anybody own a pull type blower?

[excav8ter]

A few pic of what I have gone through this year. Some drifts are hard and wind blown, and some are kinda fluffy. Obviously, the hard ones take a bit more work to get through. Some weight on the front will help, I am thinking about adding 800 pounds next fall.

 

[flyingcow]

My TN75 isn't as heavy as your 100, but thats a lot closer than some of the smaller framed tractors that I've seen pulling these units. Obviously, clearance and wheel diameter is key, i think.

Thanks for the pics and info. I'll look for a year or so for a bargain, and then get impatient and buy one. I like my Lucknow. But who knows.

 

[zzvyb6]

The videos show me I made the right decision to get a front blade. That driveway should have taken only 2 or 3 passes, one down a side, one down the middle and the other down the other side. And. I would have driven the blade up to the garage door sill, pulled back and scrapped enough away to do 100% of the driveway. I also would not had angered the neighbor by putting 25% of my snow in his driveway.

Even if you speed up the video x10, it took way too long for me to believe its an efficient way to clear snow. Maybe tomorrow I'll video how well a front plow and CUT combo can clear a driveway. We're supposed to get 6 inches overnight...

 

[excav8ter]

Most of my drives are 3 stalls at the garage and taper to 18' wide at the road. The video that took to long was a demonstration of what I can get through, not a demonstration of speed. Where do you you see that I put 25% of the snow I the neighbors driveway? That video was at a condominium association, so where I put the snow is all common space. My single family clients also love our service because I can put the snow pretty much any where in their yards I want, with no piles and I don't have to go on the lawn to do it. Most of my drives take less than 2 minutes to clear, an I leave no piles. I have a 14' Ebling and a Boss V-XT on my f 350 and the tractor/blower whips the truck/plow combo in every aspect of driveway snow removal.

 

[excav8ter]

If you want to PM me, I can get you the contact info of a friend in Quebec, who may have a good, used unit for you to look into. We purchased 1, new Normand 92-280 inverted blower, and a used one as a spare. They are not cheap, but are well worth the cost in my opinion. I think a fully optioned 92-280 is around 12 grand. There is a back drag edge that we did not buy, but we will be adding it for next year. It will let me get to with in a foot or so of the overhead doors.

 

[excav8ter]

Same driveway as the previous video. 6-8" of snow
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[flyingcow]

I had an 8ft diamond plow on a pickup for yrs. I live 650ft off of the road in a field on a hill. We get between 8ft to 10ft of snowfall ayr. To do my driveway right, takes 2 to 3 hours to open up with the pickup. . Plus if we get a significant storm, more than likely have to do a rough job part way thru the storm. Now it takes about 45 mins, at best. And If we get 2ft of snow, If I can, I wait until it's over. For me, a snowblower is way more efficient. Excav8er's set up would work nice for what he's doing. Probably the ideal set up multi unit houses.

 

[flyingcow]

If you want to PM me, I can get you the contact info of a friend in Quebec, who may have a good, used unit for you to look into. We purchased 1, new Normand 92-280 inverted blower, and a used one as a spare. They are not cheap, but are well worth the cost in my opinion. I think a fully optioned 92-280 is around 12 grand. There is a back drag edge that we did not buy, but we will be adding it for next year. It will let me get to with in a foot or so of the overhead doors.

Thanks. Get back to you. That unit in the video was real smooth working unit. I'm thinking some brands drag easier thru the snow, than others.

 

[excav8ter]

Hey there flyingcow.... I also take care of 2, long private roads that are 22 feet wide and over 1300 feet each. Including drive time, I also do a 800+ foot drive next door the one of the private roads.... total time for both private roads and the drive is just over and hour.....maybe 1.25 hours.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Why the **** does anyone get off their tractor with the blower kept running? I mean, I guess it's not nearly as dangerous with this type of blower but I saw a guy do this a couple of days ago with a normal blower and climb a high bank just feet from his running blower! Just plain STUPID!

These things should not be confused with the old, non auger V style of blower!

The added benefit would be, generally more forward speed selection on many tractors. I have NEVER had a rear mounted conventional blower, with the right travel speed! One too fast, the other too slow!