[AT] Snow Blower

[charlie hill]

I figured it took a good bit of power Ralph.   What you say about traction 
makes sense too.  I guess the answer to front mounting it would be to put it 
on a fairly heavy and powerful tractor or a big skid steer on tracks.  Of 
course you can put everything I know about snow plowing in the tool box of 
your tractor and still have room for the tools and I hope I never find out 
much more!

Charlie

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From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 2:26 PM
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower

>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 8:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Snow Blower
>> 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.
>
> Charlie, regarding horsepower requirements, I can tell you from 35 years
> experience with the McKee 6 foot rear mount snowblower that at times it
> takes all 40 horsepower in the Cockshutt 40 to run the blower.
> Depends a lot on snow depth, weight, etc, but when I hit that perfect
> balance of traction and power its pretty impressive. The old Buda 6 is
> working at full load in low reverse. Theres just enough weight on the rear
> wheels that they won't spin out and at times I've had it pushing more snow
> than the blower can blow away.
> No doubt I"ve mentioned before that my driveway is half a mile long plus a
> big yard to clear so yes, sometimes my neck gets a little sore from 
> looking
> backwards.
> But the huge advantage of all that weight on the rear wheels is a big 
> factor
> in my preference for rear mount blowers. Put all that weight up front on 
> an
> old lightweight tractor and you can get stuck so easy. Just get the front
> wheels over the shoulder of the road and you might as well start walking 
> for
> a shovel or another tractor.
> With the rear mount, if the tractor spins out, just lift the blower and
> drive away forwards. I won't say its never got me stuck but its a rare
> occurence.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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