Snow Equipment Owning/Operating Pictures of your snow weapons

duroc · Feb 12, 2013

grsthegreat said:
thats why i got the loader mounted blower.......my back thanks me every time i use it.

How does that hook up, and what drives it?

grsthegreat · Feb 13, 2013

duroc said:
How does that hook up, and what drives it?

it attaches in place of the bucket, and is driven with a pto powered hydraulic pump. theres a 50 gallon hydraulic tank on back. this also adds counterbalance to the weight of blower

RaydaKub · Feb 13, 2013

grsthegreat said:
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it attaches in place of the bucket, and is driven with a pto powered hydraulic pump. theres a 50 gallon hydraulic tank on back. this also adds counterbalance to the weight of blower

Hot dayum! Now that that is a blower!

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radrock · Feb 13, 2013

grsthegreat said:
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it attaches in place of the bucket, and is driven with a pto powered hydraulic pump. theres a 50 gallon hydraulic tank on back. this also adds counterbalance to the weight of blower

That's a great setup. My back feels better just looking at it.

duroc · Feb 13, 2013

grsthegreat said:
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it attaches in place of the bucket, and is driven with a pto powered hydraulic pump. theres a 50 gallon hydraulic tank on back. this also adds counterbalance to the weight of blower

That's very interesting! I didn't buy a front mounted SB because I planned on putting a plow on the front end - which I did! I already had a spinal fusion (neck C-5 C-6 ) and pay the price every time I use any rear attachments. Your set-up would definitely save my neck and back from any further issues. Very nice set-up! Thanks for posting!

grsthegreat · Feb 13, 2013

duroc said:
That's very interesting! I didn't buy a front mounted SB because I planned on putting a plow on the front end - which I did! I already had a spinal fusion (neck C-5 C-6 ) and pay the price every time I use any rear attachments. Your set-up would definitely save my neck and back from any further issues. Very nice set-up! Thanks for posting!

no problem. also, i have a front mounted plow. i can swap between the blower and the plow, or the bucket, in under 5 minutes.

grsthegreat · Feb 13, 2013

duroc said:
That's very interesting! I didn't buy a front mounted SB because I planned on putting a plow on the front end - which I did! I already had a spinal fusion (neck C-5 C-6 ) and pay the price every time I use any rear attachments. Your set-up would definitely save my neck and back from any further issues. Very nice set-up! Thanks for posting!

no problem. also, i have a front mounted plow. i can swap between the blower and the plow, or the bucket, in under 5 minutes.

my neck used to lock up something fierce after rear snowblowing for 4-6 hours at a stretch. between the heated cab and having everything up front, i now have had no further problems with my neck.

this blower was cheaper then surgery,...which was where i was headed.

Winmac · Feb 15, 2013

Heres my current setup, 65hp landini, 12f/12r with shuttle shift, 7' provost blower, 8' hd plow, and theres a snow bucket for the loader.

Michaeljp86 · Feb 15, 2013

NS Gearhead said:
Take it from someone who's been there; buy something built already. I've been at this for 7 years... have in the neighborhood of $60K + into it, and it's still not 100%. The kicker is if I wanted to sell it, I'd be lucky to get $15-18K. Who's better off; me or the guy who buys it at 1/4 what's into it?

Ive done it myself plenty of times. There a few other Frankenstein projects Id like to build but I think Ill put them off until I have time and money to spare. One I would like to do is build a little gas save ford ranger or s10. Im spending a fortune in fuel.

D7E · Feb 16, 2013

Winmac said:
Heres my current setup, 65hp landini, 12f/12r with shuttle shift, 7' provost blower, 8' hd plow, and theres a snow bucket for the loader.

Thats a nice little outfit ....Why bother with the blade though if you have a big bucket ?

Piston · Feb 16, 2013

D7E said:
Thats a nice little outfit ....Why bother with the blade though if you have a big bucket ?

The blade is many times more efficient than a bucket.

That is a snowstorms worst enemy right there!

Winmac · Feb 16, 2013

there was always spillage from the bucket pushing long distances and the dump cycle time was too long. I tried the blade on the loader and found it was to long, especially opening drives from a busy highway. I'll use this for a while then i may put some wings on the blade or maybe a box pusher down the road.

CompactTractorFan · Feb 16, 2013

grsthegreat said:
this blower was cheaper then surgery,...which was where i was headed.

...and a lot more fun! :laughing:

D7E · Feb 16, 2013

Piston said:
The blade is many times more efficient than a bucket.

That is a snowstorms worst enemy right there!

We run 3 plowtrucks and 3 loaders with snow buckets ,always find blades are a bit of a one trick horse leaving ridges everywhere and not being able to pile up deep you soon run out of space . plows only go out as backup .

D7E · Feb 16, 2013

Piston said:
The blade is many times more efficient than a bucket.

That is a snowstorms worst enemy right there!

We run 3 plowtrucks and 3 loaders with snow buckets ,always find blades are a bit of a one trick horse leaving ridges everywhere and not being able to pile up deep you soon run out of space . plows only go out as backup .

ljohnson778 · Feb 16, 2013

Here's my snow weapon, sure wish we had more snow this year...

Ralph Copp · Feb 16, 2013

Nice looking tractor. I sure would like to have a blower like you have on my tractor. Up here in New Brunswick we can get quite a bit of snow. My tractor looks a lot like your New Holland. I had to paint up my old snow blower to match the LS 7010.

ljohnson778 · Feb 16, 2013

Ralph Copp said:
Nice looking tractor. I sure would like to have a blower like you have on my tractor. Up here in New Brunswick we can get quite a bit of snow. My tractor looks a lot like your New Holland. I had to paint up my old snow blower to match the LS 7010.

Yessir, you sure have a sweet machine. Oh yeah, can't beat a cab, can you? Sorry to all of the open station troopers I've offended... lol

toy1 · Feb 16, 2013

I finally got around to take a picture or our snow equipment, I have not included the loader they are used for everything, we have 3 houses on the property around 1 miles of driveways and a lot of common areas we maintain. the last storm we got around 18 inches and I finally got to try out the toolcat blower, have not used it since I bought it in 2011 worked as advertised nice not having to look out the back of the M9000, most of the time the RTV's do very well in keeping up with the snow they are fast and can handle 6+ inches with no problem.