[AT] Snow Blower

[Phil Vorwerk]

Wow, that pretty much sums up my experience with a 3 point blower.  I used 
mine one season, absolutely hated it.

Phil
Courtland, MN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 5:50 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower


> When I was in the tractor and implement selling business, you could
> generally go by the weight and price when comparing similar items.
>
> That being said, I never sold a new three-point snow blower. The reason
> was that there were so many barely used ones available if someone really
> wanted one. And there lay the problem: Almost anyone who has ever used a
> rear mounted snow blower decided to sell it immediately afterward. There
> are many reasons for folks being unhappy with them, but the first one is
> that they are literally a pain in the neck to use - after a very short
> time, you find yourself in pain from having to twist yourself around to
> operate the machine. The second problem is operating in reverse - older
> tractors have only one speed in reverse, and even modern tractors have
> maybe two speeds (too fast and too slow). I guess if you have a hydro
> you might be OK, but a snow blower needs to be fed into the snow just
> right. And, of course, a snow blower does just that: blows snow. If you
> happen to have the wind shift, you wind up being dumped on, and if you
> have a cab, the whole back of the cab gets instantly blanketed and has
> to be cleaned off. Then, there are the usual problems with all snow
> blowers - clogging with wet snow, jams from the machine "finding" hidden
> objects (rocks, children's toys, hunks of fallen trees, etc.), shooting
> small objects long distances into cars/trucks/houses, etc. The only
> advantage of a three point mounted snow blower is that it adds a fair
> amount of weight to the back of the tractor for traction when pushing
> snow with a front blade/bucket.
>
> If you are still determined to try a three point blower, I suspect you
> would be better off either borrowing one from a disgruntled neighbor or
> buying a good used one, rather than investing good money in a new Asian
> manufactured one. You can generally find a good used blower for under
> $1000. Put a "wanted" ad in your local "Penny Saver" magazine or
> newspaper, and you will have a dozen responses the next day.
>
> Mike
>
> On 8/15/2010 7:26 PM, Dick Day wrote:
>> I just received the 2010 Northern Tools catalog.  As I said in a previous
>> post concerning Harbor Freight, I normally do not buy big-ticket items 
>> from
>> Northern or HF.
>>
>> However... in the new Northern catalog, a 3-pt snowblower  did catch my 
>> eye.
>> It's a Canadian product from a company called Braber...
>>
>> http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200435197_200435197?cm_ven=natural&cm_cat=netconcepts&cm_pla=Yahoo&cm_ite=braber%2Bsnowblower
>>
>> $1399 for a 72" blower is mighty tempting.  It lacks the bells and 
>> whistles
>> on the more expensive units. The cheapest I've ever seen new around here
>> (Nebraska) has been around $4800.
>>
>> Ever heard of Braber?  Thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dick Day
>>
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