8' snow blower for 70hp tractor?

[RickB]

Nothing short of a frontier snowblower of that size would be worth thinking about if you are intent on saving money.
As anything like Loftness, Lorenz or Pronovost will give you a very long service life with few if any problems BUT will
make you buy once then you cry once and never have to worry about buying another one.

Frontier implements are a collection of outsourced equipment rebranded for Deere. Who builds the Frontier blowers?

 

[leonz]

I am not sure if RAD builds the frontier products but I would hesitate to invest in a frontier product if it is built by RAD.

 

[RickB]

Nothing short of a frontier snowblower of that size would be worth thinking about if you are intent on saving money.
As anything like Loftness, Lorenz or Pronovost will give you a very long service life with few if any problems BUT will
make you buy once then you cry once and never have to worry about buying another one.

I am not sure if RAD builds the frontier products but I would hesitate to invest in a frontier product if it is built by RAD.

I read post #10 as a Frontier endorsement on your part. I owned a RAD blower for many years and worked where RAD and Pronovost blowers were both sold, availablity dependent. I never saw where there was a dime's difference between the single auger versions of either brand.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I owned an Alloway 3 point blower for quite a few years... It was supposed to be the same blower deere sold at that time, painted green.

I will have to say, I wasn't too impressed with that blower, and it has turned me off to that brand, I'd now be very careful if looking at one from deere.

SR

 

[oosik]

If I were going to purchase a 3-point blower - Schulte or Pronovost. Both are designed for heavy work loads and with proper maintenance will last decades.

 

[Dave M7040]

Smyth Welding is one to consider.

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[PEJ5]

Here are some single auger blowers in the width you are interested in. Canadian made, we sometimes get snow. ;-)

Single Auger - Lucknow Products

Good luck

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I'm looking for a lighter duty snow blower for my RX7320. It seems that an 84" blower would JUST cover the tracks, but most of the 96" blowers I see are double auger and set up for 90hp+ tractors. Cost is also a factor. Most of my work involves plowing with the front blade, including the heavy drifts, but a blower would be nice for backing down driveways and getting it onto the yards. We don't normally get a whole lot of snow, and I can't think of a time in the last 10 years I'd have needed the double auger blower.

I am thinking about maybe getting the Woodmaxx 84" and putting two small (3-4"?) wings on it, but would love a lighter duty affordable 96" blower if it exists. Any ideas?

I run a double auger 78” wide McKee on the back of a 60hp HST, 49 PTO hp machine no problem. McKee invented the modern two stage blower. Check it out.


Snow Day! A Whole Lot of Tractor Snow Plowing and Snow Blowing - YouTube

 

[Thunder chicken]

If it’s something occasionally used, would an older used blower do? Should be lots of older units out there. I have an old ‘Hagedorn’ blower, 90” wide, single auger. It’s a bit of an old beater, probably don’t blow the distance a new one does but it gets the job done.
1st gear low range is sometimes too fast at PTO rpm but I either clutch, or just back off the rpm a bit to slow down which just causes the snow to not go as far. Take smaller bites next pass. I made a hydraulic Chute deflector To make working in the wind easier.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

If it’s something occasionally used, would an older used blower do? Should be lots of older units out there. I have an old ‘Hagedorn’ blower, 90” wide, single auger. It’s a bit of an old beater, probably don’t blow the distance a new one does but it gets the job done.
1st gear low range is sometimes too fast at PTO rpm but I either clutch, or just back off the rpm a bit to slow down which just causes the snow to not go as far. Take smaller bites next pass. I made a hydraulic Chute deflector To make working in the wind easier.

My McKee blower was made in the late 60 or early seventies. After getting quoted 6-10K for the same thing, I was pleased to only pay $1,000 for it. McKee made a pile of OEM blowers for other companies but McKee-made blowers are always distinguishable by their distinctive auger shape. Every one of the augers, now matter the size looks like these in the photo below.

Give you an idea of the sizing. My blower, for example, is a 720.

Here is a video I put together explaining the minor modifications I've made on my McKee 720.