Snowblower recommendations?
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Topic: Snowblower recommendations?
Posted By: MitchB
Subject: Snowblower recommendations?
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 8:30pm
| I'm consider buying a used 3 pt snowblower - at least 6.5 foot. Any advice on brands, single stage, two stage, anything else? We live in West Michigan and get a fair amount of lake effect snow and had about 36" of snow in February! I'm tired of scooping snow with the little bucket loader on our D17! Mitch & Barb in West MI |
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Posted By: kip in cny
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 8:58pm
this is my snowblower a 8ft mckee I love the twin auger for cutting into snowbanks. Just make sure you tractor will go slow and had the power to run the blower. The 8ft is too big for the 160 but the price was right. I just have to take small cuts into the snow.  ------------- 160 CA 920diesel 5020 HD-3 |
Posted By: kip in cny
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 9:03pm
 ------------- 160 CA 920diesel 5020 HD-3 |
Posted By: Nathan (SD)
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 9:42pm
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Posted By: redline
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 11:10pm
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I purchased a McKee Snolander this past summer. It is 7 1/2 feet wide. I was hoping that just owning a snowblower would help keep the snow away. Wrong. I still had more snow than I really wanted. This is an old timer, but it seems to work fairly well. The operator has a few things to learn yet, however!
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I was a little surprised at how much power a snowblower can use. This is on my 7050. There is nothing wrong with the way the 7050 has been running, but the blower can just about bring her to her knees!
EDIT=I just reread this last sentence. You know out of context, parts of that sentence could really be interpreted wrong. ------------- If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done! |
Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 27 Feb 2011 at 11:24pm
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A single stage snow thrower is useless in wet snow in the late spring. You want two stages and you need to be able to back at a crawl or slower or you wear down the tractor's clutch a lot, other wise you put more snow in than the tractor power can throw. Gerald J. |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 6:40am
 Untill this year I used a single stage pull type erskine. It worked great untill I sucked up a Hitch pin and bent the fan. I bought an international 6'6" two stage this winter. I would not go any bigger. My tractor front gets very light when its up. snow blowers use alot of power.
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Posted By: GregLawlerMinn
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 8:45am
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I have a 6' Farmhand 2 stage behind my D17 SeriesIV. It has a hydraulic directed chute and moves a lot of snow far, far away. Last winter it was behind my D14. The D17 runs it better and have to use the hand clutch less than with the D14.
Now, if I could only mount it on the front, cost effectively that is. ------------- What this country needs is more unemployed politicians-and lawyers. Currently have: 1 D14 and a D15S2. With new owners: 2Bs,9CAs,1WD,2 D12s,5D14s,3D15S2s, 2D17SIVs,D17D,1D19D;1 Unstyled WC |
Posted By: bill2260
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 8:56am
| I have a 6 foot lurenze behind a kubota mx5000. works well. Bill |
Posted By: AllisFreak MN
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 3:38pm
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I have a 7 foot McKee Sno lander 2 stage on my 6060 and it works great. The old McKee's are built heavy, they also made blowers for John Deere. ------------- '49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2 |
Posted By: Creek Jenkins
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 5:26pm
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I've got a 7' Lorenz behind my D17 Series 1. Works good, I put a big round mirror up on the loader frame to save my neck - with no PS it is a contest between the hand clutch, steering and craning yer heed around. I put up markers on my long driveway and use the mirror. According to Lorenz the D17 is a bit big for this blower, it was made for smaller tractors. Works good though.
cheers,
Creek
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Posted By: John WV
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 5:29pm
| I have a 6 foot lucknow snow blower on my ac 160. wet snow it pulls hard |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 8:39pm
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I know it's only a garden tractor but I have a single stage on my 917 w/hydro, it will move any type of snow even water. Dusty ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: Justin Widlund (IA)
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2011 at 9:05pm
| I've also been considering a snowblower for my 200. Would it handle a 7.5 or 8 ft snowblower? When blowing extra heavy snow, could you just use the power director and go between Neutral and Low? I already have a loader using all the hyd outlets so I assume I'd need a diverter/splitter type thing. Any feedback on a set-up for a 200 would be appreciated |