Snow Plowing 2020 - Chevy K2500 Snow Plow and Honda HS928 Blower
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- This is the extended version of the December 17, 2020 snow removal in Northeast Pennsylvania.
We're not a commercial snow-removal operation, just plowing our own properties, and helping out the occasional neighbor.
The truck is a 1997 K2500 Chevy, that has served us well. This is our 9th winter using it.
Equipment:
- Chevrolet Silverado K2500 (1997, V8 5.7l gas engine), with traditional steel link snow chains (not the best, but they work fine for this, and better than NO chains
- FISHER Minute Mount (v1!) Snow Plow
- Some bags of lime and fertilizer in the back of the truck for weight
- Honda HSS928AT Snow Blower
(Northeast Pennsylvania, December 17, 2020)
Why do people wait till the storm is over before plowing? Plow with the storm, not after. Saves your equipment. Lucky it wasn't the wet stuff.
Ha! It's not that 'people' wait until the storm is over - I have hours of video from earlier this year plowing DURING the storm. The problem is: the video looks horrible! 😁
I can upload some 'storm plowing' footage; but it won't be nice to watch; the camera is inside the truck to protect it (a dashcam), so visibility is pretty poor. Just doesn't look very good.
I plow during and after the snow storms; it all depends on time-of-day & how much snow comes down.
@@yesterdayfarm5273 We received about 6" of snow that accumulated in 1 & 1/2 hrs couple weeks ago. Plowing with the storm is not always possible when it adds up that quick as you most likely know.
maybe they had no other time... maybe after they had a job and couldn't get to it until after??
If it was a large parking lot you would definitely have to plow during the storm. This is "fun time" plowing! I do agree you wouldn't see much on the camera during a snowstorm!
Its actually 6 of 1 half a dozen of the other it doesn't matter if you wait or do it while the snow is falling didn't look like the truck struggled. The video wouldn't have been as good if he only plowed 4 to 6inches
Thanks for not adding music. Very calming as is.
That’s a ton of snow! Never mind the armchair quarterbacks, you got it open and passable. It’s not a gated city community, it’s county property. Thanks for the video!
The camera work is nice. And I enjoy the no music real sounds etc.
I love north Michigan and have always enjoyed watching plowing videos. Usually trains. It's all oddly satisfying to watch visually.
Thanks for uploading this.
weirdly enjoyable.
Thanks! 👍👍
Oh My God...Note The Day And Time.....Someone on CZcams Actually Knows What Their Doing In a Plow Truck. Thanks For Posting!
I agree this is a great video - but what is it that makes you think he knows what he’s doing in a plow? (and I’m not saying he doesn’t - im just interested in whats good vs not good).
@@OlayerB For one, I learned how to plow correctly by working for a township in NJ for 17 years running a 12 ton Street plow up and down main streets, side streets, cul de sacs , town parking lots and parks. Seventeen yrs of experience there.... plus another 35 yrs of running my own plowing set up both privately and commercially gave me the knowledge to say This dude knows what he's doing. If you wanted me to break down over fifty yrs of plowing experience for you....will my friend...I'm thinking your going to be disappointed at what I have to say about that.......and that is...." You Know When It's Right"......You just can't explain Experience.
I must say I miss the old days of plowing. God how many hour I racked making money moving snow. I miss the sounds and vibrations while moving snow.
Yep; it's funny sometimes how snow plowing is both STRESSFUL and RELAXING all at the same time! 👍
@@yesterdayfarm5273 You are absolutely correct.
Great camera angle, u can really see the plow in action and depth of snow. Making we wish I was out plowing!
That Fisher Plow works well enough.
That’s an Amazing driveway/property that you have there-!!!
Thank you so much! 👍👍👍
OMG, that is alot of snow ! You need a rubber strip across the top about 6" over hang. This helps roll the snow. I know I did this for about 25 years. I always drove 4 wheel drives 2500HD Chevy's or 2500 HD GMC. I'm in Western Pa. we had about 10" of snow.
Nice work i got a 3500hd bowtie with an 9'western strait blade w/ exts. That k series looks bad ass!
My gf dad has same truck with 220k runs beautiful just change oil a good filter and good tune up
Good plowing video love the fisher mm1 plow my opinion best plow made out there
Hi I have been plowing snow more than 40 years never used tire chains.You need a snow deflector on top of your plow it rolls the snow better than having blow over the top and in your face.Bought a new plow in 03 Western pro plow 8 ft. it came with the deflector never used one before but it work's so nice for those long run's.Great video keep up the good work!!
Not practical in your operation as you got lot commuting but for the farmer or if you have a site truck and stays on property its a very good advantage to have, not because you may think you wont get stuck but to add grip and bite saves transmission, spinning drive line components, but with like everything else if not adult like and experienced chains will do alot of harm to your vehicle too if not properly driven and checked occasionally I prefere the V bar
@@class8garage308 Yeah, I only use the chains a few times a year (some years not at all). Mostly just not needed, like 'Paul Wagner' above mentions. I now have a complete set of 4 studded winter tires & rims that go on in December and come off in early April each year. Chains are still great to have though, especially when having to negotiate heavily snow covered roads that have either snow drifts or county plow truck mounds, and hills of course. V-bar chains are GREAT, and I had those before (although not for this truck).
The DEFLECTOR is something I should invest in though; that's definitely good advice!
Some thick rubber bolted to the top should do fine. Mossmann just did a video on repairing his plow and he had a link to where he got his deflector from
@@The_JEB Thanks! I did just that: definitely a nice (and not-too-expensive) modification! 👍 👍 👍
🤠Wwwooowwweeee that's a lot of snow
A lot of wanna-be plow drivers on youtube that don't have a clue. You sir know how to get the job done and done right!
Wow, thank you very much for the kind words! 👍👍👍
Whats so impressive not very thick or deep powder on flat ground doesn't get any easir
I plow snow with my 2wd antique tractor. Granted ive not seen anywhere near that much snow at once. I push the snow way out in the field as easier to take further now than bust a partially frozen pile. I wouldnt want a trk snow plow because all the extra wear and tear and seeing all those 5 point turns when i step on a brake and facing other direction without stoping and in a driveway width. I dont think i would plow quite how he did but i aint there
@@tractorboy31 Is your plow on the rear of the tractor? We have an IH 656 (gas) that came with a plow and snow chains. I tried it the first season, but found it quite cumbersome. Admittedly I never really gave it much of a chance, as we already had the K2500 with its plow.
By the way, my wife does a much better job at plowing these driveways.....but don't tell her that! 😁
@@user-sv9sf1ns7g Aye, the snow was nice and light. We were expecting much more snow that night. It was indeed gentle, and easy plowing, and with gorgeous weather to boot!
It did a pretty good job! I didn't think it was going to make it down that long drive. Impressive! 👍 Might want to add a rubber deflector, they help keep snow from flowing over the top.
Thanks for the comment! Yes, a deflector was something that was mentioned several times in these comments, so I DID put one one on. It definitely helps!!! See latest snow video of same set-up but now with deflector: czcams.com/video/Yg1u-uh_fvw/video.html
Here is some friendly advice put a rubber snow foil on the front of your plow it will keep the snow from hitting your windshield. To keep you from plow windrows take smaller bites with the plow with that amount of snow use 1/4 if the plow blade.
Yeah, this is definitely good advice! We don't get this much snow that often, so every time it snows like this I think: "I should REALLY get a deflector!". Then, when it snows less, I think: "Nah, I don't really need it after all!" 😁
But you're right, and for 'only' around $220 it should be on my shopping list for sure.
@@yesterdayfarm5273 you could make your own, just thick rubber mat and hardware.
@@SMiller5488 Aye, you're absolutely correct; that's exactly what I ended up doing! 👍 Took the advice from comments on this video, and bought the rubber material off Amazon, the hardware local, and installed it in a few hours. Video coming soon showing the installation. Total cost was just over $100. 👍👍
I just retired my 94 because of rust I the frame right below the steering box check yours its fairly common in those years I found out the hard way don't be me ha ha and have the steering box start to tear off when you hit a bump found a nice2006 with 120 on it as a replacement stay safe 😀
Cheers. Yeah, this 1997 is pretty rusty underneath. 'Only' about 110k miles, but it was a plow truck all its life. i reckon one or two more seasons and it's had it. How's your 2006 for rust??
It's a really clean truck I live close to Vancouver in Canada not a lot of snow hear so rust usually not a issue . A lot more power towing capacity than my 94 but way more electronics to go wrong need a good scanner and electric back ground to fix it .bad grounds most of the time cause issues for me still way less than a new 2021 model and 60 grand cheaper !,got 15 years out of the last one so i can't complain .my friend went through 2 new trucks in that time span but they were rams ha ! Take care
@@kevinarmstrong864 Not much rust = NICE!!! Electronics in modern cars/trucks: yeah, something tells me not many 2021 trucks are still going to be running in 2045 (24 being the age of mine). They may not fail because of rot/rust: they won't go, because the [faulty] computer won't let them! 😭 😤
That’s a fair bit of snow. Nice work.
I like ur editing
Thanks!!!
Great video, great plow job
This is awesome
Awesome k2500 with either 350 or 454, with no traction control. I had a 2013 HD absolutely hated plowing with it. I have a 95 k1500 with a western unimount and a 96 k3500 non duely with the 454 and I can plow anything the state of Michingan snow wise can throw at it. My k1500 I also can plow what ever but she needs 500lbs or more in the bed to do so. If you've never owned a 2000s truck I'd suggest keeping the one there definitely not as good as the old ones and that's fact not opinion
That's awesome! 👍👍👍
Yeah, I never owned a 2000s truck, and from your description, doesn't look like I want to! Every time something does go wrong with the K2500 I look at new or newer trucks....and their price....then decide to keep the K2500! It will be the under-body rust that will be its ultimate demise....such a shame, as the rest of the truck is in GREAT shape!
@@yesterdayfarm5273 I'm a GM guy from 1948 to 1998. But I owned 3 trucks from the 2008 era to 2014 and had nothing but problems. I went to Ford cause I needed a family oriented truck. But for snow plowing and using a truck for a tool nothing beats a 88 to 98 gm truck. The thing with the 99 all the way to 2007 before traction control the darn bodies prematurely rusted quicker than the 90s era GM trucks. But the drivetrain and everything else was good.
@@bryanblood7063 Thanks that info. Yeah, I was wondering about the rust on newer trucks. I'd park next to a more modern truck sometimes, and wonder how the bodies could already be THAT rusty!
@@bryanblood7063I've owned three GMT400 trucks. I was considering a Chevy between 2004 and 2013, but I ultimately stayed with the older ones (my current one is a 1990 K2500). I believe the 88-98 were the best trucks GM ever made. I would never pay $70k for an equivalent new truck.
Familiar sound. My Grandpa has the '99. Only 40k on her ;)
Wow. Does he want to sell??? 😃 😄
Tilt your plow.. to the side angle on a straight away .. less stress on trans..
You mean at @3:30 or thereabouts? It is tilted there.
Beautiful property 😁
Thank you!
Do you always get this much snow? The second house you plowed is beautiful!
No, not really; I'd say it's maybe once or twice per year where it's this much snow (sometimes more), and it's unpredictable: can be in December, January, February, March, or even April!
Thanks! 👍👍👍
Back drag the garage doors
Usually do; this time there was too much snow for that; i.e. the plow even in its lifted position didn't clear the top of the snow, so it would have pushed the snow into the garage door, and/or bunched too much snow up behind the plow. But yeah, that's exactly what I do normally.
Time for a 8 foot wide snow blower
lol
Better yet, time to move to warmer climate! :)
Beautiful
I love watching snow plow porn. I also plow snow here in the great state of Michigan. The tactics change a little the more snow you get. But the rules are the same. Never push snow by buildings. At some point it is going to melt. Never build up Snow by the end of drives.
One suggestion....V plow
One problem.....money
😁😁😁
interesting to see how much snow as directly in front of the plow when you opened the garage door...not really able to build up momentum to help push, just pure power of that truck. Cool vid- was this over 2ft of snow? Crazy!
Cheers! Luckily the snow was quite light (it was still cold), so that helped. They forecast it would be 30+ inches, but I reckon all told it probably wasn't more than 12" to 14". The snow drifts (caused by wind) made it a lot thicker and heavier in places though. Thanks for watching. 👍
Very nice!
Thank you! 👍👍
Pick up the plow as you're coming to a stop...push that junk up!
Doesn’t even matter on what he’s plowing. Plenty of room
@@MustObeyTheRules it will if they frequently get snow like that...
@@Farmall450 And we did! wasn't expecting this much snow, but...
Ended up having more and more difficulties with not knowing where to put all the snow, so thanks for the original comment! 👍👍👍
Maybe time for a snow foil
Aye! I've already looked at getting one (price isn't all that bad either). Thanks for the suggestion! 👍👍👍
Just curious what’s the truck get for mpg? Looking at one and trying to compare it to a newer truck, know mileage sucks regardless
Not good. It was REALLY bad until I just did a nice tune-up including changing the spider injector. Not sure of MPG now, but should check it I guess...
Great camera work. Can you give me make and model of the two different cameras please ? Oh and nice plow job
Cheers! There's actually four different cameras in use here: a RunCam 2 4k edition, a Canon EOS M50, an Insta360 ONE R, and a RunCam 5 Orange. I'm a big fan of the RunCam cameras; they are cheap enough (about $100 each) and produce excellent video. Mainly used as a drone camera, I found they work GREAT for all sorts of other things. 👍
Truck did a nice job and so did the driver. Looks like you have ballast in the back and work the truck like it was intended. That was a lot of snow! What in the heck did the blade hit around 9:20?
Cheers! At 9:20: there's a very small drainage rut (maybe only 2" - 3" deep?), but unfortunately it's at the EXACT angle of the blade! 😲
If I remember, I angle the blade differently just before hitting that spot to avoid the 'bang'! 😁
I finally got to use my big Honda snow blower this year, and man that thing can throw snow. It is the baddest snow blower I’ve used. Why did you have the plastic bag on the forward reverse stick?
Awesome!! 👍👍 RE: plastic bag: there's two wrenches and some shear-bolts & nuts in the plastic bag. I've had issues with gravel/small stones busting shear-bolts....not sure if it's poorly adjusted "skid-shoes", or some other setting, but there's certain portions of the property where I go through two or three shear-bolts in 10 minutes sometimes. Still learning...
But yeah, this thing is definitely a work horse, and it starts up really well, no matter how cold! 👍👍
Yesterday Farm that’s a good idea about the bolt storage. I went through 9 shear bolts in one storm. Switched to a different bolt and no more shearing. Thanks for the reply.
@@scrufflesmcgoogles6574 Cheers. I reckon you have to be careful selecting shear-bolts though: don't go with too higher bolt quality; although they'll break less likely, they might cause damage to the blower if they break 'too late'. I bought the correct quality from an online tool supply store in a bulk package. Should last me a few years! 👍
Yesterday Farm my equipment supplier gave me them. They aren’t a higher grade but they seem to last. I made the mistake a long time ago of putting a grade 8 bolt on our bush hog, long story short it ran beautifully until it didn’t. Then it was bad. Lesson learned.
@@scrufflesmcgoogles6574 Oh wow, good to know! I've only ever based my previous opinion on 'theory'; thanks for telling us that it holds true in practice too! Regarding the Honda 928: I like it, but the breaking of the shear bolts is a bit annoying. Oh, well...
You need some plow height extensions.
Someone needs to show you how to plow.
everyone learns somewhere... better at home with your own equiptment than on the job with a company vehicle...
Bruh yer a tool
Nice troll.
What year K2500 is that? I have a 1990 K2500 that I bought with a plow. Mine has 182,000 miles and runs like new.
Very cool!
It's a 1997. Unfortunately road-salt took its toll on the undercarriage. It's still going though. I did replace the engine and transmission a couple of years ago.
@@yesterdayfarm5273 My chassis and lower body has also seen better days, thanks to road salt. There are a good amount of these trucks still on the road, but, there would be even more, if it wasn't for salt on the roads.
cool camera, what kind did you use?
Does it make you want a Metal Pless? Alway feel like one has to cover the same ground 3 or 4 times with a standard plow if it’s deep, to get a clean sweep.
Those are nice for sure, but it would be 'overkill' for us. I take a little longer to plow, but it's not a commercial operation, so doesn't really matter.
Yesterday Farm I do very limited plowing for a couple strata’s, we get so it so seldom that a MP is mad overkill. That being said one can dream!
@@thebeardedgolfer9819 Haha, yeah! 👍 👍 👍
First day?
I have the 2013 2500 what tires are you running to plow that kind if snow load? Do you have extra weight in the bed?
Nice! The tires are some very grippy and STUDDED mud-terrain Mastercraft Courser MXT in standard 245-75/16 size. That day I had snow chains on also, because they had forecast 3+ft of snow. It 'only' ended up being about 14", so the chains weren't really necessary at all, but definitely helped. There's maybe 1000lbs of fertilizer and lime bags in the back.
@@yesterdayfarm5273 fertilizer is very very corrosive. Not a good idea.
@@alanack67 Aye! It was bagged/sealed fertilizer that was in the truck's bed for not much longer than it would be whilst transporting it from a store back to the farm. Sand bags would be better, sure - I didn't have any! 😉😉😉
Is this in Michigan?
No, NEPA (Northeast Pennsylvania)
What year is this truck I have a 98 k2500. We have a love hate relationship lol
Haha! Same here! Ours is a 1997. It was a plow truck all its life (originally from Massachusetts), so it's pretty rusty underneath. I keep replacing things on it, and it does keep going. Every year I think we should buy a new truck to replace it....then I check prices for new trucks and put it off for another year! lol
@@yesterdayfarm5273 yea im.in southern maine 1 he from Massachusetts so I now what you mean mines not too to bad the fram and cross members and body mounts are solid but the front fenders on bottom are starting to go really bad. that and electrical problems there great truck I've had a few but they are very temperamental and everything needs to he working 100% or it wont run or run like shit
Must be a gas? Didn't sound like a 6.5
Gas indeed. 5.7. It gets the job done, but doesn't compare to the HP the current 6.6 gas puts out, of course!
@@yesterdayfarm5273 yup they'll git er done! What are the 6.6's putting out?
@@GreatLakesLogger 401HP!! (my 5.7 is 255!)
@@yesterdayfarm5273 yup that register in the seat of your pants! I've never driven the 6.6, but even the difference between the 07-13 5.3 vs 14-19 is quite noticeable. Of course the six speed helps.
@@GreatLakesLogger Nice! Yeah, they did manage to get more juice out of these things over the years. And mine is a terrible gas-guzzler! :(
What year is this truck
It's a 1997, 5.7L K2500. We've had it for exactly 10 years now. Still going strong, but has work done to it over the years.
Shit I wish we could get some snow like that in southwestern Michigan/northern Indiana
Haha! 👍👍
We're supposed get more snow on Monday....although not THAT much....maybe 8" to 10" they say...
@@yesterdayfarm5273 I’d b happy if I could just get 8 plus ... hard to run a plow company without snow
@@baileysconstruction7898 Oh, shucks for sure!! Do you have a threshold where you can go out? 3" or 4"? Here's hoping for MUCH snow in your area! 👍👍
@@yesterdayfarm5273 I do my commercial properties at 2” but most the driveways I do don’t want me to come out till around 4” and we haven’t had more than 3” yet
@@baileysconstruction7898 😮 😲
You need a wider length plow. That's too small for that truck
Need? Plow was purchased with the truck 9 years ago. A wider plow would save some plowing time, but it's hardly worth investing in a different plow.
@@yesterdayfarm5273 when time is money, it's worth the investment. You must be plowing for the fun of it or you like spending more time doing a task that you could do much faster
@@OSDCrusher We only plow our own property. A 9ft wide plow (instead of this 8ft Fisher) would save me some minutes plowing every time it snows. Over the course of a winter I might save a couple of hours, if that. Hardly seems worth spending money on more/other equipment. Now, if I was doing this commercially --- newer truck, newer & bigger plow = HECK YEAH!! 😃 👍
Says who?
What type of plow do you have and width?
it's an old, 8ft wide FISHER Minute Mount (original version). I just finished repainting it.
@@yesterdayfarm5273 very cool, thanks
I really like the plowing videos you should make more 👍👍
@@zachfowler1410 Need. More. Snow.... ❄️ ❄️ ❄️ 😁
How much did you get?
They forecasted ~30", but we 'only' got about 12" to 14" that night. I was almost disappointed: 30" of snow would have made for a better video!!! 😀 😂
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8.51min I hope he didn't leave all that snow in front of garage when he plowed lmao
"He" did! 😁
The garage is empty (no cars). It was eventually cleared, however, with a snow blower...