B2650 Front Mount Snowblower Attachment

abcuster · May 31, 2015

I'n in the process of buying a B2650 with the front mount 63" snowblower, backhoe and loader attachments. Since I cannot find any manuals to verify, I have a few questions re: installation of subframes for all attachments (preferably simultaneously):

1. Can the backhoe subframe and snowblower subframes be installed concurrently?

2. Can the snowblower subframe be left in place while installing/operating the loader? Or similarly, can the loader arms be left on/locked in place when installing/using the blower? How hard is it to attach/remove the snow blower to switch to the loader?

3. Is it necessary/recommended to remove the snowblower subframe during forestry work to prevent damage? How long does it take to install/remove the snow blower subframe?

Can't find any videos on YouTube showing these processes. Thanks!

sandyc · May 31, 2015

Here are my answer: 1 Yes 2. NO. The snow blower sub frame can be dropped in a minute. One bolt and a pin. The FEL can be installed in a couple of minutes. The snow blower can be attached/uninstalled in a minute. 3. Because you can't leave the sub frame for the blower on and use the fel I wouldn't leave it on. It would decrease your ground clearance and probably get screwed up.
I tried leaving my back hoe on while snow blowing and rapidly found that the front end was very light when blowing with the blower in the float position.
As an aside, I switch between my blower, plow and FEL during snow season and other than hooking up hydro lines in the freezing weather I have no problems ( I keep a heat gun handy to thaw fittings). I keep all of my attachments on moving dollies so I can drop one piece of equipment and move another into position very quickly without having to jockey the tractor around. I'm 72 so I don't manhandle any attachments if I don't have to.

Kanook · May 31, 2015

As Sandyc said and I concur....The front mount snow blower attachment frame attaches/detaches in a couple of minutes, no reason to leave it attached and besides it uses the FEL hydraulic lines so you'd have to chain it in the up position if you attempted to hook up the FEL. The blower mounting frame hangs down quite low to the ground so leaving it attached while out in the forest is not a good idea....and as stated earlier, it is so easy to attach/detach that leaving it there when un-needed is pointless.