On Sat, 20 May 2017 19:08:41 -0400, "Phil Kangas"
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On Sat, 20 May 2017 11:15:22 -0500, Unquestionably
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On 5/20/2017 9:01 AM, Phil Kangas wrote:

"Dean Hoffman" wrote in message
news On 5/19/17 10:01 AM, John Deere wrote:

So what kind of engineer designs a snowthrower for the
BACK of a
tractor? Do these idiots drive to work in reverse as
well?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXId0LRFwXY
Practical ones. The back end of a traditional
tractor can hold more
weight than the front end. And having the blower on
the back end
won't make steering harder.
Bale forks for the large round bales are also made
for the rear end
three point lifts.

A rear mount blower is a total fail! Sure, you can
handle
bales with a three-point but you are driving forward
to deliver the bale. A blower is on the ground when in
use and doesn't weigh that much to lift so weight is
not an issue. Try backing up with a blower in use and
you'll change your opinion FAST ! Rear mount sucks.

It's all about the power. On a large tractor all the
power, other than
to move it back and forth, is at the PTO. You see the
plume of snow in
the video, it doesn't get that way with an auxiliary 12hp
motor driving
that two-stage blower.

It may look like a PITA to operate but having BTDT in my
yute with a
rear mounted blower and a 1000' driveway and paved area
near the houses
and outbuildings, I can tell you it beats the crap out of
a blade
mounted in front of a 4x4 - especially in drifts.
And on a 2wd tractor the weight oif the blower over the
drive wheels
beats having the weight out front, hands down, when you
get into the
"real stuff".

The blower doesn't add weight to either front or rear. It is
in contact with the ground when in operation! ;)
Sometimes. Many a time I've taken 2 cuts with the blower. take it down
to a foot of snow on the first run, then scrape it down to bare on the
second run. A wind packed 4 foot drift over top of glare ice isn't a
lot of fun - even with chains on.