leonz
Super Member
Neither, but it's your money.
Did any of these folks ask to come out to see what your plowing???? I doubt it.
A plow mounted on your loader will eventually damage the loader frame from pushing snow and if you encounter a rock that it cannot pass over due to frost heaving you will damage the loader frame.
The loader frame on your L3940 is only ment to lift light materials not push them and pushing back snow banks will also stress the loader arms.
For the money a Riest Series 1000 rear mount with a change order to make it 2 feet wider to a 6 foot cut is money that is better spent and you will have fewer mechanical problems as it is a single stage.
Like I said it's your money, take a few minutes and call the Riest folks in Elmira Ontario and tell them what you want to do with your L3940 and ask how much a widened to six feet in cut Series 1000 would cost and compare that to the used series 2000 they have or sale. Just remember the snow blower rotor on the series 2000 pull type is 19 inches in diameter and you will have to drive slower.
The series one thousand rear mount will not require as much power in usable torque as the series 2000 pull behind would as the snow blower rotor is smaller being 13 inches in diameter.
The idea is to have numb dumb simplicity on a machine when you are on a tarp in a snowstorm working with a flashlight in your mouth with no gloves on trying to fix it. That is why I bought a kerosene fired space heater to work outdoors and also have a source of heat when I am changing shear pins on my JD junk 2 stage unit.
A single stage front or rear mounted snow thrower will only break a chain link or two if it encounters a problem.
You have to try to eat a cinder block to choke it and break the driven chain.
The four paddles in the center of the snow blower rotor throw the snow out faster and farther as snow blower rotor is rotating at 600+plus RPM.
A plow will eventually become of no use if the snow banks become so big it narrows the road or driveway and you will have to hire an operator with a back hoe to remove it all.
A rear mount snow blower or a hydraulic drive single stage snow thrower eliminates that as all the snow is removed to edge of the shoulder if the access road has one.
A rear mount pull behind snow blower or snow thrower is going require diligence in removing snow every few hours and you will need loaded tires and chains. my brother has the same frame size mule that you have and he gets his unit stuck because he does not have chains or ballasted tires and I stopped mentioning that he needs them.........................................
For what you want to do you could also look at a 6 foot wide Series 1000 with a hydraulic power pack mounted on the three point hitch to use it as a front mount snow thrower on the loader.
Did any of these folks ask to come out to see what your plowing???? I doubt it.
A plow mounted on your loader will eventually damage the loader frame from pushing snow and if you encounter a rock that it cannot pass over due to frost heaving you will damage the loader frame.
The loader frame on your L3940 is only ment to lift light materials not push them and pushing back snow banks will also stress the loader arms.
For the money a Riest Series 1000 rear mount with a change order to make it 2 feet wider to a 6 foot cut is money that is better spent and you will have fewer mechanical problems as it is a single stage.
Like I said it's your money, take a few minutes and call the Riest folks in Elmira Ontario and tell them what you want to do with your L3940 and ask how much a widened to six feet in cut Series 1000 would cost and compare that to the used series 2000 they have or sale. Just remember the snow blower rotor on the series 2000 pull type is 19 inches in diameter and you will have to drive slower.
The series one thousand rear mount will not require as much power in usable torque as the series 2000 pull behind would as the snow blower rotor is smaller being 13 inches in diameter.
The idea is to have numb dumb simplicity on a machine when you are on a tarp in a snowstorm working with a flashlight in your mouth with no gloves on trying to fix it. That is why I bought a kerosene fired space heater to work outdoors and also have a source of heat when I am changing shear pins on my JD junk 2 stage unit.
A single stage front or rear mounted snow thrower will only break a chain link or two if it encounters a problem.
You have to try to eat a cinder block to choke it and break the driven chain.
The four paddles in the center of the snow blower rotor throw the snow out faster and farther as snow blower rotor is rotating at 600+plus RPM.
A plow will eventually become of no use if the snow banks become so big it narrows the road or driveway and you will have to hire an operator with a back hoe to remove it all.
A rear mount snow blower or a hydraulic drive single stage snow thrower eliminates that as all the snow is removed to edge of the shoulder if the access road has one.
A rear mount pull behind snow blower or snow thrower is going require diligence in removing snow every few hours and you will need loaded tires and chains. my brother has the same frame size mule that you have and he gets his unit stuck because he does not have chains or ballasted tires and I stopped mentioning that he needs them.........................................
For what you want to do you could also look at a 6 foot wide Series 1000 with a hydraulic power pack mounted on the three point hitch to use it as a front mount snow thrower on the loader.
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