I started out this winter with a new WoodMaxx blower (SB72) on my Kioti DK. I had previously run a Kioti branded blower (Woods?) on a Kioti CK. I log a lot of snowplowing time each winter, sometimes up to 125 hours per season. It's lot of time spent with no cab and driving backwards, so the blower better be nice!
It was clear when shopping for a new blower that WoodMaxx had thought about a lot of the little details in what seems like the standard 3PT blower design and after assembly and few storms it's obvious that these details make a big difference.
The skid design and hardened steel cutting edge make a big difference. My old blower never had much an ability to scrape areas down not matter how it was set. The WoodMaxx could scrape pavement problem if you wanted it to, as proven by the amount of gravel I chucked during some early storms. I flipped the cutting edge to make it dig less, and may raise the skids. It's now crazy to me that a lot of these style blowers don't even have removable cutting edges.
The skids being off the back of the blower make them much more protected and less likely to get hooked on something when turning. It seems like they will also do a better job of truly setting the height of the cutting edge, and could possibly help keep it from digging in on a crowned driveway since they are set a little bit in from the outside edges of the blower.
The chute is designed much better than most too with a poly lining and resting on bearings instead of just sitting on the main body of the blower. The hydraulic rotation is a bit too fast, but that's more a matter of needing to slow the flow on my rear remotes.
Overall the blower is just WAY more rugged than others I've seen previously (Woods and Landpride). I haven't poured through specs on auger Andean size or steal thickness, but just with a simple eye test you can tell its all much more beefy. I know a lot of buyers just go with what they can get from the dealer when buying the tractor, but they'd be much better served to get a WoodMaxx separately, the blowers are beasts.
It was clear when shopping for a new blower that WoodMaxx had thought about a lot of the little details in what seems like the standard 3PT blower design and after assembly and few storms it's obvious that these details make a big difference.
The skid design and hardened steel cutting edge make a big difference. My old blower never had much an ability to scrape areas down not matter how it was set. The WoodMaxx could scrape pavement problem if you wanted it to, as proven by the amount of gravel I chucked during some early storms. I flipped the cutting edge to make it dig less, and may raise the skids. It's now crazy to me that a lot of these style blowers don't even have removable cutting edges.
The skids being off the back of the blower make them much more protected and less likely to get hooked on something when turning. It seems like they will also do a better job of truly setting the height of the cutting edge, and could possibly help keep it from digging in on a crowned driveway since they are set a little bit in from the outside edges of the blower.
The chute is designed much better than most too with a poly lining and resting on bearings instead of just sitting on the main body of the blower. The hydraulic rotation is a bit too fast, but that's more a matter of needing to slow the flow on my rear remotes.
Overall the blower is just WAY more rugged than others I've seen previously (Woods and Landpride). I haven't poured through specs on auger Andean size or steal thickness, but just with a simple eye test you can tell its all much more beefy. I know a lot of buyers just go with what they can get from the dealer when buying the tractor, but they'd be much better served to get a WoodMaxx separately, the blowers are beasts.
