newbee PTO question

[smalltown]

I had added this question to the end of another post, but I think it may have been buried.
I have been reading all the posts of front verses rear snowblowers. I read that the rear mounted is a lot less expensive, and some apparently like the idea of leaving the FEL installed.

Not being tractor wise I would like to ask what may surely be an obvious no brainer question, but for me I don't know.

When reading tractor specs for a unit that has both a rear and mid mount PTO, and it is stated for example that the PTO HP =18 does that mean that both the rear and the mid mount are 18HP. I know you don't have the option to install the same blower on either the front or rear.

But if you could I wanted to illiminate the rear PTO installed blower being able to throw snow futher than the same blower installed on the front using the mid-mount PTO.

 

[revitupfaster]

In the spec's, a tractor has a rated engine HP and the PTO HP (PTO always being slightly less). As far as I know, the PTO HP is the same at both rear and mid connections. I've studied a lot of tractor brochures, and have never seen a distinction.

What are you trying to do, mount a blower on both ends of the tractor. I don't understand your question.


REV

 

[smalltown]

Thanks REV. No I guess I should have said I wondered if there would be any difference in a given snowblower performance between powering the blower from the rear or mid mounted PTO.

I was just trying to avoid the issue of (if) I purchased a front blower that the dealer might say to me later "Oh you should have bought a rear blower they throw the snow further."

I know one thing what ever I eventually get, a soft sided cab is in my future, I cleared the snow out again today and I am so sick and tired of the wind changing and making me look like frosty the snowman.

 

[sparrowhawk]

There is no noticeable difference in HP between mid or rear PTO. While some people swear by rear mount, most of the time that's because their tractor may not have a front mount snow blower option (in JD that's pretty much anything over a 3xxx series). If you like craning your neck while you snowblow, that's an option. I would go front mount if at all possible though, as its much easier ergonomically. My $.02

 

[grsthegreat]

ive looked into both the front and rear snowblower issues for the past 2 months, and it is confusing. If you mount a snowblower on the front, powered by a mid PTO, you will have to remove the loader and mount the blower to a sub-frame. If you mount to the rear, you can leave the loader installed to use in the areas where you cant blow.

Im going to order a LOADER mounted front snowblower for my tractor, but that will run off of hydraulic hoses attached to a rear 3 point mounted, rear PTO driven hydraulic pump. I need this because i want to be able to lift the blower up to reach the piles of snow that shed off of my 3 outbuildings. I get piles 5 feet high.

im also going to order a front blade for the slush. There is no one perfect solutiuon.

 

[smalltown]

Thanks everybody.
One less thing I need to wonder about.