New pull type blower

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True. I have 50 acres. No problem. But the throwing distance is a plus to brag about. Its how fast the fan gets rid of it, which usually translates into distance. Even where I'm at I keep the flapper on the chute down a bit. Keeps the dust down and visibility better. Closer to main road I turn it down so as to keep visibility for motorists.

I agree. Who needs to throw the snow 30 feet anyways? At best, you might have to throw it from one side of the driveway to the other if you can't blow in both directions. Also, I really like the suggestion of lowering your chute deflector so the snow doesn't go so high up in the air, and therefore there is less wind blow back. I tried it this past weekend and it works great!

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

CDN farm boy
really appreciate your feedback, you are bringing up issues that most of us would not think of till we owned something for a while and it began to irk us

on another note, with regard to throwing distance , has any one seen the Pronovost accelerator or like products- basically speeds your pto up by 40%

Accelerator for PUMA-48, PUMA-54 (25 HP) PUACC-4854
Accelerator for PUMA-64, PUMA-72 (45 HP) PUACC-6472

You are welcome. I've gained lots of valuable info from people on here, I feel it's only fair to give back what I can.

I've never heard of the accelerators before. I guess Pronovost uses higher rated gear boxes that can handle the additional RPM. I'd be cautious about using one on another brand of blower for fear of over-driving the rating of the gearbox. I find most blowers have acceptable distance as they are as long as you aren't running the biggest possible blower you can on your tractor. Both my Kubota 64" on my B3300 and the 92" Normand inverted on Case 120 Maxxum I have at work throw the snow plenty far if I want them to.

True. I have 50 acres. No problem. But the throwing distance is a plus to brag about. Its how fast the fan gets rid of it, which usually translates into distance. Even where I'm at I keep the flapper on the chute down a bit. Keeps the dust down and visibility better. Closer to main road I turn it down so as to keep visibility for motorists.

I agree. The other side of distance from higher fan speed is the ability to pack the snow tighter in areas with limited room. With the deflector tipped way down, you can pack the snow much tighter than you could by pushing with a blade or bucket. Try packing a double wide driveway into a 4' swath all season, makes a huge difference.

The biggest thing with higher fan speed is actually the blower's capacity. You can usually drive faster to put more snow into the auger if you need to but the fan speed for a given blower is limited by the RPM of the PTO. For a given size of blower and the same tractor, a larger fan diameter will be more efficient and move more snow than a blower with a smaller fan. Similarly, a 4 blade fan will be more efficient and bog down less than a 3 blade fan as each blade will handle less snow.

I agree. Who needs to throw the snow 30 feet anyways? At best, you might have to throw it from one side of the driveway to the other if you can't blow in both directions. Also, I really like the suggestion of lowering your chute deflector so the snow doesn't go so high up in the air, and therefore there is less wind blow back. I tried it this past weekend and it works great!

Count me in on the over 30' group. My lane is wide open and it's always windy here. I clear the lane about 16' wide and want the snow as far away as I can get it to help reduce any potential drifting occurring from the blown ridge. I also have a stretch across the front of my drive sheds that I often blow the snow OVER the shed and out of the yard.

 

[Tractor Tom]

A pull type Blower would be a waste for me, I regularly get 4' - 6' drifts all the time. A pull type Blower would be useless. Even a regular Blower needs help with big drifts.

 

[skyhook]

Rear pulls are not for the little machines, you need a good "L" or above with weight.
Having pulled those banks down like you have, there would be no problem for a rear pull and
the proper tractor to drive through that. With a front blade about 1 1/2 feet up, no problem.
My L4200 would have ate that for breakfast. Sadly, it's sold.

 

[MossRoad]

Not so!

Here is an example of a fairly small Kubota B series with front mount blower handling 24"+ of snow with zero issue!

http://youtu.be/BGa_VbKfK8I

Obviously the travel speed is slower as it has lower PTO hp than a bigger tractor but handles well regardless

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That snow isn't even over the center hubs of the front tires on that tractor. And those front tires are not 48" tall.

 

[Scooby074]

PXPL. Best of both worlds. This guy could have done better by the garage, but meh. Now i just need a big wallet to buy the tractor and the $$ blower

 

[varmint]

Oh my. Almost as cool as the old surplus jet engines the railroads used to use to blast snow off roadbeds. Maybe they still do??

 

[Scooby074]

Oh my. Almost as cool as the old surplus jet engines the railroads used to use to blast snow off roadbeds. Maybe they still do??

Still do. Particularly switches in yards

 

[MossRoad]

You have to wonder how much ballast that thing moves around?

 

[Scooby074]

You have to wonder how much ballast that thing moves around?

Somebody asked the question in the video comments, the person who took the vid said that id didnt move any ballast because it was mostly frozen