Snow Front snow blower and FEL compatibility?

[bam747]

Does any one know if the Class III Boomer (TC35/40/45DA) tractors can have both the tractor portion of the New Holland front quick-attach hitch and the New Holland FEL mounting frames on at the same time?

I envision using the front mounted New Holland 72CSH quick-attach snow blower _OR_ the New Holland 16LA FEL, as well as a rear blade, depending on snow conditions. Of course, this also assumes that attaching/detaching the quick-attach snow blower and detaching/attaching the FEL is a relatively easy and quick operation.

 

[adlertom]

I wonder about the same thing, except I have a TC33DA with supersteer and a 15LA FEL.

The critical issue would be keeping the loader arms up and out of the way of the snowblower and linkage. I don't think you'd want to depend on the hydraulics to hold the loader arms above and out of the way of the blower. This would also obstruct your view and raise your center of gravity. Plus it would look dorky /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Perhaps some customized fabrication, or way of "resting" the loader arms on part of the snowblower would be required. You also wouldn't want to block the snow dischage.

So lots of issues, but I agree this would be handy. Taking the loader on an off the tractor is a pain. Just dropping the quick attach bucket and then hooking up the 72CSH blower would be much easier.

 

[bam747]

I have no intention of having both the snow blower and FEL on the tractor at the same time. I would plan to remove the FEL and use the snow blower for as much snow removal as possible but I still want to be able to quickly and easily remove the snow blower and reinstall the FEL for other tasks.

I did call a New Holland dealer after I posted this tread and was told that the front quick-attach hardware that is on the tractor and the FEL mounting masts CAN be on the tractor at the same time.

I was really hoping to get some feedback from the New Holland user community on TBN as to whether or not it is a relatively quick and easing job to drop the loader and install a front quick-attach implement and visa versa.

Of course, in an ideal world, and given a 16LA FEL with the SSL QA attachment option, you could just run a SSL style QA hydraulically driven snow blower hanging off the FEL. The problem is that no CUT I know of has enough of a hydraulic GPM flow rate to effectively run a hydraulically driven snow blower. Too bad really because that would be the best solution.