[AT] More on snow blowers

[Cecil Bearden]

I have 4 tractors with loaders mounted on them....    a JD 4010, a TS110 
NH money pit, an 825 and 8345 Belarus.  The NH and the JD both have 
oversize front tires on them.  11.00 15 on the JD and 12.00  16 on the 
NH.  The Belarus are front wheel drive and have 8.25 and 9.00 20 front 
tires.   The Belarus tractors will go through the muck and hay around 
the feed troughs and sometimes I need to use the FWA.  Most of the time 
the belarus will just roll over the hay and mud without building up in 
front of the tires.   Not so with the JD and NH,  They will stick in 
either hay and muck or just mud in a heartbeat.   It helps if I load a 
round bale on the back end to unload the front wheels by counterbalance. 
   The weight of the loader is what sticks the front end.

I would suggest weighting the back 3 point with an overhung weight box 
to compensate for the heavy loader in front.    Just don't get the 
weight too high as it gets into stability problems.    My Belarus 
tractors are built like most European tractors and are only 7 ft 
wide....  I have to be careful, but I have never had a problem....
You guys probably know I am a firm believer in Belarus tractors...

Cecil in OKla



On 3/12/2016 8:50 AM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
> Greg,
>
> Congratulations!!
>
> Something that you might want to consider is wider flotation front tires. I got a IHC 2504 2 wheel drive loader a few months ago and biggest issue on soft ground is the front tires sinking.
> Rear duals would help traction.
>
> Thanks
> Dennis
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Mar 11, 2016, at 11:01 PM, Greg Hass <ghass at m3isp.com> wrote:
>>
>> A couple of months ago I was hot to get a 3 pt. snow blower; even
>> looking at them and talking to salesmen as well as to this list. Well, I
>> never did anything about it as life got in the way. When I was looking
>> at snow blowers my knee was in terrible pain 24/7 .  I had x-rays taken
>> and was sent to a knee doctor. However, with Christmas and New Years  it
>> was a 6 week wait to see the doctor (he said it was a torn  Meniscus);
>> and another 3 weeks before surgery. It has been 5 weeks since the
>> surgery and I go to therapy 3 times a week. I can get along a little
>> better now but I have not done a single thing in the shop since
>> November. They said in therapy that this takes longer to heal than a new
>> knee. Back to the story: My long time dream has been to make a self
>> propelled snow blower out of an old combine. I have an old IH 203 that
>> has been stored for about 10 years, but at my age and with how slow I
>> work it isn't going to happen. In the past month we have had two snow
>> storms of twelve inches each. Because of my knee and due to the fact my
>> skid steer has been broke down since late Nov. my brother cleaned the
>> drive with his 70hp. IH with 4 wheel drive. The snow blew so deep in a
>> couple of places that even with that tractor he could not push through
>> without bucketing some out of the way first. I keep driving through
>> dealer lots looking at snowblowers and thinking about it. Well, last
>> week I decided to act. So, today me and the wife drove to a town a
>> hundred miles from here and I bought a Ford 340A loader tractor. I
>> decided it would move snow and do other things (when I put duals on the
>> tractor I can lift them up but cannot get out of the skid steer to bolt
>> them on so I have to try and plan ahead and get help. Now I should be
>> able to do it myself. I always worry about used stuff but I can't afford
>> new for my 110 acres so must do the best I can. The tractor seems ok but
>> the pto seal leaks some and the fuel pump looks like it leaks, although
>> none was dripping when running. I will probably get it next week. To see
>> it go to www.hodgesfarmequipment.com and click on used tractors and
>> scroll down to the 340A tractor and that's what I bought. P.S. the hour
>> meter doesn't work and various things tell me actual hours are about
>> double what they list.
>>            Greg Hass
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