Ford 2000 snow moving options

Pto is the issue - can we assume you do not have live pto on the little fellow?

I run a 7' blower on a 27hp 1720 here in Minnesota. Some would say that is too much blower for the tractor, but it generally works fine because it has a real slow reverse; and it has live (2-stage) pto so I can push in the clutch if the snow piles up behind & let the blower continue to run & clear it out.

With a faster reverse, like my 960 has it would not work so well, even tho the 960 has nearly 2 times the hp.

Without live pto, every time you push in the clutch the pto also stops, so when the snow builds up, you hit the clutch, & everything stops. Bummer. Doesn't work so well.

So, 3pt blade is about all I can think of, loader of course. You can try a blower, but if you don't have a slow reverse and/or a live pto, it will be difficult at least opening up - extra passes you can take a 1/3 - 1/2 swath and it wirks better.

--->Paul

Without live PTO, you have to go until it bogs down, clutch in, shift to neutral with PTO still engaged, let clutch out to clear snow from blower, move forward a bit, clutch in, shift to reverse again, start over. Repaet a bazillion times if you're in heavy snow.

BUT, it CAN be done, and a 2N can do it with less than 30hp.