Can a 25HP small compact such as the Kioti CX2510 handle the pull blower through deep, say 12", snow? I am still skeptical. During big storms I usually clear the driveway after 10ish inches and then again after the storm. But, it is possible to get more overnight when I'm too lazy to get up and take care of it.
You guys did succeed in getting me to consider a 3pt rear facing snowblower on a tractor without a cab. A few questions:
- How much does a good set of mirrors help to reduce the need to turn around?
- And would a backup camera help? I wonder how well it would work during a storm or even after the storm when there is snow flying from the blower.
- The 3pt snowblowers do not have any down pressure other than their own weight. Do they still do a good job clearing? I almost always have my front mount in float mode anyway. And when I do push down to get under packed snow, it usually rides back up over the snow within a few feet. So, I don't think that I will notice any difference with a rear blower, but thought I'd ask.
The cutting edge and how sharp it is makes huge difference in how well a snow blower scrapes.
If you expect to clear snow with a push type snow thrower you needed loaded tires and
or rear weights with V bar snow and ice chains sized correctly for the rear tires.
The carbide coated V bar snow and ice chains are best for both ice and snow conditions
especially if the rear tires are not loaded.
If you install V bar snow chains on the front tires that will increase your available traction
as well since the front tires will carry a great deal of weight to create the adhesion you need
for traction.
You have to travel slowly with a low horsepower tractor when clearing as the impeller has
to have time to clear the snow that is being fed to it.
A single stage snow thrower would have no trouble with snow as it operates at a much higher
speed of rotation casting a small narrow volume of snow at 600+ RPM.
The problem with the MK Martin snow throwers is they use a single stage snow blower rotor that
is too large in diameter for the tractor horsepower.
You could invest in one of the MK Martin single stage motorized snow throwers but the RAMMY single stage
throwers are lighter and simpler in their construction with the "correctly sized-meaning the outside diameter
of the snow blower rotor.
You have to have a back up camera that uses a weatherproof screen and a back up camera
that has lights in the cameras frame surrounding the camera.
In saying that if you have adequate lighting such as an LED or Halogen light bar mounted
on the rops and pointed down past the snow thrower in combination with large
rear view mirrors it will help you a great deal in low light conditions too.
You have to remind yourself that your tractor will act and steer like a forklift and
"you have to turn in the opposite direction" to what you would normally do when
operating in reverse.
The cutting edge of the snow blower is a major part of how well your snow blower works.
Using Fluid Film spray and or WD-40 to coat the chute, spout and impeller housing can
increase your casting distance a great deal and reduce plugging.
