Some more snow blower pics

F150Mustang · Jan 7, 2010

These are the back side of it. I looked it up, its a 8.5 foot cut.
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billonthefarm · Jan 7, 2010

Now that is neat. Never seen one like that before. See I learn something everyday on here. Does it pull hard? We use this one below on a 8920 and it is about 100hp short when the going gets tough!
bill

F150Mustang · Jan 7, 2010

Oh yeah, it takes power. When you get into 3 foot+ deep snow it could sure use a creeper reverse gear! I read the litature for it and they suggest 100 to 180 hp for it. It really has amazing capacity but i fear it would take 200+ hp to even get near the blowers capacity.
Dad bought ours in oct of 79, he had wanted one for awhile but couldnt find one he thought was heavy enough and big enough until he found this one. Its so simple its crazy. No gearboxes, no chains or sprockets. Very little to go wrong with it even when u fing "hidden treasures" out in the snow!
Ive seen the one you have before. How do you like it?

Anonymous-0 · Jan 7, 2010

While stationed at Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls, Mt. during the early 70s, I had the opportunity to operate an Oshkosh snow blower on the active runway of the base. It was awesome. 10 to 12 ft. wide, with 4 augers and a 6 ft. high fan. This thing was powered by an Allison V 12 aircraft engine mounted on the rear. You could steer it with the front or rear wheels. It took 2 men to run it. Wish I had some pictures I could share. It was quite a big deal to an 18 year old. We also used Oshkosh trucks equiped with 12 ft. rollover plows. We would plow snow with 4 to 5 trucks in tandem. Not unlike you guys with combines in tandem harvesting your crops.

cadet trooper · Jan 7, 2010

Gawd, I feel so inadequate! I use a 30" walk behind two stage and a Cub Super with a 54" dozer blade to do a 140" drive by 12" wide. I bet I could almost park both of them inside those bad boys. I bet the county and townships have you guys on speed dial this time of year! Awesome!!

massey333 · Jan 7, 2010

Bill,I won.t say Fair is the best,but no one else can move as much material as they can if you have the HP.I have seen where 250+ was barely enough.Just a suggestion but if you would close your spouts in upto the outside flanges,it sure helps cut down on the snow dust.16 to 20Hr.days,week to 2weeks at a time and you start looking for improvment to make.4 twps.and 2 countys emergency work when they can't run or widening after the plows since 1976 and fifth blower.

flying belgian · Jan 7, 2010

North Mankato Mn. is an old river town so the streets are narrow. In a winter like this they have to haul most of their snow out as there is not much place to push it. Was in town visiting Mother last week and they were cleaning her street. They have an old Oshkosh truck with a huge blower on it and were loading gravel trucks. I must say I was very impressed. They have there act together. Don't take very long to clear 4 blocks of snow.

550Doug · Jan 7, 2010

I understand that there are some snowblowers still built that are pull-type with single and/or double augers. It means you drive through the snow before you blow it and apparently they work real good.
Does anyone have pictures of such an animal???

550Doug · Jan 7, 2010

Just found one!
Erskine rear pull type blower

Case e · Jan 7, 2010

on ebay right now I think ther is still one, it didnt look very handy to me as the snow could only be so deep to be able to drive the tractor into it. Probably better than nothing (thats what I have right now!)

chevytaHOE5674 · Jan 7, 2010

This is what they use to remove snow in town, they put it into trucks and haul it away.

LeoinMI · Jan 7, 2010

Nice Pictures. The Oshkosh Blower the township has is just like the ones we had at the airport I worked at. They were pretty good but were slow going. We eventually got rid of them and got all new Oshkosh Blowers with 475 hp turbo charged diesel engines just for the blower head. They had six cylinder diesel engines for the truck itself.They would put the snow out there 250 ft+ at thirty mph.
We hardly ever used the chutes,in fact we removed them for better vision and the snow went straight out of the side casing which would rotate to either side.
Our plow trucks had 22ft front plows with 12 ft. underblades. We also had 22ft steel broom trucks to get the runways down to bare pavement. About fifteen vehicles in all when we went down the runway. Three passes cleared 150ft wide by 10,0000 ft long runway.
You could plow pretty fast,..I remember going about 55-60 mph down the runway in the Mack Plow truck I drove. You had to go fast to kick that snow over without spillage.Lots of fun,.. but long hours.

dieselpup · Jan 8, 2010

That is a nice looking rig F150, bet that Magnum will walk the dog with it. Those Steiner boys sure have come up with some fun toys. My neighbors have one of those blowers on the back of a 7720 Deere right now. Here in VA it only gets used every few years but my parents were very happy to see it come up their lane two weeks ago.

Dad claims they tested them by throwing pieces of wood and 2x4's into the paddles, maybe took a 4x4 before they got the shear bolts... I don't remember the exact story. It is basically a big truck rear end with short shafts. Guess they couldn't stand not building something and started the Ventracs.

Clodbuster · Jan 8, 2010

Thanks for those pics! I have plenty of Dana 60s and a welder......I think I could build one of those. Looks simple and strong. Is there any gear reduction before the rearend or straight from the PTO to the rearend yolk? Any idea of the ratio of the rearend used?

F150Mustang · Jan 8, 2010

Its a straight drive from the pto to the axle, i dont know what the axle ratio is. But when its running those wheels are spinning fast.

Clodbuster · Jan 8, 2010

Thanks. What make and model is that? Are they still being made or not anymore?

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