While we didn't have as much snow as I had hoped, I was able to get some seat time with my new 2720, 54" blower and 60" Land Pride rear blade.
We had about 3" of very wet and heavy snow so the majority of the work was done with the rear blade. I was out well before dawn and the front and rear work lights were more than adaquate. The rear blade worked fine. Since our ground is still not frozen, most of the time I was pushing backwards with the blade pointed front so as to not dig up any more gravel than necessary. I was anxious to see how the blower would work so I plowed in two directions and ended up with a long furrow of snow, about 75 feet long, 50 inches wide and 18+ inches deep. It made for a full 54" blower load and was wet post-plowed snow. I went slow and the blower threw it about 25 feet. It looked more like wet concrete coming out of the chute. I used the remote spout control a few times and it worked as expected.
I put about 2.5 hrs on the tractor clearing my drive way and 4 of the neighbors. This was the first rear shake down for the gear and the fuel gauge barely moved.
Everything went well except for THREE things that drove me CRAZY.
1. I gotta gotta get some kind of step for the 2720. Getting on and off to change the angle on the rear blade is a killer on my bad knees.
2. PTO switch. Does anyone else have a super stiff PTO switch? The pull-up PTO switch on the dash is sooooo hard to engage that given the amount of force I have to exert I was expecting the whole assembly to rip right out of the dash. I'm not kidding. Do you think it is just stiff from being new? I seriously doubt that switch is going to survive the winter. If it is just stiff from being new perhaps I need to go in the garage and put a couple years of use on it.
3. Seat switch! I only have 10 hrs on the tractor and I am already at my wits end with the seat switch. Lean forward to engage 4x4 - the engine shuts off! Lean forward to push/pull remote spout control - the engine shuts off! Lean to the left or right to get a better view - the engine shuts off!
We're supposed to have more snow Saturday!
We had about 3" of very wet and heavy snow so the majority of the work was done with the rear blade. I was out well before dawn and the front and rear work lights were more than adaquate. The rear blade worked fine. Since our ground is still not frozen, most of the time I was pushing backwards with the blade pointed front so as to not dig up any more gravel than necessary. I was anxious to see how the blower would work so I plowed in two directions and ended up with a long furrow of snow, about 75 feet long, 50 inches wide and 18+ inches deep. It made for a full 54" blower load and was wet post-plowed snow. I went slow and the blower threw it about 25 feet. It looked more like wet concrete coming out of the chute. I used the remote spout control a few times and it worked as expected.
I put about 2.5 hrs on the tractor clearing my drive way and 4 of the neighbors. This was the first rear shake down for the gear and the fuel gauge barely moved.
Everything went well except for THREE things that drove me CRAZY.
1. I gotta gotta get some kind of step for the 2720. Getting on and off to change the angle on the rear blade is a killer on my bad knees.
2. PTO switch. Does anyone else have a super stiff PTO switch? The pull-up PTO switch on the dash is sooooo hard to engage that given the amount of force I have to exert I was expecting the whole assembly to rip right out of the dash. I'm not kidding. Do you think it is just stiff from being new? I seriously doubt that switch is going to survive the winter. If it is just stiff from being new perhaps I need to go in the garage and put a couple years of use on it.
3. Seat switch! I only have 10 hrs on the tractor and I am already at my wits end with the seat switch. Lean forward to engage 4x4 - the engine shuts off! Lean forward to push/pull remote spout control - the engine shuts off! Lean to the left or right to get a better view - the engine shuts off!
We're supposed to have more snow Saturday!
