Sticky snow

[allenlook]

The wet stuff was really sticking to the plow today, and it made it a little harder to plow the long drive, even with the plow slanted all the way to the right...

The blade on my 54A is of course rusty - do you guys keep the face of the blade painted or sanded or waxed or otherwise slippery to keep the snow from sticking?

I was thinking of coating it with KROIL, but I'm all out...

[Bigdog]

Possum fat works good!

[Ron L]

Allen. I use stuff called "EZ-SLIDE". Comes in a spray can from places like Tractor Supply Co. It's graphite based and looks like gray paint. Also, you can use it on all your earth & grass cutting implements ........

Note: Also, goes by the name of "Slip Plate".

[meandmydeere]

I was having the same problem until I decided a good heavy coat of paint would do the trick. Since it is my brothers Cub, I thought about painting it green. Then I thought maybe yellow would look better. Then I even thought about green with 2 yellow circles like the wheels on a John Deere.
I painted it white with rust oleum. 2 coats. I just hated to waste that good paint on a red tractor.
Sure makes the snow roll off the blade now. Not a bit sticks to it either.
Mark

[beaconlight]

All my snow shovels have been in wood stove till hot and the removed and rubbed with a block of canning wax. Nothing sticks, wet snow or dry snow.
Can't really do that with a plow blade though.
Bill

[Kevin]

to meandmydeere
i think your on the wrong site. maybe your brother should help you a little pick a better work tractor. besides where's the plow for the deere. seems there's only one real work tractor you know can do the job.
hee hee hee
just thought you could use a good ribbing!!
enjoy the day
Kevin

[meandmydeere]

Really I was just checking to see who was awake!!! And my John Deeres will push snow. I just hate to use a workhorse tractor to do "light" work like plowing snow!!!
Touche' Mark

[rustynuts]

I must be kinda lazy I just hit the blade with a spray coat of PAM cooking spray and thats it !! We did that too trough forms at a steel mill I worked at for 30 years. I have been doing that for almost 20 years and my blade still looks good with a few spots of rust but not bad at all...RustyNuts

[allenlook]

Well, my cheatin' ex is named Pam, and there's been days I wouldn't have minded applying her to the front of the plow and seeing how much snow would stick

[allenlook]

You know, I have a pile of old sleds from the kids sitting next to the tractor, and they (by design) slide on snow and vice versa...

I'm wondering if I can use one of the old flexible flyers and somehow get it to form to the face of my plow - that would be a semi-permanent solution to the whole shebang.

(wheels turning in head) (stupid ideas forming) (bad things about to happen)...