Rear Inverted Snowblowers 2019

[Boondox]

Just scored a gently used Meteor 75” inverted blower from someone who hates winter and is moving south! I pick it up next week

 

[airbiscuit]

Give us your honest review after you get a chance to use it.

 

[Trails End]

Just scored a gently used Meteor 75” inverted blower from someone who hates winter and is moving south! I pick it up next week

And, don't forget...we need pictures. No picturs - it didn't happen!

 

[Boondox]

Haven’t picked it up yet. It’s still napping in a shed with a protective coating of Fluid Film

 

[airbiscuit]

Oh my, hydraulic rotation and deflection! Nice score.

 

[Boondox]

Oh my, hydraulic rotation and deflection! Nice score.

Yeah, the problem is I only have one pair of remotes back there. Adding a pair sounds really expensive! Might have to just revert the deflector back to the manual style for now

 

[Dave M7040]

Yeah, the problem is I only have one pair of remotes back there. Adding a pair sounds really expensive! Might have to just revert the deflector back to the manual style for now

Although i have two sets of remotes, with the hydraulic rear blade on my inverted + the rear wheels to control the blower height on soft gravel I needed another hydraulic circuit.

I added a hydraulic selector valve for a few hundred $ and now with the flip of a switch my remote controls either the blade or the wheels. Simple and easy to install and use and much cheaper than another remote.

https://www.amazon.com/hydraulic-solenoid-diverter-selector-4570psi/dp/B07C4F22SF/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=hydraulic+6+port+solenoid+selector+valve+3%2F8%22&qid=1568470997&sr=8-1

Since the $160 diverter comes with BSP style ports, order the adapters with the valve. You do not need the L or drain port so just plug it with the plug supplied.

Dave M7040

 

[shooterdon]

Yeah, the problem is I only have one pair of remotes back there. Adding a pair sounds really expensive! Might have to just revert the deflector back to the manual style for now

I am thinking about using a 12V linear actuator for the deflector on my pull blower. They are about $150 at Northern Tool. I have two remotes now. One for the top link and the other for the chute rotator. The linear actuator has 110lbs of force and would be an easier install for me.

Edit; Found this at the Surplus center if a 4" stoke is enough...under $100

3.94" Stroke 11 lbs. 12 Volt DC Linear Actuator | DC Linear Actuators | Linear Actuators | Electrical | www.surpluscenter.com

 

[Dave M7040]

I am thinking about using a 12V linear actuator for the deflector on my pull blower. They are about $150 at Northern Tool. I have two remotes now. One for the top link and the other for the chute rotator. The linear actuator has 110lbs of force and would be an easier install for me.

Check the speed on the linear actuator. Most find them frustratingly slow.

Dave M7040

 

[shooterdon]

Check the speed on the linear actuator. Most find them frustratingly slow.

Dave M7040

Speed of the one linked above is .5 inches/sec. Will go full travel in 8 seconds. It is slow compare to a cylinder but so much easier to install and still far faster than having to manually adjust.

 

[Fallon]

Check the speed on the linear actuator. Most find them frustratingly slow.

Dave M7040

They are slow & relatively weak, but should be up to the task for a deflector for at least a few seasons. Definitely a fair bit cheaper if you dont have the remotes. Still cheap than just the hoses & a cylinder in the short run. But a cylinder will last for over a decade on a tractor, way longer than a linear actuator.

 

[LouNY]

What you could do for an actuator is call up some of the ag salvage yards and find the chute deflector for a forage chopper they are electrically operated motors very similar to a wiper motor. The one on our forage chopper is going on 20 years old and still works good.
Or maybe a wiper motor from some place like surplus center with some creative weather proofing.

 

[Boondox]

Okay, some good ideas here. But I don't anticipate having to change the chute deflection much, if ever. My driveway is long, but flanked on either side by hay fields. Seems like I could set the deflection and forget it..? The chute rotation is the more important function.

 

[Working on Rust]

We have a cheap 4 inch stroke 110 pound linear actuator on the chute deflector of the blower and it works really well. True, it is slower than ideal but is quite controllable and has been completely trouble free for 3 years now with a fair amount of use. There are a lot of obstacles blowing snow around here and you have busy fingers on the deflector and chute rotations switches. I put a piece of old small inner tube over the actuator and hose clamped it at the top to keep more of the snow and ice out.

I was finding connecting and disconnecting hydraulic hoses a pain and switched all controls to electric 3 years ago, the chute rotation is with a cheap 12V motor winch against a old ground drive spreader axle sprocket around the chute. The drum has a chain around it and a sprocket on another winch. The plugs are L14-30 twist lock and have worked very well. Having the tractor already wired with double pole double throw switches is also useful for a spreader end gate and electric tie on a baler.

 

[Unraveller]

I am now trying to pick the best rear inverted snowblower to put on my new L6060 cab that I just ordered. I have read every thread on here about the subject. Things that I have learned.

1) People in snow country, Canada and Scandanavia use them overwhelmingly.
2)Fishhead has one and loves it for big and small snow falls.
3)Most people fear them out of both the logistical mind tricks it does to the head, and simple never trying one.
4)I know that most of the videos online are of the guys doing dense developments that swoop in with 2 passes to clear the 18 foot drives.
5)Great that the front loader can stay on for whatever may arise, as well as just filling with snow for more weight.
6) Nice that the snow mist stays behind cab.
7)So much easier that a front mount snowblower and the subframe and lack of loader and other drama that comes along with it.

My fears are how will the L6060 with turf tires drive through 10 inches of snowfall(assume no crazy ice conditions lurking underneath) while pulling a 1000 Lb blower up a 15% grade. Any monster snowfalls I will clean up halfway through the storm.

The 3 brands Im looking at are Pronovost Puma 74", MK Martin Meteor 78", and Normand. The only brand that I can buy through my kubota dealer is MK Martin. I feel like the best quality from what I have researched is Normand #1, Pronovost #2, and then MK martin #3. I wish I could find out something more clear about the quality of the MK meteor since it would be better to get through my dealer.

I have 8 L6060's with Normand Inverted (Regular and Hybrid) blowers. I am in South Western Ontario. We clear city plow curtains, of 2+' of slush and garbage and newspapers. They'll do fine. We run Nokian Tires and front weights, but no wheel weights or fill.

Regarding which blower? Get a used Normand over a new Martin. The Martins are made 15 minutes from us, and I bought two my first year. But after 100-200 hours you could see warping, they are about half the weight, and the box size is less than half as well.

Look up "JR SNOW" in Ottawa. They get a tremendous amount of snow, and their fleet is exclusively L6060's.

If you are worried at all about the power, get a 74", but we run 82" on all ours.

Cheers.

PS: Shout out to Razor, he helped me out my first year, with a lot of questions, he knows his ****.

 

[OrangeMuscle]

I have 8 L6060's with Normand Inverted (Regular and Hybrid) blowers. I am in South Western Ontario. We clear city plow curtains, of 2+' of slush and garbage and newspapers. They'll do fine. We run Nokian Tires and front weights, but no wheel weights or fill.

Regarding which blower? Get a used Normand over a new Martin. The Martins are made 15 minutes from us, and I bought two my first year. But after 100-200 hours you could see warping, they are about half the weight, and the box size is less than half as well.

Look up "JR SNOW" in Ottawa. They get a tremendous amount of snow, and their fleet is exclusively L6060's.

If you are worried at all about the power, get a 74", but we run 82" on all ours.

Cheers.

PS: Shout out to Razor, he helped me out my first year, with a lot of questions, he knows his ****.

I tried searching youtube for JR SNOW and only found 2 short videos. I did see the one where his fleet is heading out in the storm with 11 L6060's. Thats awesome. Are you the "Nick Boener" guy that has all the L6060's in the youtube videos?

I would prefer to get the normand. There is only one dealer anywhere near at over 2 hours away. Disappointing to hear the MK Martin let you down and didn't hold up well.

Do you use chains on yours? And do you have any videos you could share by chance. I am always searching for any snowblower Kubota videos I can found.

 

[Unraveller]

No, I'm not Nick, although he's a good friend of mine. He runs all Green tractors in a city 30 minutes away from me. We both started tractor snow removal the same year.

I wouldn't say the Martin's are poor, they are fine for personal use, but we were doing 80 driveways x 25 times per year, so that wore them down. Especially when guys are using the blowers to push, or drag, or grinding curbs, etc etc.

No videos, just a few pictures of our setup a few years ago. I'll upload later.

 

[Boondox]

Got my new to me Meteor SB75 PT home today. The orange panels are guards; my wife is an OSHA disaster poster child so I color code the parts she needs to stay away from. I’m thinking of removing the back blade to lighten the blower since it falls to the down position every time I hit a bump. Since I had only one pair of rear remotes I removed the hydraulic cylinder controlling the chute deflector and fabricated a bar out of aluminum flat stock

 

[airbiscuit]

Very Nice.

 

[Dave M7040]

Do not take the rear blade off. It is the feature you will come to love.

Back up to a door and pull the snow forward a few feet. Then back up again and blow the pulled forward pile away.

I have hydraulic cylinders on mine but many just use gravity.

Your tractor will lift that blower with its blade with ease.

Dave M7040