2555 FEL off... blower on...

[JerryK]

Old decrepit guy with a cracked/broke rib working this morning....

 

[JerryK]

more pics.. May be able to knock off some of that dust on the blower before long...

 

[RNeumann]

Thank you for taking the time to take photos and post here. It's posts like this that makes this a great place to learn and share ideas!
Enjoy the winter....

 

[BlackOps]

wow - nice. i just use my bucket when i need to around here. Iif i still lived in NY or Ontario that would probably require another tactic. also depending on how much i had to plow too!

 

[mcfarmall]

Nice job with the dollies for moving the FEL around when detached. Is that blower PTO driven from the rear via a drive shaft running up the sub frame?

 

[JerryK]

Nice job with the dollies for moving the FEL around when detached. Is that blower PTO driven from the rear via a drive shaft running up the sub frame?

The tractor has a front facing mid-PTO kit that supplies the normal 2000 RPM. There is a lever next to the 4X4 lever that you pull up that engages the mid-PTO to the regular 540 PTO. Turning the rear PTO on also then turns the mid-PTO. You have to pull the normal drawbar to put in the drawbar adapter that the sub-frame pins to. But the rest of the 3pt is usable. You could mount another blower in the rear, too. The rear drawbar pin is about 1", and takes most of the forward/rearward shock load like when using a front blade.... The front pin is about 3/4" and is mainly to hold the weight of what ever front implement you have mounted to the sub-frame. Pins are fairly easy to put in take out, you use the tractor hyd to lift it in place. But would be easier with two people. I thought about getting an Erskine like you are talking about... but I found a big nasty HST turbo charged tractor with a big nasty blower that would work in it's place...

 

[JerryK]

Comer Industries made in Italy reduction and drive gear boxes, if anyone is interested in knowing. Checking to make sure there is gear oil in them, there was.....