looking for snow pusher feedback for 35hp tractor

trwtow · Dec 9, 2013

milkman636 said:
I figured it would be fast. Were you able to get a box full?

nope just not enuff snow yet I do think it will be the way to go over a straight blade

milkman636 · Dec 9, 2013

trwtow said:
nope just not enuff snow yet I do think it will be the way to go over a straight blade

I'd appreciate you keeping me posted with your feedback when we get a more serious snow, the good and the bad (if there is any).

ff1221 · Dec 11, 2013

I do commercial snow removal and ran a 6' HLA 2500 series pusher for 3 years on a Massey 1648 and it worked great. I replaced that tractor with a John Deere 4320 this year with a front mount blower but have ordered the same pusher with a pin in 3ph hook up for the rear.

buickanddeere · Dec 11, 2013

A snowblower gets rid of the snow and works better. Pushing snow just makes berms that makes drifting in worse.

milkman636 · Dec 11, 2013

ff1221 said:
I do commercial snow removal and ran a 6' HLA 2500 series pusher for 3 years on a Massey 1648 and it worked great. I replaced that tractor with a John Deere 4320 this year with a front mount blower but have ordered the same pusher with a pin in 3ph hook up for the rear.

I've considered that exact model. Did you ever feel that it was undersized?

milkman636 · Dec 12, 2013

buickanddeere said:
A snowblower gets rid of the snow and works better. Pushing snow just makes berms that makes drifting in worse.

For a guy without a cab, and no control over the wind, pushing snow can be the better choice.

I've also damaged a snowblower in the past with a large piece of broken concrete that one of my kids probably left at the edge a parking area. The piece was large enough it wouldn't fit down the throat of the impeller, but the auger just picked it and shoved it into the impeller anyway before the shear pin broke. When I started back up after replacing the pin, the bent impeller was scrubbing the housing wall. I had just started clearing what had to be 8 or 10 inches of snow. It was a bad day. So I am not a snowblower guy.

ff1221 · Dec 12, 2013

milkman636 said:
I've considered that exact model. Did you ever feel that it was undersized?

If all you are doing is a long straight push it may have been slightly indersized, it could probably have been 7-8' btu with any cornering the 6' was just right, I was also running 48hp also so a little more umph behind it then what you have available.

milkman636 · Dec 13, 2013

ff1221 said:
If all you are doing is a long straight push it may have been slightly indersized, it could probably have been 7-8' btu with any cornering the 6' was just right, I was also running 48hp also so a little more umph behind it then what you have available.

My intention is to primarily push straight with it. I have some concerns of my own about turning anything more than gradually. What were your observations about how the tractor and box behave in cornering?

ff1221 · Dec 13, 2013

We use the pusher in float and it tends to take the weight off the front end causing the steering difficulties but it's as simple as taking it out of float in the corners and raising the pusher a bit to give the steers some weight back, just doesnt scrape as good. Our biggest problems were in hard corners but otherwise works well, and they'll carry a pile of snow.

milkman636 · Dec 13, 2013

ff1221 said:
We use the pusher in float and it tends to take the weight off the front end causing the steering difficulties but it's as simple as taking it out of float in the corners and raising the pusher a bit to give the steers some weight back, just doesnt scrape as good. Our biggest problems were in hard corners but otherwise works well, and they'll carry a pile of snow.

That sounds just like what I was expecting. Thanks, I appreciate your input. You've got me leaning toward a good six footer.