Loader mounted blower

cford36 · Dec 15, 2014

Not sure if anyone has been looking for a loader mounted blower, but, I was discussing one while looking at a new tractor. Turns out one of my local dealers in western NY custom builds them. He gave me a verbal quote of $4500 for a 72" loader mount snowblower with 3pt hitch power pack and rear PTO pump installed. He had a used 7' one sitting there, looks well built. If anyone wants the name just PM me. I have been looking for one when I get a new tractor and this has been the best price I have found yet. I should have taken a picture when I was there.

(I'd put the name here but not sure if that would be against any rules in regrads to adverstising.)

Jw5875 · Dec 15, 2014

Have an interest in one, can you post pics etc. Also could a catalog / brochure be obtained?
P.M. dealer to me.

Thanks,

JW 5875

aeblank · Dec 16, 2014

From what I've seen/heard, that is SUPER cheap (less than half the price of others?).
I already have mine, but I'd be interested in seeing pictures too.

tman1020 · Dec 16, 2014

Cabela's has them in stock for their new tractor line they look awesome. But I think they are much more expensive than that.

aeblank · Dec 16, 2014

I saw a craigslist ad with a cabelas tractor with a loader/hydraulic blower.
at $4500, that is notably cheaper than the Kubota front mount system, which is like $8k and change.

I'd love a loader mount. My sub-frame is such a PITA. Though, i'm getting better......

cford36 · Dec 16, 2014

I'll just put it on here.

Eden Tractor
8550 North Main St
Eden, NY 14057
716-992-3485
Spoke to Craig, he is the owner.

I don't have any pictures yet I will try to get back and get some.
Other than they make them I didn't get anymore details from him. However I did notice the name Lynx on the corner. From doing some searching it appears to be Lynx by Hardy which is a subsidiary of Pronovost. They must purchase their rear mount blower and modify it with skid steer mounts and the plumbing, rear power pack and the rear PTO pump.

If I get anymore info I will post it here. Also if anyone calls and finds out anything could you put it on here.

If you go to HARDY Bienvenue - Welcome you can work your way to their blowers. It looks like the one on the website, other than those are rear mounts.

cford36 · Dec 16, 2014

tman1020 said:
Cabela's has them in stock for their new tractor line they look awesome. But I think they are much more expensive than that.

I was recently at Cabela's and they had one there. It is the Sheyenne Tooling one. I like that there is no large power pack but my concern is that all the cooling is done by the tractor since that is the fluid it uses. Not sure how much of a strain on the system it would be. Would like to hear from someone that has it.

tman1020 · Dec 16, 2014

It runs the blower from a separate pump run by a mid pto. Not sure about shoot rotation. At least that's how the one I saw was set up.

cford36 · Dec 16, 2014

tman1020 said:
It runs the blower from a separate pump run by a mid pto. Not sure about shoot rotation. At least that's how the one I saw was set up.

I've been on their website several times. Sheyenne Tooling & Manufacturing They have a couple of videos. All the hydraulic fluid used to run their blower comes from the tractors system. They tap into your tractors system. That's the difference between theirs and all the other systems I have seen. (This excludes skid steers, they have the hydraulics to handle things like this). All the other systems have a power pack. Basically a separate hydraulic reservoir on your 3pt and a PTO driven pump.

Here is the one I saw at Cabela's.

(sorry for the sideways pics they are off my phone, not sure how to rotate them on here)

Piston · Dec 17, 2014

cford36 said:
I've been on their website several times. Sheyenne Tooling & Manufacturing They have a couple of videos. All the hydraulic fluid used to run their blower comes from the tractors system. They tap into your tractors system. That's the difference between theirs and all the other systems I have seen. (This excludes skid steers, they have the hydraulics to handle things like this). All the other systems have a power pack. Basically a separate hydraulic reservoir on your 3pt and a PTO driven pump.

Here is the one I saw at Cabela's.

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(sorry for the sideways pics they are off my phone, not sure how to rotate them on here)

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That explains it, I was wondering how they were selling them so cheap. Sounds like a good way to burn up your hydraulic system??? I'm surprised they get away with that.

cford36 · Dec 17, 2014

Piston said:
:confused2:
That explains it, I was wondering how they were selling them so cheap. Sounds like a good way to burn up your hydraulic system??? I'm surprised they get away with that.

Have you seen a price for them? There is nothing on their website.

cford36 · Dec 17, 2014

I should be able to get pictures of the one my dealer makes tomorrow.

cford36 · Dec 19, 2014

OK here are the pics from the dealer modified blower. If you look in the bottom left corner it does say HARDY, so I guess my assumption is correct.

The cylinder for the chute rotation was removed.

cford36 · Dec 19, 2014

I was also back at Cabela's and here are more pictures of the Sheyenne Toolings model.

(not sure I like all the hardware just for the chute rotation)

Extra filter hardware on loader arm.

PTO pump

Balerguy2 · Dec 28, 2014

Just for info on the Rear Power Pack and Tractor Loader Front Snow Blower cost. I took my existing 6' rear blower + some steel and mounted sans 6' Kubota 852 bucket. I had a 3 pte rack where I mounted the 20 gpm pump and 25 gal. tank. 3/4" hosing et al came close to 3,000 dollars US. I have it on a Kubota L4610 glide-shift and it works beautifully. Sounds like the subject super sale is indeed that.............. There is much work to do what I did plus owning the blower. One thing using the existing tractor hydro fluid would help to heat it up...................... mine runs barely warm and I have used no more than 15 gallons of tank hydraulic fluid. I have posted plenty pictures here on my build. Once you have one of these you'll never look back...............

Carl

I'm not endorsing using the tractors hydro supply................

grsthegreat · Dec 28, 2014

tell you what, i have a loader mounted blower, and it has a separate 25 gal hyd tank.After an hour of blowing snow, that tank is hot to the touch. Id hate to think of the tractors system running this blower.

im actually thinking of adding a transmission cooler to my setup.

MarentetteService · Dec 28, 2014

With a step up gear box, two ports of return for cooling, and an extra filter that would also function as a cooler, I would not be worried. I think I am interested.

cford36 · Dec 29, 2014

My original posting was for my dealers built blower. Which appears to be a Hardy Lynx, by Pronovost, 3pt blower that they modify to loader mount. He also uses a power pack which he did mention something like 25 gal. Seemed like a good price compared to all the others I priced.

grsthegreat · Jan 1, 2015

cford36 said:
My original posting was for my dealers built blower. Which appears to be a Hardy Lynx, by Pronovost, 3pt blower that they modify to loader mount. He also uses a power pack which he did mention something like 25 gal. Seemed like a good price compared to all the others I priced.

it does need some kind of hyd tank for cooling.

cford36 · Jan 2, 2015

grsthegreat said:
it does need some kind of hyd tank for cooling.

It does.

I think we may be talking about 2 different things. I started this thread about a blower my dealers builds, his setup includes a rear mounted power pack with tank.

Someone else brought up the ones that are at Cabelas, which I just had happened to see and have photos of. Theirs are the ones that do not have a separate hyd supply.

Either way I agree that I would get a system with the rear power pack.