Switching between snow blower and FEL

[Pipestone Kid]

GRS--Nice pic, but where is the lake?

 

[grsthegreat]

GRS--Nice pic, but where is the lake?

6 miles away :laughing: thats the largset (lake Pend Oreille) and closest, then theres lake coeur d'alene thats about 24 miles away.

 

[Rockgod]

hehe. i dream of not having enough driveway to need a blower :laughing: This photo is old, but shows most of the roads. It doesnt show the path to the arena or the arena that needs plowing or the 400 feet of driveway to the house. It also doesnt show the carriage barn that has a 300 foot drivewy to approach it. Im a driveway nutcase i guess.

From that photo it's hard to believe you used a 3ph blower for 14 years :confused2:

 

[Rockgod]

I like that Erskine front blower that's driven by the rear PTO...still losing the loader though but what I've read, it's an easier change over then the mid-PTO driven blowers. Price is a bit less then you paid...but just a bit less.
All academic for me...I don't have enough drive way to justify a blower although I did look at a 60" 3PH model last year (good price on Craigslist).

Any idea how much those Erskine front blowers run Roy? I checked out the link you posted in another thread but was unable to determine any kind of cost. They look very well built.

 

[Mechanos]

From that photo it's hard to believe you used a 3ph blower for 14 years :confused2:

No kidding... sounds like he could have used one of those fancy Ferrari tractors that you turn the op station and seat around to face the rear. :laughing:

 

[RoyJackson]

Any idea how much those Erskine front blowers run Roy? I checked out the link you posted in another thread but was unable to determine any kind of cost. They look very well built.

I think I read around $8000 or thereabouts...steep, but definitely a viable alternative to the hydraulic FEL mounted blowers ($10K to $15K). Of course, the FEL mounted blowers are quick attach and you'd lose the loader using the Erskine system.
The nice thing about both the PTO drive-front mount Erskine and the hydraulic blowers is you can use them on different tractors rather then the dedicated brand specific front mounted blowers.

 

[grsthegreat]

From that photo it's hard to believe you used a 3ph blower for 14 years :confused2:

After about 30 days into the snow season, my head never faced front till spring:confused2:

 

[RoyJackson]

After about 30 days into the snow season, my head never faced front till spring:confused2:

Sorta looked like Linda Blair in "The Exorcist", eh? Did ya puke pea soup too?

 

[grsthegreat]

Sorta looked like Linda Blair in "The Exorcist", eh? Did ya puke pea soup too?

Believe me, if i was to ever eat pea soup, id be spitting up pea soup real soon

 

[Rob-D]

Any idea how much those Erskine front blowers run Roy? I checked out the link you posted in another thread but was unable to determine any kind of cost. They look very well built.

I think the PTO driven blowers are more powerful than the mid PTO blower on my 3320. It was torture going back and forth between getting a front blower or a read one. I got a good price on the front blower from my dealer so I went with it.

Rob