[AT] Cold weather: 3 pt. snow blowers

[Gunnells, Bradley R]

That kind of reminds me of one I’d seen in the past. A girl I dated in HS lived on a farm and they had a lane that wasn’t that long but since they were the last house on a dead end road the county put it last on the list. So to get out they’d clear their lane and part of the county road. Probably a good mile or better. Her dad had a JD (4440 or something along those lines) that had a cab and front mounted blower. I vaguely remember it but I remember seeing a shaft that ran to the rear of the tractor for the PTO. Not sure how it mounted but it wasn’t a loader frame. Always thought that was the way to move snow. Heated cab with wipers!! He kept it in his shop that I believe was heated (or at least warmer than outside) so it would always be thawed off and start. Of course I don’t believe $$ was an object and he took very good care of everything he owned.

I always enjoyed my chats with him. Now his wife on the other hand….. Hahaha…of course I was dating her daughter so I’m sure that didn’t put me in her best graces.  ;-)

Brad




On 1/14/16, 9:16 PM, "at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of Ralph Goff" <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com on behalf of alfg at sasktel.net> wrote:

>On 1/14/2016 9:33 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
>> That 3020 has a front mounted PTO underneath.  Is there any way you
>> could mount a snowblower on the front?
>>
>> Cecil in oKLa
>Yes, that front pto is a real advantage on the JD tractors of that 
>vintage when it comes to running a front mount blower.
>I have a friend that converted a rear mount over to a front mount on his 
>3020. First attaching it to a 148 front end loader
>and later constructing a push bar to mount it like a dozer blade. 
>Eventually installed it on a 4020 as seen in this photo.
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4BYN2L4HPg
>
>Ralph in Sask.
>