I do a lot of brush hogging and snow blowing here in New York - and much prefer a live PTO for both. It's nice to be able to shift gears, push the clutch in, etc. and not have the PTO stop. Not a big issue on a big field when you don't stop often. It IS an issue when you do stop or shift often. Also, with some non-live setups - the brushhog can push the tractor around via the PTO unless you stick an overrunning clutch on it. My Case VACs do that. I don't know about the Ford.
As far as the 601 not handling a snowblower? We get more snow here where I live in New York - than then northern Michigan does. I'm talking about northern MI just below the Mac bridge in Presque Isle County - NOT the UP. We get 10 feet a year on average here - but many years we get more. I've also got land a bit further north in New York that gets much more snow than the UP.
I run a 6 foot snowblower with either my IH B-275s (144 diesels) or my Deere 1020 (135 gas) - and neither have more power than the Ford 601. They both do fine in 3' to 4' of snow.
If 1st gear is 3 MPH , that's way too fast to be of much use for snowblowing. The engine would have to be throttled down to go slow enough - and at that low speed it'd lack engine power. My Cletrac dozer was like that until I added an aux. trans. My IHs and Deere both have dual ranges and I couldn't use either for blowing snow without.
Being able or not to run a snowblower is not a major issue if the price is right. My situation is this. I have many dozers, backhoes, farm tractors, etc. where I live in New York. But, I'm considering moving to Michigan. So, whatever I buy for working the property now, might have other uses once I move there later. I haven't figured out yet if I'd sell off my equipment here, or pay the money and move it. So, since I don't know what my future is yet - I'd like to buy a tractor that is all-around useful to me, and not just a brush cutter.
This two-stage clutch thing is a mystery to me. The guy that owns it seems to know what he's talking about. I've got no way of verifying unless I find someone to check it for me in his area. He swears it has it - and all I read says it does not.
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