Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

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I have a L39TLB with a Loftness 60" snow blower on the SSQA. Get the motor model number and find the Cu in displacement. You can determine the speed of blower impeller by that displacement and your gpm hydraulic supply. I have up to 9 gpm and at first , mine would not throw the snow very far... but worked. With research, I found Loftness offered it with a smaller motor. So I replaced mine from 4.9 to 3.6 cu inch. Now it rotates faster with same oil flow. Snow blower success is all about impeller speed.

It's a volume per revolution, FYI.
With a smaller displacement, under the same load you'll have a higher pressure. Or, with a limited pressure it'll handle less load. It's a balancing act, between flow and pressure (and that's when you control the pump and motor----you have no control over the pump).

It's analogous to a gear ratio.

For whoever cares.

 

[beenthere]

Great video. Almost mesmerizing with the momentum you carry (something I'll learn to do as I level out any uneven surfaces in my driveway). The length of your driveway easily justifies the side mounted plow. Any videos of that in action?

Hooking up the wing plow video, few minutes to mount the two points, and the chain around the 3ph lift arm. Mounts on right side or left side.
Wing plow hookup - YouTube

Compiled video operating the blade.. need to have a drone to get some better video of it. This winter getting more uses as we have been getting more snow. And as mentioned, get at the high snow banks before they melt and refreeze.

Winging snow berms back - YouTube

 

[grsthegreat]

I have a L39TLB with a Loftness 60" snow blower on the SSQA. Get the motor model number and find the Cu in displacement. You can determine the speed of blower impeller by that displacement and your gpm hydraulic supply. I have up to 9 gpm and at first , mine would not throw the snow very far... but worked. With research, I found Loftness offered it with a smaller motor. So I replaced mine from 4.9 to 3.6 cu inch. Now it rotates faster with same oil flow. Snow blower success is all about impeller speed.

Thats the truth. I have my loader mount snowblower hooked into a 15 gpm, 3000 psi rear hydraulic power pack. Only way to blow that darn snow.

 

[robstaples]

It's a volume per revolution, FYI.
With a smaller displacement, under the same load you'll have a higher pressure. Or, with a limited pressure it'll handle less load. It's a balancing act, between flow and pressure (and that's when you control the pump and motor----you have no control over the pump).

It's analogous to a gear ratio.

For whoever cares.

Thanks, the analogy is helpful. I knew I was not getting the same result, like higher rpm but less torque, but it works for me here in Ann Arbor, MI. We have not gotten much snow in years. If we ever do get a bunch, I would just have to got slower to maintain rpm. Super wet snow might overload the motor, then it is a miss-shaped plow blade!

 

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Thanks, the analogy is helpful. I knew I was not getting the same result, like higher rpm but less torque, but it works for me here in Ann Arbor, MI. We have not gotten much snow in years. If we ever do get a bunch, I would just have to got slower to maintain rpm. Super wet snow might overload the motor, then it is a miss-shaped plow blade!

That's true with a mechanical system, too (slowing down). It's just a method of power transmission. Less efficient than a couple gears and a couple of u-joints, but just as effective. Yes, you're geared higher for more speed, at the cost of torque. Momentum it's key (I think of those 4' saw blades to cut down trees). I'm in Cadillac and just blew 6 or 7". Took longer than 2", but I wasn't rushing either.

 

[triangel]

t1510 with my newly acquired New Holland csh72 front mount snow blower blowing snow

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-02-06, 0646

21 right now...got another dusting (half inch) of snow...and had received about the same by the time I'd gotten home from work yesterday. I'll hit the walks this morning sometime. Probably not worth using the tractor...but one pass down and one pass back might be in order.
Today's high will be in the upper 20's...
Chores today...dump run. Store run for a couple things...clear up the little snow as written about above. Putter about after that

 

[pokey1416]

Little plowing action in backyard for the “boys” (pugs).

Plowing Snow with Kubota - YouTube

 

[ArlyA]

Not very many pictures here!! Taken today. We've been receiving snow continuously for about 4 days now. :thumbsup:

 

[fruitcakesa]

Not very many pictures here!! Taken today. We've been receiving snow continuously for about 4 days now. :thumbsup:

Had any time to XC ski?
We have gotten 6 plowable snow events in the past month with temps consistently below freezing and for the first time in recent and not so recent memory,
no January thaw or rain event to produce unrelenting ice to contend with:thumbsup:
The big bonus is perfect XC snow conditions pretty much every day!!