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Trailer Mounted Snowblower

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Pete

02-18-2003 17:02:42




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I am thinking about mounting a 3 pt hitch snowblower on to a sort of trailer and having a car engine power it. A regular tractor could then push the trailer using either a regular ball or even just a regular pin setup like a hay wagon. The trailer would have its own 2 wheels and the engine would be mounted on the opposite side of the wheels to the blower to act as counter weight. Blower could be attached to the trailer using a regular 3 pt setup that was made up. Has anyone ever tried this or seen it done? I am wondering what problems I might encounter in trying to design such a thing. I know it sounds odd but it would enable someone with a low powerd tractor or one that does not have a live PTO to operate a snowblower. I have an old manure spreader with a heavy frame and several old car engines around to work with.

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Canadian Cowboy

02-19-2003 18:36:21




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 Re: Trailer Mounted Snowblower in reply to Pete, 02-18-2003 17:02:42  
here's an idea, might be a little easier.

mount teh snow blower on the front-end of the tractor that has the right pto. You can do this by running a pto shaft under neath the tractor from the back to the front. doing this by using a gear box (use your imagination )at your pto to drop it lower than teh under body of tractor at rear. Once you have power up front, build a hitch mounted onto the fron of tractor to attacth and lift snow blower. If you have hydrolics your set, you can lift snow blower with cylinder. Just imagine building a 3 pth lift for the front of tractor, lots around these day on new tractors to ge the idea.

Ive seen this set up used before with good results. I think will be easier to handle than building trailer to put blower, motor on infront of tractor.

Just a thought.

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Greg Miller

02-19-2003 15:19:04




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 Re: Trailer Mounted Snowblower in reply to Pete, 02-18-2003 17:02:42  
i realize this will sound really dumb, but, if you have a three point snowblower, why dont you just put it on the tractor and forget the trailer? unless you have a tractor like mine without a three point hitch.



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Pete

02-19-2003 17:09:33




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 Re: Re: Trailer Mounted Snowblower in reply to Greg Miller, 02-19-2003 15:19:04  
There are 2 reasons I have for not putting it directly on the tractor. First is that one of my tractors does not have a live PTO. When I put the clutch in, the PTO stops too. The main thing about blowing snow is that you have to be on and off or slipping the clutch all the time as heavy snow will come in faster than the blower can throw it and everything plugs up. You need to be able to stop moving into the snow but keep the blower running to clear itself. The other reason is that my other tractor is an old one and the PTO shaft comes out a lot higher than the shaft on the blower so the universal joints are pretty well destroying themselves due to the extreme angle. I have the blower tipped way back but still have the problem.

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Greg Miller

02-20-2003 11:41:03




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 Re: Re: Re: Trailer Mounted Snowblower in reply to Pete, 02-19-2003 17:09:33  
those are legitimate points. my apologies for being somewhat rude about it but it just didnt make much sense to me without knowing that information.



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paul

02-18-2003 19:24:51




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 Re: Trailer Mounted Snowblower in reply to Pete, 02-18-2003 17:02:42  
I think you'd need to mount it ridgid & put it on caster wheels. You couldn't back up reliably for any distance without the thing jacknifing off to the side in snow - uneven loading. Now, if you could mount it up front, you could use more speeds, as the slower the better for blowing.

Take a look at snow blowers for skid steers - they have an engine mounted on top & to the side to power them.

--->Paul

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Pete

02-19-2003 17:02:06




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 Re: Re: Trailer Mounted Snowblower in reply to paul, 02-18-2003 19:24:51  
I was thinking of driving the tractor forward and having the hitch on the front of it to push the trailer. That way I get to use low gear plus it should be easy to steer and I would not have to be turned around in the seat. Your thought on the uneven loading might be correct though. Might pull the thing off to the side.



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paul

02-19-2003 18:26:24




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 Re: Re: Re: Trailer Mounted Snowblower in reply to Pete, 02-19-2003 17:02:06  
Ok, I don't mean to be negative. I just point out things that I see as difficulties,,,,,

So, we have 2 wheels, an engine, a frame, a 3-point hitch, and a snow blower all in front of the tractor. This is going to be some kind of difficult to push through snow, with non of the weight on the rear tires of the tractor, isn't it? I need liquid filled tires to get a rear mount 3-point blower through the snowbanks, and many need chains or 4wd. Will you be able to push that heavy of a cart through the slippery stuff?

--->Paul

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