We got 9-10" of new snow so i got to play with my new toys

[grsthegreat]

That thing really blows :thumbsup: would you mind adding some pictures of the hydraulics for the chute deflector............I'm modifying mine as we speak.

sure, ill taks some pics later this morning. Its an electrical control in the cab and a bunch of servos and hoses on the blower. mind boggleing to say the least. the control handle clamps to my loader control so works easily.

 

[tcartwri]

?? like what ?

The loader/plow will submarine under the front of the tractor if it hits something that doesn't give.

 

[DK35vince]

The loader/plow will submarine under the front of the tractor if it hits something that doesn't give.

Thats why snow plows have trip springs. So the plow will give if you hit something solid so that does not happen.

 

[MyJoBota]

Very nice set-up you have. I want to see this unit in action when you blow the run off from the horse barn. This is where the real test will be. This snow tends to be real icey because it melts on the roof slides off the roof and freezes on the ground. A true test of your equipment. We have a 80' - 180' horse barn/riding arena and the roof can sure deposit a boat load of snow in a hurry.

I've been dying to get some seat time and try out my new loader mounted snow blade and loader mounted snow blower. I ended up waiting too long, and got stuck moving 9-10 " of snow ...i was planning on limiting it to 6" for my first time to get use to the tools.

First off i tried the blade with only the rear chains installed, leaving the front chains in the shop. When i angled the blade fully to one side or the other it would cause the tractor to drift. So off to the shop i went and installed the 2 link ladder chains up front.

WHAT A DIFFERENCE. now there is NO drifting no matter how far i angle the blade. I plowed 2-1/2 miles of road 24' wide in about 3 hours. I did 1/2 of it in high range and the rest in mid range. Next time ill do it in less time cause today i had to establish my outer ranges of the road, as it was total white out. Now i have ridges so I'm figuring i should cut an hour off the time easily. That blade moved some serious snow.

Next i hooked up the hydraulic loader mounted snowblower to do the driveways. The biggest problem here was the ground underneath hasn't frozen yet, so the skid shoes tend to dig in too much, and it makes setting a height hard. But BOY did this thing blow some snow. The blower is 75" wide and blew the snow as well as my old pto powered unit did. Also, Ther are NO shear pins in this blower...so no more of that nonesence. And NO snow got cought in the impeller at all... i was amazed. the fact that the hydraulic drive is always running keeps it from bogging down i guess.

I made a short video but needless to say it sucked cause its hard to film, drive and operate the blower at the same time. I posted it to youtube anyways (for what its worth).

It was snowing at the time and overcast but you can get the idea. I wasn't able to film the snow blade...cause i forgot to bring the camera out on the roads. Next time i will.

Also for all the neigh-sayers that say a snow blade is too light on a front end loader...NOPE. it dug in just fine and didn't jump up and down, i ran it on float the entire time.

I limited myself to a 84" blade cause thats what everyone told me was the limit for my tractor. I KNOW i could have run a wider blade. In mid range i had lots of power, and it never bogged down. But I'm happy with this blade none the less. The hydraulic swivel run into my rear remotes worked great, as the lever is right next to my bucket controls. I did extend the control lever with a removable shifter though to gain some height on the control. Worked slick.


any rate....for what its worth, heres the youtube link.

Snowblower 2011.mpg - YouTube

 

[Rockgod]

Outstanding! :thumbsup:

More video please

 

[grsthegreat]

My plow has 4 springs for tripping if i hit anything, and that did happen 1 time where i cought a culvert pipe. The tractor did not lift.

Were due for 40F weather this thursday, and if that happens i too will have a boat load of snow to blow from the 3 roofs that shed. then ill know for sure.

 

[grsthegreat]

That thing really blows :thumbsup: would you mind adding some pictures of the hydraulics for the chute deflector............I'm modifying mine as we speak.

i took a series of pics, but to tell you the truth it looks so complicated im not sure what i was looking at. I tried to clean the snow off of the blower controls but it was frozen solid.....its the best i could do. It was 9 F outside this sorning burrrr:ashamed:.

in the 4th picture there is a pair of lines in upper left that goet to the tractor. The 2 lower left lines go to the rotor motor. On the right side the set of hoses going up go to the deflector actuator. It gets an electric signal that allows the hydraulic fluid to flow.

i honestly dont know how anyone can sort this thing out. Inside the cab i have a simple 4 button control that clamps onto the loader control.teh upper 2 buttons control the deflector and the lower 2 buttons the swing.

 

[Scooby074]

no, not cheap. The blower was $6.100 and the powerpack was $3,995.. The controls ran $640.00. But i bought a set of forks and the blade at the same time, so i got a discount of $1,656 plus free shipping (another $440) off of the price.

It was alot, but i really couldnt physically handle another winter driving backwards. A fream mount snowblower runs nearly $7,000 (my shoppong around) and that cant handle my 5 foot piles of snow very well.

I just had to bite the bullet.

Those are round about the numbers i was figuring. Yes its alot of money, but i think you are going to enjoy it.

Now that you have the power pack, any future plans? Sweeper perhaps?

 

[grsthegreat]

Those are round about the numbers i was figuring. Yes its alot of money, but i think you are going to enjoy it.

Now that you have the power pack, any future plans? Sweeper perhaps?

well i really want a loader mounted post hole digger......but i dont need that many fence postsinstalled any more...but they sure are sweet.

 

[CowwFace]

I'm jealous for sure!!!

It almost seemed like you were isolated from the snow by some magic clear force field of some type .. please explain? :laughing:

I split a piece of black ABS pipe with my cicular saw and put it on the cutting edge of my PTO 72" snow blower, just like a lot have done for edge of bucket/snow blade, and it really helped with the non-frozen ground. I'll post a pic when I get one.

Tractor on!