Tractor Mounted 3-point Large snowblowers

Anyone have any opinions/recommendations on which brand/model of large 3-point mount tractor mounted snow-blowers are the best? (I mean ones like 6 or 8 or 10 feet wide).
I have seen a few brands locally: Farm King, Lorenz, Meteor, Woods, Loftness, etc.
 
I just bought what I had been told was an Erskine but after I got it home I found out it is an Aquilon. It is a 6' width and seems pretty well built. I think they are no longer in business. I got this one for $800, it is rusty but everything works and the auger is intact. I don't know which brands are best, I would look at the thickness of the metal if I was looking for one again. It seems like the heavier built it is the better since they get so much rough use.
Zach
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I've had New Idea and now have a Farm King. Both are good machines in my experience.
 
I have 2 loftness blowers, 1 is a 1977 model and still going strong, good well built blowers very good to chew through hard icy snow like going out in a hay field in march where the snow hasnt been touched all winter, but not the cleanest they slobber and the spout design doesnt allow it to throw as high as others. my uncle has a lorenz and it a good higher throwing blower.
 
I bought a new Loftness in 1981, If I remember right it weighs 1400 lbs, I need front weights on the tractor to pick it up, tough old devil, still works good, will blow snow, dirt, gravel, what ever you shove into it.
 
We have an 8 ft Loftness, used it last year to move all our plow banks so we had more room to put snow. It will blow just about anything, I put an adjustable wrench through it last year, thought it was a rock till I couldn't find my wrench later that night.
 
I have a new idea, 7'6 double auger two stage with the hydraulic chute. Works great, best on a tractor with a cab though, it gets really cold when the wind direction is the wrong way without a cab. I have run it on my MF 40B industrial, when my 1130 with the cab was down, worked, but was not fun.
 
We have had a Lucknow blower since 1980,I had new gears and chains put on it about six years ago. Its a 7 foot on a 584 IH. It works wonderfully well. If you get a lot of snow drifting into high banks you might consider a double auger. I wouldn't try to move snow any other way than a blower. Pushing snow just creates higher banks that drift in and you have even more problems trying to shove it. Snow blown away will build up but it doesn't create huge piles where you don't want them
 
Had a lucknow 7 ft for years, top photo. It was ok. Broke a lot of shearpins.

An older 7 ft Normand with side chute came up for sale that I bought, what a difference. Bottom pic. Didn't know what I was missing.

Maybe one shear pin a season vs 20-30. Can blow slush, just open the side chute and no plugging. Side chute throws 2x-3x as far too.
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We have used our 8 foot Lorenz on 90-110 hp tractors for close to twenty years with few problems, but the "best" (best= heaviest built + expensive) would probably be the Fair Mfg ones or a Wildcat. There is a video floating around somewhere of a Fair eating up a compact car...
 
Lucknow builds a decent cheap disposable blower. If you want something more mid-range to high end, go with either Pronovost or Normand...
I had an Allied/Farm King. It couldn't blow snow out of it's own way.

Rod
 
I have a 7 ft ARPS that is no longer built but it as solid as a battleship. If I was looking to buy new, I"d look seriously at a Lorenz.
 
I've only had one, so I can't say which brand is 'best', but my Farm King (a Beuhler design...not the older Allied design) has been doing its job for more than 20 years now. Takes care of 4 driveways and makes trails in the field to spread manure in years when the snow is deep. Replaced the auger drive chain once or twice, and a handful of shearbolts... that's it.
As others said... look at how thick the metal is before you buy. And a cab tractor is MUCH nicer than an open one for this job!
 
All I know is that the older Erskine blowers with the double auger sure do make short work of snow-and shovels if You forget where You left them Happy Hunting.
 

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