Front Mount Snowblowers

[yooperdave]

Looking at purchasing an LS XJ2025H.

The front mount snowblower is only 50" wide with no options for $4,000.

The hand crank to rotate the chute also challenges entry into the Drivers seat.

Are other brands and/or sizes of snowblowers available which would also fit and possibly offer a better value?

Is the front hook up of the snowblowers generic so they fit most brands of tractors?

For a 25 HP tractor, I was hoping for a wider snowblower. For $4,000 I was hoping for hydraulic chute rotation.

TIA

Yooper Dave

 

[atitus74]

snow blowing requires significant horsepower. What you are looking at is pretty consistent with market price for front mount, and pretty consistent size wise. there are cheaper options for rear-mount that use the 3-point and therefore work with many brands and models, including larger ones. unless you have rear hydro attachments you probably aren't going to get hydro controls. the front mount kind are almost always model specific and more expensive. That being said, I have 50" front snow blower with all hydro controls that I think was 4300 total after a little generosity from the dealer. Its kubota specific.

 

[leonz]

Looking at purchasing an LS XJ2025H.

The front mount snowblower is only 50" wide with no options for $4,000.
The hand crank to rotate the chute also challenges entry into the Drivers seat.

(welcome to my JD JUNK world)

Are other brands and/or sizes of snowblowers available which would also fit and possibly offer a better value?

(NO)

Is the front hook up of the snowblowers generic so they fit most brands of tractors?

(NO)

For a 25 HP tractor, I was hoping for a wider snowblower. For $4,000 I was hoping for hydraulic chute rotation.
(not going to happen)


TIA

Yooper Dave

Your going to have to decide on a rear blade or a 48 inch rear mount snow blower that is about it.
OR
A rubber tracked toro dingo diesel with a bradco hydraulic drive snow blower may be under the cost of the LS and its snow blower as far as price goes you would also need a mower for it if you are doing mowing too.

OR
A motorized bercomac 48 inch RTV/ATV snow blower might be an option as all you would need is to have a rear mount SSQA plate fabricated to match the three mounting points on the 48 inch bercomac snow blower and the bercomac wheel set needs to be used to keep it level.

The basic bercomac motorized snow blower is $3,700.00 from bercomac


For all the money you want to spend you would be better off crossing the bridge and buying a Yamaha 1332 track drive 2 stage snow thrower in Canada from a dealer in Ontario and a cheap big box lawn mower every couple of years.

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snow blowing requires significant horsepower. What you are looking at is pretty consistent with market price for front mount, and pretty consistent size wise. there are cheaper options for rear-mount that use the 3-point and therefore work with many brands and models, including larger ones. unless you have rear hydro attachments you probably aren't going to get hydro controls. the front mount kind are almost always model specific and more expensive. That being said, I have 50" front snow blower with all hydro controls that I think was 4300 total after a little generosity from the dealer. Its kubota specific.

 

[RjCorazza]

Since you’re shopping for both tractor and blower you have a lot of options. As has been stated, front mount blowers are manufacturer specific and more expensive. Some brands / model tractors come standard with loader hydraulics and control, which allow for less expensive setup of front mount blowers.
As for width, you will be limited to what the manufacturer supplies unless you add fabricated wings which can add a foot or so.

My preference is rear mount blowers. Hydraulic control is going to add to the price of either type, but overall the rear mount will be cheaper, and you can get a wider one if tractor and snow conditions permit.

 

[oosik]

I've seen two versions/types of front mount blowers. The hydraulic type - but usually on 35 to 45hp tractors or bigger. Then there was the rear PTO front blower - abortion. It was built up on a brand new 2009 Kubota M7040. I saw it because the same dealer sold me my 2009 M6040 - at the same time.

It had a rear PTO drop gear box that allowed an underbody driveshaft to come all the way forward to where the blower was mounted on the FEL. There were, as I remember, two underbody driveshaft supports and a U-joint at the last three feet of the driveshaft. This U-joint allowed the blower to be raised, to a VERY limited extent, with the FEL. The last three feet of the driveshaft was a two part type that allowed extension and compression. At that time - 2009 - the salesman said this setup cost $14,000+ . It was purchased and going to be used by one of the schools in the Spokane, WA school district.

I often wondered why they simply didn't go with a hydraulic setup - - my school tax $$$ at work there.

 

[js5020]

I find all oem snow removal equipment to be to spendy for my tastes. Blades seem to run around 2k and blowers around 4k for machines in the under 30hp range. I bought neither with the new Kubota I just can't justify those costs for the usual small amounts of snow gotten here with a 36" average. My solution is to repurpose existing equipment. Bought a 72" Meyer plow 25 years ago for 100 bucks and is currently being fitted for the Kubota, I also purchased a near new blower for a garden tractor 10 years back for a whopping 150 bucks this will also be fitted to the kubota. My expectation on cost to repurpose both units is less than 1k. They won't be as fancy as new oem but they will be as functional.

 

[Langanobob]

I had the same resistance to spending all that money for a snowblower for my Massey Ferguson GC1720. It turns out that almost all tractor snowblowers are nearly identical design and built by the same company. The main differences are in the mount system which is of course different for each tractor model.

I kept my eyes open and lucked out, finding a five foot blower from a larger New Holland tractor on Craigslist. It took some work and I also had to ignore the doomsayers who told me it was too big for my tractor but I modified the mounting system to fit my MF and it worked perfectly all last winter. Saved a lot of money if I don稚 count my labor hours and I don稚 because I rationalize it as something I like doing.

 

[bironacad]

I have a rear mount blower that faces forward so that I can drive forward while blowing. My neck doesn't turn like it use to so that was why I chose this option. I do however have a FEL which I can use on mounds or when I break the shear pin, lol. I would not suggest my option without a fel but my arrangement works well for me. Anyway good luck, exciting times buying a tractor and attachments.

 

[bironacad]

Something else that was pointed out to me is if I had gone with the from mount blower I would lose the use of the loader and that swung me to the rear blower.

 

[atitus74]

Something else that was pointed out to me is if I had gone with the from mount blower I would lose the use of the loader and that swung me to the rear blower.

I'm curious, which blower do you have that works this way. When I was looking, I saw blades that could be rotated to either go backwards or forwards but I didn't see any blowers. Of course you also have to drive through the snow in order for this to work, yes? The loss of the loader was a concern for me as well. I eventually decided that for my situation I didn't have enough projects in winter where I needed the loader. If I did, that probably would have been a show stopper. My goal with the blower is to make sure the snow doesn't pile up anywhere such that I need the loader to deal with it. I also have a carryall for the 3-point that I can use for bringing firewood around etc, so am in pretty good shape for keeping the blower on most of the time. If I really do need to use the loader it would take about 5 minutes to switch over; one of the great features of the BX.