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[6sunset6]

I have a rear mounted blower and I understand about looking backward. I clear 600-800 ft and I would not want to do a lot more backwards. I also have a QA plow on the loader arms. A mile long unimproved road you say. You will have to either hold the blower up with the hyd lift or put feet on the blower. I am not sure factory blowers come with feet and it sounds like you could not do this yourself, at least for a while. You will struggle on the uninproved road, Picking up gravel and rocks . Make sure the chute is not pointed at anything that could be damaged. Also the PTO shaft will have either a slip clutch or a shear pin. Slip clutch is ok ( has to be slipped every fall when you first hook it up) or make sure you have spare shear pins. in the tool box with the tools to replace it. If you don't live there and only clear when you get there you might be better off with a plow on the same type of subframe. I think the machine is heavy enough to handle a plow.
Or pave the road.

 

[yakman$]

I have a rear mounted blower and I understand about looking backward. I clear 600-800 ft and I would not want to do a lot more backwards. I also have a QA plow on the loader arms. A mile long unimproved road you say. You will have to either hold the blower up with the hyd lift or put feet on the blower. I am not sure factory blowers come with feet and it sounds like you could not do this yourself, at least for a while. You will struggle on the uninproved road, Picking up gravel and rocks . Make sure the chute is not pointed at anything that could be damaged. Also the PTO shaft will have either a slip clutch or a shear pin. Slip clutch is ok ( has to be slipped every fall when you first hook it up) or make sure you have spare shear pins. in the tool box with the tools to replace it. If you don't live there and only clear when you get there you might be better off with a plow on the same type of subframe. I think the machine is heavy enough to handle a plow.
Or pave the road.

Thanks for all the good advise


For the cost of 3 hrs labor @ 80.00 per hour I have decided to get it installed.

Now in regards to my road. This may sound silly but the cottage is about 4 minutes from my home. 6 minutes with traffic LOL .

I will be there quit often over the winter. I have plans to take the tractor on the ice and make a hockey rink for the kids.

The road is hard to explain but I will not be able to use a plow. The road is right beside the lake. On the other side of the road is a bank where the road has been cut in to the bank on average would be about 5 high so I would not be able to push snow on that side with a plow. On the lake side there is a 0 to 3' lip or bank to stop cars from going in the lake. There is the occasional trough to let water get through. So pushing may be hard to say the least.

The thrower would get it up in the air and towards the lake.


In regards to the clutch I will need to ask them about this. I am not sure if it is a pin or clutch. Thanks for the warning. When you say feet I am assuming that you are referring to the feet to keep the blower off the ground like on a plow. I am not sure again if it has feet or a hydrolytic assist.

The road is in ok condition I am also working at it every weekend to get it ready for winter there is a hump in some areas but I am hoping to have all that worked out real soon. The road is pack hard dirt and gravel at least where I have got to it with the grader.

Not I have nothing to compare it to but the grader I purchased (Land pride) is awesome it really works well and I would recommend it to anyone I am very happy with it. It does a great job on the road.

Thanks for the info on the clutch and feet I will look in to both.

Yakman$

 

[JDeerekid]

being front mount they usually come with skid shoes to keep it up off the ground a little. I am not sure I would want to take my $30,000 tractor out on the ice unless you know there is a really good amount and then I still would have to think about it hard.

 

[yakman$]

being front mount they usually come with skid shoes to keep it up off the ground a little. I am not sure I would want to take my $30,000 tractor out on the ice unless you know there is a really good amount and then I still would have to think about it hard.

I had my truck on it last year with a plow for the rink so i am not that worried.

But thanks for the warning

My wife wants me to drive on it with the door open

Heres a few shots of my lake and the beach i put in with my new tractor..

 

[JDeerekid]

very nice place. Awesome view.

 

[jls3]

Beautiful Spot, I take it is a small land locked lake. I imagine it freezes pretty quick and thick if there is no inlet or outlet. Still measure the ice before going out if you go with the tractor. I've seen a Suzuki side Kick to a John Deere 744 loader go thru the ice around here. It must make a great skate rink, nice and smooth if there is no wind on the first cold days.

 

[yakman$]

Yes land locked kettle lake.
Deep 90' deep in two spots
Did some ice fishing on it last year ice was 25" in some areas.

Great fishing 6lb bass 7lb trout my oldest has trouble catching bass smaller the 3lbs

Heres a pic of a trout I caught in the summer.

Thats the one and only fish I took to eat YUM YUM

 

[kozak]

yakman,

Welcome to TBN & congratulations on one incredible, most awesome, son of a gun Tractor !! I can see why your smirking in that photo. Then theirs the lakefront cottage........Whooooweeeee....that's IT.....I comin over with Beer.

See Ya Soon,


Vic

 

[yakman$]

yakman,

Welcome to TBN & congratulations on one incredible, most awesome, son of a gun Tractor !! I can see why your smirking in that photo. Then theirs the lakefront cottage........Whooooweeeee....that's IT.....I comin over with Beer.

See Ya Soon,


Vic

Sure come on over.
All are welcome if there's BEER involved.

 

[WilliamBos]

Sure come on over.
All are welcome if there's BEER involved.

Sounds like a TBN get together. Heineken is the language I spreekt. LOL