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Snow blower (hydraulic driven)

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PK

12-15-2003 09:16:09




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I have a CASE 480c backhoe and would like to mount a snow blower on the front and power buy a hydraulic motor. My thoughts are to buy a used 3pt hitch blower and modify the mounting for my bucket mounting locations, and then purchase a hydraulic motor and build brackets to mount it to the snow blower. The backhoe would supply the pressure / flow to run the blower. Any ideas would be appreciated.

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JMS/MN

12-15-2003 09:25:04




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 Re: Snow blower (hydraulic driven) in reply to PK, 12-15-2003 09:16:09  
You need to find a hydraulic motor that has enough hp to power the blower at the right speed, know what flow requirement it has, and determine that the hydraulic system on your tlb can provide that. Otherwise, you'll be short of power or running hot. I'd check with manufacturers of each to get the specs on each component. A number of snowblower mfr's have the hydraulic option, especially for skidloaders.

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paul

12-15-2003 15:53:21




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 Re: Re: Snow blower (hydraulic driven) in reply to JMS/MN, 12-15-2003 09:25:04  
A blower wide enough to be worthwhile takes a lot of hyd hp. Most stock tractors or TLBs don't come close. It's a real popular topic - here, on tractorbynet, and everywhere. The math just does not pencil out on a tractor, too big a waste of efficiency, to expensive to get that much hyd flow, that big a volume of oil to stay cool, and that big of a motor to run the blower.

It works on a skid loader because that is all you have - one honking big hyd pump, and the loaders are typically 4-5 feet wide, so you only need a 1/2 as much blower, 1/2 as much of a hyd flow & motor. Makes a lot more sense.

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JMS/MN

12-16-2003 18:02:36




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 Re: Re: Re: Snow blower (hydraulic driven) in reply to paul, 12-15-2003 15:53:21  
Another option is to do what my boss's mechanic did last year- mount a blower on the front of a 966 Cat loader with its own engine. Local welding shop made a couple of units on farm tractors- front mount, pto drive from the rear. Pretty spendy option though.



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paul

12-17-2003 16:47:59




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Snow blower (hydraulic driven) in reply to JMS/MN, 12-16-2003 18:02:36  
I've seen that on a Bobcat blower & a few others. Problem is this tractor is not front wheel assist, so it would be a poor option for trying to manuver in snow & ice.....

Me, I've always prefered 3-pt mounted blowers, shortest simplest drive train, and put the weight where the traction is. Get on & blow, not figure out what to fix next or get stuck....

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