[AT] What tractor for my snowblower?

[Ralph Goff]

Greg, thats the advantage of the rear mount snowblower . My Cockshutt 40 has 
no power steering but with the weight of the blower on the back I can steer 
the tractor easily as the front gets pretty light. Sure adds to the traction 
too. I'd say a rear mount blower will go through way more snow than a front 
mount will simply for the traction advantage. But its true, the neck 
twisting can be a bit much on a long driveway. Guess I'll have to install 
mine for the first time this winter. The yard is getting pretty heavy going 
and I hate to pile it up with the blade. The snowblower just makes the snow 
disappear whereas the blade pushes up mountains of snow that eventually take 
up most of the space in the yard.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Hass" <gkhass at avci.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] What tractor for my snowblower?


>I second the Farmall 504 as a good tractor... 3-pt. hitch, good hydraulics, 
>independent PTO, and for most jobs an agonizingly slow reverse - but 
>perfect for a snowblower.  We owned one for many years, however ours did 
>not have power steering and it was a hard tractor to steer, especially in 
>reverse.  So I would not recommend purchasing one that did not have power 
>steering.
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