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billonthefarm

billonthefarm

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I dont know who invented snowblowers but I sure hope the person that did made a fortune. No more than it snowed we would have been a few hours pushing and piling snow. In just a fraction of the time with a blower and its gone. We've got two of them and I cant imagine ever being with out them. This one is a 30 year old 8 1/2foot Lucknow that has seen alot of snow over the years, which is why we have a second much bigger and much newer Fair blower but I prefer this one. Anybody else got one of these north of the border snowblowers?
bill
 
The Lucknow blowers are pretty poular around here and if I was in the market for another blower that is what I would buy. I had my first experience with a Lucknow about 30 years ago. I worked on a mixed (dairy/hog/beef/cashcrop) operation. The milk truck HAD to get in to the barn every other day plus we needed the yards clear for feed making,manure moving livestock shipping etc.We were really getting some winters then and we had a 7"double auger Lucknow on the 1655 Cockshutt (R1 under was great for heavy snow). We had a particularly bad week of weather with constant wind and the barn lane started to resemble a trench...the mirrors on the milk truck were hitting the sides. Weather finally backed off and I was able to get things widened out.The earliest of the Lucknow blowers are identifiable by a fair bit of flame cut steel,before the fellows up there got a shear. In my opinion blowing snow is slower but more effective than pushing especially in our part of the world. Bob
 
Snowblowers rule. I can't imagine how these guys who plough and push get along in a real winter.
My Father run a twin auger Lucknow behind a 4050 M4WD. I have a single auger Hagadorn snowblower behind the little 1640 JD 2WD.
I dare anybody with a blade or bucket to keep the laneway clear the entire winter vs. a blower.
 
I have a Lucknow blower,I even picked it up in Lucknow,I bought it through Becker Farm Equipment in Exeter and they said it would be a couple of days before they had it in, so I said would drive up and pick it up right at the plant..somewhere around 1984. I used it until the cogs and chain were worn out and I had it rebuilt and painted. Its still blowing snow at the SIL's next door to the farm and he also does the farm lane for the renter. Lucknow is a good product,never had a problem other than wearing it out over the years.When I had it rebuilt,I cleaned it up and painted it, it still looks good today.Where are you located Billonthefarm?
 
Problem with blowers is they dont clean down to the gravel or pavement like a blade or bucket.
 
Not so fast here, I know of a guy that found a roll of netting---that was a half a day shot. My ex-grand father founfd a 3/4 inch log chin with the state snow blower on a truck blower.

Other than that, it is the only way I move snow, end of sentence.

Tonight we used loaders to find fire hydrants in town. One of the operators was pushing the snow on the northwest side of the hydrants 6-7 ft high. GO FIGURE!!!!!! Not a bad idea if it was the last day of April perhaps.
 
I've got an old snap-coupler snowblower for my WD-45. I hope the guy that invented that one died a pauper. I don't think I've ever been so cold as when I've cleaned powdery snow off of my driveway with that thing. These days I have an 8ft Western Plow on my truck and I've never been happier when it comes time to move some snow.
 
A lot more people use a blade or bucket than a snowblower. In certain conditions a blade is way better and in other conditions a blower is better. You can't say one is better than the other for all conditions. If I have lots of deep snow to clear, I start the Cat, put the bucket down and go. The only time I can't push it all is if I make a big pile and it all packs together. Dave
 
I also have a Lucknow 8 and a half foot with hydraulic hood , great machine wouldn't want to be without it. Three years ago the county workers went on strike in January , and to get the milk truck in I had to blow a mile of road to get to are driveway, and the old Lucknow never failed me.
 
Our lucknow is over 30 years old, 2 complete rebuilds, at least 5 chains, several sets of sprockets.

I need to weld new tips on the impeller soon, the gap is getting huge from all the gravel its blown.
 
Can"t say that I"ve owned one but have a cousin that worked there and I used to live 10 minutes from the place their made.Good blower from what I hear about them. Alot owned around here and down around where their made.
 
Depends if you get blowing winds or not. Not many plows used 'here' out in the country, other than highway dept. Takes a very heavy rig to move the deep and hard drifts that form.

See dozens and dozens used in town where the wind is calmer.

--->Paul
 
Every one around here plows out the large malls with front end loaders with plows chained to the bucket.
 
I like the big silage cutter with a blower on the front. Can't imagine how you guys cope where it really snows. Day before yesterday we had 4 in of snow, Schools closed. We had drifts 2 to 3 ft deep but just on North South roads, but just occasionally. I started my sons 4320 Compact JD (it has a cab) at 3:30 My wife needed to be at work at 5 am. I drove ahead of her to the pavement, just two drifts. with the loader down I could zoom right through them. Well I came back home and just got settled in, when my neighbor called, He and 3 or 4 others were stuck getting to the coffee stop. The little JD was still warm. Every body was in a 4X4 made no difference when you are high centered. The snow wasn't stiff yet so I could drive right through it. But there is no way to hook a regular chain to any thing but an American big pickup. If you own one of these other vehicles think about how you can pull it. You sure can't push them without hurting something. got home about 10. Vic
 
Ya I know, and the parking lots are a few acres too. For a driveway you cant beat a snowblower, no snow banks and easier on the tractor maybe.
 
I don't know about getting rich Bill,but every Co.has a different idea of how to do it.I have had 5 since 1970(each bigger or better),for my own use McKee's were the best all around.The Twp.drafted me in 76 to widen roads that couldn't be plowed anymore and that balloned into 5 townships.3 countys.(200-300 Hrs.a few years)The Fair has been the best for that work or deep snow because of the height of the blower.(250 Horses aren't enough at times)As a side note what yours is doing(so high in the air and dusting)makes it too hard to see and is hard on the tractor sucking snow dust in.I changed the spouts on my Fair but it still makes too much dust at times.Sorry for long post but I like to do it except running at night knowing no one might find you for awhile.
 
Jay,I have had to go in and clean Parking lots off where Pay Loaders and plows have MESSED things up and couldn't get rid of the snow.
 
Great ,, so far I am doing a fair enuf job with a loader and grader blade ,, but we don't get the snow LIKE YOU DO EITHER , anothernote , you should a watched the segmet on early AM news today... Smart college kisd dump 15K into a lawn mower sized rechargeable battery powered snow blower that was remotely cotroled from inside the house. WHAT A LAME DEADSTUPID DUCK .. if it were a Honest effort it Would had at least had tracks rather than wheels and a miserably low ground clearance ,, glad we didn't have playful minds Like that back When , we needed the design for JEEP ,B17,Liberty Ships, air craft carriers ect. not to mention Men that would march 100 miles and fight for freedom in the dead of winter
 
We get about 200 inches of snow each winter here, and I think I've used about every form of snow removal known to man. My favorite is my skid steer with a big bucket. I just pick it up and move it out of the way.
 
We get 200+ inches of snow a winter with plenty of blowing and drifting (live along lake superior) and I rarely use the blower and when i do its so painstakingly slow it drives me insane. Nothing like a plow on the front and push through the snow with some speed to get removal done in a hurry (time counts when you plow daily November through April/May).

Only time the county uses their blowers is to clean town out and they blow directly into the back of dump trucks to haul it away.
 
The provincial highways 21 & 9, the country road
sand the township roads. All have snowblowers
running on them right now in Bruce & Huron Counties.
The ploughs have run out of room to push the snow
towards the shoulders.Roads are still closed since
Sunday evening.
Stores are out of bread, milk and some perishable
items.
Pushing snow in a laneway just makes a bank which
makes drifting in even worse.
 
(quoted from post at 19:16:29 12/14/10) The ploughs have run out of room to push the snow
towards the shoulders.Roads are still closed since
Sunday evening.
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Our county and state agency's use numerous graders with wing plows to continually roll the banks back as far as possible. They start when the banks are small and keep pushing them back so that they never get too big. They do this round the clock all winter as it is a continuous affair.
 
Here too until there was no more room for snow.
Just a 1-1/2 lane track up the middle of the
highway.
Highways 4,6,8,9&21 are noted for drifting.
Continuous 10-30mph wind dropping snow is something
not seen by Northerners. Who are located inland
where the snow falls straight down.
They put the wind turbines here on the lee side of
Lake Huron for a reason.
 
During daylight hours these cameras will show the
drifting and whiteouts.

http://www.kincardineairport.com/webcamwest.html
 
Early in the winter our county runs their graders off the shoulder to push the snow back nearly to the tree line. Then as winter continues they slowly get closer to the shoulder of the road and higher up.

Our highways drift as well because we are along the east shore of lake superior and it is always windy here. But they keep plowing early and often so that they don't get built up, and they plow with the large curled front plows that will throw the snow 50+ feet off the road.
 
Ploughs are the same MTO units here. At the
start of winter they drive on the shoulder with
the wing out full width. Throwing snow into the
ditch and out onto the fences.
There is just so much snow drifting in over the
banks onto the road to be pushed back again and
again. In spite of as much shoulder pushing with
wing ploughs. There is no where to push it.
Have you ever driven on Hwy's 4,6,8,9,and 21?
I've been along #11 and #17 and noticed how much
higher the roadways are above the ditches.And how
much wider the road right of way is back to the
treeline.
 
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