rush to get done and get on the Road. Wife came to teh window to give me the thumbs up a few times. she's no dummy, she knew I was luv'n it.
Mabe a bit of front weight and a Rear axle clean out and new fluid and Tug will respond in less that 15 minutes when temps are low.
Snow started heavy last night so we got up early to get the driveway cleared and get ourselves off to Work (wife had to be in at 6:00) This was my maiden voyage pushing snow with Tug. I absolutely need to change the trani/hydraulic oil. Tug took 15 minutes at 30% throttle, in 17 degree temps for the hydraulics to start to work didn't even try to move forward.. As a Newbie; here was my thoughts. Plowed with the 42 at about 30% throttle. Plenty of power/push. Backing up over some 6" packed snow lost traction. Even with Chains,1 set of Wheel weights and 75lbs on the rear hitch. What surprised me was the side slide when pushing such light snow. It seemed to happened at slow speeds.. granted the Plow FULL and slightly angled.
All in all, had much fun, didn't even notice how cold and windy it was. Wind was howling. The plan of attack didn't go as planned, like everything else, I will work out the efficient way of doing it. When I get home from Work I will do some cleanup.. maybe get some pics then. Too dark this morning and I was in a bit of a rush to get done and get on the Road. Wife came to teh window to give me the thumbs up a few times. she's no dummy, she knew I was luv'n it.
Mabe a bit of front weight and a Rear axle clean out and new fluid and Tug will respond in less that 15 minutes when temps are low.