I have a 3010 HST, what is everyone using for a snowblower on these? Will it handle a 6 foot blower? I have a 5 foot on another tractor that I was thinking of putting on, but I think it will be a little small as I have 5 feet between tires. Is 30 hp enough for a 6 footer?
What size snowblower for a 3010 HST
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I would say "YES". If the snow is too heavy or deep you can always slow down. That is the beauty of HST, over gears.
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I'll second the Yes, I have no issue running a 64" on an older, similar model, and like gpreuss has said HST makes it real easy to regulate the amount of snow it's taking in.
The 5 foot blower I have is on a G194 Bolens, it is a gear drive 19 hp. Last week we got 3 feet of snow and I was in low range low, low gear. I never thought of the hst being easier by being able to control it with the pedal.
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I know what your talking about I have an old Simplicity Landlord, 10HP but that thing is a beast!
The real difference between you Bolens and the Kubota is not the HP it's the amount of torque that the Kubota has, You can run a lot bigger PTO powered implements without as big of an Issue.
I was able to run my 64" in 2'+ of wet heavy snow in 5th gear, never stalled or overworked it.
The real difference between you Bolens and the Kubota is not the HP it's the amount of torque that the Kubota has, You can run a lot bigger PTO powered implements without as big of an Issue.
I was able to run my 64" in 2'+ of wet heavy snow in 5th gear, never stalled or overworked it.
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I had a 60" blower on my old L185 (13.5 PTO HP). The issue was that with gears, reverse was about the same as 3rd/7th. Since it was a 3ph blower, I found 7th way too fast, 3rd sometimes too fast. HST would have solved the problem. On the new L3200 I've got the lower 4 speeds in reverse, so matching ground speed to snow cover is not a problem. Gravel is...
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My GST is great because you can change gears on the fly so you and slow down or speed up as needed. I do like my HST on my B7100 too.
I ran a 74" 3 point hitch blower with my 29.5 hp. for a year and a half preformed great in deep snow with the PTO in 2nd gear trans. in low range. I bought the 5740 HST with cab and wish it had a two speed PTO so I could run the engine RPMs at a lower setting and still throw the snow into the woods. Noticed a bit more fuel consumption also.
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My old Bolens 19hp diesel has a 2 speed pto, can I safely run my snowblower at 1000rpm instead of 540?