[AT] Snow Blower

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Mon Aug 16 10:30:37 PDT 2010


Herb it's been terribly dry here too but we had a big thunder storm system 
come through the other day and dump a couple of inches in some places. 
Luckily our place was one of them.
It's too late for it to do the garden much good.  I've been having to water 
it all summer.

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From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 1:19 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower

>
> Paul
> Having lived in similar "snow country" for several decades, I would only
> pack down snow in an emergency situation.  Driving on the same packed snow
> for several weeks becomes hard on the vehicles, depressing, and maybe even
> dangerous.
> Sure wish there was some economical way "you people in snow country" could
> compress that stuff, store it, then ship it to Georgia along about now.
> The heat and now the dry weather has just ruined our gardens, etc.  For 
> the
> first time this summer, we will be watering all of our trees that we do 
> not
> want to risk losing.
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Paul Waugh <pwaugh at embarqmail.com>
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Date: 8/16/2010 11:24:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower
>>
>> We now have a 900 ft driveway. One thing for sure. After this thread, I
> will
>> NOT buy a rear mounted 3pt snow blower. I have a 6 ft blade for small
>> tractor, and 3 ft blade on ATV, something should work for a while:)) If
> all
>> of that fails, I will take the 930 or 1070 and crush a path :))
>> Paul -46555
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <jahaze at aol.com>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 11:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower
>>
>>
>> >
>> > If anyone is seriously looking for one.  I have a decent 6-ft three
> point
>> > blower here in central Michigan that I bought at an auction several
> years
>> > ago.  It can be bought for a very reasonable price (beer money?).  I
> used
>> > it a few times, and it was fun to use, but I like the heated plow truck
>> > better.
>> >
>> > Enjoy, Joe
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Will Powell <william.neff.powell at comcast.net>
>> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> > Sent: Mon, Aug 16, 2010 10:18 am
>> > Subject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower
>> >
>> >
>> > I was thinking about a rear blower but after reading this thread I'm
>> > keptical... What are my options?
>> > My driveway is a little over 300 feet.
>> > I have a WD with the snap coupler blade, that does ok but the chains
> have
>> > really
>> > cratched my driveway up. I'm on a hill so I need the chains.
>> > My D17 with trip loader has a 3pt backhoe on the back so there's plenty
> of
>> > eight, but no chains... It was great until I paved my driveway... Now
> it
>> > goes
>> > owhere.
>> > I was thinking about buying a blower and trying to mount it on front. I
>> > have
>> > een one that was mounted on a WD wide front. With a blower I won't have
>> > the
>> > eed to push a heavy load so I won't spin the wheels. Have also seen a
>> > front
>> > onversion on a Cub.
>> > Or, do I just buy a large walk behind blower?
>> > Or maybe I need some chains on my D17, but then I still could scratch
> up
>> > the
>> > riveway...
>> > Regards,
>> > Will
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > rom: tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net
>> > o: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> > ent: Monday, August 16, 2010 9:28:12 AM
>> > ubject: 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.
>> > lad 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>
>> > ubject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower
>> > o: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> > ate: Monday, August 16, 2010, 5:50 AM
>> > When I was in the tractor and implement selling business, you could
>> > enerally go by the weight and price when comparing similar items.
>> > That being said, I never sold a new three-point snow blower. The reason
>> > as that there were so many barely used ones available if someone really
>> > anted one. And there lay the problem: Almost anyone who has ever used a
>> > ear mounted snow blower decided to sell it immediately afterward. There
>> > re many reasons for folks being unhappy with them, but the first one is
>> > hat they are literally a pain in the neck to use - after a very short
>> > ime, you find yourself in pain from having to twist yourself around to
>> > perate the machine. The second problem is operating in reverse - older
>> > ractors have only one speed in reverse, and even modern tractors have
>> > aybe two speeds (too fast and too slow). I guess if you have a hydro
>> > ou might be OK, but a snow blower needs to be fed into the snow just
>> > ight. And, of course, a snow blower does just that: blows snow. If you
>> > appen to have the wind shift, you wind up being dumped on, and if you
>> > ave a cab, the whole back of the cab gets instantly blanketed and has
>> > o be cleaned off. Then, there are the usual problems with all snow
>> > lowers - clogging with wet snow, jams from the machine "finding" hidden
>> > bjects (rocks, children's toys, hunks of fallen trees, etc.), shooting
>> > mall objects long distances into cars/trucks/houses, etc. The only
>> > dvantage of a three point mounted snow blower is that it adds a fair
>> > mount of weight to the back of the tractor for traction when pushing
>> > now with a front blade/bucket.
>> > If you are still determined to try a three point blower, I suspect you
>> > ould be better off either borrowing one from a disgruntled neighbor or
>> > uying a good used one, rather than investing good money in a new Asian
>> > anufactured one. You can generally find a good used blower for under
>> > 1000. Put a "wanted" ad in your local "Penny Saver" magazine or
>> > ewspaper, 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=na
> tural&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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