Rear pull snowblower

[rbargeron]

I'm sure this will be a snowless winter I got tired of my walk behind blower on my 600 plus foot driveway and got a front blower!

Hey Rob, you sure predicted the snowless winter pretty well !! Are you missing the lake effect stuff too? Any pics of the new front mount ?

 

[Stef]

I just want to take the opportunity to add two nice pictures coming from lp333. Since that kind of snowblower isn't seen very often and the thread came back up I thought it would be a good idea to add pictures of his setup. Enjoy

 

[Lockport]

While we're on the subject of pull-ahead rear-mounts, Pronovost has a combo backward/forward design that is great to watch in action - there's a video at their website.
Pronovost- Videos
Their big stuff is pretty serious machinery.

Take care - and have fun. Dick B

Now that is cool! I bet you could make a few bucks with that in a hurry just doing all your neighbors.

 

[Stargazer]

Hi Does anybody have a web addy for agrotrend.com tried a search it found it but when click it get redirected to 2 diff web domain name sellers so maybe they lost rights. Or an apx cost in the 48-60 versions of them?

Thanx Pat R

 

[Stef]

I found this link Agrotrend.com and it works for me.

It says nothing about reverse snowblowers. Sorry

Also, probably the only piece of information on that web site is this (snowblower specifications):

 

[Stargazer]

Hi Stef:

Thanx your link works as now my search and click works must have been a hiccup in da world wide webby. will contact this spring as we hopefully are about out of snow. 6" inches ice snow last nite 250K customers in Iowa without power 2-3 day till restore for some Glad we didn't lose power and had wood furnace going and 2 genny sets in garage anyway (1 tri fuel) 1 just gas). was hard to pushpull with fel/5' rear blade and then mower deck came loose and really got me stuck. Guess will have to bite bullet and remove hard for me to get up/down and no trouble last year.

I was kinda hoping ip333 would chime in with an apx cost so I know how many $ to start saving away.

Thanx Pat R

 

[lp333]

... I was kinda hoping ip333 would chime in with an apx cost so I know how many $ to start saving away...

Stef is doing such a great job showing off my rig that I did not think it helpful to step in.

I bought my AgroTrend C48PBH used. However, my local Kubota dealer tells me that this model sold new on special order for about 2,200$CAN in 2006. I am guessing that it might sell new for approximately 1800$US further South.

 

[Rob-D]

Hey Rob, you sure predicted the snowless winter pretty well !! Are you missing the lake effect stuff too? Any pics of the new front mount ?

I really should take some pics. Maybe today if I get a chance. Well we sat here all Dec. and Jan. with an inch most. I've seen winters here like that. Feb. sure fooled us! Lots of below zero days and a couple of feet at a time here in the mountains.

I plowed out my 600 foot drive and a few neighbors. Today I'll plow out around the barn so the animals can get out and Dawn can get some hay in.

Just using the blower has taught me a lot about how to get the most out of the tractor. I remember all the years of the walk behind blower, no fun. This is fun!

 

[Stef]

Stef is doing such a great job showing off my rig that I did not think it helpful to step in.

I'm sorry lp333 I didn't want to get ahead of you. I have absolutely no experience whatsoever about owning or operating a reverse snowthrower... you're the man . IMHO, the use of this kind of blower is rather limited for compact tractors (clearance). We see a lot of blowers like that on big tractors (80 pto HP and up).

I'm pretty sure you're setup is very pleasant to operate when the "winning conditions" are present . BTW, with a setup like yours what's the ideal snowfall? My guess is around 6 to 8 inches but as I said I have no experience with that kind of blower.

 

[Stargazer]

Hi Ip333 and Stef.

That at least gives me some idea as to cost only $2-300 more than backup kind, thinking of neck.

Ip333 have heard various warnings on chains on front 4wd tracs but don't have chains so don't know for sure something about on hard surface and turning in 4wd is bad for the front end YMMV.

Thanx again Pat R

 

[Stargazer]

Hi all

Might have to rethink the rear pull style as just 10 miles north of here had 5-6' drifts with just 5" snow (50+ mph winds) and 50 miles nw 17' drifts with 17" snow and wind. Power lines were in the drifts and in town just top of street signs visable. Course with that much snow even if I got my block cleaned off where would I go? Something to think about.

 

[lp333]

... lp333 have heard various warnings on chains on front 4wd tracs but don't have chains so don't know for sure something about on hard surface and turning in 4wd is bad for the front end...

I have not heard about damage resulting form chains installed on the front. However, when I do a lot of turning in relatively tight spots, I like to disengage the 4WD in order to benefit from a tighter turning radius.

 

[lp333]

... I'm pretty sure you're setup is very pleasant to operate when the "winning conditions" are present . BTW, with a setup like yours what's the ideal snowfall? My guess is around 6 to 8 inches but as I said I have no experience with that kind of blower.

The going is easy with only 8" of snow, perhaps because I have chains on all 4 wheels. The BX23 starts slowing down and the wheels spin when the front tires disapear under the snow - in other words, when the snow reaches 16 inches or more. In thick snow, I like to lower the FEL to prevent the front wheels from getting buried.

 

[lp333]

... Might have to rethink the rear pull style as just 10 miles north of here had 5-6' drifts with just 5" snow (50+ mph winds) and 50 miles nw 17' drifts with 17" snow and wind...

A rear pull blower working in tandem with a FEL can be pretty effective in adverse conditions. Howevert, under the above rare and exceptional conditions, I'm not convinced that a conventional snowblower mounted on a compact tractor would have such an easy task.

 

[Stargazer]

Yeah I know my bx-23 ain't no D-9. Figured the worst I'll have in town (once in 15 yrs here ) is about 3' for 75' and 2' ish for 300' till hit main street. Much more and nobody is going to be moving. I-80 (interstate) was closed for about 300 miles from DSM IA to Kearney NB for most of 3 days. Didn't know some of the counties have those big rotary plows moved some snow on TV!
They are calling it storm of decade maybe century farther west of me. Glad we had power during last weekend.

Thanx for all the advice.

Pat R