treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Yea baby
it's like canada ehhhh !
whadja do today?
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treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Here's a pic if my buddies company , there sitting in a truck plow train 1/2 mike in 2 hours !
that picture is 10 minutes old 1900 a hour and they haven't done a half mile yet the turnpike is closed bad accident
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we need a cliff in this cast of characters. and a normie!
OLD OAK
TREE KILLER
I am ready for the snow, might get a hole 2 inches. Everyone in freaking out like it is a blizzard coming. I hate snow. Commercial property only. 
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I plowed all day today. Question...friend of mine told me to take off the plow shoes, he's never had them on any of his plows. Round slider things on bottom of plow. I feel I don't scrape good enough sometimes so makes sense to me...any negs? Also wish my salt spreader put out more schit...no adjustments :-( other than spraying wider. Gotta pass over multiple times...pita.
That may not be a good idea.
Unlike excavator parts, your stumper wheel is dynamic. Once you start welding on it, it will almost certainly be out of balance. The damage you do with "out of balance" might exceed the savings you would have on not replacing the wheel.
I guess you could weld it up then balance it ...somehow.
Skid shoes are for street plowing, where you are likely to be going fast and grinding down your cutting edge a lot. Take them off for parking lots, where the customers will expect a clean lot.
Those skid shoes also reduce the violence of the impact when you trip the moldboard, at least on some models. If the shoes trip with the moldboard, it makes no difference, but if they hold the plow up when it trips, then it will not trip as hard.
Some folks set the shoes just low enough to hold up the plow when it trips. The bad part about that plan is that your skid shoes cannot trip at all...so if you bounce over a great big curb, you will almost certainly rip off your non-tripping skid shoes.
City plow trucks have huge caster wheels on crank height adjusters. They lower the cutting edge until it drags on the pavement just a little bit, then they get a pretty clean path plowed and they only wear down the cutting edge a little bit.
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Another thing to consider is that the hard facing is designed to trap dirt between the welds, so that you have dirt abrading dirt, instead of steel vs. dirt. Works good on a bucket or blade, but the high rotational speed of the stumper wheel isn't going to be able to trap much of a layer of protective dirt.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
It is wearing the same amount the whole way around it so if I weld the same size bead the whole way around it will be fine. I have seen softball size piece of wood stuck in the teeth spinning around and it didn't make the machine run any different.
The new wheels have harding welds all over them.
I have rain the machine 50 hours last year and I wore about a 1/4" off the corners of the wheel. Besides the wheel has already had new outter pockets welded onto the wheel when I got it.
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2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
There will be new Carlton machines at the penn del isa show in a couple weeks so I will take pictures of the wheels.
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I wouldn't worry about the wear on the wheel. If it gets so bad that you are undermining the pockets or their bolts, then it might be a problem.
Mostly all the wheel edges do is just add weight; I have never seen a worn out wheel, but I'm sure it happens.
Mostly all the wheel edges do is just add weight; I have never seen a worn out wheel, but I'm sure it happens.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
It is wearing the pockets that were just welded on 50 hrs ago and that is why I am worried about it. If I don't hard surface it I will only get 150 hours out of a wheel
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OLD OAK
TREE KILLER
I also have a plow truck and have never run those round plow shoes. I run the cutting edge on the ground. Never had a problem. I also added the wings to the plow, it has helped a lot to control the snow in a parking lot push.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Don't take your plow shoes off. If you do even plowing parking lots you will wear your cutting edge much faster. I have my shoes set level with the plow. Sounds like you may need to adjust your shoes.
When spreading salt just drive slower and you will throw more salt. You don't need a lot of salt for it to work. I know most times when the state is spreading salt they are only spreading 300-800 lbs a mile.
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2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
I seen a push blade like yours for a skid loader the other day but this one was like 10' wide. The ends folded forward so you can transport it without removing it from the loader
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OLD OAK
TREE KILLER
10 ft would be to big for my Bobcat, i will stay with 6 ft.
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