Snowblower New Erskine Rear PULL Snowblowers

[FrankBenevento]

i am hoping to revive this thread....


i have a pretty long driveway.. about 1/4 mile or so.. plus a large landing on top to clear.. this year we have had more snow then i can ever remember.. the problem is that i can't use the back blade anymore b/c it just doesn't move the snow out far enough.. which means i spend to many hours pushing with the bucket.. getting it opened up..

i saw the Erskine line and i absolutely LOVE this idea.. i really am hoping somebody that has one can justify the cost for me..

i know people talk about the whole problem of running over the snow before blowing it away.. however.. i would like to chime in with another point...

i use the back blade constantly to move snow... you run that snow over too and the blade still has no problem moving the compacted snow..

now.. consider also.. my back blade is 450lbs.. the 78" blower is 900 lbs!!!!! thats alot of scraping power i would think... thats what attracts me to it.. the ability to scrape like a back blade... and spit it out like a blower.. and of course... no sore neck..


Any thougts out there??

 

[KWentling]

The only snow blowing experience I have is with a front blower on my little BX, but I can't think the driving over the snow first would be a problem, as long as it isn't so deep that you can't drive through it. The way our snow here drifts, that would be a problem sometimes, but having the blower on the rear would allow you to leave the loader on and push the drifts out enough to blow it. Best option, in my opinion, is still the blower out front.

Kim

 

[FrankBenevento]

i can see how the blower out front would be a good option.. but then you lose the loader.. thats a must have all winter long.. i haul my wood with it.. plus i need it for breaking up the sand pile for spreading sand..


asside from drifts.. if your expecting 2 feet of snow..and thats too much.. just do it twice.. 1 half way through.. and 1 when its over... :thumbsup:

 

[ZDB]

Their 1600 model may be applicable to compact tractor use given the hydraulic flow requirements although right at the lower limit.
You could quick attach swap between the blower and bucket.

 

[rbargeron]

i am hoping to revive this thread....

i saw the Erskine line and i absolutely LOVE this idea.. i really am hoping somebody that has one can justify the cost for me..

.. the 78" blower is 900 lbs!!!!! that's a lot of scraping power i would think... thats what attracts me to it.. the ability to scrape like a back blade... and spit it out like a blower.. and of course... no sore neck..

Any thougts out there??

Frank, There are several posts about draw-forward blowers on the snow removal forum. Erskine's models look good - and Normand's do too. Check out this post and others. I've used pull-types in the past and they get under the packed snow fine unless someone's been driving on it for a week

 

[Duffster]

Their 1600 model may be applicable to compact tractor use given the hydraulic flow requirements although right at the lower limit.
You could quick attach swap between the blower and bucket.

It is not quite that simple since the few tractors are going put out enough GPM to run a blower.

I think the rear pull blower is the way to go. :thumbsup:

 

[mack101]

I used the rear blade for a while and then eventually had to 'open up' for the oil truck to get to the shop. Reversing the blade and pushing the snow worked wonders, I had widened everything in 20 minutes. I was able to push it out on a bit of an angle, reversing, then taking a new angle. Where the snow was too heavy I would raise the blade halfway, then take another pass with it fully lowered. Turned the blade around again and cleaned everything up.

This was using a MF 1533 which has a fair bit of heft and R4's.

 

[slowzuki]

The pull blower may be ok most of the time, but I normally do driveways that are drifted and I can't get the tractor through. The blower clears my path.

 

[FrankBenevento]

my personal opinion here.. so please correct me if im wrong.. i never found snow drifts to really be much of a problem b/c the snow is so loose.. if its super high.. i'll just tip the bucket alittle to knock the top off.. but the tires always make it through.. depends on the tractor maybe??

 

[bironacad]

Bad neck bad back so I got the pull behind, I don't have to look over my shoulder as much and it was $4000 less then the front mount which required adding the lower attach assembly. It works fine for me.:thumbsup: