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Read articles →An owner-operator vlog of a real snow-plowing workday in a small Illinois town, featuring cold-start sequences on a New Holland TC45DA compact tractor and a New Holland C327 skid steer at 15°F. It shows attaching a homemade plow, four-wheel-drive use, and swapping implements, but stays casual rather than technical. Best for viewers curious about how these machines actually perform in a working real-world snow scenario.
Posted by the WildcatWilly channel, which appears to be an owner-operator sharing hands-on footage from their own equipment and community snow-clearing work.
Give it about a quarter throttle and let the glow plugs warm up, running through another warm up cycle if needed before driving, at around fifteen degrees.
Yes, the tractor has a little better road speed than the skid steer, though the skid steer could also do the job with a bucket or plow.
The owner says beet juice and wheel weights add extra weight that really turns the hydrostatic tractor into a capable machine for plowing.
