[AT] Snow Blower

[Mattias Kessén]

Most tractor mounted blowers here are mounted reverse to that one so you
blow the snow after you've driven through it. But that unit would be good
for a front mounted 3-point. Usually you can get a very nice used one for
300-700 USD but last winter many of those old yard ornaments got new owners,
with two meters of snow walls a blade didn't do much good.

Mattias

2010/8/16 <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>

> 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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