Kubota BX clearing some heavy wet snow with FEL

[tractorgp]

 

[mikester]

You need to post an explicit content warning - tractor ****.

 

[arto98607]

Nice video thanks, but aren't you getting a sore neck?

If it was me I would turn the blower around 180 degrees and convert it to forward drive model.
Just saying.

Yes it would be fair bit of work.

 

[tractorgp]

I see your point fortunately my neck is doing fine... but. At any rate for the snow and ice conditions that we get here I really would not want to be without either the blower or the bucket. As I type and look out the window I see a mound of hard ice/snow that was plowed up by the city machine. It would be too risky going at that with the blower.

 

[arto98607]

I meant rear PTO driven forward driven snow blower.

 

[tractorgp]

I meant rear PTO driven forward drive snow blower.

I know the blower type you mean. Trouble is I would have a hard time getting out of the garage with that kind of blower due to the high snow levels that sometimes occur.

 

[arto98607]

Oh, I see what you mean!

 

[diesel85]

This is why I like having both a FEL and a rear blower.

While a front mount blower is easier on the neck, having the ability to have both is just how I like it.

You should consider getting a 4' snow box to chain to the loader.

Edited: Tip: Close the garage door before snow blowing... keeps the work benches from getting snow all over them.

 

[JWR]

A lot of disadvantages of a front mount blower. I'd only want one if I had a very long road to clear where going one direction for a long distance was clearly needed. If he had a front blower that means he'd have to pull off the FEL which is a nuisance and subtracts the ability to use the FEL for snow. Big advantage if you can do work both directions , fwd and backward, without deadheading in one direction. If one had the real need for a front mount blower, then he could put a blade on the back I suppose to retain bi-directional working ability, but that's a lot to go through. I say he's better off as-is than going to the troubles and expense of a front blower.

 

[arto98607]

That's all good but I meant turning it around 180 degrees and converting it to a 3-point rear pull snowblower similar to this, in order to save neck strain.
And I acknowledged it would be a fair bit of work.

Spoke recently with a friend of mine up north who has a looong driveway and has done it.
By up north, I mean about 60 miles south of the Arctic Circle!

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