sd455dan
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- Joined
- Oct 23, 2012
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- North Idaho
- Tractor
- Rhino 554, Ford 550 TLB (JD X500, MTD, Gilson riding mowers) Ford 3000-Sold
I am sad to tell you this, but Roy passed away.Hey Roy, I’m a little north of you in the NEK. I have and had two, actually three rear pull style blowers or inverted.
My wife( girl friend first) had a Kubota 30 hp with a 72” snow way I think it was called. A TBN member now owns it( fitter1) it worked well with that tractor.
I bought a John Deere 5105m with a cab. I then got a Fransgard v style pull behind blower. It worked well but was longer and had a smaller fan along with only four blades.
I then sold that one( to an old neighbor who blew up his Fransgard. Welded drive line, no shear bolt) and bought a Normand 92” inverted. 2018 model only used once for four hours! It was only a little over $6k bought in Canada.
I clear our driveway and a 1/2 mile of class 4 road. These work amazing and to me the only way to go. I have studded ice chains and I can go in as deep of snow that I can drive through. I always run my tractor in epto and never run out of power. In a 3-4’ storm( if we ever get one?) I would go out 2-3 times.
My old v style I have a picture of it handling 2’ of snow.plow guy usually plow every 6” plus or minus. Blowing is slower but once it goes through the machine, it’s gone forever. No banks to push back, if you needed to the loader on the front takes care of that.
I will post some pictures of both units.
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We were both wanting Inverted blowers. I was shocked to hear he had passed.
I think the reason he said he wasn't overly interested in commercial Inverted users was the same use idea as mine- which is more for a long driveway use versus short residential parking space type commercial blowing.
I will sure miss Roy's posts.