As I move the little snow we have had so far - New Brunswick, Canada - I wonder about the feasability of adapting a snowblower - probably 6 foor - on My MH23 Mustang. Now the MH doesn't have the two stage clutch so I can't operate it as one should, and likely there may not be enough horsepower to do it either.I was wondering though if I was able to find a cheap, used conventional 3 point hitch snowblower, and mount a separate engine on the snowblower, could it be powered by a reasonable B&S or Tecumseh motor? I should be able to figure the gearing ratios to produce the necessary rotation speed on the augers. I would think that since we are only driving the augers, that a reasonable horsepower might do - something like 16hp? (My little MTD garden tractor uses a 45" blower and has 18hp twin B&S to both drive it and the blower, but it lacks the clearance that the MH would have.) (Sticking three standard 8hp blowers together also went through my head, but I think the standard 6 foot idea sounds better.) As well, for starting and stopping the blower, I was wondering about either a clutch system - something like the slip clutch on snowmobiles, or an electric clutch - though I am 6 volt on the MH. Can any of you folks with much more vast experience that I pass comment on this thought? I find pushing snow around the yard is much more time consuming than blowing it. The scraper blade sure works well though in getting down to our concrete driveway... Appreciate. Mike U.
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