Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

[Rustyiron]

Skyhook, I am thinking of a 3-pt rear blower. I have a steep hill that I have to back up to push the snow down and the deeper the snow the harder it is to go up. I think with a rear blower, it would be a snap.

Your doing good, got a good scrape and gravel showing through!
Skyhook is talking about a forward driving "pull" blower saving the neck backing up all the time. There's several older discussions here about them. I think they cost a bit more but really look like a dream to operate vs the "back up" std tractor bower. Nice machine:thumbsup:

 

[jajiu]

Your doing good, got a good scrape and gravel showing through!
Skyhook is talking about a forward driving "pull" blower saving the neck backing up all the time. There's several older discussions here about them. I think they cost a bit more but really look like a dream to operate vs the "back up" std tractor bower. Nice machine:thumbsup:

I LOVE backing up. I spend a lot of time backing up either the tractor, my truck, or my wife's car (which she can't back worth s***). When I go to the grocery store, I back into parking spaces because when you leave, backing out of the space people keep walking behind you or other cars drive by you like you can see everything around you. Much easier to back in and drive out. Went on a little rant there, but just wanted to get the point across that I back up without any problems.

 

[DABSGT]

I've been thinking about a rear blower for mine, but for now, this is the first winter w/o my truck and plow and using my Kubota 100%. Works well with plow and grader blade, but even with chains on the rear the ice on the drive is tough. I ordered chains for the front but they haven't come in yet. I want to get thru this winter this way and think about a blower over the summer. I'm thinking WoodMaxx. I've heard good things about them.<img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=534918"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=534919"/><img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=534920"/>

You won't be disappointed with the woodmaxx I have the SB60 on my Deere works great and at close to 800 lbs never had a traction problem loaded tires and no chains.

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[IXLR8]

Wouldn't trade my front blower for any other type.

https://i.imgur.com/6KkQKta.jpg

Is that driven via middle PTO shaft or rear PTO hydraulic pump?

 

[grsthegreat]

one good thing about my front hydraulically driven snowblower...besides the fact that my neck no longer hurts....theres NO SHEAR PINS to mess with ever again.

 

[dnw64]

Wouldn't trade my front blower for any other type.

https://i.imgur.com/6KkQKta.jpg

Are your tires grooved?

 

[wmonroe]

Wouldn't trade my front blower for any other type.

https://i.imgur.com/6KkQKta.jpg

Which model is the front blower?

 

[Piston]

I've been thinking about a rear blower for mine, but for now, this is the first winter w/o my truck and plow and using my Kubota 100%. Works well with plow and grader blade, but even with chains on the rear the ice on the drive is tough. I ordered chains for the front but they haven't come in yet. I want to get thru this winter this way and think about a blower over the summer. I'm thinking WoodMaxx. I've heard good things about them.View attachment 534918View attachment 534919View attachment 534920

I had those same style chains on my rear tires for the last few years, and would often have issues with traction even with the chains.

I was tired of spinning tires so I bought front and rear studded chains for this winter, and it made a HUGE difference. It’s night and day difference with the places I can go now.

 

[aeblank]

Is that driven via middle PTO shaft or rear PTO hydraulic pump?

Mid PTO. I had to install it, too.....

 

[aeblank]

Are your tires grooved?

Nope. Not grooved.

 

[aeblank]

Which model is the front blower?

Kubota L2195A.
It's "too big" for my L3940, per Kubota.
My dealer said it'd be no problem, and I'd be mad if it were any smaller.

I drove from MI too Denver, co to get it, used. Quite the adventure. Was fun.

 

[RoyJackson]

I've been thinking about a rear blower for mine, but for now, this is the first winter w/o my truck and plow and using my Kubota 100%. Works well with plow and grader blade, but even with chains on the rear the ice on the drive is tough. I ordered chains for the front but they haven't come in yet. I want to get thru this winter this way and think about a blower over the summer. I'm thinking WoodMaxx. I've heard good things about them.View attachment 534918View attachment 534919View attachment 534920

4-link ladder chains are a good choice for asphalt drives, since they're less likely to damage the asphalt. They're also the least expensive type of tire chain. I had 'em and liked them...but for a gravel or dirt drive, I think a more aggressive chain is the way to go.

 

[jajiu]

I had those same style chains on my rear tires for the last few years, and would often have issues with traction even with the chains.

I was tired of spinning tires so I bought front and rear studded chains for this winter, and it made a HUGE difference. It痴 night and day difference with the places I can go now.

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I do spin sometimes, but I think with the front chains it will help a lot. I hate dealing with chains, but without them in this snow and Ice cr*p I'd be going nowhere.

 

[jajiu]

Roy, Like I said to piston, I only spin sometimes. My gravel drive is 1000' and the only time I have a problem is on my hill which is curved and very steep. I am very happy with my 4-link chains, just heavy and difficult for an old man to install without help. I jack up each wheel and roll the tire with the chain to wrap it around. They do work very well though and just waiting for my front chains to come in.

 

[aeblank]

I HATE dealing with my chains, but struggle without them. They're ladders, but with the V-bars. They're mean. $700 for the set hurt awful bad too. But it's the kind of thing you do only once.

 

[LouNY]

The studded euro style chains are amazing, until people use them they just do not fathom the extreme difference they make, on top of that I do believe that they would be easier on on paved driveway because they do not slip. My driveway is gravel and steep but I do travel on some pavement at times and we have them on two of the farm tractors that get a lot of road miles feeding cows and they don't mark up the pavement like the bar reinforced street chains did and they seem to be wearing better. I know my first set is several years old now and they haven't required repairing yet, where as my conventional 4 link and two links started needing repair links by their third or forth year.

 

[aeblank]

I drove from MI too Denver, co to get it, used. Quite the adventure. Was fun.

So I got my tractor used. Naturally didn't have a mid-PTO. So, I added one (couldn't find anyone on the forums that had done so).
Album: Tractor - Mid PTO - Album on Imgur

I found the blower I needed in Conifer, CO (I'm in Cadillac, MI). Went one weekend and got it. It was $2250, and it cost me about $1200 in gas/food/motels to get it (got HORRIBLE mileage in my 1995 Chevy pickup....I think it was $900 in gas). A new one from the dealer was about $8k. There really weren't around any closer, or if there were, it still would have been more money.
Album: Tractor - Snowblower - Album on Imgur

 

[marksold187]

187d Yanmar With Woodmaxx SnowBlower - YouTube

 

[powerscol]

So I got my tractor used. Naturally didn't have a mid-PTO. So, I added one (couldn't find anyone on the forums that had done so).
Album: Tractor - Mid PTO - Album on Imgur

I found the blower I needed in Conifer, CO (I'm in Cadillac, MI). Went one weekend and got it. It was $2250, and it cost me about $1200 in gas/food/motels to get it (got HORRIBLE mileage in my 1995 Chevy pickup....I think it was $900 in gas). A new one from the dealer was about $8k. There really weren't around any closer, or if there were, it still would have been more money.
Album: Tractor - Snowblower - Album on Imgur

Do you have any pictures of the drive line from your mid PTO to the blower. This looks like and interesting set up. Might even work for a front mounted flail or something else.

 

[aeblank]

Do you have any pictures of the drive line from your mid PTO to the blower. This looks like and interesting set up. Might even work for a front mounted flail or something else.

I'd have to take a couple. It's a Kubota L2180 subframe with the drive option(s). They do make various attachments, like a broom and plow.

This random internet photo kinda shows it:
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But it's a 1,000rpm PTO, not a 540.

The LXX60 series have a different setup, more like a front 3point (but not).