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[hoogy]

I can buy :
Meteor 51" for 1949.00
Meteor 60" for 1990.00
Lynx 54" for 2193.00

What do you all think. There is no one by me to ask about either of these.
My tractor is a 23hp MF

 

[tessiers]

I have a 60" on a larger tractor and in heavy snow its all it wants, I would stick with the smaller size. I have considered making a couple of wing extentions for light snow to funnel an extra 2 feet of width into the auger.

I can't comment on either of the brands you mention.

 

[red4now]

I can buy :
Meteor 51" for 1949.00
Meteor 60" for 1990.00
Lynx 54" for 2193.00

What do you all think. There is no one by me to ask about either of these.
My tractor is a 23hp MF

I had a 52" on a previous 23 hp unit and it was a good fit. Bigger would not have been better.

 

[WilliamBos]

Our 1523 handles the 50" just fine. Not sure how it would handle bigger.

 

[GreenMtns]

Our 1523 handles the 50" just fine. Not sure how it would handle bigger.

I have a Puma 64" blower that I have used on a Kubota B7500 (21HP), Kioti CK30 (30HP) and am now using on a John Deere 3520 (37HP Turbo). All have done well with this blower IF you run it at a ground speed that does not plug the blower. You will not be able to run over the ground as fast as you would with a plow no matter which blower you choose. If you buy the wider one you may have to go a little slower in heavy snow but it will do the job and will be faster in light snow.

 

[Doug in NNY]

The size of the unit on a 23 hp tractor must take into account what you get for snowfall. Last winter we received over 220 inches of snow between Halloween day and the end of March. Snowfall continued almost uninterrupted from very late October until 1 February (we had a small break around Christmastime). We're at the foot of the Tug Hill Plateau, off the eastern short of Lake Ontario. Eleven miles from here, in Barnes Corners, they measured over three hundred inches last season.

So, the question isn't strictly, How much can the tractor handle? It's more like, What can I expected to handle if where I live gets hammered?

I have a 23 hp Kubota (17 hp at the pto). I'm happy enough with my 48" Loftness. With as much snow as this area can experience, more is less.

I'd opt for one of the two smaller units. And I would choose which one on the basis of the quality of a dealer's service. To save a hundred dollars and get poor service is no savings at all.

Doug

BX2350 w/rear hydraulics, fel w/Markham tooth bar, Loftness 48" 3ph snow thrower, and other stuff.

 

[easygo]

I have a Meteor 60" blower on my B7510 (21hp 16pto hp) The tractor handles it well but as it was said before I have to go slower when the the snow is deep or heavy. The 50" would have been the good match, but I found this lightly used blower and for a good price. Saved me $700 over buying a new 50" Meteor from the dealer.

 

[Spudland_Dave]

Meteor 51" for 1949.00
Meteor 60" for 1990.00
Lynx 54" for 2193.00

IF I were in your shoex.....Lynx 54" for $2193
Reason - Quality...The Lynx (Pronovost) is a nice stout unit, great track record, and a proven performer...I do think though, if you shop around you can probably get the Lynx 54" for 2k OTD

 

[nomad]

I am planning to make (DIY) a snowmelter. Isn't the egt (exhaust gas temp) of emission at exhaust manifold about 500 C (1000 F) ? We are wasting this energy. I will attach a boom to the exhaust manifold of tractor and that will spray hot exhaust gas emission like a curtain and melt the snow. Environment friendly, cheap and enough for snow on my own house area. No more 3-pt attachment, This is exhaust attachment.

 

[WilliamBos]

A flame thrower...

 

[hoogy]

I don't think you will have good luck trying to clear snow using exhaust. What are you to do with the water you make from melting snow. Your are going to ice problems.

 

[nomad]

Before it turns into ice we can collect the water (melted snow) into tankers by pumping and we can recycle this "dirty" water with hazardous chemical outlets like CO, NO, etc in recycling plants. This way, we can get rid of these environmental materials by injecting them into the snow. Single stone double bird. Eh, I should direct the world

By the way, did you know that the worst gas emissions (percentage of CO, NO, etc) are coming out of farm tractors, especially when plowing.? Snow plowing too is badd.

 

[Egon]

am planning to make (DIY) a snowmelter. Isn't the egt (exhaust gas temp) of emission at exhaust manifold about 500 C (1000 F) ? We are wasting this energy. I will attach a boom to the exhaust manifold

Oh dear Nomad; you must visit some cold areas with the snow piled up three feet deep like my driveway during the winter months.

 

[WilliamBos]

Oh dear Nomad; you must visit some cold areas with the snow piled up three feet deep like my driveway during the winter months.

Oh I second that...

 

[Egon]

Nomad, my back yard in the winter. There are two cars parked there.

 

[wedge40]

Maybe he has a really really really hot tractor.
I'd rather have 1 foot snow than ice anyday.

Wedge

 

[FlaDon]

And if it were such a good idea to melt the snow, why did the melters that the railroads made out of jet engines fail so badly? Jet exhaust is hotter than what you get out the tailpaipe, and more volume too.

 

[nomad]

Ok, folks, your claim is that there is not enough heat energy at exhaust gas emission to melt the snow, is it?

Your claim is based on "economical feasibility / efficiency" taught in our science logic today. But, today science is in contradictions. Just let me tell this. If the exhaust emission coming out of exhaust manifolds was not enough, how comes it drills the Ozone layer in atmosphere which is a hugh layer? Think collective science. Ok, Egon, exhaust gas of your tractor may not melt all snow around your house, but, then, you don't plow all snow around your house, either. What you do is just to plow a path for your walking and driving path. That's all. Exhaust gas will be enough to melt a path to your house and thats enough.

I will give another example on illogic in science logic today. They educate people solar energy is not efficient nor economical feasable. True that efficiency of solar systems today is really low. But, economically not feasable? It is for free. Give me New York. I will install solar collectors on a hill there and I will heat the whole NY, will supply electric energy to whole NY and all vehicles there will use electricity. So, whole energy of NY will be for free. What? Installation cost? Hey, collectors are made of aluminum, plastic, sand, etc. All these materials are under your feet and if you consider all these materials belong to you folks, they all will be for free. All to be done is to have 10,000 people who will work for 3 months for free to install solar collectors on the hill near NY city. But, if you gave all these materials to a few people and if their scientists are illogical, then, you will learn solar energy is inefficient, noneconomic, etc. All bs..

 

[smfcpacfp]

Your blower should be at least as wide as your tractor. I would go wth the widest blower especially if you have a lot of driveway, although I would never consider a rear blower, since we get a lot of snow.

It doesn't really matter how much horse power your tractor has in relation to the size of the blower unless we are talking gigantic blower. You can convert your your large blower into a smaller blower in deep snow by going slower and taking a smaller cut.

 

[jeffgreef]

I am planning to make (DIY) a snowmelter. Isn't the egt (exhaust gas temp) of emission at exhaust manifold about 500 C (1000 F) ? We are wasting this energy. I will attach a boom to the exhaust manifold of tractor and that will spray hot exhaust gas emission like a curtain and melt the snow. Environment friendly, cheap and enough for snow on my own house area. No more 3-pt attachment, This is exhaust attachment.

Here's another idea. Mount a seed spreader on the back of the tractor, the rotary type with a horizontal spinning plate. Put granulated thermite in the spreader, and mount cigarette lighters just outside the discharge of the spreader to ignite the thermite granules. Then drive along, spreading burning thermite on the snow as you go. Since thermite gets up to 4,000 degrees in seconds, you'll be putting down a lot of BTUs. Only problem might be that the asphalt may catch fire, but the melting snow will put it out.