Man thats a beast of a blower stan. Well mar 10 2023 we have 18 inches of snow on the way an 50 to 60 mph winds till sunday forcasted for us. Up here in north central ND . On the praire thats blizard conditions no trees uffta.
I almost forgot, if you bolt on some rubber paddles to the impellers and close the gap between the impeller and the housing will also improve the throw and mitigate some of the clogging. You will want to use some Loctite for the bolts and to leave a very small Gap so paddles are not actually rubbing on the housing. I'm kind of surprised this is not offered as an option by the manufacturers. May God continually bless you with abundance, go get them
The best machine for moving those piles back is a telehandler with a bucket. I'm partial to skytrack 8042 with a 8' smooth bucket. I like to line up on the pile and park it and use the hydraulics to power the snow back. Very powerful machines in a very maneuverable package. Taction is amazing as well.
I bet one of those stump buckets that are pointed for pulling stumps out would break up that ice wall. I love watching you guys do the maintenance to keep things open. it's one of the things that people don't think about.
I want to see your giant aquarium!!! I am completely impressed that it is plant powered! Freshwater planted aquariums is my love. I don't know where in MN you are, but I miss the large number of aquarium hobbyists the Twin Cities has!
When clearing a jam, turn the machine off and push the equalizing button by the couplers, so nothing moves when you dislodge the blockage. Otherwise you can get pinched by the auger.
Hey Stan it's your friend Rocco from Connecticut we couldn't buy a storm around here this year we plowed 3 times all year worst winter in 30 years of doing this well always enjoy your videos and you stay safe my friend. Thanks for all you do it's appreciated
Gotta love a blower, they certainly have their place. & they've come a long way since 3 PT on the back of a tractor. Had a buddy, way back in '81, that bought an 8' for his truck that ran off a Kawasaki snowmobile 2stroke (oil injection) & hooked up to the truck. Was quite surprising! He had a city contract for Kalamazoo , for a bunch of dead end streets (5-6 streets /block for lineal parks) rather than dragging it back to the main street & the big city trucks, he could just blow it in front down to the park. Plus it put less abuse on his truck (figured a used truck would only last 3 years with employees driving). Thanx !
On your light issue, we have a 2017 T595 and we have seen issues with the relays in the past. Ours has the digital style ignition (not keyed) and we also had issues with the cab control module but it was also sunk in a pond to make that go out.
Check wire loom under cab, the one on bottom rear of cab can get pinched or rub through on the cab lift assist arm and you may have short on the wire for lights.
Whatever you buy doesn’t sit idle, that’s for sure. And it’s all tested tuff. Good to see you putting that blower through its paces and it’s taking what you dish out. We had our biggest snow of the season yesterday. Started at noon March 9th and ended about midnight that night. Officially got 7.3inches. Ground temps were in the 40s, air temp in mid 30s. Maybe half left when I went to work this morning. About 20 miles east of Moline, Illinois. Seams like a weird winter everywhere this year. Which skid loader is your favorite? I have an older ASV RC30 that is, for the most part, a great little rig. Heated cab is great for pushing snow. Had an eye on a JCB. I like the single lift arm and side entry, studying reliability and service and parts availability at the moment.
Hey Stan, maybe this could be tried for next winter, push the majority of the snow on the lot to one side and have a snowblower operator use the snowblower while the snow is still broken up to put the snow away from the lot. Maybe do it in a lot that has issues with space for parking, if the customer sees that you are keeping their whole lot cleared they might pay a bit extra on top of what you are charging for the snow removal
I drive truck cross country the state of Wyoming. It’s actually using snow groomers for ski areas in the mediums of interstate 80 because of the Highwinds and drifting snow just in case you didn’t know
Maybe you’ve seen it by now but you should check out Erskine Extreme Duty Hydraulic Snow Blower, it eats ice for breakfast, a very versatile and well built looking blower, would love to see you make some content on it, great video as always thanks
@Honda sucks All newer equipment is cheapened up ,or made with cast aluminum now.I have a few old Gravelys that weigh so much when jerks tried to steal one last year they must of got herniated and left it by the road,hahaha.
Jealous… haven’t had to use my blower in 3 winters now 😢. Giving that blower a work out!! An open sided auger blower design works better for snow banks especially banks that are set up and frozen. Lets the auger chew into the pile vs the blower box just adding way to much traction resistance. As always, I enjoy your content, thank you!! 👍🏻
Stan, I used to use a set of forks when the snow became iced up, basically u can make sections with the forks an move them where u need them, give it a try
Even with all the rain and warm temps we have had lately still some monster piles out there and more to come. 🤑 can’t wait to see that new Artic plow in action.
Dang electrical can be a gift and a curse the first place to check is the fuse relays. Check to see if power is reaching the lights and of course if you can check the bulbs doesn't hurt. Check to see if there are recalls and solutions to this problem. I tried to keep spare parts and tools available and just like shear pins I will keep spare bulbs and fuses. I will also add ancillary LED lights and illuminated switches to support to the existing lights which improve operations for me and or other drivers
If you are filtering your aquarium with plants, that's called aquaponics! Hope you give us a tour! I grow most of our kitchen greens for us on my 2000 litre one!
Stan you said in the last video what skid would we want to see. I see you and your guys prefer the ASV over anything. I think you should just get more ASV. Try the lower hp no def. Try the high hp with it. Def sucks but.
Stan in Canada before they clear there streets with large snowblowers always break it up before they load in tractor trailers put a 3’ bucket on the new mini and breakup those piles🤷just a thought
How do you like the ASV does it require different tracks for summer and winter? Also, how was the maintenance part of it? The only suggestion I would make to them is a fold up door instead of open up. I see skid steer with a 2 piece folding glass door or Lexon
Hey I know your busy. Doesn’t it make more sense to take slivers of the snowbank versus riding on top of it and compacting it even more? Or are you just testing the blowing?
Never, ever stick your hand down the chute with power running to it! Use a stick or some sort of paddle. I always spray the chutes, impeller and augers with something slippery; Pam, WD-40, silicone before and sometimes during operations
Probably don't have the resources but after a huge storm or an ice over we would load 10 wheelers and move it or dump off sit more room. Or rent a snow melting machine and load all it up and dump it into the closet sewer
take your power rake across the top layers angled to toss it away until you either break the shell or get to the last couple inches for the dirt bucket
Maybe break that down the pile with a steel bucket and then throw the snow. Or invest is a snow blower that airports use. They are a lot off money, but they are fun and shoot snow 50-60 feet. It is tuff when there is ice and you have smaller gear. Smaller gear, that is what she said. HAHA Not to me
I get the skid steer value, need them, but why not have at least one Cat 950 loader with the 24ft metalpless? Or 2 of them? The large banks and or piles wouldn’t be a problem at all. Check out Snowboss channel, his loader has a big metalpless on it. Is it the money Stan? I get it. But by now, I just don’t know how you couldn’t have a big loader with a huge plow on it. Forgive me if I bother you with this. Love your work
Iv never heard of doing a job that's been done one way for a long time at a certain price then I decide to buy a piece of equipment to add to my machine now charge my customer a "premium " price.
The thing no one understands and I mean no one is when you compact snow II blower plow shovel or anything else you can pack it when you can pack snow you make ice ice is harder to move than snow snow is individual flakes ice is a solid
