Snowblower Rear mount/drive forward

[DMF]

I am finally getting my driveway paved this year and in preperation I am looking into snowblowers to replace my plow. I do not have a mid-mount PTO so I am looking at rear mount/drive forward models. Any suggestions towards brands, additional feedback, etc.?

Thanks!

Rich

 

[DMF]

152 views and no responses? No one here uses one of these?

 

[ihuntbear]

no ...they dont steer well around corners unless it has side wings powered by hyd

 

[DMF]

Can you explain why they don't steer well? I can't envision why they wouldn't...?

 

[oldtime]

I have one and it works well for my driveway/road. I have a gravel road, so I wait until we have a layer of packed snow from plowing before I take out the blower. This avoids throwing rocks. It works great on our 35 hp kubota. I believe ours is a Meteor, made in Canada.

 

[WilliamBos]

Lucknow, MK Martin make them. When it comes time to upgrade, the neck buster Buhler will be gone. Dad blew for over 30 years driving forward with our MF 35, never once got stuck.

Pull types are quite popular, lots in Quebec.

http://www.lucknowproducts.com/content/pull-type-snowblowers

 

[rambler]

They don't work well in the deep hard blown drifts we get here in the wind spwept prairie. snow is too deep. Doesn't mean it wouldn't work for you tho, in your location.

--->Paul

 

[oldtime]

I will say that they are no good for moving snow banks, like I have seen others do with the kind of blowers that you back into the snow with. Ours is great for blowing every storm, or couple of storms. Even if the snow is deep, I just lower my bucket as to avoid getting hung up.

 

[DMF]

I will say that they are no good for moving snow banks, like I have seen others do with the kind of blowers that you back into the snow with. Ours is great for blowing every storm, or couple of storms. Even if the snow is deep, I just lower my bucket as to avoid getting hung up.

I'm wondering how many snowbanks I'd have to move if I'm throwing the snow every storm? Last year I have to move snowbanks with my bucket, but that's only because I ran out of places to push it with my plow....?

 

[oldtime]

I only have to move banks where I have eaves, and I use the bucket. Other than that, the blower moves the snow so far away that banks are not an issue on the road and driveway.

 

[DMF]

Ahhh...didn't think of eaves! I have one place alongside the barn where that may be a problem but I too could use the bucket.

 

[leonz]

Ahhh...didn't think of eaves! I have one place alongside the barn where that may be a problem but I too could use the bucket.

Please spend some time talking to Koopster Via PM on the forum here about his Pronovost TRC rear mount and he will convince you to purchase a Pronovost TRC unit with a rotating impeller drum-they do not clog and you will have greater flexibility in throwing snow quickly.


A pull type rear mount requires two things lotsof power and wheel clearance
above the ground.

It will be much harder to cut away any snow plow banks or snow plow dumps unless you have a high horsepower heavy prime mover.

 

[kco]

I bought a Meteor 74"pull type for my DK35 last fall and am very pleased.

I previously used my 6' rear blade to clear my 800'gravel drive plus a neighbour's 1,000' gravel drive. We get frequent 6" to 8"gentle snowfalls of heavy snow that builds through December to February--i.e. it does not melt. So it involved a lot of work in reverse to push snow far enough so the drive did not get too narrow. It was murder on my old back and I could not do my neighbour's (which is particularly challenging to find a place for the snow) 2 winters ago.

The pull type blower makes it so easy that I can now do both drives with ease. I also clear a couple of other neighbours' after heavy snows. The only looking back required is to set chute or reversing near buildings, etc. The blower throws the snow up to 40' so there is no problem finding space for it.

We don't get drifting but I do get up to 4'piles sliding off a 20'x30' metal shed roof. If I can't drive through I just reverse into the pile, drop the blower, and drive ahead.

The pull type blower is perfect for my situation. What used to take about 1.5 hours of back twisting work to clear a heavy snowfall from my drive now takes 15 minutes.

 

[countryboycansurvive]

I don't see how you guys live in the Great White North. When we get 6" here once in a blue moon the schools close and everyone takes off work to take the kids sledding. I enjoy snow, but only once or twice a year is enough for me.

 

[WilliamBos]

I don't see how you guys live in the Great White North. When we get 6" here once in a blue moon the schools close and everyone takes off work to take the kids sledding. I enjoy snow, but only once or twice a year is enough for me.

I love the cold more than the snow! Give me -40 (or colder...) and I am a happy man! Cold is rejuvenating!

 

[Don87]

Personally, I hate the cold, I hate snow, and would never purchase a 'pull behind rear mount blower'.

While that design may work for some, it won't work well where I live(this past winter excluded).

 

[mpham]

Take a look in the snow section. If you post there you will get more looks from people with the answer.
Watch the movies posted by 4shorts and more. Lots of info already there.