Never Fails........ The weird things that happen when you plow snow!

[squonk 41,345]

You can set your watch by it. Put the snow plow or blower on then wait. And wait. and wait some more. Finally get some snow. Not a lot but like 3-4 inches. So I have to take my coonhound Bella for her walk that she demands every morning. I decide by the amount of snow on the ground I will plow the driveway when we get back. Besides it's a good idea to clean the carbunkles out of the tractor once in a while.

 

The excitement builds as I crank over the K321 on the 953. It has sat since late Oct. when I put the plow on. It put puts to life! let it warm up. Put my plowing coat on and merrily head out to make a few passes. Mostly for where my wife parks and the sidewalk so she doesn't have to plod thru the snow and to keep the potential for ice build up down. Make a few passes and all of a sudden I notice the plow won't go down all the way. In fact if I hold the lever in the down position, it starts to go up! I'm like What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is a goin on here? Did one of those  @WHX?? or @elcamino/wheelhorse put a hex on this tractor? So back into the shop I go. The left arm is all the way down but the chain is tight??? One in a million shot. 

 

Didn't get a pic but the pin on the hydraulic cylinder can move in and out and it moved enough to catch a link midway on the chain. The chain got wedged on the pin pretty good. Took a lot of prying to get it off. I added a spacer to the opposite side of the pin to keep it from getting close to that chain.

 

The worst that ever happened was when I was snow blowing with Marvin the C145 I had. The T bar for the mower deck was still on and the nut for the bolt that held the bar to the lift chain backed off. I was going along and that bar caught a side walk crack and lifted the whole rear of the tractor off the ground! Had to drag the jack thru the snow to get that one remedied! 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 04:09 PM by squonk

[Ed Kennell 38,681]

[stevasaurus 22,868]

I finally got to get the 857 out and blade 1 1/2" of the white stuff.  Horse started right up, let it warm up, bladed the snow...15 minutes was back in the barn.  A perfact, no issues run.  Knock on wood !!  

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,353]

@squonk I know I didn't put the evil eye on your horse, as for @WHX??  There was a picture of him blowing snow, but the hairy beast in the cab looked like Big Foot.  I think the metal rooster that guards the Tweety Bird Ranch messed with your tractor. The rooster was getting back at you for leaving him out in the cold freezing his nuggets off, while you were laying in your recliner covered by a blanket and two dogs.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,957]

@WHX?????

 

He gets around...

 

[Achto 27,790]

10 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

@WHX?????

 

He gets around...

 

Good thing the trailer was full, else that Electrak in the back ground might have come home with him too. Course it would have received some red paint & some different decals.

[Retired Wrencher 5,512]

16 hours ago, stevasaurus said:

I finally got to get the 857 out and blade 1 1/2" of the white stuff.  Horse started right up, let it warm up, bladed the snow...15 minutes was back in the barn.  A perfact, no issues run.  Knock on wood !!  

That is the way it should be Steve. Just get it done so you can your time.