thoughts on a snowblower

[pardon my french]

Well here we have a trackless snowblower I'm gonna put a quick hitch on it and have a driveshaft made to fit my tractor it should be a challenge but we'll worth the reward let it snow let it snow let it snow !!!!!

 

[pardon my french]

 

[HEC]

How wide is the blower ? That looks like a beast of a blower . Is your tractor gear or hst ? I run a 7 ft. single auger on the rear of my M5700 and it takes a good amount of power in deep snow ( 12 inches or more ) . I have creeper gears so it isn't a problem but the going can be slow in real deep snow .

 

[pardon my french]

Blower is 60 inches wide it sure is a beast I got it for cheap so I gotta make it work on the front of my tractor tractor is hydro

 

[Thomas]

Better think of some rear ballast weigh.. beast could blow some windows.

 

[Wolfy]

Should be easy for that size tractor.

 

[AaronS]

That would be awesome hooked up to a FEL. How will you get the pto to work on the front?

 

[HEC]

5 ft. should be fine , loaded rear tires sure would help . Are you coming off your rear pto with a special made drive shaft ? I came close to buying a front blower with that type of hook up , just didn't want to lose my fel .

 

[pardon my french]

That would be awesome hooked up to a FEL. How will you get the pto to work on the front?

I am gonna weld a quick attach bracket to it and then I'm going to have a drive shaft made for it

 

[pardon my french]

Well here we have a trackless snowblower I'm gonna put a quick hitch on it and have a driveshaft made to fit my tractor it should be a challenge but we'll worth the reward let it snow let it snow let it snow let it snow

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[leonz]

Well here we have a trackless snowblower I'm gonna put a quick hitch on it and have a driveshaft made to fit my tractor it should be a challenge but we'll worth the reward let it snow let it snow let it snow let it snow

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Not to shoot the goose your aiming at with a marshallow rifle:

If that unit was rear mounted unit and you intend to mount it up front
you will need a PTO reverser coming off the rear PTO stub with a much
longer PTO shaft.

Or you have a mid PTO that will need a reversing gearbox and three point
hitch kit from Pronovost.

 

[pardon my french]

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Not to shoot the goose your aiming at with a marshallow rifle:

If that unit was rear mounted unit and you intend to mount it up front
you will need a PTO reverser coming off the rear PTO stub with a much
longer PTO shaft.

Or you have a mid PTO that will need a reversing gearbox and three point
hitch kit from Pronovost.

I gotta figure out which way the gearbox moves and if it doesn't go the same direction as the Kubota then I'm going to have to get a reverser should be no problem should make one heck of a snowfall

 

[pardon my french]

I'm good ballast is no problem

 

[leonz]

If that Is a Normand brand rear mount you are going to need
a three point hitch kit from Pronovost with its integral reversing
gear box.

You need to call the Pronovost folks in Quebec quickly(on monday) to
order one for your mule as snow is soon upon us.


BUT having said that:

You will spend less money and time mounting it on the rear and
using it that way as you will only need a new PTO shaft.

Spens some extra money on HID lights and you will be money ahead with no
need to fabricate anything.

 

[pardon my french]

It's a trackless snowblower 84 inch gonna have a shaft made to fit mid mount pto a reverse is on the list

 

[leonz]

It's a trackless snowblower 84 inch gonna have
a shaft made to fit mid mount pto a reverse is on the list

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FWIW current PTO reversers for japanese implements/operating standard PTO drives mount on
the rear PTO shaft and then you can connect the PTO shaft to the units like a japanese rotoiller


As I said, you will be money ahead mounting it on the rear which will eliminate the reversing
gearbox and the front three point hitch mount.



I would still call pronovost in Quebec and ask about a front mount thre point hitch with the
reversing gearbox that would let you operate the snow caster with no modifications


I want you succeed not fail

 

[Piston]

Did you decide which way you are going to go on this? Front mount/rear mount?

Did you ever get in touch with Pronovost? I'm curious what the price would be on the front mount kit that Leonz is referring to.