Howdy from Northeast CT

MattEverest · Aug 11, 2020

Haha you guys love your blowers. I live in CT - I bet we don’t average more than 4-5’ of snow per winter.

Coming from a 28” snowblower that takes me about 4 hours, Im going to see just how “rough”
It is with a tractor

BoylermanCT · Aug 11, 2020

I live on the NW side of CT, and we get 5-6' on average. I used to do my driveway in 2 hours with a 28" walk behind. Now it takes me 20-25 minutes. If we get 2" or less I use the plow. Anything more and I use the blower. Looking forward to getting a real storm of 12" to see how the blower does.

dlctcg · Aug 11, 2020

I live in in the NE of CT (near UCONN) & agree on the 5' average... I normally plow the drive (9' plow on a Superduty) but with a 1/2+ mile gravel drive with woods on both sides I would like to have a blower to push back the banks... The driveway can sometimes start to narrow.. & blowing back the banks would cut back on the icing from the melting & freezing... the drive is a big incline so it is an issue with icing... especially for the oil delivery trucks...

The Deerslayer · Aug 12, 2020

dlctcg said:
I live in in the NE of CT (near UCONN) & agree on the 5' average... I normally plow the drive (9' plow on a Superduty) but with a 1/2+ mile gravel drive with woods on both sides I would like to have a blower to push back the banks... The driveway can sometimes start to narrow.. & blowing back the banks would cut back on the icing from the melting & freezing... the drive is a big incline so it is an issue with icing... especially for the oil delivery trucks...

Also from the same area and agree. I have a long gravel driveway with horse fencing on both sides. It only took one significant snowfall to realize my rear blade and bucket alone were not going to be the most efficient way to remove the snow. The berms were too much, especially at the narrowest part of the driveway. Wasn't long before I bought the 3 pt. blower, and glad I did. Use the blade for anything under 6 to 8 inches, and the blower comes out for anything substantial or to bring the berms down after several storms.

MattEverest · Aug 16, 2020

Either of you guys willing to take a phone call or ride up to Stafford? I’ve got a leak at one of the hydraulics fittings on the loader and just don’t feel comfortable wrenching on it without some supervision. Dealer said just undo it and add some Teflon tape - I just don’t want to torque something the wrong way. Thanks in advance.

dlctcg · Aug 16, 2020

I saw your other post regarding this... If your still having issues with it let me know... your not very far from me..

Oh, & as others have mentioned, your dealer really shouldn't recommend Teflon tape for fittings ever... the only fittings that really should use a sealer are NPT (national pipe tread) fittings; I don't use it on any of the others.

MattEverest · Aug 17, 2020

dlctcg said:
I saw your other post regarding this... If your still having issues with it let me know... your not very far from me..

Oh, & as others have mentioned, your dealer really shouldn't recommend Teflon tape for fittings ever... the only fittings that really should use a sealer are NPT (national pipe tread) fittings; I don't use it on any of the others.

Thanks. Appreciate that. I’ll check in it today and see if I’ve got any leakage.