Compact Tractors are Designed All Wrong

[/pine]

Watch towards the end of the video, how he spins/slides the tractor around while articulating. I do that with mine. You can get pretty good at it to where you can turn the machine around in it's own length.

Yeah...but can you park it like Elwood?
The Blues Brothers - How to park like Elwood - YouTube

 

[MossRoad]

Advance to 2:30 in this video....

 

[Creamer]

Advance to 2:30 in this video....

Does Provonost build the blower with the backdrag flap on it? That would be handy. It is amazing the control he has in tight spaces.

 

[SpringHollow]

The backdrag feature is very neat.

Ken

 

[MossRoad]

That, and the super adjustable chute is great. I'd bet with a blower and tractor like that, one could make some serious money doing drives in subdivisions on heavy snow days.

 

[SpringHollow]

I was surprised at how often they were blowing the snow right where they still had to clear. But maybe ahead of that was the only spot they could go or maybe with the power they have, it is easier just to leave the shoot there and blow it again.

 

[MossRoad]

I was looking at it, and it seemed there was no place off to the side to blow it. So they blew it down in front of it, which compresses it. Then he's use the back drag, turn the chute backwards and as he back-dragged, it put it right back down into the blower's path. He kept dragging back until he got past the house, then turned up the chute and blew it into the yard. Quite interesting. I've watched it over and over the past couple years. I keep wanting to justify a blower for myself, but we just don't have frequent enough deep snow to justify the cost. My power-angle plow was $450. :thumbsup:

 

[Creamer]

I was looking at it, and it seemed there was no place off to the side to blow it. So they blew it down in front of it, which compresses it. Then he's use the back drag, turn the chute backwards and as he back-dragged, it put it right back down into the blower's path. He kept dragging back until he got past the house, then turned up the chute and blew it into the yard. Quite interesting. I've watched it over and over the past couple years. I keep wanting to justify a blower for myself, but we just don't have frequent enough deep snow to justify the cost. My power-angle plow was $450. :thumbsup:

And you live over int he lake effect area versus where I live. I passed on an older Bermac snowblower this year - 8' in good shape (has had very little use not crashes but the paint was bad) for $1295. I couldn't justify it with how little snow we get. I have plowed twice so far this year and I didn't even get my 150 out - the 1710 handled it easily.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Or ...... have “very well behaved” snow that does not fall on your roads??

 

[MossRoad]

And you live over int he lake effect area versus where I live. I passed on an older Bermac snowblower this year - 8' in good shape (has had very little use not crashes but the paint was bad) for $1295. I couldn't justify it with how little snow we get. I have plowed twice so far this year and I didn't even get my 150 out - the 1710 handled it easily.

We don't get that much snow anymore. Seems to go west of us in LaPorte County now. We had 15" on the ground the other day and the weather people said that's the most on the ground since 2011. Yet, we are currently 36.5" over for the year what we normally have by this time in February, and I've only plowed my driveway three times this year.