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Originally Posted by Slickcraft
I have never seen one around here which would appear to say something about the practicality of the concept.
To have a snow clearing track a little wider than the truck, you will need a 7 foot blower. To handle any but very light snow that will need a 50 to 60+ hp engine. (I have looked into a 3PH blower for my 33 hp tractor to augment my truck snowplow and the widest blower it can take is 5 feet). That 7 foot blower plus the large engine plus the truck frame to hold it and you will have 800 to 1,000 pounds hanging out there. You will need a HD truck. And there will be another engine to keep running in the winter. Also I would expect the cost to be much higher than a snowplow.
If you want to move snow with your truck I would suggest starting here:
http://www.fisherplows.com/fe/index.php |
Your tractor can only handle the 5' because of all the other things it needs to run at the same time.
The 7' Hanson Blower that was installed on a used truck we had ran on a 33HP engine. All it is running is the blower. The whole unit was sold off the truck as we had no need for it what so ever. It was mounted on a 3/4 ton long bed regular cab, that is still running around town.
The concept is good, but with the amount of moving parts, it can be alot to maintain, compared to a plow. It is also a slow process, anyone that has ever used a snow blower compared to a plow will agree, they are all the same.
Slickcraft, go for the tractor mounted blower and get rid of the plow, you will never go back to huge snow banks when you are flinging snow 40 feet off your driveway. Plus in the spring you can clear the yard and be the first one in the neighborhood with green grass.