Snow I am such a DA-Snow Removal

[oosik]

Yes- Rock Crawler - I can see your point. And you are SPOT ON about the neck and shoulder pains. That's one of the main reasons I went to the bigger tractor and heavy rear blade.

In all the years out here - 37 - I can not remember more than a 12" snow fall at any one time. There was one year where I had 42" accumulation but that was the result of many accumulated snow falls.

Still with all the pain and slow going - its a real blast to be able to throw that snow out 40 to 50 feet beyond the driveway.

 

[CobyRupert]

Toss the rear mounted snow blower in a scrap pile where they belong, buy a front mount or go get a UTV and Warn Plow and be done. Those rear mount blowers are horrible, if people asked first and talked/searched online they would never sell those P.O.S. things.
Get a used UTV, put a winch and plow kit on it. You can get this done for under $8,000.
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Use a UTV and a 72" Warn plow, as I do. I'll plow anything you can blow in half the time... or less. I can do 15-20 mph throwing snow off to the side.... and the neck and back pain... nope.

Speed, agility, health (neck and back), multi function.... everything about the UTV wins. When I hear of guys with a REAR mount snow blower, in my head I hear "could not afford a front mount". This is because it is very easy to see on forums or talk at a tractor shop and hear over and over that a rear can work, but it SUCKS. If you ever had a rear mount and get a front, you'll realize what a fool you were. So people read and see this, yet still pick a rear mount. Enjoy that. I'll be plowing 10" of wet snow at 15 MPH and done before your tractor has warmed up.

The only time a blower would win over my plow would be if it was a huge snow fall and I ignored it and let more than 18" fall. At some point, if I am stupid and lazy enough, I would get to where I could not push the snow. But if I am not a complete idiot and I get out there every 6 or 8 hours and knock it back, I could handle an end of the world as you know it style blizzard.

Nice attitude.
To summarize: MY WAY IS THE BEST AND ONLY WAY. ANYTHING ELSE SUCKS! ....AND IT'S A P.O.S.! . People use those sucky P.O.S.'s because they're poor and can't afford the equipment I have! The best solution is to spend $8000!

Did I get that right?

Hey - Rock Crawler - ease off...

:thumbsup:

 

[ZTMAN]

The boys over on the snowblower forum do the impeller kit mod to take care of blowing the wet slush. Basically, the slush does not get blown out because of the gap between the metal impellers and the impeller housing. They bolt/rivit thick rubber pieces on the end of the impellers so there is not gap.
The blowers they discuss are the walk behinds, but no reason it would not work on a pto driven snow blower

 

[cdaigle430]

Based on my experience you need lights mounted high. My OTC soft cab has a hard top which simplified the mounting. Does Berco have a patch kit for making penetrations through the fabric?

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Good question, i will check out their site.

 

[cdaigle430]

I think I waited too long after it switched over from snow to rain but I was working until 5PM.

 

[cdaigle430]

I have consider front mount but need the loader to move snow at front of driveway for visibility. I have an ATV and 60 inch moose snow plow and it was fun using it but the problem I ran into was once you create a snowbank you and moving it again....I ran out of room to plow snow.

 

[cdaigle430]

The boys over on he snowblower forum do the impeller kit mod to take care of blowing the wet slush. Basically, the slush does not get blown out because of the gap between the metal impellers and the impeller housing. They bolt/rivit thick rubber pieces on the end of the impellers so there is not gap.
The blowers they discuss are the walk behinds, but no reason it would not work on a pto driven snow blower

The only snowblower I have that worked was my Woodmaxx, but it would only throw\dribble 10 feet. I had 8 inches of snow then it turned to rain for the next 6 hours so the snow was over saturated, I have never seen this much snow this saturated before, never. Loader came to the rescue My 31 inch wlk behind Husqvarna was worse....My ATV wouldnt push this snow more than 10 feet before it would spin.
I sometimes think Im clever, when mother nature throws something at me a few times that Im unprepared for - I prepare for it for next season. This one was\is a head scratchier and NO snowblower front or rear would handle this stuff well no matter how many RPMS you throw at it. Even if you did manage to throw it 30 feet it would destroy everything it hit.
In this case my loader and edge tamers saved the day but I destroyed the dog kennel panel (Only 60 bucks to replace at TSC anyway). Cant fix it till the spring though. My wifes car-some black touch up paint will work nicely as its only to the primer coat.
So this kinda snow only a good plow or loader is the answer......or make sure you clean up the snow just before it turns to rain.
The LED lights still not sure but I know I need them, bought a set of two from TSC which may or may not work....if not I will try a rechargeable LED bar velcroed to the cab.

 

[ruffdog]

Nice attitude.
To summarize: MY WAY IS THE BEST AND ONLY WAY. ANYTHING ELSE SUCKS! ....AND IT'S A P.O.S.! . People use those sucky P.O.S.'s because they're poor and can't afford the equipment I have! The best solution is to spend $8000!

Did I get that right?


:thumbsup:

I agree....We are all human and we have our successes, failures and budgets.

This rear blower was going through drifts so hard you could walk ON them: The 2nd photo is the equipment we then used to do the open area...can your UTV keep up?

 

[oldnslo]

If magnetic rechargeable could you stick them on the loader arms or cross member behind the bucket? This would put the light out front but if you have trees they could easily get knocked off.

 

[ruffdog]

To the OP....we have all had those days. If you never do anything wrong, you're probably not doing enough.