leonz
Super Member
Hello Zec,
Please reconsider the used snow cat in your situation as they can be left outdoors the year round.
The only thing you have to really worry about with a snow cat is the local beavers borrowing it to go joy riding
with thier girlfriends chasing deer and having a kegger with a 1/2 barrel of iced down Labbatts Blue
on tap on the work deck of the snow cat while they are in the hot tub listening to the local fiddling bar band that
came down from Moncton to play during the kegger.
A used or new bi-derectional row crop tractor with the horsepower you need
will set you back between 85-115,000 Canadian loonies.
A used rebuilt motorised snow blower with used four wheel drive backhoe that has a four ton bucket capacity
to carry the snow caster will still need snow chains and loaded tires and may be close to $100,000 Canadian Loonies
A hydraulic powered snow caster will be underpowered for your use and if
you blow a seal or a hose-well to put it this way (you are are at the end of a helix attached to a vertical shaft).
The Cessna axial piston pumps are not cheap either for these things(bobcat)being a closed loop hydraulic system).
I would still suggest the 4 wheel drive row crop tractor with loaded tires, Pewag high traction snow and ice chainswitha seven foot pronovost snow caster with the rotating impeller drum that bypasses the chute and spout (TR model)as the snow casting will be much faster and more efficient in wet snow(the chute and spout will not plug).
Please reconsider the used snow cat in your situation as they can be left outdoors the year round.
The only thing you have to really worry about with a snow cat is the local beavers borrowing it to go joy riding
with thier girlfriends chasing deer and having a kegger with a 1/2 barrel of iced down Labbatts Blue
on tap on the work deck of the snow cat while they are in the hot tub listening to the local fiddling bar band that
came down from Moncton to play during the kegger.
A used or new bi-derectional row crop tractor with the horsepower you need
will set you back between 85-115,000 Canadian loonies.
A used rebuilt motorised snow blower with used four wheel drive backhoe that has a four ton bucket capacity
to carry the snow caster will still need snow chains and loaded tires and may be close to $100,000 Canadian Loonies
A hydraulic powered snow caster will be underpowered for your use and if
you blow a seal or a hose-well to put it this way (you are are at the end of a helix attached to a vertical shaft).
The Cessna axial piston pumps are not cheap either for these things(bobcat)being a closed loop hydraulic system).
I would still suggest the 4 wheel drive row crop tractor with loaded tires, Pewag high traction snow and ice chainswitha seven foot pronovost snow caster with the rotating impeller drum that bypasses the chute and spout (TR model)as the snow casting will be much faster and more efficient in wet snow(the chute and spout will not plug).
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