wango
New member
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2014
- Messages
- 5
- Location
- Vermontville, MI
- Tractor
- Allis Chalmers WD, John Deere 2010 Rowcrop
Hey all, new here. I started reading this forum a few weeks ago looking for info on snowblowers. I found a lot of helpful info here, thanks for sharing your knowledge. I used the 1ft of blower per 5hp theory for the smaller of my 2 tractors and it works, my application is not perfect, but it will get the job done, which is all I need.
I usually use a blade and FEL, but this year the snow keeps drifting in and making it harder and harder to feed round bales to our cows. I bought a used 6.5 foot Mckee in very good condition off Craigslist for $750. The paint is not very good, but mechanically it is very good. I was hoping to run it on my Allis WD, because I don't use that tractor for anything else in the winter. But the Allis is a little under powered and too fast in reverse, so I have to ride the hand clutch while looking backwards. It works but not operator friendly. I have a JD 2010 Row Crop that is in my shop right now getting some big problems resolved and I will be putting it on that if I get the tractor done before the snow lets up. For now I'm using my dad's TC33D New Holland 33 hp diesel hydrostat which runs it very well. Not super fast in big drifts but runs along fine in a foot or less.
I live on a dirt road and my county road commission seems to have forgotten how to get here. We have gone 5-6 days without a plow coming by and our road drifts in badly. Between the neighbors and myself we make swipes at it with back blades and fel's and a couple guys drop the blades on their trucks from time to time. But the edges have gotten so high that none of us could get the snow over the bank without using fels and that takes forever. Until now, I blasted the snow all the way back to the ditches last week and my neighbors have kept it bladed back pretty good since then. So this weekend I'll go blow it out again. It sucks we have to put wear and tear on our equipment, but its that or wear and tear on our vehicles. Not to mention its fun blowing snow, way more fun than plowing it, I don't know why. Definitely going to look into gettting some kind of cab though, I've frozen my keister off a couple times. Also going to get a hydraulic chute motor, its manual right now and works fine, but may not be user friendly with a cab.
Here is a couple pics of the old girl in action last night:
I usually use a blade and FEL, but this year the snow keeps drifting in and making it harder and harder to feed round bales to our cows. I bought a used 6.5 foot Mckee in very good condition off Craigslist for $750. The paint is not very good, but mechanically it is very good. I was hoping to run it on my Allis WD, because I don't use that tractor for anything else in the winter. But the Allis is a little under powered and too fast in reverse, so I have to ride the hand clutch while looking backwards. It works but not operator friendly. I have a JD 2010 Row Crop that is in my shop right now getting some big problems resolved and I will be putting it on that if I get the tractor done before the snow lets up. For now I'm using my dad's TC33D New Holland 33 hp diesel hydrostat which runs it very well. Not super fast in big drifts but runs along fine in a foot or less.
I live on a dirt road and my county road commission seems to have forgotten how to get here. We have gone 5-6 days without a plow coming by and our road drifts in badly. Between the neighbors and myself we make swipes at it with back blades and fel's and a couple guys drop the blades on their trucks from time to time. But the edges have gotten so high that none of us could get the snow over the bank without using fels and that takes forever. Until now, I blasted the snow all the way back to the ditches last week and my neighbors have kept it bladed back pretty good since then. So this weekend I'll go blow it out again. It sucks we have to put wear and tear on our equipment, but its that or wear and tear on our vehicles. Not to mention its fun blowing snow, way more fun than plowing it, I don't know why. Definitely going to look into gettting some kind of cab though, I've frozen my keister off a couple times. Also going to get a hydraulic chute motor, its manual right now and works fine, but may not be user friendly with a cab.
Here is a couple pics of the old girl in action last night:
