What I like watching most is that your not a contractor thats brand loyal like most are and give us a view on whats out there besides the big name brands. Keep up the good work!

Love the videos. I like that you put equipment to the test, which help small businesses figure out what will work for us and what doesn't. Thank man keep up the great videos

When running any broom... down pressure can be your enemy. You can burn up a new brush in a matter of a couple hours if you put too much down pressure. Always tickle the surf with the bristles when you can. 😉

Love the videos, keep up the great work! Happy holidays, love, peace, and joy to you and your family.

Finally saw someone who knew how to back up.. pro man.

I run radial all terrain truck tires for snow removal on small tractor, no need for chains. Can push in a higher working gear. Real time saver.

Lol, “ I can’t find snow” I moved away from the central NY lake effect 25 years ago so I couldn’t find it anymore! 😆

I grew up on a small farm and we always used truck tires on our skid loader. Way cheaper to change when you wear them out on concrete. I saw one of the comments about using chains. And agree for when you get an ice storm before snow.

We have been running truck snow tire on our skid steers for years. The only problem is that there a softer side wall they chuck on the warmer snow falls other than that they work great. Last year we filled a set with beat juice to get a little more traction. Finding rims was a little hard you can’t run normal skid steer rims.

Love that little loader. We've got an articulated JCB which is very similar only it weighs 17,000lbs. Such a versatile machine a mini version would be awesome

We're on our third year of running 10 ply narrow snow truck tires. FANTASTIC traction. Added bonus, it made the 236b2 60" wide, perfect for city sidewalks with a 60" blower.

We have done this at the shop I work at.. One time, a guy came in with a blown 14" Kubota tire from an older 2wd grey market tractor that he only mowed a lawn with. The size was not available in a turf and the R4 tread was well over $100. I wound up selling him a cheap Kenda car tire with a decent open lug pattern for just about $100 for both tires. Another Kubota used 31x10.5x15 tires for the rears, and the guy wanted turfs, so my boss stuck on some Falken Wildpeak AT3W and the guy loves them

Love the loader. Practice makes perfect on equipment. Great video.

What a cool vid!! I love that loader and it is fun to see the attachments you can put on it!!!

Absolutely incredible results. Great ideas can pay dividends 👍 Tam.

Those Firestone Winterforce LT tires work great plowing

Very Cool Video. Nice Equipment.

Works excellent. Ran winter forces for years on bobcat s185 with 10 ft pusher

I had those same tires on my turbo forester, they worked really really good, as a car tire they kick ass

I back so much stuff up into my yard, my neighbor’s have gotten used to the fact that I do it. In fact, some of them come over because they are interested in what I brought home. Major props to them for putting up with me👍

Those tires are the best snow tires I have used to date. I have run several different brands over the last 10 years and those are amazing in snow. I have run them on my Expedition (4x4) that I plow with and also my daughters new beetle (fwd) and they work great on both. Those tires can also be studded to give better traction on ice, that’s what all the little dots in the tread blocks are for.

I grew up with farmers that did this. For what they did, the truck tires worked fine year round.

I have had truck tires on me farm skid steer for 20 years.Worked fine.Just sold the skid steer and have a compact tractor. The skid steer didn’t have an enclosed cab so went to the tractor with cab. The truck tires are fine.I did use chains if on pure ice. No tire works very good on wet pure ice! A little snow froze in ice works better.There is my 2 cents. 😉.Good snow ❄️ plowing.

Great video as usual brother.👍🇺🇸

Stan I use Goodyear Ultragrip Ice. They have the hardest compound of any Winter tire. They have sipes for ice. I fill them sold with foam so they can drive over nails without a problem. Heck, I even use them on my Jeep Grand Cherokee. They work great on ice. Of course on the Jeep I don't fill them solid.

Thanks for the video. I will start researching suitable tires for my machine. Now driving is like Bambi on ice. I started to service machine and immediately started to snow .

We finally got snow here in the upper peninsula of Michigan only 3 inches where I live. Finally got to try out the snowblower I put on my Craftsman tractor and it works great. It's a berco has a universal hookup on it. Unfortunately they don't make the bracket's for my tractor no more so made my own. I was afraid I didn't put it far enough back that the belt would slip. Well the belt didn't slip and it blew snow like crazy. Beats my walk behind where it took me 4 hours just to blow out my driveway even a lite snowfall. My driveway isn't short so the tractor makes small work of it. Took me 2 hours this morning to blow it out but was the first time and was learning it plus it's a gravel driveway and not level. Next few snowfalls it will get better. I am so happy it works and I don't have to borrow my bosses skid steer this winter. Last winter I couldn't use my walk behind snowblower due to tendinitis in my shoulders. I couldn't hold the snowblower down to blow my shoulders would start hurting. Oh the cab my dad gave me was really nice kept the snow and the wind off of me. Just wish it was heated. Would be nice to find one of the rare Craftsman tractors that was liquid cooled.

863 Bobcat we run E range truck tires in the winter best setup on pavement or gravel drives. And if we need to go off into the field we put tire chains on.. bit of work but great on ice and snow and even in mud. The chains are better than tracks you don't rip the bearing outs. Stopped using tracks after replacing 2 sets of bearings..

We have an arien's powerbrom ; 32 inch. works pretty good in wet snow upto 3 inches, dry powdery snow it'll sweet down to bare pavement/sidewalk. slushy sloppy snow, tends to make a mess a few more sweeps

I just love you videos keep doing it man Stanley just keep doing it and also I wanna see some more of you mowing lawns next season

Seeeesh, look at the flex on that pump mount on the side of the power broom.

I couldn’t stop watching that hydraulic motor wiggling about on the power broom, something not right at all it needs looking at asap

A buddy of mine has a sweeper..he added swivel mower deck castors to his..the type with a solid round stock on top that you can add spacers for height adjustment . That way come spring he can rake his lawn without the bristles ripping out the grass..it would probably be beneficial for you as well with snow..you wouldnt have to raise or lower your boom for uneven areas

I live in West Virginia, and my Sumitomo Ice Edge tires on my Chevy Cruze are AMAZING, I never have 1 issue with any conditions

When I travel, something breaks, at home. Never fails. I stay home... Much cheaper. Power broom to de-thatch the my field. Might have to look at renting one. THANKS for the idea! Kids pointed this out... Sweep all the snow into a pile for a ski jump.

You should really try the rotary broom on the Ventrac. About ten years ago I ran that setup with a cab for two seasons. Best zero clearance for sidewalks I've ever run. In Central New York State we rarely ran the snow blowers on the machines. We figured out we could push with the broom up to 8" and then dust it off with the broom. This was on a pair of turbo diesel units with cabs.

I also need snow. I just fixed a new to me a snowblower and have no snow to test it on. Thanks Stan have a nice day

Isn’t that Murphy’s law...the exact same thing happens to me Stan, whenever I leave town or just think about leaving for a second, there’s snow in the forecast! Someone’s definitely watch over us! Lol

Been running Firestone Winterforce tires with studs on all my vehicles for about ten years now(versions 1 and 2). I run a spare set of tire & wheels. It is a little costly, but "NEVER!" Have a traction problem snow or ice. My thoughts are one accident and they paid for themselves, plus less wear and tear on summer tires.

Wonderful video Stanley thumbs up from me

Ran Winterforce tires on my 08 Colorado crew cab year round for 5+ years there a really long wearing tire and used to be cheap when I first got them they were under 80 a tire now there up to around 140 for my size. I am in Northern MN by the way Cotton/Duluth Virginia area so similar conditions to you other than a bit worse. I live 15 minutes off paved road and have gone through very deep snow with them and never got stuck with my truck.

Love that mini tele loader and tge song magic by I am forever reminds me of old skool ibiza trance from the 90s 👍

Most people probably have never backed up a trailer with a 97 F150 w/ 3.08 gears, 5 speed manual, 4wd (unless you have a 2wd which is probably near impossible to tow with anyway). Low range in F150's reverse (and forget about backing trailers in 2HI unless you're super good and quick!) is the same speed as my 95 Cummins is in 2HI reverse w/ 3.54 gears.

Fascinating and the Manitou is so inviting.

The guy my father worked for used auto/truck tires instead of machine tires the last 50+ years. Mostly 15s on backhoe loaders (like the JD 410/415/510 and even 300B).

I’m glad you love snow so much. Keep it up there I hate the stuff. 😂😂😂😂

When you get your snow I think today that broom will be the ticket in fresh snow good luck stay safe Stan

We had a ford 3415 at my old job that had all season car tires on the front. Worked fine for golf course duties

For your driveway I have the same situation I fixed it by driving around the back building so no one ever backs and they pull in with the trailer and drive around the back building and they’re pointed in the right direction ready to go it’s a must I’m sure you could whip out a small road

My boss had an old case backhoe that ran pickup truck tires on the front and never had a problem loading round bales on a semi no problem

I had a buddy put skid steer tires on an offroad chevy p/u. He liked em for what he did. I'd only be concerned about the load weight on a piece of equipment with a wet load. Otherwise no concerns from me.

Hello from Norway. We have som heavy winters here, and good snow tires are essential from November to April. You should realy try out the "Continental Vikingcontact 7" next time you buying winter tires. They are really good. My rwd Mercedes just laught at 6 inches of snow. I have NEVER been stuck with those tires.

My company runs truck tires on trailers; equipment, dump, landscaping etc. Given the same loads and timeframe, I can run a single pair of truck tires on our trailers, where normally I would have replaced anywhere from two to three pairs of tires per axle.

Love the content I’m young and up and coming in the world of equipment and operating so I always get excited when I see you post lol

Laughed when you bumped into your kids slide with the sweepster. Lol!

I'd definitely like to see you put a Manitou 1650 RT to the test.

Winter tires are hard to beat on any rig

The new snow tires are amazing . I think it is mostly the rubber they dont have the big tread like the old days . I never used snow tires till about four years ago . My wife has to go to work no matter what the weather so i put a very good set of used Michelin snow tires on her kia soul and she didnt get stuck in to years . She got hit so i kept the tires and used them on my prius that has very intrusive traction control to protect the hybrid system and i havent gotten stuck in two seasons and they where warn down . I had to get new tires so im trying the new toyo all weather tires supposed to be good as snow but can run them all year. I am convinced that you dont need four wheel drive if you put these new snows on and have front wheel drive.

You may get by on 'car' tyres on snow where the loads are lower, but 'light truck' tyres' sidewalls are designed to take more abuse than a car tyre, also more pressure and more load. Looked like the shaft of the broom was bent, they may not be worried, but that flexing is going to fatigue things pretty quickly.

The tensioning track sistem on the manitou skid-steer works almost like on snowgroomers ✌😉

Those manitou skid steers I think it would be neat to see on the channel

Thanks for showing the manitou

“I wonder how my neighbors feel about me backing up my equipment into my driveway” I bet you that have many feelings about things you do. Lol

I dig your channel. Grew up in Red Wing Mn. In Tx now, miss the 4 seasons in Mn!

It looks like the wheels on the broom should be your adjustment with the loader all the way down and rolled back. Bristles should just touch the ground. Just my opinion. Yes, let's see a Manitou test run, love the idea of hydraulic track tension and Yanmar engine, see how the rest of the loader operates. Keep up the comparisons, I have already changed the bosses mind on a couple of product purchases, got him to start watching your videos himself, thanks.

You'd think the power broom would have some sort of gravel puck to prevent it from bogging down from to much down pressure.

had the same story going to work on a rainy day when I just start eating my lunch it stop raining and after lunch it rain and pours can't get a break soaking wet. it becomes clear when I don't work it doesn't rain and when I work it rain like hell

id invite you up to the north shore of lake superior but we dont got much snow here either... look up cove point lodge! its a beautiful place but its heck to plow because the driveway is steep. im happy i got AWD but i still drop into 1st going down hill just so i dont have to ride the brakes too much. awesome video as always!

Been doing it for years now. Works amazing for plowing parking lots

More gravely JSV plowing videos when the snow hits please. We just had our first snow of the year and our 2020 ranger 1000 handled 10” without a problem.

that “power broom” significantly lacks power. At the rate it’s going, it’s gonna take twice as long as a typical speed broom

When I decide to pull the sander out of the truck and put the summer tires back on we usually have a storm within the week. If I plan to head up north snowmobiling for more than 3 days snow seems to appear in the forecast.

Since these tires are so much less expensive, why not buy 2 sets and keep a studded pair just for winter?

When I was 16 working for our local paving company doing snow removal we would put 10 ply good year wranglers with studs on the cat 236b skid steers for winter on a machine like your loader you could also try filling the tires with winter washer fluid to make them bite a little harder

Awesome, never realized you were out of MN. We lived in Elk River for 3 years, right on the MS river front. Commuted down to General Mills HQ for 3 years. Miss it!

I got regular tires on my bobcat they work great in the winter

We have 3 paladin skid steer brooks they are super powerful but I wish they had some kind of adjustable gravel shoe guys have tended too not angle them right and dragged the steel on the corners the ground and rand along curbs with them destroying the hydraulic motor on one unit in one season. I wish the skid steer units had the wheels in the back like that model

I have seen people run anywhere from tuck tires to implement tires on skid loader and the work fine

No couch on the Porch please 😂🙏 Is that your pet Flamingo i hear ..

To say it’s small it’s powerful I am surprised every time you and your crew make a video on it of what it can do. Thanks for the amazing content Stan keep up the hard work stay safe and take care also hope you and family/friends/crew had a great Christmas and a good Boxing Day. And hope everyone has a happy new year and hope next year is a better year for you all

I use forklift tires on my EIMCO compact underground loader. They're about $200 and work well; wear life is okay provided I don't spin the tires too much.

I would be really interested to see how that works if you have any sidewalk clearing contracts.

I love your honesty

You guys have the same problem we do. We had snow in October but havent had much since. We usually always have at least one big snow storm from lake effect by now and haven't had one yet.

When my dad got a flat on the skidsteer he would put a spare truck tire on to get the job done.

I want the spider lift in the background!

Frozen ice? Really? Glad you didn’t try to test it on unfrozen ice .... 🤣. Thanks for the laugh.

Awesome video stan!

Backing skills amazing

We tried them years ago back on the dairy farm. I remember trying them on our skid steer. The problem was the side walls. they blew out way to easy if things got a little crazy and you hit the curb sideways while scraping manure. They might work fine on your mini loader as it articulates and your plowing snow in a large driveway, not pushing manure through cement alleys at warp speed...... who knows.

Brushes work so well on certain snow. Looked great

You walk outdoors a lot. You really should get yourself some yaktraks... or something similar. They make such a huge difference when walking on snow and ice. Heck I wear them in the woods when leaves are wet and also when the ground is muddy too. They really do make a huge difference.

The company I work for they put on truck tires on there 332 deere skid for winter plowing talk about having traction unreal the difference bouncy drive thou

Well done buddy 👍

This and your last video with the 33T may have sold Top Notch another Cast. I was debating this vs an Avant loader Best video I could find showcasing this machine.

Been doing this for years..Lite truck tires on skidsteer/and out trackless machine too..Even better standard turf tires on tractors do awesome on pavement for snow removal..Compact tractors)Try it!True story.

I run pickup snow tires on my skid in the winter, cheaper and easier to get fixed at the corner tire place if needed.

Man great video thats a nice little machine u got there wouldnt mind trying one of those sometime

When using a broom, lower the loader arms all the way down and adjust your 'bite' with the tilt. works way mo' gooder.

Everyone commenting on the pump wobbling, it needs to move if it's ridgid something will crack or break,,, like Harleys when the engine was a rigid mount frames cracked,like an interstate bridge they move also if not they would crack and break,seen lots of pumps with that kind of movement