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I know the big 100 HP plus Fwd tractors put icing on the cake for loader tractors, but if you are on a budget and have a 125 HP 2wd tractor with chains and weights it will still move some snow....correct? or am I fooling myself.
 
well i can move a bunch of snow with a little old Farmall Super H with a modified seven and half foot western snow plow on the ft of it with loaded tire and four sets of donuts and chains . My only proble comes when i angle the blade and try and get to greedy as the ft. is to light to to windrow the snow .but on straight pushes it thinks it is a D9 . With out the chains it is not much better then a 1650 cub cadet. So if you load the back end with chains yep she will do some serious work .
 
Biggest problem with a 2wd is when you try to lift something. Just pushing should be NO problem. Greg
 
Your 125 HP with chains will most likely push more snow than a 100 HP MFWD without chains. MFWD is nice but when you are on ice or packed snow it really does not provide as much traction as a set of chains on the rear will.
 
As heavy as a 125 horse tractor is going to be,I don't think a bucket full of snow is going to make a dimes worth of difference.
 
I push snow and put hay out for the cows nearly everyday with a 1550 Oliver/ WL40 Westendorf loader and chains,one rb on the front and one on the back, a little underpowered but I get by, doubling the hp would be a huge improvement. I have seen where a fwd wouldn't move on ice and a 2wd with chains would.
 
My drive has a steep long hill in it and my tractor with chains and rear weights will not climb the hill in 2wd. Shift it into 4x4 and it climbs the hill with ease. Going to dig around the barn this weekend and see if i can make a set of chains for the front as well as the rear.
 
Honestly, I think you'll be just fine. Obviously a 4x4 would make things a little easier, but I'm sure your 125 horsepower tractor will do just fine. Let us know how it works out for you.
 
I don't own a tractor even close to 125 hp. I have a loader on a 55hp, a 65hp, and an 85hp. My mainly used one is the 55hp. It has loaded rear tires and chains. I feed 4 round bales per day and move snow when necessary. I'm in MN and the snow does get deep around my hay stack and we had quite a bit of ice this year too.
I can't see how you'd ever have trouble with the tractor situation you have. Chains make a world of difference though. Can easily mean no problems at all to sitting in one spot and being extremely frustrated.
 
My neighbor has a 70 hp 2wd Oliver with a front end loader and it has loaded tires with no chains and it pushes snow piles like a bulldozer. Doesn't even spin. People who tell you that you need mfwd must have forgot that we all removed snow before there was mfwd. Kind of like life before we had cell phones.
 
It will move some snow without chains. A lot of people are using Ford N's and Ferguson's with rear blades to move snow. Chains on a 125 HP tractor should have no problems at all unless the snow is over 3 ft. deep. Dave
 
I get into the same situation. In 2wd even with chains, you get
pointed downhill with a loader on and you get stuck. Can dig
some super holes though!

Both my 4wd's can barely get around on some of the steep
driveways around here. Worse with the snow blower down.

I made the mistake of going down my driveway on 2" of wet
snow without chains on. I couldn't get back up even with 4wd
and front and rear diff's locked. Ended up having to drive up
through my field in the deeper old frozen snow.
 
I use a 4430 2wd and 3 sets of weights in the rear wheels and a 148 loader, It moves snow just fine, A little extra weight on the back helps also, No chains
 
I have a IHC 756 that sets in the barn, I use my Farmall Super C with a 7ft truck blade out front, has chains, weights. It will push 20" snowfall (like we had in 2002) just fine with no problems. It will push snowpiles as high as the tractor and bust through old packed piles without much trouble either. Three foot snowdrifts are no match. I've even plowed out our 3/4 mile of township road through high drifts just to see if I could do it. I doubt it would move much if it had a loader and was trying to haul hay through deep snow as some of you are, but for pushing snow it can't be beat.
There are picts of it in the photo galleries -Tractor or Impl. -Just search for "Loren" and you'll find some just after I'd finished. Had a loader but it was too slow, went back to the blade.
I do wish I had a cab during the cold -20 degree days.
 
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