Driveway snow removal

I drive down the first foot of snow each winter with my little ford ranger. I just keep driving over the whole driveway until it gets packed down. Then let it set up overnight and I can drive the car out.

When I used to burn wood I would spread the ashes on top of the snow. Even if it didn't melt the snow in winter because of the cold it would make it crystalize and harden enough to drive on. Then when the spring sunshine hit it the melting would start.

That V plow looks like it would work at your place. Plow down and if possible haul it back up without plowing and do it again.

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After being in Alaska for 24 years, it still amazes me how little snow closes down Oregon. However, the City of Salem has such large snowplows that they are incapable of plowing our culdesac - it's too small to turn around in! So it really depends not only on the typical snow level, but on the equipment available.
If CindyOR gets a plow for her truck, I'll pay her to come do my driveway, too! There isn't even anyone around to pay to plow the grocery store or Wal-mart parking lots!! It's pretty pitiful!
Kit
So Salem, OR

for a ready made V drag you can go to a local mobile home lot and buy the tongue off a double wide the I beam is roughly 12" high and the V is anywhere from 12 to 14 ft wide . that is what we use works great .
I bolted a sickle bar on each side and in the summer flip it over and drag the fields , the sickle sections cut off weeds and small samplings.

Rambler. Sorry to hear things are so hard for you. Its a good life, if you don't weaken.

If you can't move it learn to live with it. Park the car at the base of your hill and strap on a set of cross country skis.

Thanks for the chuckle!

It was hard back when I was a teenager, & dad used the tractor & a rear 3pt blade to move snow. The blade liked to ride over the harder snow, so I was the 'dead weight' that had to step on the top of the blade & keep it down. When the tractor spun out, I hop off, dad would raise it a bit, & get the snow off to the side, piled up. I was also the 'blade spinner' to spin the blade around to push backwards to pile it up by backing into it.

The hard part was mostly I was standing there in the cold weather doing not so much but getting colder.... You know how teenagers dress for winter anyhow.

My brother in law is from the south, been up here for close to 20 years. He owns 3 pickups - all 3 are 2 wheel drive. I don't know of 3 other pickups anywhere near me that are 2 wheel drive. The last one he went down to Oklahoma to get, don't think very many are available 2wd in Minnesota. He is very good at driving on slippery conditions because he is used to that icy stuff from where he is; but he just can't handle snow at all, as he just doesn't get the idea of a foot deep of crusty snow.... Not a critisim on my part, just chuckling with him as to how we get used to what we grew up with and that is how we are.

It warmed up to 4 degrees, got the little diesel started & blew out the yard and driveway. Waiting for the bigger tractor to warm up - that one plugs in - and take a round bale to the cattle. The snow is pretty deep in the cornstalks, while they can scrape through to find enough to eat, might be in the holiday spirit & give them a good bale of hay in the manger.

You have a Merry Christmas.

--->Paul