I bought edge tamers for my gravel drive here in MN. Fantastic product, they don't charge enough. Super heavy duty and powder coated.

I like the snow pusher but like you said it takes a special technique to master. I’m using my x739 with 54 inch blade with the rubber squeegee and am really loving it. Back dragging works great as long as you have a good edge. Stay warm! It’s cold out side!

Everyone on here is so quick to spend your money. Get a cab, snow blower, bigger tractor, etc. I think you did a great job clearing it. That snow pusher cleaned the concrete perfectly!

We’ve used a loader on the farm for years with just the bucket. Always worked fine. As long as everything is froze underneath the snow you can scrape right down to gravel. Nice rig!

Growing up and working in Illinois I learned to love snow plowing especially getting paid to do that at work. I would clean off my neighbor's driveway too. I had 2 driveways but now living in Florida no snow anymore.

I've had a number of people tell me how much they love the edge tamers on their buckets! worked great I'd say. The tractor seemed to work well with the bucket pushing and moving snow too.

I live in the middle of ten acres of woods with a 1/4 mile long gravel driveway with a 6% grade to get up to my home. This year is my 1st year with a compact tractor for snow removal. I use my bucket with edge tamers and a rear blade. This combo has worked extremely well for me even with the very icy conditions this year has brought to our region. I do not use tire chains and haven't had any traction issues.

youcan bolt on plastic cutting edges to protecto from scratching driveway. I have done it to my 72" HLA and it works great

I've been using a plain bucket on the front of my tractor and a blade on the back 3pt hitch, never had any troubles!been doing this over 30 plus years

We use this very attachment on 259 driveways with our 1025r as well. It is a lifesaver! Does a much better job than pickups do back dragging and the control on the driveways is great. No need to worry about ripped up sod like you would with a pickup back dragging snow off of the driveways! Ironically, I bought my 1025r from Courtney at goodworks tractors and he is an amazing person. I highly recommend doing business with him whenever you can. He is honest and trustworthy and has a great selection of equipment and attachments.

Hi Tim. I’m plowing with a 60” HLA 1500 with back drag and a rear snow style box blade. It’s really fast to move lots of snow using both attachement to get the snow out of the metal storage yard to the pile outside of the fences. When i back drag, i don’t curl de bucket full motion, it’s to aggressive except if i want to scrape real hard snow or ice. I also find the float function to work really well on back dragging. I try to put all my piles in a row in the direction that i’m going to push the snow. For pushing, i lowered my skid shoes about 3/8” it’s great on gravel an hard surfaces. It leaves a minimal amount of snow and help protect the surface. I used the float only to lower the pusher to the ground and then barely lift it to put weight back on the front for traction and be able to steer. I always try to put skid shoes in full contact to the ground too. I use this setup on a Kubota B7510. Keep on the good work!!

The biggest thing I found with stone and gravel is drive over the first snow to pack it down and you will greatly reduce your loss of material. I deal with it every year on our 1/2 mile gravel/stone driveway. Great video! Keep em coming.

I'm also able to back drag with my grader blade attached to the FEL using a QD three point attachment. The snow mover you used looked really nice for my driveway, but I'm convinced that for the gravel lane the blade with snow plow shoes is the way to go. Like you though, I really wish I had a cab

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for braving the cold and snow still coming down. Y'all take care and God bless.

A back drag option on my snow pusher is one of the few things I regret not getting when I bought my 4066R. Nice work.

Snow pushers are great. I own a 2018 Kioti DK4510 with a backhoe on it and I have several PTO attachments and front loader attachment and I have to say the pusher is one of the best things for my tractor that I have purchased. I bought a 7' wide pusher from Express Steel (655 Lbs) and with the backhoe on the rear I have copious traction. I used it today here in Maine where we are getting a decent load of snow. the best part of snow removal with the pusher vs loader bucket, is that you don't have to tilt the pusher to get rid of the snow in front of it. Saves soooo much time.

That was a tough storm to deal with. I got soaking wet with melted snow...the cab on my 1025r failed too🤣 I really like the back drag on the snow pusher. That’s a very nice setup!

Looks like a good time to me. We don't get snow very often, but I always enjoy clearing the driveways and sidewalks. It's the adult version of playing in the snow.

Well it's winter here in New York. We just got our first snow. It's just not much but we are going to be getting more that should stick. I got my Edge Tamers on and I'm ready to move snow. Thanks again for the ttwt discount. Be safe my friend.

I'm loving my HLA 1500 and posted the results of my snow removal on GTT. I definitely need to get the rubber cutting edges though, because it is marking up my brand new pavement. I see you don't have a lot of room to "push," but I use the back drag only to pull a few feet of snow away from the garage or other areas that I need to get close, then "push" it to my pile. Basically, bag drag little piles to push to the big pile(s).

As usual, another fun and informative video from you two !! Always enjoy them. Last year I used my bucket and it was a definate learning curve. This year I have purchased a 6 foot snow pusher and so far it is awesome !! Tractor I have is a 2007 JD 2320....with no cab :) Keep the videos rolling in !! Enjoy the snow !!

Loved seeing the 1025r in action in the snow. Like I had said before, at my home and work I shoveled snow till I was about dead, go and give over 20g's for a tractor and it never snows again. LOL Thanks for the video.

Good learning experience for you. I have the neighbor come with his tractor & loader and snowblower do the bulk of the snow cleanup. Then use the 1026R with the loader & snowblower to clean up in the smaller areas. If it is too cold being there isn’t a cab on the 1026R I’ll wait until it warms up some. -23 is too cold for me to be cleaning snow. Those Edgetamers would work for me with a lot of grass yard to clean.

Tim, I got move that same snow on the north side of town with my bucket and edge tamers. The combination made short work of our 150+ feet of paved driveway, so I did the neighbors on each side as well (both family). And like you my 1025’s cab (or lack of) wasn’t very warm either.

Hi Tim, I removed snow with my compact tractor for years. That was long before it finally gave up the ghost and it wasn't cost effective to rebuild the tractor because we moved to a much smaller place. I moved snow here in Northern Michigan for 20+ with it and here is a few tips I found for moving snow. 1) You can't ever have too much weight on the rear of the tractor. 2) You definitely will find wheel chains on all four corners makes an incredible difference even if your maxed out with weights chains are worth every penny! 3) remember to move the snow far enough away especially at the beginning of the season so you have room for future snowfalls. Because if not you won't be able to move the piles once they freeze in place. (I learned that one the hard way😞) 4) The best tool to remove snow for a compact tractor I found is a 2 stage front mounted blower. My tractor was just a little 20 horse with a 42 inch PTO driven blower but that tractor moved more snow in those 20 odd years than you could ever imagine. I live a half mile away lake Huron and we get lake effect snow like crazy and that 42 inch blower had no problem going through 18 inches of snow. On gravel driveways I just raised the blower about an inch and it would go on through it like it was on pavement and once a hard pack of ice/snow covered the gravel after the first couple snowfalls you can run it exactly like it was a concrete drive. 5) The biggest tip is if you do get a blower, go to the hardware store and get a replacement shovel handle and find a spot to mount it on the tractor because if the snow is wet you will need the wood handle to clear clogs. NEVER EVER clear a clogged blower with your hands and arms, a blower will remove your arm or leg so fast you won't have time to even blink!

I like that snow box. I used a rear blade during that snow and i had an issue with it kicking the tractor sideways.. it was a heavy snow.

You got your snow the day after we did here in the KC area. I used my edge tamers to move all of mine, too. Of course, I had to hand shovel in some areas since I have no back-pull feature, but once I got out into the street it was full steam ahead to clear out whole street. Very cost effective!

Nice little toy to have to play with. We built our own pusher/puller. They can make the job a lot easier. Then again it all depends on the type of work you need it to do. Some people like a blade and some like a pusher/puller box. Great video guys thanks.

It's been a while since I've seen snow like that the last time when we lived in Indiana thanks Tim

Good job Tim. I just came in from moving the snow on, and piled up in front of, my driveway. We got somewhere around 16", but that got doubled in right in front or our parking area/driveway. So It took me roughly 3 hours to get things cleaned up and to make space for all of the snow and any more we get in the next 3 - 4 days. I also found out that I need to change the hydraulic fluid in my tractor again. It should have been fine, but I found milk before the bucket started working again. The temperature was a balmy -3 degrees when I finished. Since you got some snow I won't ask you if you'd like to come to Vermont to lend a hand. The Edge Tamers worked well, but I wish I had a better hand at getting my bucket level. Have fun.

I use the edge tamers on my 2032r on a stone driveway, if the driveway is frozen they work awesome.if the ground is not frozen then you must keep the bucket leave and keep your eyes open if the bucket starts to dig in. Over all they are worth every penny. And save me hours of stone clean up in the spring. Stay warm crew....

I think one thing to mention when suggesting sizes of the snow pusher you should be using is how heavy the snow pusher is. For instance i have a 33hp Kubota, and use a 8' snow pusher made out of angle iron and a section of Cat Challenger track. Because of its relative weight i can go larger without the added traction problems. That pusher and a rear scrape blade (6' in my case), that i can angle, is just the ticket for me when it comes to moving snow in central Illinois.

Tim and Christy, great to see you last week in Lancaster Pa. Hope you have a great time in the Netherlands with Katriel. May God bless you in all your endeavors. Jerry

May I add.....Those edge tamers are the BEST accessory I have bought for my tractor, in snow or moving piles of dirt they are great.

Angle the pushed more buddy. That'll help keep front tires down. I learned this when I did mine with just doing my driveway with just my bucket. Plus you can stack the snow with a bucket. Also. Trick of the trade Tim, only back blade enough to where you can turn your tractor around, where you can push the snow all the way out the the end of the driveway. Then push snow on each side of driveway. No teeth, just bucket only.

Hi guys, nice snow and great video. Well I guess you will get pretty good at it. A lot more winter coming.

I found with my 1025R the different types of snow (wet heavy, or dry fluffy) requires different approaches. Being my driveway is fairly steep. Thanks for the videos Tim and Kristy. And you are correct a cab would be nice in those conditions.

I’m ordering edge tamers for my gravel driveway at our hunting cabin. I really want one of the snow pushers for my blacktop parking lot at my shop. I’ve actually been using my box scraper for pulling snow away from garage doors for now. Works pretty well.

Just came in from removing snow from my stone drive. Before I started moving from MI to NC I used a Sear 20hp lawn tractor with a three foot blade to move snow and I set the blade feet as high as I could but still moved stone to the grass. So to solve this I moved the snow to the same points at the sides of the drive so that in the spring the stone would be all in the same area. Then in spring clean up was putting piles back on the drive and not having to remove stone all along the drive. It also helps not to clean the first snow fall or two if they are light but to drive on it and pack the snow into the stone. This helps locks the stone together and you will remove less stone from the drive. This is but one problem with a stone drive and the second is in warm weather and then you will be fighting weeds. Welcome to the country, just like back on the farm.

Awesome video. I use the regular tractor bucket and a JD #78 6' three point blade. The blade works great for pulling and pushing. And of course the bucket is great for stacking piles....Definitely interested in the edge tamers

Brrrr. I'm getting cold just watching you. I am so ready for spring!

I ordered a pair of Edge Tamers for my tractor about a week ago. I can’t wait to get them and try them out!

A rubber edge pusher works very well on gravel they don't dig in like a hard cutting edge will. We have two that we use at work on full size loaders and we wont use anything else for snow removal anymore.

Interesting Tim, I like my TTWT Edge Tamers, works great on my gravel drive and yard. Use an ATV spreader mounted to receiver on upper lip of bucket for the paved part, shake the bucket to keep salt flowing. might have to check on one of those pushers. Thanks

Looks good. I use a 6’ back blade turned backwards on gravel. It works great and cost about $300. The nice part is it angles it off to the side. I would love to see you try a clamp on snow plow on the bucket.

I have a 5 ft pusher works fine on the big gravel lot that I plow. you could use a loader plow blade on your long drive

Tim, I’m personally not a fan of snow pushing just because I run out of places to put all of the snow. Here in Michigan I love having snowblower and a frontier back blade. Great video and thanks for sharing.

Hey Tim, just finished watching another informative video. Took you up on your offer and ordered my own set of Edge Tamers and Extenders. Thanks for the Promo Code. I think the Edge Tamers are just what I have been looking for to solve my problem with stones in the grass and the extenders will be a handy addition to the loader. Keep up the good work you all. BTW, loved the update on the Geothermal project. Cheers

I think a plow blade is the best option,with I snow blow on the back. More money but tired and true. Thanks for sharing so many diffenert things you can use to move snow. I might use an edge tamers on my snow blower.

Brrr looks cold! The snow pusher and edge tamers work very well!

We have 500ft of gravel driveway and a little bit of concrete pad. I plowed our driveway with the edge tamer on the front loader and use the box blade to pull snow away from the garage and push with back of the box blade to clear the concrete. I found that I had to curl the bucket all the way up with the edge tamer on the initial pass so the bucket won't dig in to the gravel. I still had a few spots where I found rock in my bucket. Box blade definitely way to go on concrete.

The edge tamers look like a good idea. If that first snow comes before a good hard freeze and is too much to leave to pack down. Leaves enough behind to pack down. I think you did just fine on that rocky surface👍.

I use my box blade in the winter for snow removal, set just right is great on gravel driveways, and removes ice as well. :-)

Ahyeah , I bet you that the FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT is thinking about that beautiful nice cozy CAB NOW!!! Take it from me it won't be long before you'll have the hang of the snow pusher, and you'll find out how much you love it. Keep up the great work you did a fine job.

The advice I have seen most often regarding loose gravel is to pack the first snowfall into the stone to freeze it in place .The other suggestion involved slitting a length of heavy wall pc pipe and putting that over the edge on a bucket or blade and use the float mode to ride over the gravel again to pack the snow into the stone with the wheels .

Edge Tamers work great on my 800+ foot gravel driveway. One suggestion: get a third Edge Tamer for the center of the bucket. My drive has a high center crown and the third Edge Tamer prevents digging up the center of the driveway gravel. Also get a heated cab. It makes snow work so much more fun.

Hi Tim, nice property you have. I would adjust the skids on the snow pusher and see how that does on the gravel. The edge tamers are a nice low cost option but I would use that pusher as much as possible. I miss the snow now that I am in GA😩.

I grew up farming with relatives so I’m not new to tractors but have spent years away from the farming life and only own residential property. I had been looking for a larger backhoe to complete some work on my property and as luck we have it my lawn tractor broke down recently!! So I started looking for something that could do a little more than what a lawn tractor was capable of and ended up very impressed with and ultimately made the purchase of the John Deer 1025R recently . I actually have not received my tractor yet and in anticipation while waiting on the delivery I started to grow some concerns as to whether or not this tractor was really sufficient for what my needs were!!! So I continue doing a little more research and stumbled into your videos. Yes at this point I have watched several of them and with each video my concerns about the functionality and the size of this tractor meeting my needs have been reduced significantly!!! You guys are doing a bang up job with your videos they’re very informative and exactly what I was looking for to relieve me of my concerns as to whether or not I should’ve bought something larger!!! You guys have methodically video by video proven the capabilities of this little tractor and all of its attachments so much that I actually went back and purchased another attachment that I didn’t think I would have much use for till now!!! So I guess at this point I need to thank you very much for doing what you guys do.Your videos are very very informative about the capabilities of this little tractor and have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that its way more capable than I ever anticipated so keep up the videos keep up the good work and thank you very much guys!!!! I’m sure as I continue to watch your videos I will learn more small tricks that will aid me in the versatility of this little tractor and I very much appreciate your hard work and your quality videos 👍🏻👍🏻

Cool attachment, Tim. I have to be honest, when it comes to snow removal, I generally leave my compact JD in the shop and prefer my 4 wheeler with the winch/plow, it's just so much faster, at least in my environment. I haven't had to worry about anything heavy, over a foot or more yet, we just got our first big snow here in Eastern Colorado as well.

Tim Christi good to see the different snow removal attachments but I will stick with front blower and 6 foot rear blade but it orange had 8 inches yestetday but it's below zero now and windy keep the videos coming God Bless PaK

That snow pusher did about as good a job back dragging that I’ve seen. I’ve been plowing for 25 yrs and still haven’t mastered stone driveways, so don’t feel bad. No matter what stone gets disrupted to an extent. Sometimes you do get lucky tho!

A back blade backwards on the gravel and cutting edge on the pavment has worked great for me for years. Dosent pick rocks up using the back of the blade.

That backdrag capability is nice! Great video Tim!

I have the same tractor. Only I use the bucket. I always use the float position on the bucket for plowing. I think it works much better.

Hey Tim, the back drag on that snow pusher works fantastic! Thinking for the gravel drive your plow blade maybe the hot set up. Heavy Hitch makes cast plow feet for that blade. For my gravel drive the plow with cast shoes work well. Great video

Great job very nice attachment Stay warm it too cold out there

I got my edge tamers for Christmas. 5' bucket and uneven gravel and grass so I went with the three 4" tamers. They do work well. You might want to consider getting a 3rd tamer for your bucket since you are picking up gravel. Don't forget to use the TTWT coupon for a 5% discount! I noticed that one needs more passes with a bucket as compared to the blower on my garden tractor (and likely a blade). Once the bucket is full, it dumps snow off the sides. I don't have a long driveway but a circular one which makes for more maneuvering especially with cars in place. Had over a foot of snow today and am pleased with the tamers. Would have been quite the effort with the garden tractor and taken a lot longer.

I started that with a 2554 saber The dealer offered me the John Deere snow blade but I ended up taking the saber one I did a lot of things with that I am never late but keeping State in my driveway was never one of them now I have my 1026 and I miss my saber for pushing snow thank God I do have the back blade I use it more than I do my loader and when spring comes I use my blade to pull the stone back in I have been keeping my eye out for a decent used her snowblower

Nice video tim ,the underground is always difficult with a blade or a blower or bucket but you did a great job and you buying a very long driveway 😉

Looks like a very good attachment, but thank goodness we don't get much snow here in Alabama. Good video Tim. Looking forward to seeing you add other stuff to Johnny 2.0

Love the new tractor Tim. Hope to have a 1025r someday with a 60" snowblower. For now my 318 with the model 49 does me fine. On a side note my 318 is the 96th one ever built. Serial number 222097

I’m in south western Indiana and we got a ton a snow as well... mine is still in my driveway.. and I’m inside with my vegetable soup and that’s where I’m staying

Good job on using the snow pusher!

I use a back blade on my 3 point and it works really really well.

I put one of them original tractor company cabs on for the winter and have a front mount blower with shoes. I pack a base on the driveway then u can run the blower on it and u barely pick up any stones. My laneway looks about the same as yours maybe a bit longer. Thanks have a great day.

Tim hope this finds you well. I've been watching your channel for sometime and enjoy it. My wife on the other hand is not sure. I took her to the local Kubota Dealer and we purchased a used L2501 and that's another story. Received my Edge Trimers today. Getting ready for Central Nebraska winter. Thanks for the discount code.

Love my edge tammers, this year i bought a 60 inch 3pt snowblower, in areas i cant blow the snow i push it to where i can then blow it off the side of house, with our 3025e

I plowed snow to day in upper PA with my Kubota UTV boss V Plow. I was out there all morning and a little bit of the afternoon noon.

I have found that a grader blade turned backwards and angled to one side is the best way to remove snow with minimal effect on the gravel. I have a Yanmar YT235 and have only cleared snow with it twice. It is way more effective than the little Kubota BX1880 I used to have.

Snowsport plow👍 best money I ever spent. Works on gravel as long as is frozen down and in the grass.

I bought edge tamers also they great. I did weld T handles on the bolt tops so they are easy to remove without a tool.

I always just turn my back blade around and pushed it off my gravel never had any issues with stone in the grass.

I tend to tip the front down to adjust the cutting. Our snow is colder and lighter so the 60” works well. I have turf tires. I only pull back with the back drag far enough to get enough room to push. After trying the snow push the bucket takes about 40% longer.

Man, am I glad to have a snowblower. That said I’m watching you clear snow instead of going out doing my own.

You guys got a lot more snow than we did here in mid michigan. I'm jealous, I have snowmobiles to test run and have no snow! I also don't like using the float feature on my pusher either Tim. Once you get enough snow in front of the pusher it forces your front end up and you lose your 4 wheel drive. It's better to just try to eyeball it level, and not use the float function.

Here because I just got my 1025r for this winter. I just got a 2.5 acre property with a pretty long driveway and wanted to see how pushing snow would be with just the bucket. I didn’t want to spend an extra 2k for a front blade for now so I think these options will work fine for this year.

Wuhuu new johnny in the snow! Couldnt asked for a better video! thank you!:)

Maybe get a front blower for the main driveway and a boxblade for the rear. Use boxblade around the garage and the blower or the loader with edge tamers.

Smal tractor with high winter work performance !!

regard with pushing snow on a gravel driveway is picking a single or two place the snowy gravel .

I have done all the trials with box snow pushers and if your doing large parking areas they work great but your backing drag more which is a plus but it takes more time to do and to navigate around where as your angle blade just shoots it off to the side and done and as for big snow buckets or any kind of general bucket on a gravel drive your going to gouge it since i know the ground is not froze here in Northern IL enough ... And tim you need to find your local Curtis Cab dealer and they will set you right up and all i can say is Hiniker C plow i love them

The snow is pretty, glade it's there an not in my part of Alabama, I like the first attachment,it be really handy,useful if they would figure out how to add a salt appreciation attachment

Tim have you thought of getting a boss pickup snow blade mounted on the loader. All the advantages of the snowpusher and snowplow into 1. A good welding shop could get you set up so you could switch from the pickup to the loader and back

Our snow-pusher at work has a sliding link so that the front to back tilt floats. Might be worth a try to swap the hoses and try it out with the angle tilt in float mode. then the skids will always be flat on the ground. It might help with your traction and spinning

You guys look cold on that thank god I got my Curtis cab with heat but I can also use my backhoe to I like it

Bucket on front, angled grader blade on back works for me. Designing angled blade that I can installed by driving in to it with the bucket.

Hi TTWT. On gravel driveways I just pack down the Frist snow then there no problem with the gravel when pushing snow with my jd 4200 and 420 fel You need to have some tall markers along the drive so you can find the driveway in the snow Keep the videos coming love them all now go get some hot chocolate and warm up that's a long drive way

Big fan of snow pushers or box blades as they are called as a general term. HLA is a little on the pricey side but there’s another product here in Ontario, Canada (HLA is also produced here) that’s called Martatch. Never heard of it till this year and as a snow removal company we’ve been very impressed with the quality. As for your comment in the video about too much down pressure in float mode, that is more than likely incorrect and I would just double check in the user manual about float operation because float should apply no hydraulic pressure. Float should only be affected by the weight of the loader arms and attachment. Just a word of advice.

I love the snow pusher I have a 12 foot for my 70 Horse. Kabota.

Thanks for video. Nice snow pusher and edge tamers, but I still think I`m stick with my snowblade. God bless