Snow Attachments SNOW REMOVAL HELP

[lungdoc]

4310 width is listed as 68 inches, the 4320 is I think larger and out 78 inch blower is only slightly wider than tractor.

 

[flyingcow]

Skimmed all the posts. I'm still in the rear mount blower camp. Yes, it's slow, but you do not need to go out and blow until after the storms over. Generally speaking, a complete waste of time to do until the storms over. Where i am, we get some good storms. And you have no banks to push back. Any kind of blade will require extra acrerage to push and pile snow. which will drift, and require more pushing Only time I've been out in the middle of storm is if we have to leave, or someones coming home. And i only clear enough for the vehicle to get in. Clean up the mess later.

Chains for the rear only, but i also would fill rear tires.

Good luck with your decision.

 

[daveinnh]

Chris:

I have a Kubuta L4310HST curtis cab w/ 7' Tufline rear blade, rear chains and rear tires loaded w/ Rimguard. Bucket width is 68"

It works OK for moving 4-5" inches of wet snow, but as others have said, you need to move the windrow over to make space.

Our drive is about 800 LF with the 500 LF @ 8% grade facing west. Snow drifts are not a problem at our site.

If you can find a snowblower; that would work well for you.

 

[nwltruck]

I don't know if you have heard of Northern Tool but they have blowers for under $1500. Can't tell you what shipping would be but hear is the site. hope this helps, I have just used my blower for the first time and can't believe the dif. We got A LOT of snow last year and I quickly ran out of room to push it in to piles. By the end of the winter the swing set, and several small trees had vanished. I wish I would have taken pics last year it looked like I lived in the mountains. Can't tell you how good they are but for that price a person can live with a few prob's. beats $4000!!!!


Braber 3-Pt. Snow Thrower — 72in.W Intake, Fits Tractors up to 50 HP, Model# BE-SBS72G | Snow Blowers | Northern Tool + Equipment

 

[beenthere]

nwltruck
I hope you will come back and tell us about it a year or two from now.

And do hope you have good luck with it this year. Where are you located?

 

[LoPresti Lawnscape]

Heck I'd just get the 7 foot blade and chains and go on about clearing the snow. Forget all the worrying about where to put snow, drifting, yada yada.

Plow it and be done with it especially when the blade will cost you 2000 and the blower 5000. Angle the blade and take a swath to the right on the way down, and on the left on the way back, clear around the garage and parking and you're done.

Plus the plow is more versatile, won't clog, or toss gravel fifty feet to wherever.

You're going to need a blade anyhow because that blower cant get close to the garage or any other tight spots either.

No offense but guys like blowers that big because when they are working they look cool, and you're the baddest blower man in town. But at the end of the day a plow blade will last longer, be cheaper, and more efficient, and useful.

 

[dstig1]

I have a similar drive, with a section at 12% grade. Also, same size tractor with my JD4300.

I use a Western 7' front mount blade and have a wing for winging the snow "over the edge" or further back to tier the windrow back. Worked great for gravel drive, but now have asphalt and use chains a bit more often now. Sometimes, need to push the snow going downhill and buzzing back up empty if snow conditions are just right and don't have chains mounted.

That's really neat. Do you have a link to a thread on your build/install?

 

[wedge40]

Heck I'd just get the 7 foot blade and chains and go on about clearing the snow. Forget all the worrying about where to put snow, drifting, yada yada.

Plow it and be done with it especially when the blade will cost you 2000 and the blower 5000. Angle the blade and take a swath to the right on the way down, and on the left on the way back, clear around the garage and parking and you're done.

Plus the plow is more versatile, won't clog, or toss gravel fifty feet to wherever.

You're going to need a blade anyhow because that blower cant get close to the garage or any other tight spots either.

No offense but guys like blowers that big because when they are working they look cool, and you're the baddest blower man in town. But at the end of the day a plow blade will last longer, be cheaper, and more efficient, and useful.

Where do you live?

I dont need a blower, but if I lived in the UP of Michigan or the NorthEast where it's not uncommon to get snowfall that measures 2" per hour (or more) and it may snow for a day or two, I'd be saving for a blower. Yes it can be done with a blade and FEL but then again you could survive without the blade and FEL and stay in the house till it melts.
Its an affordability / efficiency thing. You could spend hours pushing snow or minutes blowing it.


Did some looking online.
According to NOAA average snowfall for Detroit is 44", average snowfall for Marquette is 141"
Wedge

 

[lungdoc]

Heck I'd just get the 7 foot blade and chains and go on about clearing the snow. Forget all the worrying about where to put snow, drifting, yada yada.

Plow it and be done with it especially when the blade will cost you 2000 and the blower 5000. Angle the blade and take a swath to the right on the way down, and on the left on the way back, clear around the garage and parking and you're done.

Plus the plow is more versatile, won't clog, or toss gravel fifty feet to wherever.

You're going to need a blade anyhow because that blower cant get close to the garage or any other tight spots either.

No offense but guys like blowers that big because when they are working they look cool, and you're the baddest blower man in town. But at the end of the day a plow blade will last longer, be cheaper, and more efficient, and useful.

Spoken like someone from an area with 52 inch annual snowfall (at least that's where your business website is, apologies if inaccurate) - we get over 125, it rarely melts between storms and where to put the snow is not a minor concern. The right tool depends a lot on local conditions.

 

[WayneB]

Chris I sent you a private message!

Wayne

 

[jpm]

i use a front blade for dusting's 6in or less. for 7 to12 blade or blower,for 12 and up blower.chains are a must if you have any slope. as dead horse said sliding down a slope cause's large puckering, throw a spin in and the excitment goes way up :laughing: plus i use a 4n1 bucket for sand spreding




















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[beenthere]

That's really neat. Do you have a link to a thread on your build/install?

A few links from the past that may help. A search on " front Western plow "

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/7122-curtis-snowplow.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/19436-front-snowplow-bracket-help.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/9473-front-snowplows.html

If more questions, will gladly send or post more info.
The Western plow I purchased had what was called a "short" A-frame. Not sure of the availability of that anymore, but don't think it was necessary. I was trying to get the plow as close to the front of the tractor as possible as I was worried about side push. Has not been a problem and don't have additional weights added to the front end.

 

[flyingcow]

Heck I'd just get the 7 foot blade and chains and go on about clearing the snow. Forget all the worrying about where to put snow, drifting, yada yada.

Plow it and be done with it especially when the blade will cost you 2000 and the blower 5000. Angle the blade and take a swath to the right on the way down, and on the left on the way back, clear around the garage and parking and you're done.

Plus the plow is more versatile, won't clog, or toss gravel fifty feet to wherever.

You're going to need a blade anyhow because that blower cant get close to the garage or any other tight spots either.

No offense but guys like blowers that big because when they are working they look cool, and you're the baddest blower man in town. But at the end of the day a plow blade will last longer, be cheaper, and more efficient, and useful.

You're funny....Lets see you do that here. Plowed snow all my life. mainly w/pick-up and a fisher snowplow. Plowed with BiG AZZED tractors also(14,000lbs and 145hp). Need to push snow back, no driving up and down and forget-a-bout-it. Not unless you're Amish and going to walk out the rest of the winter.

I would think a good rear mount blower would be about $2,000.00? Than you still got you're FEL to clear around buildings.

And i did take a little offense, cause you don't know what you're talking about....52 inches annual snowfall? Plow that with an ATV....:laughing:

 

[wh22366]

Winters in central NH have varied a bunch over the last few years and it's tough to predict just what weapon will be needed (this year) to combat the snow. For the past ten+ years I've taken care of the light to moderate stuff on my 150' gravel driveway with an old Gravely garden tractor with 4' blower. It will peg gravel quite a distance though before the surface freezes. Now that I have a cab and heater on my Massey, I plan do the heavy/wet snow with the loader. I'll either adapt an old 7 1/2' plow I have to quick attach or bite the bullet and buy a Curtis so I can still swap back to the bucket easily when I need it. I didn't see it mentioned here but one of the nice features of a FEL-mounted plow is the ability to lift the blade (higher than a pickup or frame-mounted tractor plow) and push piles back (at least the parts not frozen). I had a rear blower on a previous tractor and liked it; I'll eventully buy one to replace the Gravely. Loaded R4's provide more than enough traction for me, but I'm not doing a hill.

 

[dstig1]

A few links from the past that may help. A search on " front Western plow "

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/7122-curtis-snowplow.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/19436-front-snowplow-bracket-help.html

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/9473-front-snowplows.html

If more questions, will gladly send or post more info.
The Western plow I purchased had what was called a "short" A-frame. Not sure of the availability of that anymore, but don't think it was necessary. I was trying to get the plow as close to the front of the tractor as possible as I was worried about side push. Has not been a problem and don't have additional weights added to the front end.

Sorry - I wasn't clear. Plenty of front mounted plows on the site... I'm curious about the wing plow.

 

[beenthere]

Sorry - I wasn't clear. Plenty of front mounted plows on the site... I'm curious about the wing plow.

Sorry too. Here is one thread on the wing plow.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/john-deere-owning-operating/159770-wing-plow.html

 

[HSSC]

Heck I'd just get the 7 foot blade and chains and go on about clearing the snow. Forget all the worrying about where to put snow, drifting, yada yada.

Plow it and be done with it especially when the blade will cost you 2000 and the blower 5000. Angle the blade and take a swath to the right on the way down, and on the left on the way back, clear around the garage and parking and you're done.

Plus the plow is more versatile, won't clog, or toss gravel fifty feet to wherever.

You're going to need a blade anyhow because that blower cant get close to the garage or any other tight spots either.

No offense but guys like blowers that big because when they are working they look cool, and you're the baddest blower man in town. But at the end of the day a plow blade will last longer, be cheaper, and more efficient, and useful.

After receiving 3 consecutive days of 2 to 3 feet of snow about five years back, 3/4 mile of road to clear and the final straw that broke the proverbial back. The icing on the cake was the wind storm and another 2 plus feet of snow that filled in the 4 foot snow banks with wind driven snow. The 9.5 foot plow on my f-600 was done. Didn't have my 4x4 tractor then so the only thing left was a 2' Troy Built snow blower. Took 4 hours for the first pass of only 350'. About that time the fire department showed up with a D-7. Emergency money from the state helped clear paths for our vehicles.

Lesson learned, snowblowers send snow to far away places, places that are out of the way. I still use the Ford F-600 most of the time, faster and more efficient. But when the big ones come again, I will be ready now with the 74" Shulte rear blower on the 49 horse 4$x$4 Yellow MF tractor.

yada yada yada.:dance1:

And these days the state is broke.:shocked: