Rear Inverted Snowblowers 2019

Piston · Dec 21, 2019

MJ1964 said:
I have 2 Meteor PT blowers. A 60" for an asphalt driveway and a 78" for a gravel road. The big difference for my set up between the two is how I adjust the top link. I run the top link "long" on the gravel so i don't pull in debris, especially early in the season. On pavement I run the top link "short" so it cuts down better. Much like how you adjust a box blade. I'm not sure if your skids will prevent any noticeable effect, but it's worth playing with.

MJ,
How are your skid shoes setup? Are they the same as the ops?

By design, the skid shoes are meant to bear the weight of the blower, and in the ops case , they will certainly prevent him from scraping any further as he’d like.

Shortening the top link (with the skid shoes adjusted as they are) will likely make the situation worse, since they are forward of his scraper blade.

In my opinion, based off the photos, it is adjusted perfectly just the way it is. However, it’s not my driveway.

MJ1964 · Dec 21, 2019

Piston said:
MJ,
How are your skid shoes setup? Are they the same as the ops?

By design, the skid shoes are meant to bear the weight of the blower, and in the ops case , they will certainly prevent him from scraping any further as he壇 like.

Shortening the top link (with the skid shoes adjusted as they are) will likely make the situation worse, since they are forward of his scraper blade.

In my opinion, based off the photos, it is adjusted perfectly just the way it is. However, it痴 not my driveway.

I agree with what you are saying and I think I oversimplified my reply. If you go too short or too long with the top link you will raise the cutting edge up because the blower will pivot on the front or rear of the skid. On gravel I want it pitched back slightly so it isn稚 cutting as cleanly. Perfectly flat will give the cutting edge the best chance to cut low. I will lower my blower on the garage floor and tweak the top link to get what appears to be the best 田ut on asphalt. Obviously nothing is perfectly level in the world of driveways and there will always be some snow left behind

I really like these blowers and I made my decision to buy my first one based on kco痴 reviews of his about 8 or 9 years ago

Hilbilly · Dec 23, 2019

A couple of days ago I got about 7" of heavy wet snow and then it started to rain. Yuck!!!. While I was plowing this stuff, it would just roll off the end of the plow in large blobs or just refuse to slide off. Nasty stuff to plow. I know my rear facing blower would probably not work in this stuff unless I went at a snails pace and kept the RPMs way up. Even then I'm sure it would keep plugging up.

Got me thinking about what you guys with inverted blowers do in circumstances like these.

MJ1964 · Dec 23, 2019

Hilbilly said:
A couple of days ago I got about 7" of heavy wet snow and then it started to rain. Yuck!!!. While I was plowing this stuff, it would just roll off the end of the plow in large blobs or just refuse to slide off. Nasty stuff to plow. I know my rear facing blower would probably not work in this stuff unless I went at a snails pace and kept the RPMs way up. Even then I'm sure it would keep plugging up.

Got me thinking about what you guys with inverted blowers do in circumstances like these.

Wow! 7" is a lot of slush. I had great luck in about 3" of slushy snow with my 60" on a BX 2670 last spring. It's a big PT blower for a subcompact tractor. It threw the slush nicely. I think the relative newness of the blower helped. The paint is still looking perfect running in a suburban environment. Perhaps the biggest reason it throws slush well is that Meteor impellers have 5 blades. I've never used a rear facing snowblower so I can't compare.

ruffdog · Dec 23, 2019

Normand hybrid blower that has the augers behind the impeller and designed like a box blade....different.

Hilbilly · Dec 31, 2019

We just got over 16" of snow overnight and it's still snowing hard. The temps are just below freezing so the snow is pretty heavy.

I'm pretty sure the tractor will go through the snow, since it chained on all 4 wheels but will an inverted blower work in these conditions? Or is that asking too much for this style of blower?

Dave M7040 · Dec 31, 2019

Hilbilly said:
We just got over 16" of snow overnight and it's still snowing hard. The temps are just below freezing so the snow is pretty heavy.

I'm pretty sure the tractor will go through the snow, since it chained on all 4 wheels but will an inverted blower work in these conditions? Or is that asking too much for this style of blower?

It will work as well as any blower. If you can pull it it will blow!!

Dave M7040

Hilbilly · Dec 31, 2019

Dave M7040 said:
It will work as well as any blower. If you can pull it it will blow!!

Dave M7040

Good to know. Sure wish I had one right now.

Guess I'll find out how well reversing using mirrors works.

kco · Dec 31, 2019

Hilbilly said:
We just got over 16" of snow overnight and it's still snowing hard. The temps are just below freezing so the snow is pretty heavy.

I'm pretty sure the tractor will go through the snow, since it chained on all 4 wheels but will an inverted blower work in these conditions? Or is that asking too much for this style of blower?