How's everyone doing with the SNOW

[jix]

I have a Meteor 51" TPH blower, running at 1000 RPM. It is about28 yrs old, but wortks like new. I modified it for remote chute control (electric) from inside my cab. I think it is pretty much bullet proof. I still have to fine tune the TPH to get the ground angle just right so it doesn't raise when I back it in to deep packed snow, nor scoop up crushed stone from my driveway when it is fully lowered. So far this winter I have broken thee shear bolts by hitting stuff in the snow. They are easily changed and very cheap 1/4 -20 x! 1/4 inch grade 5 hex head ordinary bolts with nylock nuts. Work way better than OEM shear bolts, which break too easily IMO.
That blower came with my Kubota B7100D tractor, which is 13 PTO HP. Just enough power and no more. I love my heated rearview cab!:thumbsup:
Jix

 

[Garandman]

Drone's Eye view of Beantown.

 

[coldfingers]

I bet on the east coast if you bought your first tractor this year you feel like you won the lottery! I can't imagine trying to cope with that amount of snow without one.

 

[jix]

I happen to have a tractor, I am glad of it. Everyone around town is advertsing tractors for sale, yet not one of them has a tractor in stock to sell...they are all sold out... WTF?..why advertise?

 

[Mcaveman]

First real test for me in Maryland today, Got 8 inches . I have a FEL and rear plow from tsc. Tractor did great but I would say 8-10 inches is about the most I would want to with this setup.

 

[RaydaKub]

First real test for me in Maryland today, Got 8 inches . I have a FEL and rear plow from tsc. Tractor did great but I would say 8-10 inches is about the most I would want to with this setup.

I did 14" with my BX 2 years ago this May. It was slow going. The blade was useless because it was so wet and heavy I couldn't pull it anywhere. It was all FEL. But I did many more driveways that day than normal because the ATV's that most guys have around here were totally helpless.

 

[Gcorron]

We got a 14 last year, wet, heavy, Southern snow. The BX-25 didn't really have any trouble, of course I did have to make a few more piles than today's 8-10". I have been thinking about a snow blower though, just for the 14" ones, and every 10 or so years, we will get a 2 footer, and even more on very rare occasions! The last time we got a 2 footer, I did not own a tractor and had to shovel my neighbor off a snow pile with his Bobcat when too much would build up under it for it to move. In that kind of snow, leave your Bobcats at home and bring your tractor, of course, the bigger the better!

 

[MaineMark]

I bought a tractor 3 weeks ago because of all this snow. Also because the fuel guy refused to deliver because he couldn’t get through the 6-8 foot drifts on the north side of my house where the fuel tank is located. And because my plow guy quit because there was nowhere else to stack the snow… He quit AFTER he built mini-Mount Washington blocking my third garage stall. And he blocked access to my wood shed, so I couldn’t get any more wood into the house. It was either buy a tractor or hire one. And I have wanted one for years.

So I bought a new Kubota B2620 HST 3 weeks ago with FEL and rear-mount Blizzard 54” blower. The tractor is awesome, so is the blower and FEL. The blower is unbelievable. It’s way tougher than any building. I know this because I’ve had a few ‘incidents’ where I’ve come a little too close to one of my buildings and the snow blower has won every battle. Barely touch the corner of the garage, next thing I know the metal cladding is ripped off and the corner board is torn all the way through. The Blizzard? A little scratched paint. It’s OK though, I hid the damage from the wife by stacking snow up in front of the torn trim. A little later I came just a little too close the side of my garage and next thing you know, vinyl siding pieces are flying through the air. No problem there either, I just stacked snow up front of the damage. The worst potential disaster was when I had a close encounter with the 6X6 main roof beam on my wood shed. Jeez, it seemed like it barely touched the auger, and suddenly the beam snaps. There’s a pretty good bow in the roof now. I covered the stump of the beam up with a snow-boulder. Not much I can do about the bow… Blizzard 3, buildings 0.

I don’t know what’s going to happen when things finally thaw…

The fuel guy wanted a ‘path’ to my tank. Thanks to the Blizzard blower I have an interstate extension to it now. And the Blizzard completely consumed little Mount Washington in front of my garage and blew it into the next county I think.

My only suggestion to the Blizzard 54 designers is that the DANGER label over the auger should be a LOT bigger. If a human gets caught by the auger they’re going to get ripped to shreds, beat to death and spit out as bloody little chunks. That thing is TOUGH!

All in all I’ve been tickled pink with the tractor and attachments. I wish I had gotten one years ago. It shares pride of place in my heated garage with my C3 Corvette.

I just hope my house survives my learning curve.

-Mark

 

[walker450]

Thank you MaineMark for sharing that... absolutely hilarious, you made my night! :laughing:

 

[Garandman]

Gotta say, hope he doesn't have a dog! :laughing: