@John_DeereGreen

 

Unless you need the narrow broom to fit on walks, tell them to order you the 60" instead.

We use the broom 98% of the time.

Hydraulic drop salter for the rear.

 

@Mark Oomkes

 

I'm running 60" brooms and 54" blowers on my 1025s.

Broom will do up to aboot 6", give or take. Run it at 2000-2200 RPMs, anything higher and the snow comes back at you.

I have spreaders on both of mine. A small SnowEx rotary and a SnowEx 600 drop spreader.

I don't even own a blade for either of mine. Or my 3046, but we're only doing sidewalks.

Not sure if the rear blade would be helpful, but it might if you're doing driveways.

The 1025 does not lack the power to run the larger attachments.

 

Wont 60" broom be to big to do the 48" walks? How narrow will 60" go at full angle?

 

It hangs over a little bit at full angle, but it's also offset. Helps keep the walk clear edge to edge.

The 52" is center drive so it leaves a strip of snow down the center when it's straight or close to it.

 

How fast do you guys go with your broom attachments? Walking speed? I assume tractor over small bobcat for ground speed between sites or while not actually clearing snow?

 

It depends on the snow depth and consistency, but anywhere from 2-6 mph. Anything under 3 inches and you can haul ass. Above 3 inches it starts to roll back over the top of the broom if you go too fast.

I'd say an average of 4 mph.

 

So your saying that I should def change and get the 60" over the 52"? I was afraid bigger broom will tear up grass.

 

I honestly missed the 48" walk part.

How many walks do you have that are 48"? A few? A lot?

I ran a 52" on a 2320 (I think) and it was barely wide enough to cover the tire tracks on an angle. I didn't notice the center strip. It may have been there, I just didn't see it.

It won't tear it up, but it will stress it a bit. It really depends on how much time you will be on the 48" sections.

Angling a 60" actually makes it wider. We measured several times. Doesn't make sense, but it's true.

 

It'll tear a little up but even with as warm as it stayed here last winter we didn't have any complaints.

 

Any idea what width is at full angle?

 

No, it makes complete sense. I wouldn't have thought of it unless you said it, but it makes perfect sense.

 

I have 3 big apartment complexes and all sidewalks are 48", then all my walks down town are 10ft wide, but they have light poles on walks and idk if 60" broom will fit between light poles and buildings. I guess I need to go measure.
Then I have 3 big retirement homes and sidewalks are all 60".
Do you run broom straight most of time or angled?

 

Angled as much as possible.

Think I'd stick with the 52" if I were you.

 

Mark or others who have:

Do you guys only use on straight walks?

How maneuverable are these on entry walks and with backing up or apartment style walks that go around buildings?

We normally use a Rtv with v plow but not very maneuverable in tighter spots.

 

The 1025s turn on a dime...one of the reasons I stuck with a 1 Series instead of a 2.

We use them on straight and curved.

 

To add to cjames' question, how much of say these walks would you be able to clear? All sidewalks seen in picture need cleared, including middle park area. I was debating on adding a quad next year (or middle of this season), but I like the idea of the small tractor.
I'll also add that the store front walks are from 8-12' wide and the walk around the perimeter is 4'

 

To add to cjames' question, how much of say these walks would you be able to clear? All sidewalks seen in picture need cleared, including middle park area. I was debating on adding a quad next year (or middle of this season), but I like the idea of the small tractor.
I'll also add that the store front walks are from 8-12' wide and the walk around the perimeter is 4'
View attachment 173733

Rough guesstimate...95%+. If there aren't steps, probably 98%.

Maneuverability of a quad compared to a SCUT is like an oil tanker to a jetski.

 

on my 1025r I always try to use the broom as much as I can. If it's a really wet snow or we got dumped on the blower has to go on.

 

I'm a little late to the party, but I'm with Mark. 95+ percent of that can be done with a 1025.

I would be surprised if the tractor would be there longer than an hour in 2" of snow if you have a good operator.

 

I'm a little late to the party, but I'm with Mark. 95+ percent of that can be done with a 1025.

I would be surprised if the tractor would be there longer than an hour in 2" of snow if you have a good operator.

Right now I'm paying out about $250-350 per push on that using shovels and blowers.

Debating on even dealing with walks this year, either way I might budget out for one of these for next year. And hopefully at a new house.

 

I don't recall. What happened with your truck? How do you handle your accounts if you've only got the one truck and it goes down?

 

Blew the transmission on the truck in the middle of a 40” snow storm. I had agreements with two seperate guys to rent one of their many backup vehicles if I ever went down. Well, everyone broke down. 40” of snow in a couple days. They had to put their back up equipment on the line, and I was out of luck. Had to rent a 3 yard wheel loader to finish my accounts. thats why I’m actively searching for my own very cheap back up vehicle right now. There is no such thing as a snow lease on equipment out here. My small tractor that I use for sidewalks is not beefy enough to do roads, so that doesnt work as a back up either. I don’t really want to add another front line plow truck as the money is in sidewalks out here. That’s not to say that I wouldn’t do it. But its much cheaper to hire a laborer to drive around on one of those new ventrack units, than it is to insure another driver on a truck. Or another bigger machine like a small wheel loader with a pusher wouldn’t be out of the question either.

 

Wow. I don't know why I don't remember that. And your truck is relatively new right? A '14? Did they warranty it? If you've only got the one truck do you use that truck to pull the sidewalk machine too? Man, if we had a 40" dump here it would shut the entire area down for 3 days.

 

Yep my tractor was stuck on the trailer at home with nothing to pull it. That’s why I had to rent the 3 yard machine so I could wheel it between sites.

Yep its a 14. Blew up at 40K miles. It was warrantied. They said its a known problem with bad valve bodies in the 14’s. That’s why it took them 35 days to get it back to me. the valve bodies were backordered because of how many they were doing according to the manager in the shop. But I think it had something to do with me getting stuck and trying to get out the previous storm.

It did shut down everything for a couple days. It was the 10th largest or something like that. We always get at least one 24” range storm per year, most years multiple storms in the 18”-28” range. Were just kinda used to it here. it happens every year, it sucks for a couple days, then your back to normal again.

I learned that even having 2 different guys that have big outfits who have multiple back up rigs is not an acceptable back up. I need to have my own. Especially sitting here typing this and thinking about it. We just take for granted that we get big snow storms here as a normal. But thats not really the normal for a lot of places, and it is hard on equipment.

 

Do you guys recommend chains on tires of 1025r? Also does frontier or deere make a 48" rear blade or box blade?

 

I'd assume any back blade would work wouldn't it? If you want to pay JD pricing I'm sure they make them.

 

Granted we didn't get much snow. But I nor the 2 different guys that ran ours never wanted more traction. Never used a blade though, just broom.

 

I have chains for the front and rear tires on my machine which is the same size, different model number. If you go front chains you will need to flip the tires for the added clearance, or buy wheel spacers. I need the traction all the time, but we do walks here after the storm instead of with it. So we are moving 3-4 foot tall berms from the city plows off the walks. Rear chains dont tear up stuff much as long as you dont spin the tires. Fronts have to come off as soon as the sun starts cooking the snow off. If the chains can get to the concrete, every time you turn you are going to gouge the concrete.

Usually land pride is what we use for implements. Green costs too much. The box blade s mostly for weight, it does come in handy for pushing in reverse though.