Hydraulic Snowblower with PTO Increaser?

[hayden]

What is your PTO HP?
Which front blower do you have?

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50 hp PTO and an 84” blower. 50hp isn’t enough for anything more than a couple of inches. The rest of the time my tractor is running flat out and I’m regulating speed to keep rpms from dropping too far. Typical speed is between 1 and 2 mph.

 

[Dfixit1]

“50 hp PTO and an 84” blower. 50hp isn’t enough for anything more than a couple of inches. The rest of the time my tractor is running flat out and I’m regulating speed to keep rpms from dropping too far. Typical speed is between 1 and 2 mph.”

Are your results with the PTO increaser?

 

[grsthegreat]

50 hp PTO and an 84” blower. 50hp isn’t enough for anything more than a couple of inches. The rest of the time my tractor is running flat out and I’m regulating speed to keep rpms from dropping too far. Typical speed is between 1 and 2 mph.

I have the 80” blower, but we have dry snow. I just blew thru an 18” pile that shed off of my barn roof, so it was compacted. Blew right thru it no issues, and i only have 45 hp. It shot at least 50’.

Heres some pics, but hard to take pics while blowing. Also, i made 1 pass thru the 18+ inches of snow.

Mine has the 15 GPM , 3500 psi pump. Its designed for up to 50 hp. I wonder if using the larger pump on a 50 hp is causing an issue trying to throw snow.

I run my driveway with say 6-8” snowfall, if fairly dry, with hydrostatic tranny in 2nd gear, and i put right along. Only time i go slow is on building sheds, as its real compacted.

 

[grsthegreat]

When my barn sheds, this is what im left with.
I have to clear it so horses can get out of barn. When its this deep, i have to blow it in levels, but doesnt take very long as i can raise the blower.

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[Richard]

I've got a hydraulically powered 15' mower. Yellow part is the speed increaser. In my case, it multiplies the 540 by 4. I also have a 1,000 pto and, they make a 1,000 pto version of same thing.

Cast steel so it's "heavy as lead".

I've wondered about getting a PTO powered generator and if I did, could I use this to get the input speed needed but maybe at a lower tractor RPM (or would I be better off using 1,000 pto)

Pain to put on/take off so I don't. Tractor is essentially a dedicated lawn mower and I leave it on all year unless I have a reason to fight it off. Even then, I leave the increaser and just take the pump off.

This specific unit blew a gear on me maybe 2-years ago. If I recall, the replacement unit was around $3,500.

 

[Dfixit1]

 

[Dfixit1]

Mid PTO running with speed of HST.

 

[Dfixit1]

Snow was 4’ deep yesterday in this picture.

 

[Dfixit1]

It works well but just want to be able to remove a 72” QA bucket and quickly attach a blower. 45 hp, 42 hp net, 35 hp PTO.

 

[grsthegreat]

Why i love my setup, i can swap between blower, plow or bucket for various winter chores. Even put forks on if i need to move snow fall tree damage. And being able to raise blower up to whatever height needed to move shed snow is also a blessing.

And NO SHEAR PINS. It uses hydraulic bypass.