New Snow Blower for the L3400

[KubotaTerry]

When I look on the Kubota web site under accessories for the L3400, under the snowblower, the say something like "new model to be announced". Anyone know what's coming?

Terry

 

[canoetrpr]

No clue... but... I've been thinking about one for my L3400 and there is a bunch of aftermarket stuff out there that seems pretty good. For rear mount you are often just getting something made by someone else with Kubota sticker on it anyway.

If I can swing it I'd like to get the Walco Meteor 68" blower. I was quoted $1800 CDN for it. Trying to decide whether I should just go with a blade for now.

 

[KubotaTerry]

I need to start looking for a rear mount blower. I don't know anything about them. Never even seen one except in pictures. I like the idea of having the FEL on the front and the blower in the back. I know that having to drive the tractor backwards will be a pain in the neck (literally), but I just don't need it that often. We get two, maybe three storms a year that cause some drifts deep enough to need a snow blower. My road is mainly dirt and sand, so I assume I will have to keep the blower a few inches above the surface.

I was going to wait and see what was coming new according to the Kubota web site, but I'm beginning to think it doesn't exist.

Can anyone suggest a good one for the 3400HST?

Terry

 

[ccsial]

I don't know which are best today but I have a 1980's Ford blower. They don't really wear out. I don't find driving backward all that bad. My drive is paved but I do my neigbors during bad storms and once I got it too low and picked up a bit of gravel. It sheared the shear pin. No big deal. If I had a gravel drive I would mount some wheels on it to keep it out of the gravel.

 

[MadReferee]

My road is mainly dirt and sand, so I assume I will have to keep the blower a few inches above the surface.

Not really. My driveway is not paved either and all I do is angle the cutting edge a half inch or so off the ground using the top link. You can also adjust the skid shoes (if you have them) so that the cutting edge is a half inch off the ground. Once the ground freezes the angle can be reduced.