Easier yet.I was told to avoid this very thing, to pull the snorkel off from the air filter housing, it's supposed to work.
Move South. Louisiana is calling.
Easier yet.I was told to avoid this very thing, to pull the snorkel off from the air filter housing, it's supposed to work.
Nice place to visit but I would not want to live there from June to November.Easier yet.
Move South. Louisiana is calling.
Well for the many years I've worked in freezing winters, that's starting to sound like a viable option.Easier yet.
Move South. Louisiana is calling.
Zach, after looking at your photos again, it appears that you may have a hydraulic leak on your hose or cylinder for raising your blower. There is a yellow patch of snow right under the cylinder in your first picture. You may want to check for leaks.
Iguide - you’re responding to a thread that’s 2 years old.One thing I see over and over again. Is tractors with snowblowers that cost LOTS of money have a fair amount of mechanical problems. If you have gravel drive well,,, you know... Why do you folks keep buying those things??? All my life I have used a plow on the front of my tractor yes a hydraulic one and never have the problems that I see here in the forums. Their cheaper & quicker also never mind being sturdier to use.
Don't forget me in Saskatchewan.My best friends in Canada! : Newfoundland/Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and the Yukon Territory.
The two blowers I have / had cost me less than my plow for the F350.One thing I see over and over again. Is tractors with snowblowers that cost LOTS of money have a fair amount of mechanical problems. If you have gravel drive well,,, you know... Why do you folks keep buying those things??? All my life I have used a plow on the front of my tractor yes a hydraulic one and never have the problems that I see here in the forums. Their cheaper & quicker also never mind being sturdier to use.
Sounds like you've done it a couple of times. Here in northern NH I would say 85% or greater of those that use blowers on gravel, well have problems. I plowed snow with a pickup & tractor when my truck won't fit and being up here RARELY is there a lack of room for snow to be pushed to.Iguide - you’re responding to a thread that’s 2 years old.
I’m a guy with a stone driveway and have used a snowblower for 31 years.
I had a walk behind for 10 years, a front mount on a JD 425 for another 11, then the front mount on my BX Kubota for another 10. I think I’m pretty well-versed….
Pretty good at knowing the driveway base I need. Pretty good at knowing when to pull snow off, and when to build a base. Modified blower shoes so they don’t dig in.
I don’t have room to push snow out of the way.
The reason I keep buying snowblowers is I have no other option…..
Appreciate your contribution.
& where do you live?The two blowers I have / had cost me less than my plow for the F350.
I have never had a mechanical problem with my blowers, both purchased used.
I have a 500' gravel driveway.
I plowed for several years. This issue as pointed out by previous posters is, at some point, I run out of room. A couple of years my 3 car garage shrunk to 2. Its perpendicular to the driveway. When the piles get big enough you end up beating the crap out of the truck trying to make room.
My bad, saskydude!! Not sure how I missed your location ! Didn't mean to forget you!!!Don't forget me in Saskatchewan.
My blower raise/lower cylinder just started leaking last year after 4 years of blowing snow here in SE Manitoba. I ordered a seal kit through Kubota and last week gave the cylinder to a local hydraulics shop for a re-build. I'm not versed at all in how to place those new and expensive bits of plastic in the seal kit into the various grooves where they need to go. I'd probably pooch the kit anyway so off to the pros it goes. No word back yet, they're real busy.Zach, after looking at your photos again, it appears that you may have a hydraulic leak on your hose or cylinder for raising your blower. There is a yellow patch of snow right under the cylinder in your first picture. You may want to check for leaks.
Hi Iguide,Sounds like you've done it a couple of times. Here in northern NH I would say 85% or greater of those that use blowers on gravel, well have problems. I plowed snow with a pickup & tractor when my truck won't fit and being up here RARELY is there a lack of room for snow to be pushed to.
Mostly I was looking at Bird Dogs products because my new L6060 is not to warm in the cab and I talked to him last year before I got the tractor and that is why such a late .02$. Personaly I plow with that tractor and a RAM 5500 Western V Plow & Sander. Used to use a blower for the Church's walks. When I gave that up I said NEVER again. Love plowing !!! Hate blowing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds a lot like operator era with snowblower problems. I live in NH and get a lot of snow where I live. I blow approximately 3/4 of a mile worth of dirt driveway with my own and neighbors I do. Never really have any problems once I got my blower set appropriately for gravel. My grandfather snowblowed his driveway for 40 years with a Allis Chalmers B-10 garden tractor with front blower on a gravel driveway without problems. Snowblowing on gravel is different than pavement, but if you take the time to set it up the blower appropriately for it, it works fine. Plowing on gravel can cause just as much problems as snowblowing if all you do is bull jam. Each has it’s own issues but a good operator, not one that just jam’s their way through them, with learn how to make each work.Sounds like you've done it a couple of times. Here in northern NH I would say 85% or greater of those that use blowers on gravel, well have problems. I plowed snow with a pickup & tractor when my truck won't fit and being up here RARELY is there a lack of room for snow to be pushed to.
Mostly I was looking at Bird Dogs products because my new L6060 is not to warm in the cab and I talked to him last year before I got the tractor and that is why such a late .02$. Personaly I plow with that tractor and a RAM 5500 Western V Plow & Sander. Used to use a blower for the Church's walks. When I gave that up I said NEVER again. Love plowing !!! Hate blowing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My bad, saskydude!! Not sure how I missed your location ! Didn't mean to forget you!!!
How's this?:
My best friends in Canada! : Newfoundland/Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and the Yukon Territory and of course, Saskatchewan!!
I better check my list to make sure no one else is missing from the above.
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LOL, perfect.