"Blower And Blade" Snow-Moving Combo
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When Ron Gardner goes out to clear snow off his driveway, he's really prepared. The Grand Valley, Ontario, farmer uses a 3-pt. mounted, 6 1/2-ft. wide New Idea snowblower on back of his David Brown 880 tractor and a 7-ft. wide truck snowplow blade on front.
"Some people joke that I can't make up my mind which machine to use," says Gardner.
The snowblower originally came equipped with a hand-cranked blower chute. Gardner automated it with a hydraulic motor off a Massey Ferguson combine. A valve inside the cab is used to operate the motor.
He bought the truck snowplow blade at a salvage yard for $200. It bolts onto homemade brackets that fit the loader's quick tach brackets. The blade came equipped with a pair of hydraulic cylinders that are used to adjust the blade angle. The hydraulics that were originally used to tilt the loader bucket are now used to adjust the angle of the blade.
A pair of chains connect the blade to the loader frame and keep it rigid whenever the blade is raised off the ground.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ron Gardner, Rt. 1, Grand Valley, Ontario, Canada L0N 1G0 (ph 928-3292).
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"Blower And Blade" Snow-Moving Combo SNOWBLOWERS Snowblowers 31-1-16 When Ron Gardner goes out to clear snow off his driveway, he's really prepared. The Grand Valley, Ontario, farmer uses a 3-pt. mounted, 6 1/2-ft. wide New Idea snowblower on back of his David Brown 880 tractor and a 7-ft. wide truck snowplow blade on front.
"Some people joke that I can't make up my mind which machine to use," says Gardner.
The snowblower originally came equipped with a hand-cranked blower chute. Gardner automated it with a hydraulic motor off a Massey Ferguson combine. A valve inside the cab is used to operate the motor.
He bought the truck snowplow blade at a salvage yard for $200. It bolts onto homemade brackets that fit the loader's quick tach brackets. The blade came equipped with a pair of hydraulic cylinders that are used to adjust the blade angle. The hydraulics that were originally used to tilt the loader bucket are now used to adjust the angle of the blade.
A pair of chains connect the blade to the loader frame and keep it rigid whenever the blade is raised off the ground.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ron Gardner, Rt. 1, Grand Valley, Ontario, Canada L0N 1G0 (ph 928-3292).
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