Rear mounted - pull vs. push type blower

[kco]

kco - curious as to why you went with the Martin over the others?

I've got an MK Martin push type now and it has worked quit well. Never clogged, never had any snow sticking to the chute. The only problem I had with it is that once I hit a tarp or something that my neighbour had lying on his driveway which I went to clear and the whole darn auger fell out/.

Hi canoetrpr. Here are links to a couple of posts where I outined my reasoning:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/2447308-post12.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/2452774-post14.html

This is from a reply to you in another thread, but perhaps you missed it.

The Erskine seemed like the best mower but was too expensive for my needs. I decided against the Lucknow because Lucknow quoted $1,000 for shipping to BC in September and would reduce that if the actual shipping turned out to be less. The Meteor was a firm price including shipping.

Cheers

 

[studor]

Almost all of the commercial guys around here use larger horsepower (over 75) and pull type blowers. Thats because of the over 75hp tax break and the speed of the pull type blower on little driveways. They do get stuck occasionally by high centering themselves and they do not get points for the best job ever. None of these machines have FELs. I have a push type and a very long driveway in the country. I also have a hill in the driveway. I have always been able to work my way out of problems with the push type and the FEL. I don't like the idea of packing snow by driving over it and then blowing the remainder but thats just me. I am also too frugal (read cheap) to spend the extra on a pull type blower. I have used the old antique style pull that others have talked about and they work well enough but not like a two stage of any description. Just me, but I would put the extra $ towards a cab instead of a pull forward

 

[canoetrpr]

Hi canoetrpr. Here are links to a couple of posts where I outined my reasoning:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/2447308-post12.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/2452774-post14.html

This is from a reply to you in another thread, but perhaps you missed it.

The Erskine seemed like the best mower but was too expensive for my needs. I decided against the Lucknow because Lucknow quoted $1,000 for shipping to BC in September and would reduce that if the actual shipping turned out to be less. The Meteor was a firm price including shipping.

Cheers

My apologies for having to repost that kco.