[AT] Now Snowblowers

[Gunnells, Bradley R]

I never got a real good look at it (I was more interested in the farmers daughter <grin>) but many years ago my girlfriends dad had a blower that mounted on the front of his tractor. I believe it was something like a 4430 type John Deere with a factory cab. It had a front mount 3point (or something close) and there was a PTO shaft that ran under the belly of the tractor I believe to the rear PTO. I'd assume it also had hydraulic lines to the remotes for turning the chute and raising the front lift.

Their farm was at the end of the county dead end road so they were last on the priority to get plowed out in the winters. I'm sure during some of those heavy snowfalls he needed that to clear his lane and the county road to get out.

That always looked like "the cats meow" of a setup. A warm tractor cab with a radio and wiper. Watching Ralph's video's sends a shiver as all I can feel is snow blowing down the back of my neck watching him blow snow way up North.

Brad

On Dec 3, 2012, at 10:15 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
 wrote:

> I saw a rig in a parking lot in western MD a couple of years ago.  It was 
> new and expensive I'm sure
> but it would be pleasure to operate.  It was a New Holland tractor in 
> roughly the 100 hp range with
> a nice cab and with the operators station turned around backwards so that 
> you ran the thing backing up.
> It had a snow blower that was 6 to 8 feet wide (that's a guess, I don't 
> remember at this point but it took a wide cut).
> 
> It would be a nice project to take an older model shuttle shift tractor and 
> set it up that way.  I know back in the  50's
> Allis Chalmers made some tractors that a shuttle shift in place of the Power 
> Director hi-lo range.  Some of them were
> set up to run backwards for specialty operations but snow blowers aren't 
> something we see much of in coastal Carolina.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 10:47 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Loader removal - 53 NAAcFord
> 
> On 12/3/2012 9:10 AM, Gunnells, Bradley R wrote:
>> That is an interesting snow blower. From what I gather you drive forward 
>> and the snow flows into the impeller? I've never seen one like that 
>> before. Looks much more comfortable to operate than the traditional "look 
>> over your shoulder while backing" and would have the advantage of more 
>> speed selection depending on how heavy the snowfall.
>> 
>> Brad
>> 
> Yes, thats a different design rear mount than I am used to. It might be
> ok if the snow is not too deep but I can't see the tractor going through
> a couple of feet of snow pulling that blower behind it. With my rear
> mount McKee the blower clears a path for the tractor. But you are right,
> that neck twisting to see where I'm driving in reverse gets harder with
> each passing year.
> 
> Ralph in Sask.
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