Inverted Snow Blower

[Jrob730]

Yeah. Love this idea. I considered using old conveyer belt strips, as I could get 6" conveyer belt for cheap.

How exactly you you keep it connected??

I cut it to fit tight in place and use plastic zip ties/ cable ties to hold it to one of the support bars. I also tie to the lifting hooks as well.

 

[sd455dan]

I cut it to fit tight in place and use plastic zip ties/ cable ties to hold it to one of the support bars. I also tie to the lifting hooks as well.

Hey Jrob 730 , Do you have any experience with WIFO and their Up Shot Inverted blowers?
I am chomping at the bit to put a WBPT-84 to work when it arrives. Only a few vids of them

 

[LouNY]

Hey Jrob 730 , Do you have any experience with WIFO and their Up Shot Inverted blowers?
I am chomping at the bit to put a WBPT-84 to work when it arrives. Only a few vids of them

Good looking blower

 

[sd455dan]

Good looking blower

Yes, I am Hoping so.

For an 84 inch width
They have a pretty large impeller at 27" X 10" plus a tall 20" auger. Hoping it works well.

 

[Jrob730]

Hey Jrob 730 , Do you have any experience with WIFO and their Up Shot Inverted blowers?
I am chomping at the bit to put a WBPT-84 to work when it arrives. Only a few vids of them

Unfortunately I have not. The other two inverted blowers I owned before the Normand were V style types. They were a snow way( I think) and a Fransgard. They both worked good but the Normand out performs them in manny ways.

The Fransgard only had a 24” fan and my Normand has a 28” fan. That alone makes a big difference. The Fransgard was 84” wide and the Normand is 92”. I personally thing the auger takes a lot of air out of the freshly fallen snow so the machine can process it quicker.

Sorry I can’t be more help! I will say a quick search on CL or FB marketplace pulls up quite a few. On another note: years ago(5-8) you would never see these for sale in the US. The other day I went on and there were plenty to pick from in new to gently used to used quite a bit. It’s a sign they are catching on for sure here in the USA.

Good luck with your new unit and let us know how it works for you? I absolutely love mine!

 

[Jrob730]

Just for giggles, don’t let anyone tell you these won’t fit in a pickup!
I went to Canada and got this one with 4 hours on it in 2018.

 

[sd455dan]

Just for giggles, don’t let anyone tell you these won’t fit in a pickup!
I went to Canada and got this one with 4 hours on it in 2018. View attachment 773552View attachment 773553View attachment 773554

That Blower almost makes the truck look small!

 

[Jrob730]

That Blower almost makes the truck look small!

The dealer there did not think it would fit either! I have a friend with a John Deere like mine and he got a beat up Pronovost 92” inverted blower. He gave it a total restoration and new paint( John Deere colors) , I measured his to make sure it would fit before going up north 4 hours to get mine.

That’s the only reason I knew it would fit!

 

[Beaver Cove Deere]

I hear ya on the window protection with an inverted blower and a dirt driveway. I’m rather sure the curved glass don’t come cheap from JD Parts.
I bought the slow vehicle frame for the slot and added 1/8” Lexan scribed around the fenders and a aluminum angle stiffener and nothing hits the glass anymore.

 

[Musdalen]

I have no cab on my 3039r. Looks like I may need body armor. I do like the Lexan shield though.

 

[sd455dan]

I may have to add either a metal mesh shield or some type of plastic maybe Lexan before my blower arrives. last time I priced Lexan though it was pretty pricey.


Nothing like getting pelted in the head with a rock.

 

[Avenger]

There have been a few times I have accidently blasted my rear window, getting the control lever on the hydraulic chute mixed up. I couldn't imagine using this blower in an open station.

Even with the amount of snow that gets pushed towards the cab with the wind would be enough for me, let alone getting blasted in the back of the head!

 

[Musdalen]

There have been a few times I have accidently blasted my rear window, getting the control lever on the hydraulic chute mixed up. I couldn't imagine using this blower in an open station.

Even with the amount of snow that gets pushed towards the cab with the wind would be enough for me, let alone getting blasted in the back of the head!

Indeed, but I grew up blowing snow with a walk behind 50 yrs ago. That said an afyer market cab may be nice.

 

[Beaver Cove Deere]

There have been a few times I have accidently blasted my rear window, getting the control lever on the hydraulic chute mixed up. I couldn't imagine using this blower in an open station.

Even with the amount of snow that gets pushed towards the cab with the wind would be enough for me, let alone getting blasted in the back of the head!

Your discharge chute spins 360? Impossible to do on mine. I can dump it in between the machine and the blower to work it out and away from a tight area but it can’t get anywhere near the cab.
If I was you I’d weld a stop block on the rotation to prevent that BS right quick.

 

[Captain Dirty]

The chute of my Lorenz 310 series PTO snowblower rotates 360 degrees. I clear 3, pea-stone to 1-1/2" stone drives and did not wish to throw any stones back at me. At Lorenz's suggestion I installed two bolts in the appropriate notches of the toothed chute flange to limit the rotation to 270 degrees. The horizontal spur gear on the rear-remote-controlled hydraulic motor rode over the bolts, bent the "L" shaped motor mounting bracket, and continued to rotate the chute. I straightened the bracket and welded gussets to make it more robust. I also installed a crossover relief valve at the motor and adjusted the relief so the hydraulic fluid would bypass when the spur gear encountered the bolts. Works well.

 

[sd455dan]

The chute of my Lorenz 310 series PTO snowblower rotates 360 degrees. I clear 3, pea-stone to 1-1/2" stone drives and did not wish to throw any stones back at me. At Lorenz's suggestion I installed two bolts in the appropriate notches of the toothed chute flange to limit the rotation to 270 degrees. The horizontal spur gear on the rear-remote-controlled hydraulic motor rode over the bolts, bent the "L" shaped motor mounting bracket, and continued to rotate the chute. I straightened the bracket and welded gussets to make it more robust. I also installed a crossover relief valve at the motor and adjusted the relief so the hydraulic fluid would bypass when the spur gear encountered the bolts. Works well.

Interesting,
The WIFO inverted is a motor driven gear type but the driven tooth circumference stops and while you can blow forward at an angle, luckily for me it makes it impossible to point the chute directly forward and get a direct head shot and I have grabbed the wrong lever or pushed it the wrong way a few times.

 

[Cat385B]

Just for giggles, don’t let anyone tell you these won’t fit in a pickup!
I went to Canada and got this one with 4 hours on it in 2018. View attachment 773552View attachment 773553View attachment 773554

Was there an ‘oh crap’ moment at the KFC drive thru? The chute doesn’t look like it would clear a canopy or awning…

 

[Jrob730]

Was there an ‘oh crap’ moment at the KFC drive thru? The chute doesn’t look like it would clear a canopy or awning…

Naw! It was back when you could still walk in and get your food.

I normally have a utility cap on it so I usually never go through it anyways! I had to get that in the USA after crossing the boarder it was early afternoon and boy was I hungry! LOL!

 

[sd455dan]

Was there an ‘oh crap’ moment at the KFC drive thru? The chute doesn’t look like it would clear a canopy or awning…

I had one of those moments tonight with the new WIFO.
Freezing rain on a Pine tree set of low hanging branches caught the Chute and well, the branches finally gave up and slid around it.
No damage to the blower but the chute is about 65 inches tall so something that has to be looked out for.

ps. More good news on the WIFO Inverted. The floor fell out of the snow base after all of the rain we have had. The inverted blower had No problem with the heavy wet snow, still throws it plenty far.