Re-blow with pull behind snowblower.

okanoganjim · Mar 1, 2023

After a winter for the record books which isn‘t over yet, I am beefing up my snow fighting equipment. Primarily I am concerned about removing snow at my mini-storage facility. This means clearing the entrance road, parking area and between rows of buildings. I have 5 acres here to deal with as well as my home which has a longish driveway. I am planning to purchase a front hydraulic SSQA mounted blade and a rear snow blower for my new Kubota L5460 hatch. I am thinking in some of my rows between buildings, I could blow the snow directly behind me, then re-blow it over the fence to the vacant lot. I know this can be done with the backward facing 3pt blower, but can you also accomplish the same thing with a pull behind blower? Has anyone tried that?

Jchonline · Mar 1, 2023

I would get a pusher, push it up then below that out right away. Don’t let it freeze up.

leonz · Mar 1, 2023

okanoganjim said:
After a winter for the record books which isn‘t over yet, I am beefing up my snow fighting equipment. Primarily I am concerned about removing snow at my mini-storage facility. This means clearing the entrance road, parking area and between rows of buildings. I have 5 acres here to deal with as well as my home which has a longish driveway. I am planning to purchase a front hydraulic SSQA mounted blade and a rear snow blower for my new Kubota L5460 hatch. I am thinking in some of my rows between buildings, I could blow the snow directly behind me, then re-blow it over the fence to the vacant lot. I know this can be done with the backward facing 3pt blower, but can you also accomplish the same thing with a pull behind blower? Has anyone tried that?

If you hit something with your ssqa blade like a pile of frozen ice and snow it
will damage your loader arms and that is something you cannot repair.

Your better off buying a small Degelman snow blade for your new tractor as
it can be hydraulically operated for left and right movement and lifting it.
You may be able to use thier quick attach kits for it as well.

Using a pull type blower would not work well and it would require a great deal
of manuevering and backing to do it even with a plow as you would be going
over it and packing it down while trying to blow it.

Buy a good rear mounted Canadian snow blower like a Pronovost PXPL-86 to do
all your snow removal and order it with the wheel kit so you can prevent it digging
into loose stone or grass.

The hydraulic scraper also removes any snow missed by the snow blowers cutting
edge by placing down pressure on the scraping blade while you are driving forward.

oldnslo · Mar 2, 2023

okanoganjim said:
After a winter for the record books which isn‘t over yet, I am beefing up my snow fighting equipment. Primarily I am concerned about removing snow at my mini-storage facility. This means clearing the entrance road, parking area and between rows of buildings. I have 5 acres here to deal with as well as my home which has a longish driveway. I am planning to purchase a front hydraulic SSQA mounted blade and a rear snow blower for my new Kubota L5460 hatch. I am thinking in some of my rows between buildings, I could blow the snow directly behind me, then re-blow it over the fence to the vacant lot. I know this can be done with the backward facing 3pt blower, but can you also accomplish the same thing with a pull behind blower? Has anyone tried that?

I am a little confused on your question of blowing snow behind you while driving forward. Are asking about blowing over the top of your tractor in front of you until you get to the end of a row?

okanoganjim · Mar 2, 2023

No, I’m thinking about the opposite. Driving forward with a pull type blower behind me blowing the snow 20 or 30 feet directly back, over the row I just cut. Then pickup the blower, backup and repeat until the snow is launched over the fence at the end of the row. This would probably work better with a typical rear facing blower, but then I am stuck backing up 100% of the time. Every configuration is a compromise in one way or another. Trying the find the best one for my situation. Thanks for the response.

grsthegreat · Mar 2, 2023

I dont see how a pull behind could do that….but my other concern is blowing it onto someone elses property. What if they decide to build in the near future or complain about you moving your snow there. You should devise a plan on storing snow on own property.
it does suck. I run out of places to put snow every year.

LouNY · Mar 2, 2023

I have blown snow right past my cab, landing it just ahead and to the left of me.
Not really something I would recommend as any foreign material is going by in close proximity of you or your cab.
If I was wanting to snow a distance I'd use a rear mount rear facing unit and just keep blowing and moving it.
Or a front mount and just keep moving it forward.

Beaver Cove Deere · Mar 3, 2023

okanoganjim said:
No, I’m thinking about the opposite. Driving forward with a pull type blower behind me blowing the snow 20 or 30 feet directly back, over the row I just cut. Then pickup the blower, backup and repeat until the snow is launched over the fence at the end of the row. This would probably work better with a typical rear facing blower, but then I am stuck backing up 100% of the time. Every configuration is a compromise in one way or another. Trying the find the best one for my situation. Thanks for the response.

I do it every storm. I also can dump the snow from the chute down between the machine and blower working it out of a pocket.

It’s all about the horsepower.

Some days I will blow everything away from my garage onto the driveway then send it when I work my way to the front yard. Today I just ran the bucket in the area to build a large windrow then sent it deep into the yard.

leonz · Mar 3, 2023

This is why I suggested the Pronovost XPro PXPL-86 as it can do both jobs
and it is well within your mules power range.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjZwsaUwl

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gMolc1vJyY

oldnslo · Mar 3, 2023

okanoganjim said:
No, I’m thinking about the opposite. Driving forward with a pull type blower behind me blowing the snow 20 or 30 feet directly back, over the row I just cut. Then pickup the blower, backup and repeat until the snow is launched over the fence at the end of the row. This would probably work better with a typical rear facing blower, but then I am stuck backing up 100% of the time. Every configuration is a compromise in one way or another. Trying the find the best one for my situation. Thanks for the response.

time wise I believe rear face would be the winner since you blow a complete path, raise blower, drive to starting point and blow second path Vs back and forth 100's of times.

fishhead · Mar 3, 2023

I blow to the rear sometimes when it will go far enough clear but I never blow and re-blow- you could do that but it seems awkward. I often recycle which is when you blow in-between tractor and blower - if the building is short and the snow not too deep that could work

Woodstock Walt · Mar 4, 2023

OP, I also upgraded my snow moving equipment this year with a pull-type blower and SSQA snow pusher. I had previously been using a SSQA blade. My clearing needs sound similar to yours, I have a long driveway plus outbuilding yards with alleys between buildings.

For your scenario, I think you could plan on clearing the first 20-30 ft. of your alleys with a pull-type by blowing the snow straight backwards as your drive, but beyond that I think your best bet would be to push the snow out of the alleys, then either stack it with your blade or pusher (depending on your scenario), or blow it away from there.

For pushing the snow out of the alleys, I would recommend a snow pusher over a blade based on my personal experience. As I mentioned above, I've been using a SSQA blade for years, and now that I've started using a snow pusher there's no going back for me. It's much more efficient.

As for the blower, pull-type is the way to go.

okanoganjim · Mar 4, 2023

Woodstock Walt said:
OP, I also upgraded my snow moving equipment this year with a pull-type blower and SSQA snow pusher. I had previously been using a SSQA blade. My clearing needs sound similar to yours, I have a long driveway plus outbuilding yards with alleys between buildings.

For your scenario, I think you could plan on clearing the first 20-30 ft. of your alleys with a pull-type by blowing the snow straight backwards as your drive, but beyond that I think your best bet would be to push the snow out of the alleys, then either stack it with your blade or pusher (depending on your scenario), or blow it away from there.

For pushing the snow out of the alleys, I would recommend a snow pusher over a blade based on my personal experience. As I mentioned above, I've been using a SSQA blade for years, and now that I've started using a snow pusher there's no going back for me. It's much more efficient.

As for the blower, pull-type is the way to go.

Snow pusher eh. I was wanting a hydraulic angle front blade for moving snow off to the side. Snow pusher is straight forward only, at least the ones I have seen online. Thats why I haven’t considered one. I had been dealing with the snow on my B26 with the FEL and a rear manually angled blade. I’m kinda use to that moving to the side idea. But I will consider the pusher. Thanks.

leonz · Mar 4, 2023

Did you look at the youtube video links I uploaded showing how
the Pronovost PXPL-86 snow blower worked in both directions??

Does your mule have a Mid-Point Power Take Off? If it does,
you could mount the PXPL-86 up front and do all your snow
removal with no need for a snowplow.

If it does not, you can add an Erskine rear PTO to front PTO drive
shaft kit to use a Pronovost PXPL-86 snow blower

Slowpoke Slim · Mar 5, 2023

If you can push the snow off to the side (which is what you've been doing?) can you not just eject the snow from the blower chute to the same side? Without knowing your lot layout, I'm not sure what options you have. My rear facing blower has no problem throwing snow angled back towards the front, but just off to the side to miss the cab (and glass).

For pushing snow on long straight sections I think a snow pusher box would be much more efficient than an angled blade. You're driving the snow in front of you as you go with a pusher box. An angled blade can only push a minimal amount of snow and it always sloughs it off to the side. I'm looking at pusher boxes myself for next year, and I think I'm going that route, but I also want the backdragging ability to get snow away from my garage doors.

I second the idea that you don't want to put your snow on your neighbor's property. Bad form. Plus, at least around here, it's also illegal to do so. Lots of people here end up having to haul snow away during the winter as they run out of places to stack it. I'm fortunate where I'm at now that my front yard is big and wide open, and lots of room to throw snow on it.

fishhead · Mar 8, 2023

There's always a v-plow- which I personally would love

aczlan · Mar 8, 2023

okanoganjim said:
Snow pusher eh. I was wanting a hydraulic angle front blade for moving snow off to the side. Snow pusher is straight forward only, at least the ones I have seen online. Thats why I haven’t considered one. I had been dealing with the snow on my B26 with the FEL and a rear manually angled blade. I’m kinda use to that moving to the side idea. But I will consider the pusher. Thanks.

Not cheap, but a HLA SnowWing will let you push like a box or a plow: HLA Snow | 3230W SnowWing

Aaron

LouNY · Mar 8, 2023

The Blizzard adjustable plow would be a nice one also able to scoop or angle and wing.

grsthegreat · Mar 9, 2023

My plow has manual wings.

jonsstihl · Mar 9, 2023

I have a PXPL-80 for almost four winters now. It works great and I love the versatility but it is not an inverted blower. it works like an inverted blower but only for short distances (less than 50 feet) . it doesn't take much snow to eventually stop my 4760 with studded loaded R4 rears on flat asphalt driveway.

but it works great for pulling snow away from the garage and it is great for scraping down to the asphalt when the wet snow packs down, really reduces ice build up in the spring.

If I had to do it again I would probably use the extra the pxpl costs to fund a ssqa scraper box for the FEL.