Ready for Winter
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kennyd
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That looks great! You REALLY need to get that thing dirty
N1ST
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It does look fine. Sorry for the ignorance, but how do you snow blow with it You must go around in reverse - Doesn't that get tiring on the neck?
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Killer_B
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N1ST said:
That's the idea, though I have not actually tried this yet. It is by far the most common set up for tractor mounted blowers.
As far as neck pain, I just don't know. It probably would have been on my last tractor. But this one is very roomy. It's quite comfortable to turn sideways and look back.
My last two tractors had interchangeable front mount blowers and angle blades. But you could only have one on at a time, obviously. It seems to me it would be more convenient to have both a plow and blower at your disposal, the former doing the majority of the work and the latter for moving heavy drifts.
We shall see.
KB
N1ST
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I learn something every day. Let us know how it works out!
RoyJackson
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Nice pics!!! Thank you!
Your drive looks to be about 50 feet or a little less. And, it's paved....why did you buy both a plow and a blower? Seems like with the little bit of plowing you have to do, one or the other would have sufficed.
Your drive looks to be about 50 feet or a little less. And, it's paved....why did you buy both a plow and a blower? Seems like with the little bit of plowing you have to do, one or the other would have sufficed.
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Killer_B
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gunmaker said:
The 3rd Function SCV does the angling of the blade. The joystick runs the loader as normal. I will probably switch the angle control to the curl function and the curl/dump function to the 3rd SCV.
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Killer_B
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RoyJackson said:
My parking pad is 60' wide. My driveway is 300' long. Even so, if it were just my drive, I would probably get by with the loader bucket and maybe a rear blower. But, I also have a side job doing three of my neighbors who have longer drives and larger parking areas than I do.
JDFANATIC
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killerb,
Nice, though my hope is you don't get to use it this year and that sort of winter works it way into New England!
Nice, though my hope is you don't get to use it this year and that sort of winter works it way into New England!
kennyd
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Killer_B said:
Sounds like you need a Diverter on that FEL!
prosperity
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Looks like an awesome setup!
It looks like you have level paved surfaces to deal with - did you get away without chains in the past?
It looks like you have level paved surfaces to deal with - did you get away without chains in the past?
RoyJackson
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Killer_B said:
Yeah, I looked at the pic again...I thought where it curves to the left was the end to the side road.
Well, you've got the rig to handle almost any snow that comes your way!
JB4310
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Killer_B said:
I'm not sure what kind of snowfalls you get there but now that you have the blower why not make it your primary use tool, I don't own a tractor mounted blower only walk behinds but with your concrete drive and manicured lawn I think you would get a better job with the blower. With the blower it's one pass and your done, no going back over and over again picking up the spilled snow, and it moves the snow away from the edges with less chance for damaging the lawn with a plow.
Like I said I don't know how much snow you get, if you get less than 6 inches at a time then the blower might be overkill as it looks like it could handle 16 inches with no problem!
Here's a picture of what the limits are for a loader and plow when the piles at the edges start building up and there's no where to put more snow, you wouldn't have that problem with a big blower.
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JDFANATIC
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JB,JB4310 said:
That looks like a FVE label on the hood!
JB4310
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Ya, good eyes, I never noticed that before, I'm in Newington, I bought mine from Jack, but I know Steve and Dave from the construction expos. I was there Thursday, I'm looking for a hard canopy, a 16' equipment trailer, a pto generator etc etc etc dreaming, but I will get the top this year to help with the sleet and freezing rain.
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Killer_B
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prosperity said:
I have not needed chains since I moved up from my old Ariens lawn tractor. 4WD seems to provide all the traction that is needed.
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Killer_B
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JB4310 said:
It's a question of speed. With the plow, you fly along in mid or high range. And three passes down a 12' drive way leaves it squeaky clean. With the blower, you creep along in low range. The only time I go to the blower is when there is too much for the plow to handle. That would be about 6" or so. At least that's the way it worked with my last two Kubotas. I'll have to see how it goes with the green monster.
The snow bank problem was not much of an issue the past few years. It seems like a couple weeks of hard snow is often followed by a melt off lately. If the weather was like I remember in northern Michigan in the 70's, it would be all blower all the time for sure.
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JDFANATIC
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JB,JB4310 said:
I'm from Southington. I've purchased three tractors from Trudeau's/FVE. Jack (and all of the sales staff) are great guys!)
JDFANATIC
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Do you really have to blow in low range? I've never used a rear blower, but with my front blower I go in high range full speed ahead.Killer_B said:
