[AT] Snow Blower

[charlie hill]

I don't have much more use for a snow blower than you do in Texas but I was 
thinking how nice it would work if you rigged up a front mounted 3 pt hitch 
and drove the blower with a hydraulic motor.  For that matter it could be 
mounted to a front loader frame or a skid steer.  I don't know how much HP 
it requires.  I suspect it would take a good bit of hydraulic fluid flow to 
run it.  Also,  a 12 V.  satellite dish actuator (worm drive type) would 
hook right up to that screw shaft that adjusts the blower output with just a 
little bit of fabrication.  Of course if you've got a teenage kid it will 
work fine mounted on a 3 pt hitch.

Another idea would be to find something like an AC WC or WD and flip the 
ring gear and pinion set over so that it runs backwards like an old AC 
cotton picker.   Move the controls and turn the seat around and it would do 
a fine job.

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From: <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 9:28 AM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower

> Being snowless in Texas I have been following this thread out of 
> curiosity.
>
> My first impression of the machine is that it would be a royal pain in the 
> neck. Glad to see that common sense still works,
>
> --- On Mon, 8/16/10, Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 5:50 AM
>
> 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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