Looking at pull type snowblowers

[radios1]

I grew up on a farm, and I only remember changing one on a baler. On sharp turns, you could hear the knuckles knock. Yet, only changed one PTO joint on all our equipment. Not sure this is a very big problem.

was that farm in an area that got heavy snow, and did you use a PTO operated snow thrower there?. it's really no big deal in warm weather, though..

 

[airbiscuit]

So how many PTO joints have you had to replace?

 

[NonTypicalCPA]

Parts wear out/break. I bought my tractor to use, not fret about.

Back to blowers. Nobody here has a pull type??

 

[Agvg]

Well, the pull type is very common every where but in the US, they works like a dream.

 

[leonz]

In order to find out more your going to have to visit www.plowsite.com. just keep in mind that you can forget about using them in deep snows.

 

[Agvg]

Most normal tractors are able to move in quite high snow.

 

[ruffdog]

Most normal tractors are able to move in quite high snow.

There was no way I was going to drive through this snow ahead of the blower. The snow was drifted so hard I bet I could walk on top with my small snowshoes.

 

[ruffdog]

So, I gave up trying to blow the very dense drifts and had the neighbor help......

 

[Agvg]

Well, that's a very small tractor with almost no ground clearance, on such tractors a pull blower makes very little sense, but on a normal, small tractor 40 to 80 HP with proper ground clearance there are very rare you can't drive in the snow.

 

[JerryK]

And if the winter gets real bad, or the snow gets real deep one day.... you can call someone to come over with a front blower or rear facing blower to come dig you arse out.