Kubota LX2620HSD with 5' rear snow blower?

[ruffdog]

99% of the time I don't need my blower, but it does come in handy for the infrequent blizzard or back to back snows that narrow my driveways down.

When I get a snow worthy of putting my blower on, 19 hp is not going to be enough. This is 27 hp barely inching along in dense drifted snow.

 

[BubbaSam]

Depends on the type of snow you get. Wet heavy slush a full swath will be slow going, light fluffy snow no problem.

I have a 52 or 54” on my 2400H which is similar power and with the HST tranny it works just fine since can vary speed as needed. Might need a little weight on front to help steer when blower is raised.

I live in northern MA and have a 62" PTO snowblower on my Kioti CK30HST that has a 22hp on the PTO. I snow blow about 1/4 mile on the driveway and road to my barn which is gravel for several years. The only time I've ever had any issue is I was clearing the driveway coming off the road where the town had plowed, building up extra height of HEAVY WET PACKED snow and broke the shear pin on the blower. Other than that it has worked fine for me. The sun takes care of the rest for me. As another gent said, just take it slow!

 

[Rogue306]

Anybody used it? I understand pto hp is low for 5 footer, but still.. I got 1/4 mi hilly driveway. Will it work?

Used a rear mount blower on my Kubota for one season. Really rough on the neck!!!

 

[TugHillDog]

To OP: The conventional wisdom seems to be about 5hp for every foot length of pto blower. That said, you are not far off and its cheaper to use what you have than run out for bigger. My first tractor was an overgrown lawnmower [Massey 1020] and it managed a 5 ft blower. It didn't love packed in snow or drifts, but it handled them. As many have posted, your ground speed will determine how well it eats the snow [and how many shear bolts your replace].
Best wishes - and whatever you do, it still beats a shovel!

 

[rneal55555]

I think you'll be fine, I have a 64" blower and it works just fine my TYM T264 here in sorta central New Hampshire. I just got it last year and never noticed an need to slow down. I have probably 600 feet of driveway that includes a steep hill and a couple of turn around areas. For the last 15 years I've been using an 18hp Ariens Garden tractor with a 4' front mounted blower which handled it all but I sometimes had to go slow on the first pass.

 

[toot77]

My $.02 worth comes from my experience in a snowbelt in western michigan with lots of everything from wet & heavy to light & fluffy lake effect. A lot of hp is not important as long as time is not important. You simply match ground speed to available hp depending on snow depth and the type of snow. More hp is not only faster, it also uses more fuel. I have been using a 5' front blower with a 6' rear blade on both a 25 or a 35 hp New Holland for the past 30 years. When there is less snow, I angle the rear blade and make quicker work to pull the snow to the sides then finish with the blower. An advantage to the front blower, other than not having to turn your neck around is that the little extra distance from your face to the blower chute seems to reduce the amount of snow dust invariably blown into your face. The only way to totally eliminate that is with a cab.

My last recommendation is to have a snowblower with a 4 blade second stage impeller versus a 3 blade, and a good size (width / diameter) chute. Besides tractor horsepower, the next limiting factor on snowblowing is how quickly the snowblower can get rid of the snow, i.e. get thrown out by the impeller fan and pushed out the chute. 4 blades every revolution versus 3 throw snow easier and the snow is easier to push through a larger width/dia chute. This is more important when the snow is wetter and heavier.

My front blower is run off the tractor's mid pto. A compact tractor in this horsepower range would be way under powered to try running a hydraulic powered snowblower if ever considering that imho.