Looking at pull type snowblowers

[metalbender]

I agree on that video. Hardly considered a snow event. Inverted have their place in some situations with light non drifted snow, even a couple of feet. Here on the on the prairies the snow will drift three feet high across the road and you can drive up onto the drift. This situation requires a push type blower, be rear or front mount. Just a different perspective for those who've never experienced a prairie blizzard. The tractor goes in the shed with the blower facing out, ready for action.

 

[atsah]

I agree on that video. Hardly considered a snow event. Inverted have their place in some situations with light non drifted snow, even a couple of feet. Here on the on the prairies the snow will drift three feet high across the road and you can drive up onto the drift. This situation requires a push type blower, be rear or front mount. Just a different perspective for those who've never experienced a prairie blizzard. The tractor goes in the shed with the blower facing out, ready for action.

Happens here as well with roads going through farm land, nothing stops the wind.. My brother has 8ft drifts in his driveway.. He uses an 8 1/2 foot Lucknow and pushes it with a Ford 7710 and a Cat backhoe 4x4 to move banks..

 

[mikester]

Huh? Just change the direction of the spout or adjust the deflection chute!

If you watch the video buddy is blowing all the snow up hill and onto the house...buddy must like ice dams and wet basements...or maybe the guy in the video is a contractor and his summer job is wet basement repairs.

 

[Agvg]

The only way to use one of those is to either chain up all four tires and keep up with a storm or put it on a big tractor.. The snow depth in that video is nothing, if I had one of those on that size tractor and waited until one of our average 2ft storms was over I would be stuck in a hurry..

What do you mean? 2 ft snow is nothing?

 

[clarky711]

I live upstate NY where we get plenty of snow. When I bought my used L3540, I got an old school 6’, single stage pull behind snow blower for 250 bucks. It needed some tlc but works great. I sometimes wish for more hp (which the OP has) when it’s deep (15-18”) but works great on my 750’ blacktop driveway and it’s. I’ve never had an issue with driving over it first, and find that having the loader on all winter is very beneficial.

However, I think you said that you wanted to go even wider, and I might caution against that. I’d think an 6’ would be perfect for you as it still should cover the width of your tracks. I’ll try and find a picture or two.

 

[clarky711]

 

[atsah]

What do you mean? 2 ft snow is nothing?

In that video by the looks of how much snow he was driving through, looked to be 6-8 inches, if he tried that in 2ft of wet snow or snow on top of ice he would be struck in a hurry.. That's what I meant..

 

[airbiscuit]

If you watch the video buddy is blowing all the snow up hill and onto the house...buddy must like ice dams and wet basements...or maybe the guy in the video is a contractor and his summer job is wet basement repairs.

I assumed that if you were on the tractor, you would be bright enough to change the direction of the spout or adjust the deflection chute!

 

[atsah]

Not the first time I have seen people brake windows in their house because they didn't change the deflection chute direction.. It was probably his first video and wasn't paying attention..

 

[Z-Michigan]

I agree on that video. Hardly considered a snow event. Inverted have their place in some situations with light non drifted snow, even a couple of feet. Here on the on the prairies the snow will drift three feet high across the road and you can drive up onto the drift. This situation requires a push type blower, be rear or front mount. Just a different perspective for those who've never experienced a prairie blizzard. The tractor goes in the shed with the blower facing out, ready for action.

We do the same here in Lake Superior's peak snowbelt. An overnight snowfall of 18-24" with drifts of 3-5' happens a few times each winter. Whether front or back mounted, the blower has to clear the tractor's travel or else you'll be stuck immediately.