Need Advice from the experts

I'm toying with the idea of getting a 3-point, PTO driven snow blower and I've been looking at them at the Woods site.

Their info states that the 84" model takes from 60 to 80 horses to pull.

Can anyone tell me if my 60+ Hp, 686 Diesel will comfortably pull a 2-stage, 84" cut?

I’m bettin’ that your real-world advice is better than what one would get from a sales brochure.

Thanks,

Allan

Another note: Look at the second hand market. I bought and 80", two stage blower, early in the fall, for half of its value in early winter and a third of its new cost. Look for quality bearings with four bolts, two shear pins, good shafts and strong wide paddles. Don't worry about hydraulic cylinders on the shoot unless you have a cab or otherwise really need them. You can build a perfectly good handle to manipulate the shoot from the tractor seat for peanuts. There are many kinds. I live in Canada where we get plenty of the white stuff. I run an 80" blower on an old gas MF 50 but it has a really good motor and I do what I said above. You'll be fine with yours and have some fun to boot. Enjoy, go slow, and for heaven's sake, shut off the PTO even when you walk near the thing. I didn't do this last winter and almost slipped and went into it one night with my ski goggles on. (By the way I call my goggles the cheapest tractor cab in the world but you will need them to blow snow if you don't have a cab. And a coat with a hood on it!)

If you have a slow creeper reverse gear will do fine. If you only have 1 reverse, I'll bet it runs a little too fast & you will be marginal. My good & cold snow blows a little easier than some locations with more common heavy wet stuff.

--->Paul