L3940 Rear Snow Blower --> Front Blower?

[rbargeron]

I'm a fan of the Erskine front-mounts that drive from the standard rear pto. Erskine stuff is well-built and very rugged - will last a lifetime - no worries about buying used. They make several widths - 72" would work well with a L3940. As an example here's a current Craigslist ad for a used five-foot Erskine for $2k in Wisconsin. (Road trip ??)

Pics below are my 6' one that's been stretched.

 

[nybirdman]

My BIL has a six ft.Lofness,rear PTO driven blower that he would like to sell.$2500.Off a L3300 Kubota that only had 176 hours when purchased.Only problem it's in Northern NY state.

 

[aeblank]

6' is great for an L3940, and it's 1/4 the cost.

Can you run a back blade with the loftness?

 

[nybirdman]

6' is great for an L3940, and it's 1/4 the cost.

Can you run a back blade with the loftness?

No,the gear box and sub-frame take up that space.Quite a robust system.The FEL must also be removed.The tractor/blower was only used by a home owner to do his own drive.We installed the FEL after purchase and removing the blower.
Looks like the one rbargeron posted(see rear view).

 

[aeblank]

Or, talk to this guy. Had his "modified for use on loader"...

Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons - Page 343
Pictures of your snow weapons

 

[GarthH]

Or, talk to this guy. Had his "modified for use on loader"...

Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons - Page 343
Pictures of your snow weapons

That is quite a thread. I wonder how well the hydraulics motor work in the deep cold - this week I was snow blowing in -30 C, the rear mount worked well although certainly hurt the neck for a couple days.

 

[aeblank]

If you're concerned, use synthetic. I'd say it's no issue though. A few minutes of circulation and it's good to go.

 

[Dave M7040]

GarthH

I am 70 and have a fused neck and damaged spinal cord.
My savior has been an inverted snow blower where you pull it so most of the time you are looking forward not backward.
I installed a blade on the rear of the blower so I can back up to a garage door and pull the snow forward, then I raise the blade back up, drop the blower and no shoveling required.
For my two brothers homes, I have garage door remotes so I open the garage door, drop my blade, back into the garage a little, drop the blower which drops the blade and pull forward. They don't have to shovel at all.

No front blower can do that except the very expensive ones that rotate the whole blower to become an inverted one.

Smyth Welding,Normand, Pronovost are Canadian manufacturers of good solid equipment.

Dave M7040

 

[GarthH]

GarthH

I am 70 and have a fused neck and damaged spinal cord.
My savior has been an inverted snow blower where you pull it so most of the time you are looking forward not backward.
I installed a blade on the rear of the blower so I can back up to a garage door and pull the snow forward, then I raise the blade back up, drop the blower and no shoveling required.
For my two brothers homes, I have garage door remotes so I open the garage door, drop my blade, back into the garage a little, drop the blower which drops the blade and pull forward. They don't have to shovel at all.

No front blower can do that except the very expensive ones that rotate the whole blower to become an inverted one.

Smyth Welding,Normand, Pronovost are Canadian manufacturers of good solid equipment.

Dave M7040

Wow that is one interesting idea. I do not notice a drive shaft so it must be a hydraulic blower? I did not notice it on the Smyth Welding website was it your design?

Thank you
Garth

 

[aczlan]

Wow that is one interesting idea. I do not notice a drive shaft so it must be a hydraulic blower? I did not notice it on the Smyth Welding website was it your design?

Thank you
Garth

Look closely behind the tractor tire, the PTO shaft is there pointing straight down...
Pretty sure the blower wasn't hooked up in that picture.

Aaron Z