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- Another bunch of snow! 4 feet in 12 days, 32 in last week. Grader plowing banks and widening roads after storms. Applied some different camera positions and preserved more grader sounds and audio as requested.
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Very thoughtful of the homeowner at the end having homemade cookies hand delivered to you & your passing machine. Definitely hit the spot with the possible growlies. There making sure you have enough energy to carry on ,if you like peanut butter should carry a couple of jars stock of it in your cab just to hold off the growlies in the tummy until you get home where the wife has made either breakfast lunch and supper for a hard working husband.
Generally the owners are happy and appreciate what I do. Thanks!
Out of all the machines I ran, grader is definitely the most gratifying
I agree!!!
I like both the far front and back views. I get to watch what the plows do and the views you have out of your office window.
Thanks
I remember those days well on my 14G. Never a dull moment and never enough hours in the day.
Thanks for watching!
I'm impressed:) Nicely done!
Thank you very much!
It's a beautiful thing! 👍
I think so too!
Good camera work. Nice plowing!
Glad you like it!
Hello from AlmostHomeRanch. I just wanted to say that you are doing a great service for your community! I love your camera work and the views from your grader. That wing is pretty amazing and I thought long and hard and almost got a grader. I still would like to get one if there was something affordable. At any rate, here's a shout out from another snow plow operator in the PNW. Keep up the great work! People appreciate it!
Wow, thank you!
Great vid. Thanks. I live in Alaska have pushed show with shovels, atv's, plowtrucks, dozers and loaders but i have never ran a grader before. It look like the Swiss army knife for dirt and snow. I grade dirt roads with a dozer and a few guys said wow what a good job I only can imagine what you could do with a grader. Now i have a grader on my wish list. @17:06 did that lady give you snacks? If so that's awesome "thank you lady". I feel like up here no 1 ever gives luv to the plow guys. Ive had a grader operator pull me out of a ditch a few times great guys working all night and day. I'm always to busy pushing snow my self. Some day i want to buy many pizza's and drinks drive around and hand out snacks to the poor plow guys. #the plow guys needs to eat.
Yes! It was a plate of homemade cookies that I love, however, I am on a very low carb carnivore diet so I only ate one and then felt a little guilty but I am over it! I like your Swiss army knife analogy. I think it is the most versatile snow machine for several reasons. I would still like a blower also because sometimes when you lack the space to push it that's the answer and a loader with the bucket to pick up piles and move them is sometimes called for. I modified my front plow to be able to deal with the piles and move them further off by pushing on an angle with the grader articulated some. Last year was the only year I had to have a loader help move some banks. Thanks for watching and your input.
Thanks for the great vids
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What an awesome neighborhood
Thanks! Yes it's a pretty nice place to live!
Stumbled across your channel a couple weeks back, now subscribed. Love hearing the sounds of the equipment as well. These snowplowing videos are oddly soothing.
I plow with a 40hp, 4WD, enclosed cab, Kubota rubber tire tractor. It has a “qwik-attach” front end loader. I remove it, and attach a sub-frame frame with the ability to accommodate a blade, that I can readily swap off for a front mount snowblower powered by the mid-PTO. I have to keep about 2-miles of private road open out to the county road.
I so look forward to plowing…, I know that sounds crazy, but is cheap mental “therapy” (hahaha..,!).
Great video(s),
Thank you sir.
I love plowing, I just don't like the stress of being the only one responsible for about 10 miles of road and an entire community1 Thanks
What a great video! I came across it and loved it. The camera work was perfect and I like the sounds also. Here in Minnesota the south part we have only gotten about 10” normal is like 70 we have been so warm. Anyway assume video now to watch the past ones. Thanks for sharing
Awesome, thank you!
Looks awesome. Another great video sir !
Thanks again!
Great video
Thanks for the visit
Well done, I enjoyed your feedback and knowledge. The new camera angles worked well. I have no idea why the flashers were not on for more visibility. Here is a law.
Keep up the great work Sir😊
You can't see it from the camera but I had my led safety light flashing on top of the cab and these are private roads that are handled a little differently than public roads although these are not gated which make them "Quasi-public" and safety is always a concern. The flashers would add to the visibility and I should consider it.
great vidoes. I'm in the mojave desert and plow sand or mud. your videos are enjoyable to watch. someday i hope to live where i can plow snow instead of sand and mud
Glad I could help!
Thank you for making this confirmed constructive Snow plowing content. Beauty as always is in the eye of the beholder and your loved jd grader is the center piece of this very beautiful area, Do you cut grass in the summer time & someone could invent a Grader with the belly mower and quick attach to the circle Yes ? I just invented a new lawn mower the Mower grader or MG.
Don't cut grass but I blade some gravel. Thanks
Interesting. I was just thinking that if you put you wing blade up higher and swung it further out, you might actually get some of that top accumulation gone for a true shelf. That top snow would actually be pushed far enough to go out and over the back slope of the pile and be gone. Maybe use the road blade to scrape up ice to the center of the road as a counterbalance.
Part of how the wing is designed is the steep angle. Even at that I have had the front of the grader flung around into the bank when I hit a hard area at speed. Less angle would increase the chance of that. Everything you say is physically true. Maybe a little more length on the wing at the same angle. There is a limit to how high it will raise also. Many of my videos have me using it at top height, about 4 and a half feet at the front and 5 to 6 feet t the rear. It has to be fairly flat or because it is cable it either won't cut or digs in. Thanks.
Absolutely love pushing snow but I also absolutely hate snow itself.
I don't even hate the snow if I don't have the pressure of keeping the roads open constantly. Thanks
LOL How many Alaskans move snow all day only to stop at the end of the day sit down and watch some other guy move snow on youtube? Just me?
Me too! Among other things. TH-cam is awesome.
lol definitely not just you! I’m only here until motorcycle season tho.
Just like farmers watching farmers!
Hahaha..,
I am up in the NW corner of Montana, and do the same. Although snowfall this year has not been thinner than in years past. The cold has been around though.
With that kind of Snow you should invest in an AWD Grader plus a Vplow PLUS a Wing that you can extend out in order to widen better !
Thank you. I have a V-plow but I try to get to the drifts early and stay with them to not use it as then I have to go back to the shop to get the front plow to push the ends and cul-de-sacs when I get through. I would love an AWD and a little newer grader. I have the snow and terrain to justify it just not the money or income. an extendable wing is interesting. I don't know if I have ever seen one. Thanks.
I at one time did this same thing, in Ont Canada , push the banks back, did so for 2 yrs . 1972-74 , Champion grader . My set up was a little diff I did not have a front plow , but a bull blade 4’ high, width of the machine used to punch out turn arounds . Post mounted wing & push rods , cable lift . Wing 12’Long I think it was , pushed the banks back 8-10’ & did so at FULL throttle, roll that snow .
I was wondering why you did not make a turn around place , so you could move the snow to the down wind side ? instead of backing up ? Totally remove the snow on the up wind side so it keeps the road wind swept !
Our plow trucks pretty much kept the roads open.
Is your plow reversible so you can roll to the left ?
If I were to ever use a grader again to plow I would want a reversible plow to either push left or right depending on wind direction & terrain .
Those Walther Snow fighters are amazing, a V with wings on both sides of the truck
Usually backing to use the wing on the right or setting up for the wing when I come back on it. My front plow is reversible. The snow never blows across our roads as they are often cut in the sidehill with a high dirt bank to start with and the wind almost always blows down those hills so they fill in at that cut and there is not enough room for all the snow we get on the down wind side. So, there is plenty of reasons on both sides of the road that catch snow and won't let it blow across. I find by pushing that bank up on the windward sidehill it catches some of the snow before it gets to the road on that bank and allows me time to get back to it and open the road moving it across to the other side in most cases, but then that bank on the downwind side catches snow too.
Know wonder this looks familiar & I live on the other side of mountains south end of valley. Hearing Bridger Land Village I was like what & then I seen the lake.
Interesting. Small world. I assume you mean Cache Valley. I lived there in a few places from 1971 until May of 2020 when I moved over here. Thanks for watching
@@AnthonyHutson-ej5pk Yup! I was born & raised here from 1972.
I’ve been around construction & Dad worked for Legrand Johnson for 16yrs. I worked for them & helped with the Wellsville Canyon prodject but most people call it Sardine Canyon.
This video popped up & I like watching snow removal videos. I’ve been plowing snow on Quads for 35yrs. Doing neighbors & the Church sidewalks.
It’s awsome to see videos from places I’m familiar with & thanks for sharing! Hope to see some drone footage. 😁
Question: Why not have the front plow down as well? The video from 3:45 to 7:40 looks like just the grading blade
Sometimes I do to sort of pre-plow so the main blade doesn't have to carry as much. Sometimes I just use the front plow or just the main blade when its heavy especially on steep hills, but that was not the case here, because I just can't push all of it with the resistance of both plows on the road and the snow load. The main blade is 14 feet and the front plow 11 so it will often load the main blade anyway even with the front plow pre-cleaning in heavy snow. I am not sure why in this case, however, later in the video I believe I was engaging the wing with the main blade around a curve and it becomes less an issue and a lot to manage control wise especially adding a third blade to the mix although I have done some of that in some situations. Thanks!
Is there a snow blower in your inventory? You can only push snow so much then it must be blown farther.
@@AnthonyHutson-ej5pk Thank you so much! Now I get it and appreciate the response. By the way, your work office has spectacular views. Probably the best corner office in the world. Thank you for the video
Does that machine have a Jimmy under the hood? Never been around JD graders.
No it sounds like it sometimes on the video but it is an in-line 6 cyl John Deere diesel. Four stroke not a two. Thanks
@@AnthonyHutson-ej5pk your machine seems new enough to be unlikely but I've seen a JD scraper with a Jimmy that looked factory so I thought there's a possibility your grader does, too.
You should get snowblower trow snow away due road narrow.western canada they start more and more buy big snowblower get road open better.thanks video😊
That would be great to have also for that purpose. It would not be practical for 10 miles of roads though. Too slow for normal snow removal and I can't afford both.
Do you mean great bear lake or there’s another bear lake somewhere?
There’s another Bear Lake & if you Google it it’s the first one that comes up.
When I Google it, the Bear Lake I am referring to comes up probably due to my location. This Bear Lake is in northern Utah and partly in southern Idaho. I live in the mountains above and in the western part of Garden City, Utah.
Do you pay them to do this or do they pay you ?
:) They pay me. Not enough to really make any money, mostly cover expenses especially considering I basically give up six months of my life every winter as there is no backup and I can't ever really get too far away because events happen all the time and even when it is not snowing actively I am pushing and widening in between as well as all the maintenance I do myself.
We did not have snown up here in Quebec. The weather is all mix up.
And you could use a good snow blower.
It certainly is getting more strange!
Yes! I know! It is all about the money in it here and one of the prior plow people tried one and it was small and kept eating rocks that caused problems. Lots of hazards on the edges of our roads. I still think a large two engine would work great if I was careful but just can't afford it and I think I am retiring at the end of this contract in three years. Thanks
I agree too with the commentor asking for a little more plow sounds a less background music, plus the real equipment fanantic like myself the equipment sounds equipment make is like equipment music anyway way so why drown one out for the other unless you're a upcoming energy drinking rock star right. More machine music than note 🎵 music is a good thing on a channel like you're & always invite your play by play of your skill at running heavy equipment. Just think of it as your at your Superbowl every time you go out with your grader and your the go to quarterback, Lineman,receiver,Punter and coach and don't forget the waterboy don't want to dehydrated yourself or your machine.
Some like the music sometimes, some like the machine, and others like commentary. I think this video had a good mix and a variety of camera positions. I am trying to appeal to as many as I can. Thanks
I wonder how many hydrants get smoked?
I have never damaged one but a loader I hired last year to push banks pulled one out by not completely listening to me when I told him what to do and where to start. That particular one was not well marked with a higher pole because it was protected by trees but he went into the trees to get it. I keep them well marked and know where they are. I did lose track of a phone box and got it this year. Didn't get the wires though and service is fine. I will fix it in the Spring.
24:19 looks like a definite big airliner contrale of too the top right of my Flagship phone screen, No conseat in my family just saying. 6.7 inch screen display Asus ROG phone 6 with 512gb storage & 16GB RAM.
Yep.
Just in time for the "big one" to hit
Yes! The next one is supposed to have high winds which scares me to death with the banks high and the roads narrowing.
Just would like to commend you taking the effort to have different from our end motion picture camera locations on your well maintained Grader and again thank you from Alberta Canada, Would like very much to pay it forward as the new Internet term came about & would like to mail you a card & possible a fast food gift card for you and your wife, Can't forget her and you tell her that it's her that keeps you running like all good or better yet great wives, She's in the background and a pivotal kog in your operation So she should get recognition as well and I just did that. You can have the biggest transmission but if you or I blow a shift it's not a good thing So I think wives are like living transmissions making sure we try not to blow or miss a shift. Once a true geargammer always a real & dying breed of trucker, Strong and kind is the only way to be, seen that one liner on the back of a Kwhopper and will never forget it.
Your subscription is all the thanks my wife and I need. She is very supportive. Thanks for your support and your comments.
I bet someone changes blades 2 times a year cutting blades
Not on the snow blades as I have shoes on the moldboard and toe of the wing to leave a little on the road to preserve gravel and for snow machine travel, which takes away much of the abrasiveness. On the moldboard during spring grading due to the hardness from the mag-water and that I don't have a water truck so moisture is not always optimal, I end up with a frown in the center by the end since with the narrow roads and pulling gravel back to the center it washes under the center of the board regardless of which way I am angled. So yes, at least one a year. I have also started squaring them with a torch at that point to get everything out of them and be able to grade effectively.
You have the whitest snow I've ever seen!
Getting a little dirtier now with some thawing but yes.