Wrapping up the snow season for now, we thought we'd ship out a general info video on the often questioned pull type snow blower.
After many years since Richy first started clearing snow with his original 1976 Ford 1600 (rear mount, rear facing snow blower on 3 pt hitch), and many tractors and attachments later, the 4WD tractor with pull type snow blower and loader seems to have proven itself as one of the best snow removal setups for driveways. From short to very long, and even private roads and lane-ways, these rigs are hard to beat.
Next winter, a Pronovost Cyclone pull blower will likely be on the books to be reviewed, so stay tuned for that!
Pros and Cons...
Pros: Operator facing forward, driving away from snow mist (fine snow dust from blower chute), simple to operate, produces smooth driveway edges since it follows the tractor and smooths out most erratic steering motion by operator, can have other attachments on the front of the tractor like a loader, snow plow, or snow pusher etc., often they are less expensive than front mount snow blowers, much less operator fatigue compared to back up blower type
Cons: Most designs can't clear snow as close to objects like garage doors (designs like Pronovost Cyclone can get very close to garage doors). Typically the blower packs a bit of snow when it is set down on snow, so may require some shovel work where snow pack build up is not desired, ie garage doors etc. Since the tractor has to drive through the uncleared snow first, there is a limit to how much snow can be cleared. We have yet to hit that limit.
Equipment we use:
MK Martin Pull Type Snow Blower (SB75 P/T 75" and SB78 P/T 78") with hydraulic chute rotator
Pronovost Cyclone Pull Type Hybrid Inverted Snow Blower C8026 80" with hydraulic chute rotator
Agro Trend 7000 Series Pull Type Hybrid Inverted Snow Blower
Custom gravel guards
Kubota L4060 Cab model w/loader
Kubota L6060 Cab model w/loader
Kubota MX6000 Cab model w/loader
Land Pride QH20 cat. 2 quick-hitch 3-point hitch
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