Snow Kubota B7800 I want a front snowblower and subframe but my local dealers are unsure of what I need.

[Fug1000]

I've owned my B7800 since it was new in 2007. My original dealer no longer sells Kubota.
I would love to have a front snowblower but so far when I call the dealers closest to me, they have no idea what to sell me.
They can't tell me anything. They can't tell me if the newer front blowers for the newer B's will work, they can't even tell me what older snowblowers work with my tractor.
I know I will drop several thousand on this but it's like they have little knowledge of what they used to sell.

A simple search here and I see that a lot of folks here are using a B2782 blower.

That's all I know.... I don't know what subframe, pto shaft/kit.... electric vs. hydraulic ...nothing.

Would some kind B7800 owner here with a front Kubota snowblower setup please kindly tell me exactly what you have...model numbers of every part needed to make this work on your tractor.
Looks like I am going to have to try to piece something together myself.

I have a loader so I do have front hydro hookups.

TIA for any help on this.

 

[JWR]

Not my business to tell you what to do, but unless you have a life-long hankering or a special personal desire for a front snow blower for that B7800 it's not worth the chase. Rear blowers are available in umpteen brands, sizes, new or used and beside being easier to buy they are less complex and less trouble-prone over time. You can also get "forward pull" rear blowers which are reported to be much nicer in terms of preserving your neck. A front blower also dorks up use of your FEL and means you can't run the FEL while doing snowblowing. I would not chase it if I were you.

 

[RickB]

The dealers aren’t clueless. Your wants aren’t something they can accommodate.

 

[George the Beagle]

I'm afraid I have to agree with the others that this may not work out for you. It is MUCH easier to get a tractor already equipped the way you want it than retrofitting it down the road, particularly with an older tractor. Also, a front-mount snowblower is much more complex than a rear mount. I'm quite sure, however, that you'd be able to find a rear mount that would work well. Best of luck.

 

[CobyRupert]

I too have no help for you
and don’t know what, or if, there’s a subframe, PTO driven model for your Kubota, but there’s always option of a FEL mounted snowblower that is powered off a hydraulic power unit that mounts on 3PTH?

SB300 Snowblower w/Hydraulic Power Unit

No need to remove your loader. Switch from one attachment to the next in seconds.

erskineattachments.com

 

[Fug1000]

The dealers aren’t clueless. Your wants aren’t something they can accommodate.

How so, I mean they seem as clueless as me. They sell Kubota tractors and implements, they can't even tell me what I need. One dealer told me to call Messisks because all the 'old guys' that know that kind of stuff are retired. Are you telling me they can not even accommodate and answer, even if that answer is sorry we can't get that part. You telling me a guy that is ready to spend upwards of 5 grand or more on this isn't important enough for at least some kind of informed answer from a Kubota dealer? I have tried 3 so far.

 

[Fug1000]

I too have no help for you
and don’t know what, or if, there’s a subframe, PTO driven model for your Kubota, but there’s always option of a FEL mounted snowblower that is powered off a hydraulic power unit that mounts on 3PTH?

SB300 Snowblower w/Hydraulic Power Unit

No need to remove your loader. Switch from one attachment to the next in seconds.

erskineattachments.com

There are videos here on TBN of guys using a B2782 front snowblowers with their B7800 so I know for a fact the stuff is out there, I just need to know what stuff I need.

 

[Fug1000]

SB300 Snowblower w/Hydraulic Power Unit

No need to remove your loader. Switch from one attachment to the next in seconds.

erskineattachments.com

Also thank you for that link, that thing looks interesting.

 

[RickB]

How so, I mean they seem as clueless as me. They sell Kubota tractors and implements, they can't even tell me what I need. One dealer told me to call Messisks because all the 'old guys' that know that kind of stuff are retired. Are you telling me they can not even accommodate and answer, even if that answer is sorry we can't get that part. You telling me a guy that is ready to spend upwards of 5 grand or more on this isn't important enough for at least some kind of informed answer from a Kubota dealer? I have tried 3 so far.

Sometimes information isn't as readily available as we would like to think it is. Whole goods price files are digital only and don't go back more than a generation or so. It's not like they can dust off a 10-12 year old hard copy and look up the components you think you want.
If you are coming off to them like you are here that isn't gonna help your cause. They know better than you that they can't help you without making a big project out of it with nothing in it for them.

 

[Leejohn]

Here is the info you are looking for. Make sure read what else you have to add to have ever thing that goes with it.