New TC24D

spencer200 · Oct 12, 2003

Hmmm! I Guess I will have to take a look at a new manual. They used to come with a chart and everything that explained the settings but it has been a while since I looked at a manual they might have changed.

jimg · Dec 1, 2003

I have a 24D which I bought new w/ a rear mount snow blower. The later is a Puma 52" made for Pronovost (a Canadian company) in Italy. Its wide enough to cover the tractor's rear tires and came highly recommended by my NH dealer. Its pretty heavy duty and Im sure itll buz right thru an icy snow bank w/o a problem. Since we can get large amts of snow here no one handles a lightweight blower. Sadly there hasnt been enough snow yet to try it out. Ill report when theres enough snow to use it. I suspect though (based on yrs of walking behind a 2 wheel blower) its going to be really nice. In fact Im sure its going to be REALLY REALLY nice....no more cold wet hands, no more aching back, no more 1/2 day sessions to clean up big storms...a big time saver for sure. In the mean time its dandy counter weight for moving rocks out of the woods.

Trouser Bark · Dec 1, 2003

( The blower ordered for it is the std New Holland 3ph model. )

I might be slow but not quite stalled out. It finally dawned on me that I can't have it on order really ...more of a backorder I guess in that they don't list one. As luck would have it I've figured out that for me, driving backwards on the little 24D would get old in about a nanosecond. Apparently my personal frame is pretty straight and likes to stay that way.

If there's a bonus in all this it's that I now know what I don't want and can keep from squandering any money on an tool I'd wind up hating, quick.

The question? What's the hot setup for putting one on the front? Do I have to remove the 12LA to do that? Is there any sort of quick change plate that would allow me to remove the bucket and attach a blower w/ minimum hassle factor?

The other question...

Using the FLA to move snow is getting a lot faster and easier now that I've learned to pick up more than a teaspoonfull of material /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif but a lot of snow sticks to the inside of the bucket. What's the trick to getting the stuff not to stick?

snowbound · Dec 2, 2003

( I'm a little concerned about it as the driveway is gravel and has some rocks on it that I'm fairly certain would be launched through that blower like a machine gun.)

This is why I didn't get a snow blower at all. I have a self propelled snow blower (7 hp dual type) and last year when it twice took three days for the guys who are supposed to plow us out to get around to us (not that they were slacking, just we are too far down their list of people to plow out), I decided to go after the snow with the blower. Well it turns out that when you have 32" of snow on 2/3 of a mile of driveway then that snowblower is not the right tool for the job. It died game, though, bending it's impeller on a rock I didn't see. I knew there were rocks on the driveway so I kept the chute pointed away from anything I didn't want to nail with an ejected rock. But this rock took out the snowblower.

So I went for a tractor with a quick-attach loader so I can use a blade to plow high and low, and the bucket to dig in case the berm at the end of the drive that the State builds for us is _that_ big.

snowbound · Dec 2, 2003

( The question? What's the hot setup for putting one on the front?)

The option I went with is a quick-attach adapter for the loader and put a front blade on there. I asked a lot of tractor users I know before doing this.

Alternatively you can get a rear-blade and keep the loader but that normally means the rear-ward driving you just said you didn't want. This is what most of the people I know with tractors do for snow removal. But most of them recommended the loader mounted blade given my driveway, which is neither flat nor straight.

jimg · Dec 2, 2003

I have a gravel drive and live on a dirt road...rocks in all sizes are common. I set the skids low so a layer of snow remains. After a few thaw/freeze cylces the surface becomes fairly static and acts as a barrier between gravel and blower. After that pt my boys follow up w/ a hand scraper to dress off the loose snow the blower missed. I also scout out the bigger rocks prior to first snow and move them out of the way. As for the plow burms I dont try to blow those until Im sure the plow isnt digging up any more rocks. That means they get moved by hand until then. This Ill use the same game plan exc instead of shoveling Im going to use the loader.

Bob_Skurka · Dec 5, 2003

I plowed 4" to 5" of snow this morning with a rear blade on my TC24D. The blade was set at a 30 degree angle and offset a bit, it is 60" overall. I had it facing forward so I was pulling the blade not pushing it backward.

I was very surprised at how the blade acted like a rudder and pushe the whole tractor to the opposite side. Granted I was driving on very icy slush, but I've used the tractor set up this way for dirt and not felt the push in the opposite direction.

My new Buhler Farm King 60" 3pt blower is due to be delivered tomorrow, just my luck the first real snow fell last night! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

PineRidge · Dec 5, 2003

Legion I would imagine there are more than a few missprints in the NH manual. When I went to my dealer to get a couple of cans of spray paint for my TC-40D I was armed with the paint numbers that were posted in the manual for my particular tractor. Thanks to my salesman's quick eye he showed me the correct paint that I needed even before I got a chance to buy the wrong colors. I did however get the numbers from the NH manual, they just were not the correct numbers.