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Some of you have seen my messy shop and know of several projects which were half baked when you were here.

The snow blower has taken its toll on me, but it is finally working, and will blow a five foot swath of 8 inch snow over the top of my shop roof unless it is too wet. 

Blowing  snow Feb 05 in front of the shop

Version 23 as of Nov. 05 note the Red-Green style cab
The articulated Kubota full time all wheel drive, 10 degree axial roll on rear axle.   Now I need to rebuild the hydrostatic transmission pump  which I didn't know needed to be done till I got done! This was made from the tractor driving the snow blower above by joining two Kubota F2000 tractors together, haven't figured out what to do with the extra parts yet.....

 

Last revision before the gear box on the blower broke.  Just need a tougher right angle gear box perhaps a small differential from a junkyard would do, at any rate the blower is done till next year, and it was doing so well too!

 

Jan 2008

Well it now blows snow, most of the serious drive train problems have been resolved, and I am satisfied with a few exceptions with the way it works.  More details later when I have time to write them.  Shown in about 4 inches of very wet snow.  It really looks impressive with dry snow.  5 foot cut, blows it about 25 feet away!