Snow Equipment Buying/Pricing Snowblowers: FEL Mount vs Rear Pull
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Fallon
Super Member
I'm looking at a Mini 2. Small enough to avoid the licensing requirements, but you loose some of the better auto follow modes & obstacle avoidance sensors.
No matter the size of the drone, you need to get your commercial license if you monetize it in any way. Any footage you upload to a YouTube channel that has advertising enabled can trip that. Apparently the FAA has been sending out a lot of friendly reminders & warnings on that to various YouTubers without licenses letting them know further flying without a license will have legal action pursued. If I end up getting a drone, it will be the small one that doesn't need the license & no content I produce would be monetized in any way. Drone license is only $5 every 3 years & not to bad. Pilots license is a test & $175 every few years.
No matter the size of the drone, you need to get your commercial license if you monetize it in any way. Any footage you upload to a YouTube channel that has advertising enabled can trip that. Apparently the FAA has been sending out a lot of friendly reminders & warnings on that to various YouTubers without licenses letting them know further flying without a license will have legal action pursued. If I end up getting a drone, it will be the small one that doesn't need the license & no content I produce would be monetized in any way. Drone license is only $5 every 3 years & not to bad. Pilots license is a test & $175 every few years.
TractorTYMe
Veteran Member
It wasn't too bad really. It has to hit us straight west to be noticed.
TractorTYMe
Veteran Member
I'm not monitized, never will be. To be monetized, 1st you have to have MINIMUM 3k followers. Then a slew of other requirements, the days of making money on the toob is long gone for most people with a daytime job. My drone is registered with the FAA as a private individual. I use my channel simply to document things that have yet to be documented in TYM tractors mostly.
Fallon
Super Member
Cool, pretty much the path i will be going. Takes a fair bit of research to figure out some of the legalities & pitfalls for drone stuff. Figured I'd pass along some advice to others were thinking about looking at a drone before they got started.
Snowlan
Silver Member
Erskine 620RP. It’s a 2015 that never sold at a JD dealer and I picked up heavily discounted this summer due to some rust.
Hilbilly
Veteran Member
I posted this video in another thread but think it might be more appropriate in this one.
Snowlan
Silver Member
I am really happy with the performance so far. What has worked best for me is lifting the round rear mounted skid shoes right off the ground. The cutting edge is very heavy duty and is flat to the ground (don’t know if most blowers are done that way). The cutting edge is 6” wide so the 6 x 60” plate has way more surface area than the skid shoes. With the hydraulic top cylinder on the hitch I can tilt the blower back and get the leading edge off the ground if I’m picking up rocks, or level it up when there is a good base and clean the snow right down to nothing.
I had no trouble going through 1’ of snow with a crust on top from freezing rain. I had one hill that was ice under the snow and I was struggling with traction to go up hill. I lifted the blower and with that 900lb hanging off the hitch I got up the hill without a single spin and blew that section going downhill.
Snowlan
Silver Member
Thanks